Perlan has been built primarily as a hot water tank for the supply of Iceland's capital Reykjavík. The planning was designed by Ingimundur Sveinsson and in 1991 the building was …
Directly in front of the hot water tanks of the "Pearl" on the hill Öskjuhlíð stands the bronze sculpture Dansleikur. It was designed in 1970 by Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir (1919 - 2009) and is a group of dancing musicians.