Iceland is among the 10 best destinations worldwide for whale watching, according to an article in The Telegraph (UK).
The attendance record at Reykjavik Art Museum was broken last year when the number of museum visitors for the first time exceeded two hundred thousand
Ticket sales have started for the Reykjavík Arts Festival 12 May – 5 June 2010.
Tickets for the first event, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff,
Design features strongly in Reykjavík this March, with two exciting festivals dedicated to Icelandic design on the events calendar.
Reykjavík is one of ten cities recommended by Lonely Planet Magazine (March issue) for an unforgettable city break.
Reykjavík is the number one city to swim in, according to the latest issue of travel magazine Business Traveller.
An exhibition on Icelandic contemporary design has opened in the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen.
The ninth annual gourmet festival Food and Fun will be held in Reykjavík 24th - 28th February. A number of foreign chefs and journalists will come to the country because of the fes...
In the past few days strong Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) have been sighted in the vicinity of Reykjavík and even in the city centre itself.
Keflavik International Airport is the best airport in Europe according to passengers of an extensive airport service survey by Airports Council International.
To celebrate Yoko Ono's birthday on 18th February, the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit for one day.
“Pure Energy – Healthy Living”
...is the theme of the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo Shanghai, reflecting the deep relationship Icelandic people have with the natural f...
This week (15-17 February) Icelanders celebrate three special days: "Bun Day", "Bursting Day" and Ash Wednesday.
According to the latest Environmental Performance Index, compiled biannually by Yale and Columbia University researchers, Iceland is the top performer this year.
The largest Museum Night ever will be held this Friday, 12 February. Over thirty museums all over the whole capital area will participate.
Sales of the Reykjavík Welcome Card increased by 30% between the years 2009 and 2008.
The year 2010 is a big year for the Reykjavik Arts Festival as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The Icelandic men’s handball team yesterday beat Poland to take the third place ranking at the EHF European Handball Championships in Austria.
Dark Music Days (Festival Of Contemporary Music) will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 24-31 January 2010.
Reykjavík Energy, which provides electricity, geothermal water for heating, and cold water for consumption and fire fighting for 67% of the Icelandic population, recently received ...
More festivals than ever, including a few brand new ones, will set their mark on Reykjavik’s cultural calendar this year.
Reykjavík City Council has agreed a proposal to dedicate the year 2010 to Icelandic design in the city.
566,000 tourists visited Iceland last year, making 2009 the biggest year ever in terms of tourist arrivals. This is a 0.7% increase on 2008, when Iceland received 562,000 tourists....
The Spanish-Icelandic artist duo Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson have been chosen to exhibit on Iceland’s behalf at the 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezi...
Freysteinn Sigmundsson, geophysicist at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Earth Sciences, believes that the volcano Hekla in south Iceland could erupt with short notice.
Icelandic fashion designer Nikita is designing snowboards and bindings for K2, one of the largest snowboard manufacturers in the world. Nikita is celebrating its tenth anniversary ...
6 January is known as Threttándinn or “The Thirteenth” in Iceland. According to the Icelandic calendar, it marks the 13th and last day of Christmas—the first being Christmas Day—an...
Airline Iceland Express has announced plans to add destinations Gdansk in Poland and Winnipeg in Canada to its flight schedule next summer.
Nine bonfires ("brenna") will be lit in the Reykjavík Capital Area on New Year's Eve this Thursday.
Our online Christmas card is here!
The new Icelandic National Concert and Conference Centre, scheduled to open by Reykjavík Harbour in spring 2011, will henceforth be called "Harpa".
The Blue Lagoon shop at Laugavegur 15, Reykjavík, has received the "Tourist Shop of the Year" award (Njarðarskjöldurinn), an annual encouragement award granted by the City of Reykj...
Almost all tourists who visited Reykjavík last summer were satisfied with their stay and would recommend the city to others, according to Visit Reykjavík's latest survey.
Icelandic author Andri Snaer Magnason will be presented with the respected Kairos culture prize on February 28 next year.
Reykjavík has never been more accessible than now, with at least eight new flight destinations on both sides of the Atlantic to be added in 2010.
Whale watching company Life of Whales (Hvalalíf) have received a new luxurious whale watching ship, called ANDREA, for their operations from Reykjavík harbour.
Reykjavík is featured in a special destination supplement about Iceland, in the latest issue of Tourism Review Online Magazine.
There has never been a better time to visit Reykjavík.
Irish boyband Westlife visited Iceland last October to shoot the video accompanying the single "What About Now", on their new album "Were We Are".
Reykjavík during Christmas and New Year's Eve is a wonderful time of glowing candles, festive music and delicious meals. It is also a time set aside for families to enjoy tradition...
An exhibition with the work of one of the foremost Icelandic fashion designers, Steinunn Sigurdardóttir, has opened in Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstadir.
Tour company Icelandic Mountain Guides has been awarded the Icelandic Tourist Board's Environmental Prize for the year 2009.
A Christmas market will open on Laugavegur 17-19 in central Reykjavík, where café Hljómalind used to stand, 10th December.
DesignMarch 2010 will be held 18-21 March. The event was staged for the first time in 2009 and will now become an annual event.
The End is near! Ragnar Kjartansson, the representative of Iceland in the 53rd International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, is preparing for the last few days of his exhi...
Glowing fairy lights, burgeoning buffets, crazy firework displays and other festive traditions make Christmas and New Year a magical time to visit Reykjavík.
The mayor of Reykjavik, Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, the musician Damien Rice, and the chairman of the committee of Environment and Transport, Gísli Marteinn Baldursson,
The City of Reykjavík plans to apply for a nomination as European Green Capital 2012 or 2013.
Lonely Planet, the world's leading publisher in travel guides, has picked Iceland as the best value destination in the world to visit in the coming year in a new book published las...
Icelandic airline Iceland Express is launching flights between Iceland and New York next summer.
SEQUENCES 2009 takes place between Friday, 30th October 30th and Saturday, 7th November.
The Times newspaper (UK) goes late summer restaurant hopping with Iceland's answer to Gordon Ramsay.
Reykjavík's famous music festival, Iceland Airwaves, has kicked off for the 11th time!
The City of Reykjavík has launched the project “Glowing City” (Ljómandi borg) in conjunction with the relighting of Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island, off Reykjavík’s ...
Please note! The schedule in Viðey island tonight has changed because of bad weather conditions. The lighting of the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be rescheduled until tomorrow 10th of ...
Milan, Luxembourg and Trondheim are among the new destinations that airlines Iceland Express and Icelandair are adding in 2010.
The Boston Globe daily newspaper has named Reykjavík, Iceland as one of its top 10 destinations this autumn.
Due to popular demand, additional tickets are on offer to the reknowned Iceland Airwaves music festival in Reykjavík city centre.
The 2007 crime novel Hardskafi (Hypothermia) by Iceland’s most popular crime author Arnaldur Indridason has been released in Germany as Kälteschlaf.
Historic Hofdi House, best known as the location for the 1986 summit meeting of presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbatsjov that effectively marked the end of the Cold War, cel...
US magazine Fortune Small Business covers Icelandic fashion designer Steinunn Sigurdardóttir's business in the section “Small Business Makeover” in its latest issue, where small-sc...
CityTrip Reykjavík is a brand new guide book about Reykjavík, actually the first ever to be published in the German language.
News for all film buffs out there - the RIFF programme is out and ticket sales are on!
View a new video by the BBC on how tourism in Reykjavík is booming despite the economic crisis.
Ticket sales for the 11th Iceland Airwaves music festival have started.
Experience an adventure under a bridge...at the newly opened restaurant Fish Company
Summer is over and the tourism high season in Reykjavík is coming to an end.
Reykjavík City Library hosts a walking tour in downtown Reykjavík where Icelandic literature,from the Saga period to newly published books..
The Reykjavík International Literary Festival will take place 6 – 12 September at the Nordic House and Idno Theatre. Both venues are located in the heart of Reykjavík city centre.
Help us improve our website by completing our online survey - and earn the chance to win a fantastic Reykjavík Experience:
Calling all Reykjavík fans - the official Facebook fan page is now up and running!
Visit Reykjavík is hosting an exhibition on the new Icelandic National Concert and Conference Centre, which is scheduled to open by Reykjavík harbour in 2011.
1/3 of Iceland's entire population, or 100,000 people, filled the streets of Reykjavík city centre last weekend, when Reykjavík Culture Night took place for the 14th time.
Reykjavík is getting ready for its largest cultural festival, Culture Night, held tomorrow 22 August.
Eggs, shellfish, duck fat, sun-dried cod, lettuce and other vegetables from all corners of the country are among products available at the farmers’ market Frú Lauga, which opened a...
"You Are In Control", an international conference held in Reykjavík, heads into its third year and explores the latest digital business developments and investment available in mus...
Following the successful launch of the London Gatwick to Reykjavik route, Iceland Express is making another addition to their UK schedule.
Culture Night, Jazz Festival...August is Reykjavík's grand festival month.
The Reykjavik International Film Festival proudly announces this years recipient of it's honorary award,
The Arnamagnaean Manuscript collection has been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register along with thirty-four other items of documentary heritage of exceptional value.
Last weekend's Reykjavík Gay Pride Parade attracted 80,000 people, the largest Gay Pride parade the city has ever staged. (For comparison, the population of Reykjavík is around 120...
The next few days in Reykjavík are full of adventures and long hours of fun!
Have fun without spending any money!
The Music Festival for those who are going to stay in Reykjavik this weekend and Enjoy good Music.
This weekend is the Labour Day Weekend from 31 Jul - 3 Aug 2009. Lots of people are leaving Reykjavik to go various festivals around Iceland.
Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini is dominating Icelandic singer Emilíana Torrini is dominating
Capital residents enjoyed the hottest day of the summer so far yesterday when temperatures reached 22.6°C (72.7°F).
The dates and initial acts for Iceland Airwaves 2009 are now confirmed.
Visit Reykjavík introduces an even better way to enjoy the best the city has to offer.
Icelandic fashion designer Steinunn has acquired the honorary status of Reykjavík's Artist of the Year. The Mayor of Reykjavík, Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir, presented Steinunn with...
Although Icelanders are hard-pressed by the economic downturn there is plenty to feel good about in the art field.
Opened just yesterday, Viking World (Vikingaheimar) is a new attraction located in Reykjanesbaer town, about 48 kilometres from Reykjavík and only a few minutes’ drive from Keflavi...
Kimi Records, one of Iceland's most pro-active and forward-thinking record labels, is to unleash some of its best recent domestic releases into the European market.
Now Icelandair’s extensive route network has grown to provide Stavanger in Norway with a convenient and good value to fly to the USA, Canada and Iceland.
The Reykjavík Zoo & Family Park proudly announces a new resident!
This weekend 6-7 June the Festival of the Sea takes place at Reykjavík's west harbour, Grandagardur.
Information is now available on summer activities and courses for children and teenagers in the Reykjavík Capital Area.
The official Icelandic representation at the 53rd International Art Exhibition
Icelandic artist Kristján Gudmundsson (born 1941) was named the winner of the 2010 Carnegie Art Award, one of the most highly regarded visual art awards in the world, on Tuesday fo...