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Reykjavík City Card offered free of charge to stranded passenger of WOW air
The joint partners of the Reykjavík City Card, will offer stranded passengers of WOW air, the Reykjavík City Card free of charge. The Reykjavík City Card gives access to the Reykjavík City Museum, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík Thermal pools and Family Park, National Gallery of Iceland, National Museum of Iceland, Museum of Kópavogur and Reykjavík City Buses. Stranded passengers of WOW…
A Seasonal Guide to the Best Times of Year to Visit Reykjavík
Discover the best time to visit Reykjavík with our seasonal guide. Explore unique activities, weather tips, and events for every season to plan your perfect trip.
Reykjavík Arts Festival opens tomorrow, 21 May
Reykjavík Arts Festival 2016 opens with a dance walk downtown on Saturday 21 May at 1 pm. The walk celebrates the diversity of dance in Iceland which is reflected in the many and diverse dance performances in the festival programme. The dance walk is made in collaboration with the Reykjavík Art Museum and the Icelandic dance scene.
Festival of the sea 1.-2. of June
Festival of the Sea is an extension of Fishermen’s Day which is held on the first Sunday in June. The festival celebrations take place on both Saturday and Sunday, with the events on Saturday being referred to as Harbour Day. The festival reflects traditional Icelandic culture and the nation’s long-standing dependency on fishing. The festival celebrates all aspects of the sea, such as…
A View of the North - Guided Tour with Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson on Museum Night
Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition A View of the North with Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum. The guided tours take place on Museum Night, Friday 6 February at 19:00 and 20:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! ---PLEASE NOTICE: Spoken language Icelandic--- Sumarliði will sign his books, "Í fjarska norðursins" and "Iceland and Greenland", after the second…
Roundabout Baltic Plus Iceland at the Nordic House 13 - 31 March 2017
Roundabout Baltic is an international design exhibition presenting objects created in eight countries connected by the coastline of the Baltic Sea.
Intriguing and Unique Reykjavík
Our beautiful little city has so much to offer, we have compiled a list of some unique and intriguing things you can do while visiting Reykjavík.
Hofstaðir viking settlement
Hofstaðir is a Settlement Age farm discovered in 1986 in Garðabær town. It is a big Viking Age longhouse dating back to 870-930. It's 8x30 metres on the outside with a floor surface of 170 sq.m, which makes it one of the largest longhouses discovered in Iceland.
Richard Serra opening tomorrow
Three exhibitions will be opened at Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús on Thursday 21 May at 5 p.m. Áfangar by Richard Serra, Process and Pretense Magnús Sigurðarson and bears;truths... by Kathy Clark.The exhibition Áfangar by Richard Serra( b. 1939) in Hafnarhús includes 19 drawings of the environmental work Áfangar made by Serra in 1990 at Viðey Island , in oil pastel on paper, and presented to…
We recommend the exhibition Mind and World at Kjarvalsstaðir
The exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum consists of both paintings and drawings from Jóhannes S. Kjarval´s career (1885–1972). Kjarval has a unique place in Icelandic cultural history, as one of the nation's most beloved artists of all time.