CHILDREN'S CULTURE FESTIVAL OPENS TODAY!
Hundreds of kids from schools around Reykjavík attended a special event today at the Harpa Concert Hall to celebrate the start of the city’s fourth Children's Culture Festival.
Guided tours in English and Happy Hour at Reykjavík Art Museum
Reykjavík Art Museum offers guided tours in English every week at Hafnarhús (Thursdays at 6 p.m.) and Kjarvalsstaðir (Fridays at 1 p.m.) from June to August. Happy Hour is on Thursdays from 6- 8 p.m. at Kaffi Lyst in Hafnarhús. The summer exhibitions at Reykjavík Art Museum (Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundarsafn) show 120 years of Icelandic art. Two exhibitions are at Hafnarhús, Your…
Iceland’s first and only circus
The circus tent Jökla has risen in Klambratún park, by the corner of Flókagata and Langahlíð. The circus will be in Reykjavík until July 13th. Then it travels to Ísafjörður, Akureyri, Selfoss and Keflavík and then back to Reykjavík late August. The circus has three different shows: Heima er best (Home is where the heart is) is the big family show performed to Icelandic music. Here is a short…
Reykjavík City Museum officially opened
Reykjavík City Museum was officially opened on June 1st by Jon Gnarr, the former mayor of Reykjavik. The Reykjavík City Museum includes five museums and exhibitions: The Settlement Exhibition, the Reykjavík Museum of Photography, the Reykjavík Maritime Museum, Árbær Open Air Museum, and last but not least, the monuments and modern art located on Viðey Island.The purpose of the museum is to…
Reykjavík Pride 2014 has started
Reykjavík Pride 2014, one of the biggest annual festivals of the year, started yesterday and will run until Sunday. The festival is now held for the sixteenth time and has grown bigger each year. Reykjavik Pride is an important event for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Iceland. The festival promotes visibility and courage and provides a platform for the LGBT community to manifest…
Peace and commemoration on Viðey Island Thursday August 7th
Peace and commemoration on Viðey Island Thursday August 7thToday Thursday August 7th Yoko Ono’s IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be lit in the memory of the children who have lost their lives during the horrifying conflicts in Gaza. The artist and the peace activist, Yoko Ono, who in 2007 installed IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Viðey Island in the memory of her husband John Lennon, announced a few days…
Small Eruption North of Vatnajökull
Key points:No immediate threat to people or populated areasAirspace and all airports, international and domestic, are open.No volcanic ash has been detected with radar systemsThere are no signs of floodingVolcanic ActivityAn eruption has started North of Vatnajökull Glacier. No volcanic ash has been detected with the radar system at the moment. The wind conditions in the area are wind blowing…
The eruption is over - lasted 3-4 hours
The fissure eruption in Holuhraun lava, north of Vatnajökull glacier, which started at midnight, is already over. The eruption lasted for about three or four hours, according to Páll Einarsson, professor geophysics at the University of Iceland."It was a small eruption and a small sample of the magma that is moving underground reached the surface," says Páll, describing the events of the night as…
Iceland will upcycle your lockdown sweatpants into hiking boots!
SWEATPANT BOOTS – THE ULTIMATE POST LOCKDOWN ADVENTURE KIT YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED
Another eruption at Holuhraun
Another fissure eruption started around 04:00 GMT Sunday on the same fissure which erupted Friday.The eruption is located at Holuhraun north of Bardarbunga volcano, about 250 km in direct line from Reykjavik. This area is one of the most remote places in Iceland, with no permanent inhabitants nearby. Popular tourist attractions located near the eruption site, including parts of Iceland's…