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Your Friend in Reykjavík
Your Friend in Reykjavík offers tours designed to show the best of Reykjavík and to teach you about Iceland through exciting stories. Your Friend in Reykjavík wants you to enjoy Icelandic hospitality at its finest, but most importantly, to have fun!
Want to take a peek inside an Icelandic home?
Just opened in the Reykjavík Museum of Photography is the exhibition "Home" by artist Hanna Siv Bjarnardóttir. Dedicated to the "classic" Icelandic home, the photographs give an interesting insight into the country's way of living. Hanna visited a number of senior citizens living in Stokkseyri, a small town in the south of Iceland. In a short window of time, she learned many things about the…
The biggest Viking ship in the world in modern times is in Reykjavík
Yesterday the worlds largest Viking ship ever built in modern times is ducked in the Old Harbour in Reykjavík by Harpa Music Hall and Conference Centre. The ship left home port in Haugesund in Norway in late April to sail off for a challenging voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean.
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…
The illuminaton of the Yule Cat
On Saturday the 16th of November at 15:30, the illumination of the famous Icelandic Yule Cat will take place on Lækjartorg square. The mayor of Reykjavík Dagur B. Eggertsson will welcome the cat with a few words, and the choir Graduale Futuri will sing some Christmas songs. We also heard that the infamous troll parents of the Yule Lads, Grýla and Leppalúði will be there to greet and meet guests. …
Reykjavík culinary article on EATER
Although Reykjavík is like a village in a city or city in a village, we have an impressive number of quality restaurants, staffed with award winning chefs that create both imaginative and delicious cuisine! Therefore many of our restaurants are getting great coverage and reviews on international platforms, and are we here at Visit Reykjavík always proud to share the news. An article on Eater…
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…
Stockfish Film Festival
Stockfish Film Festival & Industry Days is a non-profit international film festival held in March each year at Bíó Paradís, Iceland's only art-house cinema.
Culture Night this Saturday!
Reykjavík’s 24th annual Culture Night will be held on Saturday 24th of August. Events and performances, large and small, will fill the streets and squares of the town centre, alleys, gardens, galleries, shops, cultural institutes and private homes. The event is both created and enjoyed by city residents and takes place all across central Reykjavik, with celebrations in the streets and squares,…
Biodegradable Algae Water Bottles at DesignMarch
Inhabitat recently published an article about a biodegradable algae bottle which Ari Jónsson premiered as his project at DesignMarch.