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The Marshall House, new center for visual art in Reykjavík
The Marshall House will open on Saturday 18 March at 2 pm with the exhibition Bad Company. The house is a new center for visual art in Reykjavík, where Kling & Bang, The Living Art Museum and Studio Ólafur Elíasson will reside.

Árbær Open Air Museum
Árbær Open Air Museum tries to give a sense of the architecture and way of life and lifestyles of the past in Reykjavík and during summer visitors can see domestic animals.

UEFA 2016 Fanzone in the heart of Reykjavík
An official Fanzone for the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 in France will formally open at Ingólfstorg on June 10 at 6 p.m. and be open to the public throughout the competition. All matches or 45 matches (apart from those played simultaneously in the last round of the group stage) will be shown along with family friendly entertainment.

Article on Bloomberg about corrugated houses in Reykjavík
The ironclad homes of Iceland's capital city may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than century.

Árbær Open Air Museum
Reykjavik’s open air museum, where you can stroll through the past and experience the way we lived.

The Oslo tree
The lighting of the Oslo Christmas tree marks the beginning of the Christmas city of Reykjavík, but the tree is picked up in the Norwegian grove in Heiðmörk. It has been more than half a century since the tree was first lit.

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.

Reykjavík International Literary Festival
AprilThis biannual festival has been held since 1985 and is one of the most important literary festivals in Europe. Meet authors, attend readings and seminars or dance with your favourite author at the Literary Ball!

Reykjavík Art Museum Hafnarhús
The old harbour warehouse, Hafnarhús, offers a progressive exhibition program with local and international contemporary artists. The works of key figures, as well as established and emerging current artists are presented in six galleries.

Rauðhólar
The Rauðhólar ("red hills") are remnants of a cluster of pseudocraters in Elliðaárhraun lava fields on the south-eastern outskirts of Reykjavík. The Rauðhólar pseudocraters are part of Reykjavík's nature reserve of Heiðmörk.