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Glaciers and Lagoons - Shadow Workshop on Museum Night
Welcome to a creative shadow‑and‑cutout workshop for children and families at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–20:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! The workshop is connected to the exhibition Sleeping Giants, where Kristján Maack presents photographs of glaciers in which “sleeping giants” appear and disappear. In the workshop, we cut…
Guided tour in Sign Language on Museum Night - Sleeping Giants
Welcome to a guided tour in Icelandic sign language of the exhibition Sleeping Giants at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir, sign language guide will be leading the tour. The tour takes place on Museum Night, Friday 6 February at 20:00. Free admission and everyone who speaks Icelandic sign language is welcome! Sleeping Giants by Kristján Maack is about the…
Travel Chests - Family Workshop on Museum Night
Let's go on an expedition! Welcome to a family workshop at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! Imagine you are going on a long journey across the ocean. You travel by ship and get one large travel chest to pack everything you need for the expedition. In the 19th century, explorers and scientists went on long…
Museum Night: An evening with Iðunn kvæðamannafélag (Folk Poetry Society)
For centuries, Icelanders have spent their evenings in the "baðstofa” with various forms of entertainment and education. While household members sat on the beds working on crafts, one of them would recite poetry, tell a story or read aloud from old or new publications to entertain the others. Visitors of the National Museum are invited to step back in time to the 19th century, sit on a bench…
Viking Glass Bead Making on Museum Night
Welcome to the Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti on Museum Night, Friday 6 February. At 18:00-20:00 we invite visitors to watch a glass blower will shape beads over an open fire and participate in a bead workshop. Free entry and everyone is welcome! Glassblower Fanndís Huld Valdimarsdóttir specializes in recreating glass beads from the Viking era. On Museum Night she will show how glass is…
Find the Sea Creatures - Scavenger Hunt on Museum Night
Can you find the sea creatures? Welcome to a scavenger hunt at the Reykjavík Maritime Museum on Museum Night, Friday 6 February from 18:00–22:00. Free admission and everyone is welcome! Find the Sea Creatures! is a light and fun scavenger hunt that leads you through the exhibition Fish & folk – 150 Years of Fisheries. The goal is to find various sea creatures that have hidden themselves…
Mosfellsbær & Mosfellsdalur
With outdoor activities as its greatest attraction, get ready for a journey of beautiful hikes in diverse landscapes, historic sites, wool shopping and more, all within the Mountain Borough area.
Festivals and events in Reykjavík
Reykjavík City is a hotbed of activity all year round, with a remarkable number of annual festivals and seasonal events attracting countless festivalgoers and media attention from around the world.
December in Reykjavík
Our wonderful Holiday season, crowned regularly with displays of enchanting Northern Lights, is one of the city’s main winter attractions; however, it’s not just those otherworldly illuminations and extravagant decorations getting all the attention.
Reykjavík Music on Museum Night
Welcome to the Settlement Exhibition at Aðalstræti on Museum Night, Friday 6 February. At 21:00-22:00, music from the past will fill Aðalstræti 10. Free admission and everyone is welcome! The musical duo Ásþór and Svavar will take the stage and perform Icelandic music from days gone by and beloved songs written about our one and only Reykjavík. Ásþór and Svavar met at the Icelandic Music…