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Playing golf in the capital area
Playing golf in Iceland is an adventure you’ll remember for a lifetime. Do you think playing golf at midnight surrounded by lava fields sound too strange to be true? Not in Iceland! Midnight golf is available in summer due to Iceland’s northerly location, and one-tenth of Iceland’s surface is adorned with lava. Sweeping mountains and majestic ocean views characterises Icelandic golf courses,…
Design March starting today
DesignMarch is Iceland’s annual design festival. It will take place for the eleventh time on 28–31 March 2019. This will be the largest and most significant festival yet with over one hundred events transforming the most northerly capital in the world into one big venue for design. From fashion to furniture, architecture to the environment, food to product design, the festival showcases the…
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…
Reykjavík Children's Culture Festival kicking off today
Children's culture, culture for children and culture with children, these are the three main aspects of the Reykjavík Children’s Culture Festival: a week-long arts and culture festival dedicated to children and youth. The Reykjavík Children’s Culture Festival was launched in 2010 and is already a huge success. Dedicated exclusively to children and young people in Reykjavík up to the age of 16,…
Reykjavík campsite voted one of the best campsites in Europe
Reykjavík Campsite was voted one of the twenty best campsites in Europe by The Guardian Newspaper. Reykjavík Campsite is an environmental friendly campsite perfectly located in a green area in the city but yet close to the city centre. The campsite can accommodate up to 900 persons in tents, cars or caravans. The campsite is located in a green area in the city, next door to one of Iceland’s…
Icelandic Music Experiments
Icelandic Music Experiments has been the main musical outlet for new bands in Iceland since 1982 and a milestone event for many promising new bands in Iceland.
New lighthouse at Reykjavík Harbour
From 1945 until the 2000‘s the towerlight at the Maritime college had the purpose of guiding ships into the Reykjavík harbour. Unfortunately the buildings that were then built below the college in the beginning of the 21st century, were too high for the tower light to get through. But now, this new lighthouse can continue the pivotal work of being a guiding light for all the ships coming into…
Fröken Reykjavík
Fröken Reykjavík is the latest addition to the culinary flora of Reykjavík. Fröken Reykjavík is ideally situated at the very heart of Reykjavík city centre. Within the art deco-styled restaurant you can find a vibrant bar, wine room, stunning winter garden and an open kitchen where you can watch the chefs prepare your meal. The menu offers modern North European cuisine made with an…
Easter in Reykjavík
Roughly 70% of Icelanders belong to the Lutheran Church of Iceland, though only 45% claim to be religious. Whatever people think of god and religion, it's a fact that Easter is a National holiday in Iceland. This means a lot of places are closed on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, as well as Easter Sunday & Monday. Most restaurant will stay open, but one can expect the majority of stores to close…
Secret Solstice one of MTV's best European summer fests
A camera crew from the popular TV station MTV (Music Television) will be attending the Secret Solstice music festival in Reykjavík this summer, to record material at the festival. This is part of MTV's coverage of five music festivals across Europe, but according to the announcement on MTV's website, the TV operators will also give a ticket to Secret Solstice, as well as the other four festivals…