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Hamraborg Festival
Hamraborg Festival is a multidisciplinary artist-run art festival focusing on visual arts, site-specific works, performance art and social engagements.

Reykjavík International Film Festival
For eleven days every fall since 2004, Icelandic people and tourists go to the cinema to enjoy the best and freshest in international filmmaking.

Viking Festival Hafnarfjörður
The Viking reenactment group Rimmugýgur hosts the annual Hafnarfjörður Viking Festival, the oldest and largest event of its kind in Iceland. Held each year around 17 June, the festival runs five to six days in the picturesque Víðistaðatún Park in the centre of Hafnarfjörður. Almost overnight, the tranquil green space is transformed into a bustling viking marketplace, with tents spread across the…

Hjá Jóni
Welcome to this elegantly styled restaurant at the Iceland Parliament Hotel by the Austurvöllur town square. The restaurant offers a delicious and exciting journey where quality produce meets international culinary currents, along with their special selection of wine and the diverse cocktails shaken at the lively Telebar.

Total Solar Eclipse 2026
On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse occurs in Iceland for the first time since 1954.

Ice Skating at Ingolfstorg Square
A Christmas village decorated with lights is next to the rink where you can enjoy food, drinks and other goods while getting into the Christmas spirit.

Christmas Village in Hafnarfjorður
A feast of sights and sounds, the Christmas Village in Hafnarfjörður offers live entertainment, visits from the Icelandic Yule Lads, horse-drawn carriage rides and quaint village of Christmas houses selling everything from Icelandic design and craft to snacks and hot drinks. And don't forget to try some of the homemade Icelandic delicacies.

Christmas Valley in Laugardalur
In December, the whole family can have fun together in Laugardalur Christmas Valley, where Christmas lights and decorations set the mood for a festive Advent.

Christmas at Árbær Open Air Museum
Árbæjarsafn's Christmas program is an essential part of Advent in the city since the search for a place that is as pleasant and fun to visit at this time of year.

The Christmas Creatures
All of the Icelandic Christmas Creatures will be present at the Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, at City Hall, and in various places around the city from the 1st of December and throughout the holidays.