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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…
Imagine Peace Tower relights for the week of March 20 - 26
This evening, March 20th at 21:00, the Imagine Peace Tower relights for a week, to celebrate spring equinox and the wedding anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Lennon and Ono were married on this day in the year 1969. The world's most rememorable honeymoon followed, when they put on the "Bed-in-Peace" protest agains the Vietnam War. March 20th, 2015 couldn't be more…
Gljúfrasteinn
Gljúfrasteinn is a writer's home museum, which was the former home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness, a 1955 Nobel Prize for Literature winner. It is located in Mosfellsbær, east of Reykjavík, Iceland. The house was built in 1945 by Halldór and his wife Auður Sveinsdóttir. The architect was Ágúst Pálsson and the interior designer was Birta Fróðadóttir. Gljúfrasteinn is built on the banks of the river…
Nauthólsvík Geothermal Beach
A golden beach in the North.
EASTER EGG HUNT ON VIÐEY ISLAND
Elding (the ferry company) are hosting an Easter egg hunt on Viðey Island on Saturday 12 April (from 13:30 — 16:30) in collaboration with the chocolate factory Freyja, Viðeyjarstofa café and the City of Reykjavík. This is a fun game for the whole family set in the beautiful countryside. The aim of the game is to find as many Easter eggs from Freyja, along with any of the specially marked eggs…
Torfan
Within the Walls of History – Where New Ideas Meet Time-Honoured Flavours
City to switch-off the lights in four districts!
The City of Reykjavík has decided that the street lighting will be switched-off in four districts of the capital area tonight between 21:30 and 22:00 in order to give people a better look at the Northern Lights.The districts included in the black-out are: Grafarholt, Breiðholt (Seljahverfi), Öskuhlíð and Skólavörðurholt. People are encouraged to go out and make the most of this unique opportunity…
Opening | D54 Hugo Llanes
Welcome to the opening of the exhibition D54 Hugo Llanes 12 March at 20h00 in D-gallery of Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús. This is Hugo Llanes' first solo exhibition in a public museum.
Check out Lókal Performing Arts Festival
LÓKAL performing arts festival is being held in Reykjavík from the 14th until the 22nd of September. Don't miss out in seeing this performing arts platform that produces and introduces contemporary performance to audiences in Iceland and connects local performance practitioners with fellow artists and presenters from abroad. For more information about the festival and it's program check out…
Mysterious and exciting exhibitions at Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
You are welcome to the opening of two shows at the Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir on Saturday 13 January, at 4 pm. The exhibition la durée show works by the beloved Icelandic artist, Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) and the exhibition Tales of the Unseen is a collection of works by artists who have been inspired by folklore and fantasy.