December Delights in Reykjavík
The month of December will offer a packed programme of events in Reykjavík, formally launched on 27 November with the lighting of the Christmas lights on the Oslo tree on Austurvöllur. The event begins at 16:00, and some of the Icelandic Yuletide Lads (jólasveinar) are expected to make an appearance.
Reading Circle | All Kinds of Books
The Reading Circle All kinds of books meets once a month from 16:30 to 17:30. During the summer, there is a three-month break. This reading circle is perfect for anyone who enjoys meeting others and chatting about books in a relaxed atmosphere — reading between the lines and letting the mind wander. We read one book per month along with a short story or short prose piece. The books vary in genre…
Lecture | The resurgence of vinyl and records made of sugar beets
Larry Jaffee will talk about the vinyl record and a new company that makes records from sugar beets! One of this century's unlikeliest resurrections has been that of the vinyl record. Although assumed to be discarded by most at the end of the twentieth century, the report of its death was an exaggeration. Instead it has been steadily growing in popularity for the past two decades. A record…
Community Café | Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a large and remarkable plant that grows widely in gardens across Iceland. But could we possibly make better use of this magnificent plant? In her talk, Björk Bjarnadóttir will cover most of what you need to keep in mind when creating a rhubarb garden, such as how to care for the garden, harvest the rhubarb, make rhubarb jam, and more. Rhubarb originally comes from China and was once…
Academic Café | Slaying of the Basques in 1615
Sigrún Antonsdóttir, a descendant of Ari in Ögur and half Basque, discusses the Slaying of the Basques in 1615. In the autumn of 1615, three ships were wrecked in a severe storm in Reykjarfjörður in the Strandir region. These were whaling ships from the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country. 83 shipwreck survivors made it ashore. The district magistrate, Ari Magnússon of Ögur, declared the…