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An official Fanzone for the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 in France will formally open at Ingólfstorg on June 10 at 6 p.m. and be open to the public throughout the competition. All matches or 45 matches (apart from those played simultaneously in the last round of the group stage) will be shown along with family friendly entertainment.

A colorful Saturday ahead: Close to 12.000 colorful runners will pack the streets of downtown Reykjavik on Saturday in The Color Run by Alvogen.

This weekend, the first weekend of June, an annual event of celebrating the Seaman’s Day is held throughout all of Iceland’s coastline towns and villages. The Seaman's Day has been celebrated in Iceland since 1938 to honour those who work at sea and the fishery in Iceland.

Inhabitants in the capital area of Reykjavík generally still have a favourable view of tourists, as they did last year, according to a survey carried out in April for Visit Reykjavík. In the intervening year the number of tourists has increased greatly: in the first four months of 2016 visitor numbers were 35% up on the same period in 2015, according to figures from the Iceland Tourist Board.

“Berlin - Reykjavík Creative (Cities) Talk” symposium will be held in Harpa, today, Wednesday 25 May at 17:00 - 20:00.

Reykjavík is known for having a great variety of clothing stores, whether you´re looking for exclusive fashion, vintage, 2nd hand or trendy clothing you´re sure to find what you´re looking for.

Reykjavík Arts Festival 2016 opens with a dance walk downtown on Saturday 21 May at 1 pm. The walk celebrates the diversity of dance in Iceland which is reflected in the many and diverse dance performances in the festival programme. The dance walk is made in collaboration with the Reykjavík Art Museum and the Icelandic dance scene.

Though it’s minuscule in comparison to other European capitals, Reykjavík still manages to offer a coffee house on every corner. This is the beginning of an article on the website travelmag.com.

Yesterday the worlds largest Viking ship ever built in modern times is ducked in the Old Harbour in Reykjavík by Harpa Music Hall and Conference Centre. The ship left home port in Haugesund in Norway in late April to sail off for a challenging voyage across the North Atlantic Ocean.

Extracted from their award-winning Iceland guidebook, Bradt Travel Guides have released a new e-city guide to Reykjavík.

Our beautiful little city has so much to offer, we have compiled a list of some unique and intriguing things you can do while visiting Reykjavík.

Open-air screenings of matches in the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 in France will be shown this summer at Ingólfstorg, with the appropriate fittings and programme of events.