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Reykjavik is set to receive thousands of guests as the city celebrates its 15^th outing of Reykjavík Pride.

The event, which has become one the country’s biggest celebrations on the festival calendar in recent years will take place between 6^th  – 11^th  August, with a variety of concerts, dances, exhibitions and ending with the spectacular official Pride Parade on 10^th August.  Find out more about the schedule and what fabulous events they have planned for you on the official Pride Reykjavik Website.

Welcome to our brand new online website and travel guide! Here you‘ll find everything you need to know about travelling in and around our favourite capital city and beyond.

Both entertaining and easy to use our new website is designed to enhance both the quality and availability of information to all our guests and people interested in paying us a visit.

Although the majority of the new website is in place, there are some minor sections which are still under construction and during this process we ask you to both be patient with us and also let us know via reykjavik@visitreykjavik.is if you see something missing or in need of attention.

Thank you for stopping by and we hope you’ll enjoy and make good use of our new travel guide.

Best wishes,

The staff at Visit Reykjavík - your trip to Iceland starts here!
 
 

Let‘s help the ducks take care of their young ones – do not feed the ducks with bread.

Visitors to the Reykjavík Pond should be respectfully reminded that during the next couple of weeks ducklings are hatching and the ducks are taking care of their young ones. We therefore ask guests not to feed the ducks with bread during this sensitive period. While feeding the ducks can be fun, it does also attract the gulls which pluck up the ducklings and eat the eggs.

By stopping breadfeeding people are playing their part in protecting the ducks and ducklings.

Festival of the Sea is a very special day in Iceland. It reminds us of how important the sea and its sailors are to our history, our economy and our people.

This summer Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir offers English speaking visitors guided tours every Friday at 11. a.m.

Reykjavík Art Museum offers our English speaking visitors a guided tour at Kjarvalsstaðir in June, July and August 2013. The guided tour takes guests through Icelandic Art 1900-1950: From Landscape to Abstract Art displaying around 200 paintings from 40 Icelandic artists.

The exhibition focuses on four subjects:

- Romantic and Radical 1900-1930
- Landscape 1930-1950
- The Human Scale 1930-1950
- New radicalism and the beginning of the abstract 1940–1950.

Normal admission fee applies to the guided tours and the ticket is valid at Kjarvalsstaðir, Hafnarhús and Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum during the same day.

The 2013 Suzuki Midnight Sun Run will take place for the 21st time on the evening of June 24th. The location is Laugardalur, Reykjavik.

Runners can choose between three distances; half marathon, 10 km race and 5 km race. Close by the start and finish of the race is one of the city’s wonderful geothermal outdoor swimming pools, Laugardalslaug.

All participants are invited to the swimming pool, hot tubs and steam baths after the race. It's a perfect way to relax after a successful race in the midnight sun. 

Further information and registration at:
http://marathon.is/midnight-run