Libraries & Culture Houses

Icelanders love books! We have the highest number of authors per capita, several book-related festivals, and Reykjavík is the first UNESCO City of Literature that doesn't have English as its native tongue. Furthermore, our famous "Book-Flood-Before-Christmas", the time from early October until Christmas is dedicated to books in a massive way, publishers put out new books in large numbers, bookstores, libraries, cafés, bars, schools, workplaces, and the media promote them in various ways and the public takes part by flocking to events and discussing what the books of choice might be.