Iceland Events
Results by DATE
Displaying 1 to 20 of 75 results.
Yoko Ono's Peace Tower on tranquil Viðey Island in Reykjavík, is a wishing well with the words 'Imagine Peace' inscribed in 24 languages. It emanates light on certain significant dates every…
Yoko Ono's Peace Tower on tranquil Viðey Island in Reykjavík, is a wishing well with the words 'Imagine Peace' inscribed in 24 languages. It emanates light on certain significant dates every…
Yoko Ono's Peace Tower on tranquil Viðey Island in Reykjavík, is a wishing well with the words 'Imagine Peace' inscribed in 24 languages. It emanates light on certain significant dates every…
Christmas Traditions in Iceland
At Christmas time the traditional Santa Claus doesn't get much of a look-in in Iceland. Here 13 naughy "Yuletide Lads" visit children over subsequent days in an ancient tradition with more…
Reykjavik's long winter nights are brightened up by Dark Music Days, a classical music festival organised by the Iceland Composer Society in collaboration with many of the country's top…
Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival
With the longest, darkest winter nights coming to an end, Reykjavikites celebrate the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, with a multi-arts festival. Street theatre, music, dance…
The consumption of food is a prominent feature of many Icelandic festivals and the aptly-named Bolludagur (Buns Day) is no exception.
Never missing an opportunity to indulge themselves, Icelanders typically celebrate Sprengidagur - Bursting Day, and their name for Shrove Tuesday - with a culinary feast.
International chefs work their magic on Icelandic ingredients during the Food and Fun Festival, held at Reykjavic Art Museum and local restaurants.
Only legalised in March 1989, beer is celebrated and drunk in abundance throughout Iceland every year on Beer Day - 1 March - with people partying especially hard in Reykjavik.
Yoko Ono's Peace Tower on tranquil Viðey Island in Reykjavík, is a wishing well with the words 'Imagine Peace' inscribed in 24 languages. It emanates light on certain significant dates every…
Icelandic music talent is set to impress once again at the Nokia on Ice Music Festival, held at the Reykjavik Art Museum (Hafnarhús) and at nightclub Sódóma Reykjavík. The festival invites…
Blues music fills the streets, cafes, shops and concert halls of the Icelandic capital every April, as international artists come to perform at the Reykjavík Blues Festival. There's even a…
The magnificence of the midnight sun in Iceland is countered by the bleakness of midwinter, when there's almost no sun at all. To mark its reappearance early in the season, the First Day of…
Fish are to Iceland what chips are to Britain and the Reykjavik Maritime Museum takes an in-depth look at the country's fishing industry and its seafaring heritage.
First held in 1970, the Reykjavík Arts Festival celebrates the arts with a vibrant mix of national and international performances throughout the island. Music, visual arts and theatre are all…
In spring, bird watchers and nature lovers flock to the Westmann Islands for the 'Puffin Season' to welcome the return of the diminutive seabird (lundi in Icelandic) from its long winter at sea.
The open-air Reykjavik City Museum gives visitors a glimpse into Iceland's past. With displays of ancient Icelandic architecture, including a Viking age longhouse dated to around 930 AD, and…
Sjomannadagur (Seafarers' Day) & Festival of the Sea
All the fishermen of Iceland - and there are lots of them - take this June Sunday off as a holiday. Officially known as Sjomannadagur (Seafarers' Day), it's a time for rowdy parties, parades…
On 17 June Iceland commemorates the birthday of national hero Jón Sigurdsson (1811-1879). National Independence Day starts off on a solemn and patriotic note, but by the afternoon the mood…
