New Acquisitions
New Acquisitions
Bjarki Bragason, Claudia Hausfeld, G.Erla, Hildur Hákonardóttir, Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir, Kolbrún Ýr Einarsdóttir...
Make Glass Beads Like A Viking!
Make Glass Beads Like A Viking!Saturday, 11th July 2020. Time: 13:00-15:00
Glass bead and necklace making, Viking Style!Talented glassblower, Fanndís Huld V...
Reykjavik Accordian Festival & Haymaking
Reykjavik Accordian Festival & Haymaking at Árbær Open Air MuseumThe annual Reykjavik Accordion Festival will be held at Árbær Open Air Museum on Sunday Ju...
The Circus Is Coming To Town!
What? The Circus Is Coming To Town!Where? The Árbær Open Air MuseumWhen? Sunday, 5th July, from 13:00-16:00
The Circus Is Coming To Town!The folks at the Ár...
National Day Celebrations at the Árbær Open Air Museum.
Iceland’s beautiful national costume will be in the spotlight during the National Day celebrations coming up soon at the Árbær Open Air Museum on 17th June. Gu...
Meet the artist – Valérie Boyce
Meet the artist – Valérie Boyce
Landscape painter Valérie Boyce’s first encounter with Iceland was in the 1970s. She remembers a strange moonlit planet!...
Witness │ Christopher Lund
Witness │ Christopher LundReykjavík Museum of Photography06.06.-13.09.2020
Witness, is the title of a new exhibition with photos by Christopher Lund which w...
Guðmundur Thoroddsen’s exhibition Houndshills, Houndshollows
Thoroddsen's works are humorous and done in diverse but traditional mediums such as clay, watercolor, drawing and painting. In Houndshills, Houndshollo...
DISTRICT PHOTOS Photo exhibition around Reykjavík City in April
Changing times call for changed approaches. Now that guests are unable to attend museums and their exhibitions, the Reykjavík Museum of Photography has decided...
Óðinn sails again!
The old Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn will leave the port at Vesturbugt today May 11th at one o‘clock.This will be Óðin’s first sailing in 14 years.This is a test c...
The Origin of Iceland’s Hot Springs
From the Settlement to the Present, Hot Water has been a Natural Blessing
Extensive geothermal activity is one of Iceland’s most distinctive features, with mor...
Bessastadir
Bessastadir has been the presidential residence since 1941, but the site has a much older history, having been mentioned in the Islendinga Saga (Saga of the Ice...
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur
The Commonwealth farm in Þjórsárdalur is one of Iceland's best kept secrets. The farmhouse, built on the site of one of the manor farms of the Age of Settlement...
Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval
Johannes Sveinsson Kjarval (15 October 1885 – 13 April 1972) was an Icelandic painter. He is by many considered one of the most important artists of Icelan...
Icelandic Times – Issue 43
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Next year, 2020, looks to be an exciting year, like 2019. We now publish in five languages: English, Chinese, Ge...
The Birds in Hrísey
Hrísey is known for its rich and diverse bird life. Approximately 40 species of birds nest on the island. Hrísey, though, is best known for Ptarmigans.
The Ptar...
Birds in Breiðafjörður
Breiðafjörður is an expansive and shallow bay located on the west coast of Iceland. The bay is the largest area of shallow waters and beaches in the country, ...
A year in the life of the birds in the Lake Mývatn area
A paradise for wildfowl
Mývatn is known to birders throughout the world for its rich birdlife, particularly its abundance of breeding wildfowl. No other s...
Árnesinga Folk Museum
Where history of community and culture become one
Filled with old memories, Húsið “The House” at Eyrarbakki was built when danish merchants were allowed to ...
Bathe in Beer
Bjórböðin is a unique, exhilarating spa in a scenic slice of north Iceland
Iceland is home to some of the cleanest, purest water on earth. Travelers are enc...