The house of the nation, Alþingishúsið
The house of the nation, Alþingishúsið
Alþingishúsið at Austurvöllur was built between 1880 and 1881. Since then, two annexes have been b...
Reykjavik area
Tidbits of what the Reykjavik area has to offer
Articles from the capital area
ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT in Hafnarfjörður
ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT in Hafnarfjörður
Visit the annual Christmas Village minutes from downtown Reykjavík
Hafnarfjörður is a pictur...
Kjalarnes & Kollafjörður
Kjalarnes & Kollafjörður
Under the roots of Esja, there is a scale-cut promontory, Kjalarnes, with about 1,400 inhabitants....
FILMING IN ICELAND
Iceland’s unique landscape, from bubbling hot springs to erupting volcanoes, attracts film productions from around the world. There’s increa...
From sunrise to sunset
From sunrise to sunset
It's easy to forget how dark it is in December. Sunrise in Reykjavík is at about 11 o'clock, and it sets just afte...
GUNNLAUGUR SCHEVING
GUNNLAUGUR SCHEVING
The artist who challenged traditional views of art
At the beginning of the 20th century, Icelandic art was dominat...
Independence Day
Independence Day
104 years ago, on 1 December 1918, Icelanders became independent from the Kingdom of Denmark. Freedom in the shadow of d...
The Hafnartorg in the heart of Reykjavík
The Hafnartorg in the heart of Reykjavík
Downtown Reykjavík has changed a lot in recent years. Especially in Kvosin, but in 2015 construc...
Hats & Graphic Design
Hats & Graphic Design
There are currently two fun exhibitions at the Design Museum of Iceland on Garðatorg in Garðabær. H A G E is a ...
Hafnarfjörður & Hanseatic Merchants
Hafnarfjörður & Hanseatic Merchants
Hafnarfjörður was the main port of the German Hanseatic merchants in Iceland. It was also the cou...
Tiny house – Long History
Tiny house - Long history
The Guard's House in Grjótaþorpið, at Garðastræti 23, is believed to have been built around 1845 by Guard Guðmu...
THE ADMIRAL’S AND AMBASSADOR’S DEBATE ON UKRAINE CATCHES ATTENTION
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson with Múte Egede, PM of Greenland.
Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, NATO’s Millitary Committee chairman: “Why d...
This beautiful row of houses
This beautiful row of houses
The row of houses that stands on the slope at Lækjargata, above Kvosin, is now called Bernhöftstorfa. The row ...
Álftanes has history, beauty and presidential power
Álftanes has history, beauty and presidential power
2500 people, or about 1% of the population of the capital area, live in Álf...
Hallgrímskirkja Church
Hallgrímskirkja Church
Hallgrímskirkja Church has gotten new lighting, but it has been replaced inside and outdoors.
Now the church will...
Jæja… Guðjón
Jæja... Guðjón
The artist Guðjón Ketilsson (1956) has a retrospective exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir, where his career is reviewed, as he i...
Una’s lovely house
Una's lovely house
At the beginning of the last century, Unuhús in Garðastræti was the center of culture in Reykjavík. The house was built...
Litir litanna & hlutfall hlutanna
Litir litanna & hlutfall hlutanna
Geómetría heitir nýlega opnuð sýning á Gerðarsafni í Kópavogi. Falleg, spennandi og vel uppsett sýn...
Mother’s love in the Mother’s Garden
Mother's love in the Mother's Garden
In Lækjargata, in the middle of downtown Reykjavík, is the work of art Móðurást by Nína Sæmundsson (1...
Small house, big story
Small house, big story
Garðhús, a small house that stands at a special place on Mýrargata, opposite Bakkastígur on the west side of Re...
The French one at Frakkastígur
The French one at Frakkastígur
The French hospital witch the French built in 1902 in the land of Eyjólfsstaðir, just west of Rauðará in Rey...
The Laundry Pools in Laugardalur
The Laundry Pools in Laugardalur
The Laundry Pools or Þvottalaugar in Laugardalur are about 3 km / 2 mi from the centre of Reykjavík. Peo...
October in Reykjavík
October in Reykjavík
Going down to the center of Reykjavík on a normal Saturday in October, armed with two cameras, what wi...
House & History
House & History
In the year 1848, the street Hafnarstræti in Kvosin in Reykjavík got its name. Previously the path, by the then coast...
Grassy residences
Grassy residences
Turfhouses were the main type of houses in Iceland until last century. A house built from turf, with stone cladding and/...
Autumn in Hafnarfjörður
Autumn in Hafnarfjörður
Some people think fall is the best time of the year; when the autumn darkness, the autumn colors and the northern...
Up & rarely down
Food is a very large post in the index basket
Up & rarely down
Inflation in Iceland for the last twelve months is now 9....
Auður’s living hats
Auður's living hats
From the exhebition Halda Áfram by Auður in Gallery Port
Auður brings life to hats
Gallery Port at Laugav...
Vífil’s land
Vífil's land
In 874, Vífill and Karli, slaves of the first settler Ingólfur Arnarson, found his high sea pillars, in a bay under Arn...
The poet’s house
The poet's house
Halldór Laxness (1902-1998) is undoubtedly Iceland's greatest poet of the 20th century. He is the only Icelandic writer...
Indian summer in September
Indian summer in September
The weather has been excellent in the last few days. Icelandic Times / Land & Saga dashed to the city cent...
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
The sculptor and artist Bertel Thorvaldsen stands tall in Hljómskálagarður. The greatest artist of the Nord...
On the border
On the border
Fossvogsdalur is a great outdoor area on the border between Reykjavík and Kópavogur. The valley that runs east of Fossvogur...
In the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye
The beautiful Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1978. The museum has become one of the oldest mus...
The Island in the Capital
The island in the capital
Örfiri is the former name of an island you can walk to at low tide. There are several in the country called Örf...
Art in the gallery by the harbour
Art in the gallery by the harbour
The gallery Kling & Bang was founded by ten visual artists almost 20 years ago. The policy is and w...
From A to Z
From A to Ö
So beautiful this week, coming to Reykjavík from the south and seeing Hringvegur 1 lit up in the evening sun at Sandskeið; ye...
Art, colors & making a living
Art, colors & making a living
The collection of Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876-1958) in Bergstaðastræti, is a part of Listasafn Íslands. Ásgrí...
End of the eruption?
End of the eruption?
On the third of August at 1:30 p.m., an eruption began in Meradalir in Fagradalsfjall, at the edge of the lava ...
Festival in the capital
Festival in the capital
Culture Night in Reykjavík starts early, before nine o'clock when the Reykjavík Marathon starts. The first Marath...
Gunnar Örn in Hafnarborg
Gunnar Örn in Hafnarborg
In Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður's art museum, the exhibition In the depths of your own consciousness is now a retro...
Camping in Iceland
Camping in Iceland
The cheapest way to spend the night travelling in Iceland is to go to a campsite, whether you have a tent or a caravan...
The one and only Grafarvogur
The one and only Grafarvogur
If Grafavogur, a neighbourhood in Reykjavík, were an independent town, it would be the fourth largest in the...
And… history goes on
And... history goes on
The Settlement Exhibitions is on the corner of Túngata and Aðalstræti in downtown Reykjavík.
From the Settle...
Strong houses in Iceland
Strong houses in Iceland
New and old buildings and others are being constructed in Hafnarfjörður, the third most populous town in the co...
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
This charming red house was the home of Benedikt Gröndal (1826-1907), writer, illustrator,
translator and ...
The museum at the Harbour
The museum at the Harbour
Not many people realize that Reykjavík is the largest shipping town in Iceland. There is also the biggest and l...
And… history goes on
And... history goes on
The Settlement Exhibitions is on the corner of Túngata and Aðalstræti in downtown Reykjavík.
From the Settle...
Strong houses in Iceland
Strong houses in Iceland
New and old buildings and others are being constructed in Hafnarfjörður, the third most populous town in the co...
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
This charming red house was the home of Benedikt Gröndal (1826-1907), writer, illustrator,
translator and ...
The museum at the Harbour
The museum at the Harbour
Not many people realize that Reykjavík is the largest shipping town in Iceland. There is also the biggest and l...
Klambratún
The Klambratún park occupies land in the district of Norðurmýri formerly divided into small-holdings under copyhold (heritable perpetual le...
Farmsteads in Reykjavík
Eskihlíð
Eskihlíð and the Hlíðar area
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries drainage of marshland began in Reykjavík territory. T...
Árbær Open Air Museum
Árbær Open Air Museum
Reykjavík City Museum was founded in 2014 when The Settlement Exhibition, Reykjavik Maritime Museum, Reykjavik Muse...
Torfhildur Hólm’s House
Torfhildur's House
Torfhildur's house was built at Laugavegur 36 in 1896, moved to Reykjavik's West Side in 2015 and restored.
The wr...
The hill in the city
The hill in the city
Öskjuhlíð in the middle of the capital is only 90 m lower than Møllehøj, Denmark's highest mountain, which is 170.86...
The Street of Grettir the Strong
The Street of Grettir the Strong
Grettisgata, the next street over from Laugavegur in the city center of Reykjavík, is named after Gretti...
Austurvöllur
The Central Square where people gather in Reykjavík
In olden times, when Reykjavík was simply a farm, Austurvöllur (the East Field) was i...
Art at the Reykjavík Art Museum
Art at the Reykjavík Art Museum
Kjarval's portrait of Erró, 1948
Jóhannes Kjarval self-portrait
In Kjarvalsstaðir, the Reykjavík ...
