Museums, Galleries and Houses of Culture

Fifty five years of beauty

Fifty five years of beauty The other day, it had been 55 years since Norræna Húsið (The Nordic House) opened in Reykjavík. The Nordic House, the first collec...

The Old Icelandic Sagas

The Old Icelandic Sagas While other nations of Europe take pride in preserving castles, priceless art and great monuments of monarchies and churches, Iceland...
verk eftir Sunneva Weisshappel

Women are best/worst for women

Women are best/worst for women The Marshall House (Marshallhúsið) by Reykjavík Harbor out on Grandi is a treasure. Both the building itself and the activitie...

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum From Árnessýsla Heritage Museum The history of the Árnessýsla Heritage Museum began in 1953, almost 70 years ago. In the begin...

Spectacular Safnahúsið

Spectacular Safnahúsið Explore four floors of art in Reykjavík’s House of Collections Safnahúsið (The House of Collections) features four floors of Icelan...

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum

Árnessýsla Heritage Museum The history of the Árnessýsla Heritage Museum began in 1953, almost 70 years ago. In the beginning, it mainly  held objects from t...

Halldór Laxness

The Nobel Prize-winning Writer from Iceland Halldór Laxness writings Halldór Laxness (1902-1998) stands as a luminary amongst the other Icelandic writers...