Capital Area

Hanami meeting

Hanami meeting It has been 12 years since the Icelandic-Japanese association planted Japanese cherry trees in Hljómskálagarður. But when the cherry trees are i...

The future is Kári’s

The future is Kári's Kári Egilsson held a release concert at NASA at Austurvöllur, where this 20-year-old musician celebrated the release of his first LP, Palm...

Lækjartorg

Lækjartorg Lækjartorg has been one of Reykjavík's main squares, since the town/city began being built up and expanded after it received mar...

March is now in May

One hundred exhibitions are at Design March, where 400 participants in one hundred events are showcasing this May, in the of the field of design and architectur...

Colorful in Hafnarborg

Colorful in Hafnarborg They are different, but really amazing, the two exhibitions that are going on in Hafnarborg, the cultural art center of Hafnarfjörður....

A city within a city

A city within a city On Laugavegur, just above Hlemmur in the city center, industrial buildings built around the time of the Second World War are currently ...

Hannesarholt 10 years old

Hannesarholt 10 years old For a decade, the cultural institution Hannesarholt has been run with great care by Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir and her family at Grundar...

Grafarholt

Grafarholt  By Reynisvatn It is not unpleasant for the residents of the Grafarholt district, one of Reykjavík's newest districts, to know that it is bo...

The joy of art

The joy of art Kviksjá / Kaleidoscope í vestursal Kjarvalsstaða It is so rewarding and fun to go to Kjarvalsstaðir right now. In this 50-year-old build...

In the middle of the city center

In the middle of the city center Hverfisgata, which runs north of and parallel to Laugavegur, Reykjavík's main shopping street, is and always was the little ...

By the blue bayou

By the blue bayou Of course, I have been to the coastline many times, up and down along the capital coastlines. And, as always, the area surprises me. In a p...

Pósthusstræti then & now

Pósthusstræti then & now On a map drawn by the city of Reykjavík in 1801, there are five streets and one unnamed path, between the Cathedral and Austurst...

Art in the valley

Art in the valley Laugardalur is significant in may ways. The people of Reykjavík used to make their way east of Laugavegur to Þvottalaugarnar to wash their ...

Figures on tourists

Figures on tourists It is interesting to look at the composition of foreign tourists who visit Iceland. Ferðamálastofa / Icelandic Tourist Board compiles num...

Vesturgata in Vesturbær

Vesturgata in Vesturbær At the beginning of the last century, Reykjavík was divided into three parts, downtown, east and west. The more affluent lived in the...

Panorama of the capital area

Panorama of the capital area Kópavogskirkja, the oldest church in the second most populous municipality in the country, stands at the top of Bo...