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 9.3% and continues to ...
Downtown Reykjavik
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 Laugavegur 32 makes the ca...
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 centre tonight with a ca...
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
Thorvaldsen from Skagafjörður
The sculptor and artist Bertel Thorvaldsen stands tall in Hljómskálagarður. The greatest artist of the Nordic countries is writ...
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 museums in Europe, mana...
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 Örfirisey; one of the i...
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 was to promote art th...
Live port
Live port
Reykjavík Harbor is 105 years old, and a quarter of a century ago, the statue Horft til hafs, by Ingi Þ Gíslason, was unveiled on Miðbakki. It was ...
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. Ásgrímur was not only a p...
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 Marathon was 37 years ago,...
And… history goes on
And... history goes on
The Settlement Exhibitions is on the corner of Túngata and Aðalstræti in downtown Reykjavík.
From the Settlement Exhibition, sho...
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
Gröndalshús – Gröndal‘s House
This charming red house was the home of Benedikt Gröndal (1826-1907), writer, illustrator,
translator and natural scientist. H...
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 largest museum in the...
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 writer Torfhildur Þors...
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 Grettir "The Strong" Ásmun...
Austurvöllur
The Central Square where people gather in Reykjavík
In olden times, when Reykjavík was simply a farm, Austurvöllur (the East Field) was its best grassfield, ...
Listval
Exquisite gallery opens in Harpa
Listval exhibits Icelandic art
Elísabet Alma Svendsen and Helga Kjerúlf have worked in art and design on various projects,...
A town in a city
A town in a city
Reykjavík is a fun city, strange yes, young yes, with buildings that are so diverse, different but still bind the city together, forming a ...
The Arctic tern
The Arctic tern
A few years ago, changes were made to the islet in Þorfinnstjörn in Hljómskálagarðurinn Park, so it was more suitable for nesting by Reykjaví...
The string of Pearls (Perlufesti)
The string of Pearls (Perlufesti)
The sculpture park String of Pearls in the western part of Hljómskálagarðurinn was opened on Women's Rights Day, 19 June 20...
