Posts by Jane
International acts including Benjamin Koppel and Leo Gillespie join top local performers at this year’s Reykjavik Folk Festival.
The new online Iceland Travel Guide offers visitors to Iceland a great tool to help plan their trips and provide them with information once they’re here.
Íslenski Hesturinn – the Icelandic Horse Riding Tours is now the number one traveller-recommended attraction in Reykjavik, according to TripAdvisor.com.
A sneak preview of the Schola Cantorum chamber choir’s performance tomorrow highlighted the ethereal acoustics of Reykjavík’s Hallgrímskirkja church.
At Reykjavik’s Food and Fun festival this year, 17 restaurants are taking part, with master chefs competing for the coveted annual “Food & Fun Chef Of The Year” award.
On Öskudagur (Ash Wednesday) the streets of Reykjavik fill with witches, wolves, pirates and Pippi Longstockings – children in costume making their way from door to door singing for sweets.
Exploding Day in Iceland sees everyone filling up (to bursting point!) on a delicious salted meat and split pea soup.
On Bolludagur, or Bun Day, Icelandic children wake early to hit their parents with a ‘bun bat’ yelling “Bun! Bun! Bun!”
Hallgrimskirkja on fire, swimming and skiing to music, Peter and the Wolf, a Lego wonderland, Voices Off photo exhibition – it’s all on at the Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival.
