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.
The annual Dark Music Days Festival kicks off tonight with an opening ceremony and live broadcast radio concert followed by the Opening Concert at Harpa.
After seeing in the New Year with a bang, Reykjavik continues to celebrate light with bonfires and more fireworks tonight.
Some great skiing weather in northern Iceland this festive season, and is that a polar bear?!
It’s a lovely time of year to wander around downtown Reykjavik soaking up the festive atmosphere. Shops are open until 10pm from today.
There’s a lot on in Reykjavik today, from the arrival of Yuletide Lad Gully Gawk, to a St Lucia procession, to a performance by the renowned Reykjavik Wind Quintet.
The first of the thirteen long-awaited Yuletide Lads (Jólasveinar) made his way down from the mountains sometime last night, leaving a little present in the shoes of Icelandic children.
In just one week, Iceland’s Yuletide lads will start coming down from the mountains to cause mischief in all Icelandic homes. I’ll keep you posted as each arrives, but if you’re visiting Reykjavik before then you can see some of these Christmas creatures in various places around town – and if you note the location [...]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the ‘Day of Icelandic Language’ without realising there is also a ‘Day of Icelandic Music’ (dagur íslenskrar tónlistar) – tomorrow, December 1. So if you happen to be in Iceland this week, tune your radio to any station at all at 11.15 am tomorrow, and you will hear [...]
