15, February 2010
Fuglabúrið
Fuglabúrið live.
When:
22:00
How Much:
Free
Live Music
Live Music.
When:
22:30
How Much:
Free
Live Music
Live Music.
When:
22:00
How Much:
Free
Best Friends Day
Best Friends Day: 2 for 1 beer.
When:
21:00
How Much:
Free
Wine and Cheese Night, DJ Óli Hjörtur
2 glasses of wine and cheese for 1000 ISK.
When:
21:00
How Much:
Free
The New Quartet
The New Quartet playing their annual concert in memory of Bergþóra Árnadóttir.
When:
20:00
How Much:
2900 ISK
Light in the Dark
Exhibit featuring photographs by Helgi Snær Sigurðsson.
When:
All Day
How Much:
Free
Gerður Helgadóttir
Exhibit featuring works by the Icelandic artist Gerður Helgadóttir.
When:
Every day except Monday 11-17
How Much:
Free
Carnegie Art Award 2010
Exhibit featuring works by this year's winner of the Carnegie Art Award, Kristján Guðmundsson, and 22 other Nordic artists.
When:
Every day except Monday 11-17
How Much:
Free
D15 - Dodda Maggý
Exhibition of the video and music installation "Lucy" by Dodda Maggý.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Sara Vilbergsdóttir
Exhibit featuring a collection of work by Sara Vilbergsdóttir, including colorful paintings, papermaché people and photos of kids playing with papermaché.
When:
Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat 11: 00-17:00, Sun 14:00-1
How Much:
Free
Newcastle - New York - New Iceland
Exhibit by the artist Yst featuring coal and chalk drawings
that were made in Newcastle in 2007, New York in 2008 and in New Iceland in 2009, post meltdown.
When:
Every day 11-17
How Much:
200/300 ISK
Sigríður Rut Hreinsdóttir
Sigríður Rut Hreinsdóttir exhibits her oil paintings from 2001-2008.
When:
10-16
How Much:
Free
Remembering One's Fated Glory
Exhibit by textile artist Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir who works with dandelions.
When:
Every day except Monday, 13-17
How Much:
Free
Guðmundur Ingólfsson
Exhibit featuring photographs by Guðmundur Ingólfsson documenting Iceland in 1993, including images of cod liver oil tanks around the country.
When:
Every day except Monday, 13-17
How Much:
Free
Fretbuary Scree
Exhibit featuring works by Bjarni Massi, Davíð Örn Halldórsson, Egill Sæbjörnsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Pétur Már Gunarsson, Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason.
When:
Monday - Friday, 12 - 16, Saturday, 13 - 16
How Much:
Free
The End
Exhibition by Ragnar Kjartansson that was presented as a tableau vivant in Venice.
When:
Every day except Tuesday 12-17
How Much:
Free
Prism
Exhibition by Ingunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir featuring modern two-dimensional surface painting that shifts the viewers' perception from the visual to the physical.
When:
Every day except Tuesday 12-17
How Much:
Free
A Year in Postcards
Exhibition by Vera Sölvadóttir and Jarþrúður Karlsdóttir following up on their yearlong performance of sending a postcard a week to a random stranger abroad.
When:
Every day 11-17
How Much:
200/300 ISK
This is what the children like!
Exhibition of the illustration of newly published children's books. An award is given for the best illustration.
When:
11-17 during the week, 13-16 on weekends
How Much:
Free
"It sounded as if the harp was weeping"
Exhibition of puppets used in a presentation of some episodes from Völsungasaga.
When:
11-17 during the week, 13-16 on weekends
How Much:
Free
A year ago
Exhibit featuring objects that were used in last year's protests after the crash of the economy.
When:
Tuesdays - Sundays 11 - 17
How Much:
1000 ISK, free on Wednesdays
Erró - Astronauts
Erró's 1974-1981 series dedicated to space exploration.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Hreinn Friðfinnsson - More or Less
Exhibit featuring Hreinn Friðfinnsson's works primarily made of frail and illusory objects like glass, paper, stones, mirrors and everyday objects.
When:
Tues to Fri 11- 17, Sat 13 - 17
How Much:
Free
Grand Tour
Exhibition by Einar Garibaldi featuring paintings from various cities in Italy, which the artist has been working on for about a decade.
When:
Wed - Saturday 12-17
How Much:
Free
Kitchen items in the collectors' corner
Þórarinn Eldjárn and Sigurður Árnason exhibit all sorts of kitchen appliances they have collected over the years.
When:
11-17 during the week, 13-16 on weekends
How Much:
Free
Coloursynthesis
Exhibit featuring paintings by young Icelandic artists.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Gullfoss - Geysir & Snowmobiling
Geysir & Langjökull Snowmobiling tour puts you in touch with some of Iceland’s most famous and exciting natural phenomena. Stop at Þingvellir national park which is known for it’s exceptional beauty and historical importance. Onwards we head to the world-renowned geothermal area around Geysir hot spring where you discover spouting springs of various formations and appearances. From there we continue to Gullfoss, the queen of Icelandic waterfalls. Next kick the action into higher gear to get even closer to Iceland’s nature and go for a snowmobiling tour on Langjökul (or Langjökull area), Iceland’s second largest glacier - an exhilarating one-hour tour across the endless white snowfields will not leave you intact.
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Time of year:
Autumn / winter
Threads of Life by Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir
Exhibit features embroidery by Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir, who models her work after old Icelandic manuscripts.
When:
Every day except Monday 11-17
How Much:
500/1000 ISK
Water and Colour
Educational family-oriented workshop in conjunction with the exhibition Watery Hues.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Insights: Warrior Maidens and Ships of Fancy
Exhibition featuring Kjarval's drawings and sketches of warrior maidens and boats.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Watery Hues: A Survey of Icelandic Watercolour
Exhibition featuring nearly two hundred works in water colour from the last 130 years.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Iceland From Below
Available throughout the year, this tour takes you to unique sights of Iceland’s most spectacular
lava tube caves and craters. We will enter through narrow cave entrances and find they reveal
extraordinary scenery of colours and lava formations.
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Price:
€79
duration:
all year round
Departures:
on Saturdays and Sundays at 13:00
Golden Circle Express
In one afternoon, this popular excursion enables visitors to experience some of the most
exciting natural phenomena Iceland has to offer. We visit Þingvellir, where the Icelandic parliament Alþingi
was established in 930. We stop to view the waterfall Gullfoss,
the spouting hot spring of Geysir and Strokkur.
We continue our journey to Hveragerði town, a small but beautiful horticultural town where you will see how geothermal energy has been harnessed to create unique greenhouse cultivation.
We then travel over a mountain heath back to the capital.
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duration:
all year round
Departures:
daily at 13.00/1pm 6 hour trip
Price:
€69
Ásmundur and Our Age
The sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson was a 20th century man shaped by the 19th century. He took on various subjects in his art; at times looking to his heritage and the age that shaped him, and at others looking to the future, technology, and science. This exhibition showcases contemporary artists that tackle similar issues as Ásmundur did in his time, but in a context of a new age. All though presentation, thought and process might be somewhat different , the struggle is the same in a new century. In addition to Ásmundur's works, the exhibition displays works by artists such as Birgir Snæbjörn Birgisson, David Orn Halldorsson, Eirún Sigurðardottir, Finnur Arnar Arnarsson, Gudrun Vera Hjartardottir, Hrafnkell Sigurðsson, Olof Nordal, Petur Orn Friðriksson, Sara Riel og Steingrimur Eyfjorð.
Rhyme- Works by Ásmundur Sveinsson
This exhibition showcases contemporary artists that tackle similar issues as Ásmundur did in his time, but in a context of a new age.
When:
11:00
How Much :
Free
Seriously Beautiful Sculpture
Have you been to the Einar Jónsson Sculpture Museum yet? Sure, this place doesn’t have any new exhibits like other galleries and museums, but these sculptures are so impressive and detailed and loaded with spiritual symbolism and allusions to Norse mythology that a permanent exhibit is enough to keep visitors entertained and impressed again and again. Einar Jónsson was the first and is still most notable sculptor to hail from Iceland and he sets a high standard. Einar and his works are such a national treasure that the state commissioned a building for the sole purpose of housing the sculptures and the artists and his wife in 1914. The massive plaster casts inside the museum are so intricate and emotionally enticing that one could spend significant time examining each and every one, declaring each a favourite before moving on to the next equally astounding creation. The Sculpture Museum also boasts a lovely green space off Freyjugata where bronze casts of Einar’s sculptures can be appr
When:
All Day
How Much:
Free - 500ISK
At Work
Exhibit featuring photgraphs by Jakob Jakobsson.
When:
12-19 during the week, 13-17 on weekends
How Much:
Free
Senses
Exhibit featuring photographs by Jóna Þorvaldsdóttir.
When:
12-19 during the week, 13-17 on weekends
How Much:
Free
Reykjavík City Museum Winter Program
This open-air historical museum offers guided tours Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 13:00.
When:
13:00
How Much:
600 ISK, free on Fridays
Erró - Portraits
Exhibition of Errós famous portraits.
When:
Every day 10-17
How Much:
Free
Icelanders
Exhibit featuring a selection of photographs from the book "Icelanders" by Unnur Jökulsdóttir and Sigurgeir Sigurónsson.
When:
Open daily 11:00-17:00
How Much:
400, free on Wednesdays
Medieval Manuscripts
Medieval Manuscripts, a colourful historical exhibition. Ongoing.
When:
Open daily 11:00-17:00
How Much:
400, free on Wednesdays
Blue Lagoon Direct
Enjoy
all the qualities the Blue Lagoon has to offer! The Blue Lagoon is a
unique geothermal spa situated in the youngest lava field in west
Iceland. Once there you have many recreational options such as walking
in the Blue Lagoon’s spectacular surroundings, bathing in the milky
blue-green water, relax in a geothermal steam bath or release the
stress from your shoulders under a Blue Lagoon waterfall.
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Included:
Bus transfer
Excluded:
Bathing fee to the Blue Lagoon bathing area. Guida
Greater Area Reykjavík Sightseeing
This tour includes the most significant places in the capital and the surrounding towns.
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Included:
Bus English Guidance
Reykjanes Peninsula
After leaving the capital we head to the Reykjanes peninsula where you can see the mid Atlantic ridge rises from the ocean. This is where the tectonic plates of Europe and America collide together.
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Included:
Bus English Guidance on Reykjanes Peninsula tour
Excluded:
Entrance fee to the Blue Lagoon bathing area.
Online booking:
Up to 90 minutes prior to tour departure.
Who is who?
Exhibition of portraits of well-known Icelandic characters that visitors should recognize.
When:
Weekends 14 - 17
How Much:
Free
National Archives of Iceland
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Culture House, original documents from the building itself as well as Iceland's governance are on display in the Library Room.
When:
Every day 11-17
How Much:
Free
Dulin Himintungl
Kim Linnet exhibits her 360 panorama photos of Iceland.
When:
Weekdays 8:20 - 16:30. Weekends 12:00 - 16:00.
How Much:
Free
South Shore Adventure
This tour is ideal for nature lovers of all kinds. You will have an oppurtunity to stand behind the plummeting Seljalandsfoss waterfall, walk up to the skógarfoss waterfall and gaze at the formations.
We travel along the South coast of Iceland as far as Vík í Mýrdal a small charming village surrounded by beutifull high bird cliffs.
Highlights of the day are stunning views of glaciers, black lava sand coast lines and impressive rock formations.
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Time:
09:00-19:00
Time of year
All Year
The Golden Circle
You can walk around the world-famous Geysir area, a geothermal field where hot springs are in abundance, geysers explode and pools of mud bubble.
One of many highlights of the tour is the Gullfoss waterfall, the queen of Iceland's waterfalls.Finally, but no less spectacular is a visit to the Thingvellir National Park.
This is the original site of the oldest existing parliament in the world. The Great Atlantic rift is clearly visible, a rift that is slowly pulling Iceland apart along tectonic plates. Lunch and refreshments not included.
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Duration:
09:00 - 17:00
Price:
9.800 ISK
Tour Provider:
Reykjavík Excursions
Phone:
+354 580 5400
Reykjavik Grand Excursion
The Reykjavik Grand Excursion is a detailed and comprehensive introduction to Reykjavik's past and present. During this tour Reykjavik’s main attractions are highlighted on foot and by bus. The main landmarks, such as The Pearl, Hallgrímskirkja church, the National Museum of Iceland, the harbour and the famous 101 Reykjavik neighbourhood are visited.
Reykjavik's unique proximity to nature, with salmon river Elliðaá running through it, a thermal beach at Nauthólsvík, green valleys and outdoor swimming pools, makes this city second to none in the world.
Lunch and refreshments are not included.
Includes: Bus fare, guidance in English daily, German on Wed & Sun and French on Tue, admission to museums and pick-up at hotels and guesthouses 30 minutes before departure.
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Duration:
11:00-13:30
Price:
4.900 ISK
Tour Provider:
Reykjavík Excursions
Phone:
+354 580 5400
Blue Diamond Circle
This tour is available 3 days a week; Tue - Thu - Fri.
On the south side of the Reykjanes peninsula. Our first stop is Grindavík a small fishing village.
Visiting the Icelandic Salt Fish Museum in Grindavík offers you a unique view into the Icelandic culture and heritage.
The Rift provides visitors with a unique chance to cross the Eurasian and American continents in just minutes. Duus Culture Centre, is among Iceland’s most remarkable and historic man made structures.
We will pass through the now open to public, NATO Base
Before returning to Reykjavík, we visit the The Viking World
exhibition, built on the history of sailing trade, warfare and religion
of the Viking era.
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Duration:
9:00-17:00
Price:
12.500 ISK
Tour Provider:
Reykjavík Excursions
Phone:
+354 580 5400
Saga Circle
Attention: This tour is available Saturdays only.
The Icelandic Sagas are renowned throughout the world. This Saga Tour takes you to the settings of the most famous events in Icelandic history where we follow in the footsteps of the Viking warrior and poet Egill Skallagrimsson and others in Borgarfjordur.
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Duration:
9:00-17:00
Price:
14000 ISK
Tour Provider:
Reykjavík Excursions
Phone:
+354 580 5400
Blue Lagoon Express
The Blue Lagoon Express is not to be missed while you are in Iceland. The Blue Lagoon's warm water and natural active ingredients; mineral salts, silica and blue green algae help you relax and unwind while the Blue Lagoon white silica mud gently cleanses and exfoliates the skin. The mineral salts balance and relax body and soul.
The Blue Lagoon Express offers the ideal way to visit the Blue Lagoon. Return times are always flexible. Enjoy all that the Blue Lagoon has to offer in your own time!
Included: Bath fee to the Blue Lagoon.
Pick up at hotels and guesthouses 30 minutes prior to departure. Drop off after day tours may sometimes not be right in front of your hotel/guesthouse due to narrow streets and actual coach size used during the tour.
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Duration:
Multiple times per day
Price:
5400 ISK
Tour Provider:
Reykjavík Excursions
Phone:
+354 580 5400