The city of Reykjavik is vibrant since the annual Reykjavik Arts Festival has just begun. Although Eyjafjallajökull volcano is still active, tourists are enjoying the spring in Iceland as the days are getting longer and warmer. Guests at the Blue Lagoon were pleasantly surprised when members of the Icelandic opera began singing in the lagoon [...]
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Volcano in Iceland – life goes on as usual
Many questions have come up following the recent eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano: How does it affect Iceland and air travel? Are tourists safe in Iceland? We hope to answer most of your questions here in this document.
Volcanic Eruption In Iceland
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Many questions have come up following the recent eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano: How does it [...]
Music is still a vital part of the Icelandic art scene
In times of financial strains we sometimes see cut backs and postponements of various cultural projects around the world. In light of this it is nice to see that the Icelandic Music scene is still buzzing with activity and bands and artists like Ólafur Arnalds, Kimono, Sunna Gunnlaugs, Steed Lord, Hjaltalín and many more are [...]
Don’t miss the Tiger Lillies at the Opera
The famous founders of the Brechtian Punk Cabaret style of music will be in Reykjavik performing for the Reykjavik Art Festival in May. Their concert at the opera house is just one of many, many happenings in Reykjavik during the festival days. The list of artists that will perform includes famous names such as the [...]
Reykjavik Blues Festival April 4th – 9th
Are you coming to Reykjavik in early april? If so may we suggest that you check out the annual Reykjavík Blues Festival.
The festival offers a colorful program of blues, performed by Icelandic as well as international artists. The Reykjavík Blues Festival hosts international guests directly from the heartlands of the blues, Mississippi and Chicago and [...]
Icelandair makes Iceland even more accessible for the US market…
…and of course vice versa!
Icelandair today announced that they will start flying 4 times a week between Keflavik and Seattle on the American west coast. This new service will commence on July 22nd 2009. Not only will this open up a new market for Iceland as a destination, it will also make the trip from [...]
Imagine Peace Tower
Tomorrow is the second last day to catch a glimpse of the Imagine Peace Tower being alight. By then it has been lit for the week of spring Equinox. The equinox is when the day and night are equally long and from that time onwards the days gets longer and longer until the midnight sun.
The [...]
Come celebrate the light
It’s time for the Reykjavik Winter Light Festival for the 8th consecutive year. The festival celebrates the return of the light as well as the winter by offering its attendees theatre plays, street performances, dance, visual arts and much more. Best of all might be, in these times, that all events are free of charge. [...]
Mid-Atlantic
For those of you who work in the hospitality trade with the Icelandic market knows that there are, besides the big trade shows, two workshops/trade shows that has much more focus on Iceland at the West Nordic market. Vestnorden that takes place in September each year, and Mid-Atlantic in early February.
After FITUR in Madrid it [...]
Second day at FITUR
The, arguably, third most important trade show in Europe – FITUR 2009 – is on its way. As I’m writing this we have just arrived to the stand for the second day. The first day was good and productive. Although many travel-, and hotel companies decided late to give the FITUR a miss the turn [...]