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What's On provides the best Tourist Information Centre in downtown Reykjavik. We‘re proud to continue that effort, printing over 100,000 copies every year.
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What‘s On in Reykjavik is Iceland‘s leading guide to events, entertainment, restaurants, and activities. We have two tourism information centres located on the main street in the heart of downtown, Laugavegur 5 (main office) and Laugavegur 54, 101 Reykjavík. We strive to inform visitors to Iceland the best we can by providing an accurate, up-to-date event calendar, informative and entertaining art

icles on various topics related to Iceland and Icelanders, and offering an extensive FAQ section, where we hope to answer all your wildest questions regarding our spectacular country. Every month, the What‘s On in Reykjavik magazine is published and distributed around the Reykjavik capital area. What‘s On in Reykjavik has been published for the last 30 years, making it one of the oldest tourism publications in Iceland. The magazine is a great resource for on-the-fly information on Iceland and Reykjavík, filled with great content every month on museums to visit, restaurants to check out, the sights to see, and much more. In addition to providing information to everyone interested in Iceland, we offer visitors the chance to book their tours, activities, excursions, and trips right here online. We work only with selected suppliers, proven to offer quality experiences and outstanding services. We aim to offer a variety of different tours, but if there‘s something specific you‘re looking for that you can‘t find online, don‘t hesitate to contact us and we‘ll do our best to help you out the best we can. For all issues regarding safe travel whilst in Iceland please consult: www.safetravel.is

29/11/2024

🔔 Christmas markets in Reykjavík are opening this weekend 🔔, downtown and in Heiðmörk forest area 🌲🌳 on the outskirts of the city, as well as the Christmas Valley in Laugardalur. Hafnarfjörður already opened last weekend and continues until Christmas.

29/11/2024

⭐️Will you be in Reykjavík around Christmas or New Year? ⭐️
💡Pro tip💡Reserve a restaurant table in advance. 🥗🍱🫕

For example, Jómfrúin is already fully booked for Dec 23. Learn more about the holiday opening hours of restaurants in Reykjavík in our latest post and in Reykjavík Christmas Guide.

27/11/2024

🎄 Our annual Reykjavík Christmas Guide is out! ⛄️

The guide covers:
- Icelandic holiday traditions
- Christmas food and snacks 🍗🍎🥮
- Events
- The Yule Lads
- New Year's Eve
- The Christmas Book Flood (Jólabókaflóðið) 📚📖
- Tours & Activities
- Christmas markets
- Opening hours of restaurants, museums and pools
- Shopping

The guide is available on Issuu now (link in comments) and print version to arrive soon in Reykjavík.

📸 Golli

22/11/2024

Are you visiting Reykjavík in December? Our quick guide gives you some hints on what to expect in terms of atmosphere, events and activities. Link in comments. 🎄🌟❄️

21/11/2024

An eruption started at 11.14 PM on Wednesday evening, in the Sundhnúkagígar crater series. It is the seventh in the area this year but already subsiding in power noticeably.

Iceland remains safe to visit and the eruption has no effect on air traffic.

📷 The Civil Protection Department in Iceland

20/11/2024

The literary festival Iceland Noir starts today and runs until Saturday. More about the festival in our recent post, link in comments.

20/11/2024

A new manuscript exhibition started this week, with free entrance until Sunday. The ancient Icelandic manuscripts are considered a cultural heritage. Link in comments to our story about the exhibition.

15/11/2024

🎤🎸🥁 Iceland Airwaves 2024 finished last weekend.

"I simply entered the zone from the first tone to the last due to brilliant lyrics and melodies that caught the audience and kept them half-hypnotized (but also singing along and dancing) until the end of the final song." - from the description of one of this year's concerts. Link to our round-up of the festival in comments.

📸 Joana Fontinha for Iceland Airwaves.

15/11/2024

✨🎄Hafnarfjörður Christmas Village opens today and other Christmas markets in the capital area will follow soon. Learn more about the Christmas markets and festive program in the capital area leading up to Christmas this year. Link in comments. 🎄✨

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06/11/2024

🎸 Iceland Airwaves 2024 starts today with several off-venue events with free entrance, while the official schedule runs from tomorrow.

These are the concerts today with free entrance:

16:00 Cyber (IS) @ Lucky Records
16:45 Eló (IS) @ Reykjavík Record Shop
17:30 Jaakko Eino Kalevi (FI) @ Smekkleysa
18:15 MSEA (IS/CA) @ 12 Tónar
19:00 Kham Meslien (FR) @ Lucky Records
19:45 Hist og (IS) @ Reykjavík Record Shop
20:30 Ólöf Arnalds (IS) @ Smekkleysa
21:15 Spacestation (IS) @ 12 Tónar

Links in comments to our guide to this year's official program and the full off-venue program.

23/10/2024

Halloween is not a long-standing tradition in Iceland but has been growing every year of late. In the link in comments, find out more about halloween in Reykjavík, including events this year.

14/10/2024

Swans at Tjörnin on a sunny Sunday in October (13.10). September was sunny and calm but cold in Reykjavík and the first part of October has been more of the same.

07/10/2024

RIFF | Reykjavík International Film Festival 2024 ended yesterday. Find our summary of the festival in the link in comments. The photo here is from the Norwegian documentary Woolly, that was among this year's highlights.

30/09/2024

I wriggle in the seat, sweat and consider walking out, it was too uncomfortable to see this, the fight-or-flight response kicked in, full force. I was looking away from the screen but could still picture very clearly what was going on due to the nerve-wrecking soundtrack. This happened around three times during the first part of the film in Háskólabíó cinema.

The Substance is shown at RIFF | Reykjavík International Film Festival, currently running in Reykjavík, a proper psycho-thriller with Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. I have never experienced such reactions to a film nor seen comparable reactions from others in the room. Link in comments to the full review.

22/09/2024

A lone sheep in the distance at dawn.

20/09/2024

Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) is only one week away. Learn more about the festival this year in our story. Link in comments.

11/09/2024

The season for round-ups and getting the sheep indoors for wintertime has started and will continue until around mid-October. This means that there can be sheep, people and horse-riders on the roads from time to time. Please pay attention, slow down and show patience while passing. Link to our story about round-ups in Iceland is in comments.

27/08/2024

🌋 One more volcanic eruption started on Thursday evening on the Reykjanes peninsula. It can be difficult to get core information from all the news and social media posts about it in travel groups about Iceland. A common question for people considering visiting Iceland is: Is it safe to travel to Iceland? Yes, it is. Learn more about it in our latest article, covering recent eruptions, solo travel and safety in Reykjavík. Link in comments.

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Laugavegur 5
Reykjavík
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Opening Hours

Monday	08:30 - 21:00
Tuesday	08:30 - 21:00
Wednesday	08:30 - 21:00
Thursday	08:30 - 21:00
Friday	08:30 - 21:00
Saturday	08:30 - 21:00
Sunday	08:30 - 21:00

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+3545513600

Website

https://www.whatson.is/

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What‘s On in Reykjavik is Iceland‘s leading guide to events, entertainment, restaurants and activities. We currently have 2 locations for our Tourism Info. & Booking Centres in downtown. Our main location is in the heart of downtown- Laugavegur 5. We strive to inform visitors to Iceland the best we can by providing an accurate, up-to-date event calendar, informative and entertaining articles on various topic related to Iceland and Icelanders and offering an extensive FAQ section, where we hope to answer all your wildest questions regarding our spectacular country. Every month the What‘s On in Reykjavik magazine is published and distributed around the Reykjavik capital area. What‘s On in Reykjavik has been published for the last 30 years, making it one of the oldest tourism publications in Iceland. We‘re proud to continue that effort, printing over 100.000 copies every year. The magazine is a great resource for on-the-fly information on Iceland and Reykjavik, filled with great content every month on museums to visit, restaurants to check out, the sights to see and much more. In addition to providing information to everyone interested in Iceland, we offer visitors the chance to book their tours, activities, excursions and trips right here online. We work only with selected suppliers, proven to offer quality experiences and outstanding services. We aim to offer a variety of different tours, but if there‘s something specific you‘re looking for that you can‘t find online, don‘t hesitate to contact us and we‘ll do our best to help you out the best we can. Please refer to our About page, www.whatson.is/about for any further information For all issues regarding safe travel whilst in Iceland please consult: www.safetravel.is

As of the 1st of February 2020 Safe Travel has officially move to our What’s On location at Laugavegur 54 in downtown Reykjavík.