What's On in Iceland

29/12/2024

New Year's Eve is just around the corner. Find out what to expect in Iceland for NYE (link in comments). Get the details on:
- The New Year's Eve run from Harpa 🏃
- The annual comedy show on state TV 🤡
- Bonfires 🔥
- Parties 💃
- Opening hours ⏱
- Elves and hidden people 🧝
- Fireworks 🎆
- Tours & activities🚤

27/12/2024

Have you visited an ice cave? The coldest time of year is prime time for that. But as always, check the weather forecast and driving conditions and prioritize safety. Safetravel.is and vedur.is are great sources for that. Our quick guide to ice caving in Iceland is in the link in comments.

24/12/2024

The Christmas Book Flood is a tradition in Iceland, as well as giving books for Christmas and reading a good book on Christmas Eve. But where to start with Icelandic literature? We compiled a list of five books worth considering (link in comments) - one of them is a classic story to read before Christmas for many Icelanders.

From the team at What's On: Merry Christmas! 🎄⭐️

📷 Golli

19/12/2024

The route to the volcanic eruption in Geldingardalir (Fagradalsfjall) on Reykjanes in March 2021. Snow on the ground, blue sky, path from the parking lot in the middle, golden ocean in the distance and geothermal steam rising up from the ground on the far right, just to add a bit to the clouds on the left side.

That was the first eruption in the ongoing geologically active period on the Reykjanes peninsula that is foreseen to last for many more years to come although there is no eruption right now. The latest one ended 8 December and it was the 10th eruption from 2021. Before 2021, the previous active period on the peninsula was 800 years ago, longer than any modern man remembers.

19/12/2024

Are you in Reykjavík for Christmas and NYE? You can find opening hours for restaurants, grocery stores and museums on our website 🕒

👉 Restaurants: https://www.whatson.is/restaurant-opening-hours-in-reykjavik-for-christmas-2024/
👉 Museums: https://www.whatson.is/museum-opening-hours-christmas/
👉 Grocery stores: https://www.whatson.is/reykjavik-supermarkets-opening-hours-for-christmas-and-new-year-time/

17/12/2024

The public transport system in Reykjavík now allows card payments, as reported by RÚV:

Bus passengers in the capital region can now use contactless payments for their rides using cards. This was planned for a long time, but the implementation of the system was significantly delayed.

16/12/2024

❄️A frozen waterfall at Þingvellir national park in January 2021. ❄️

09/12/2024

If you go to Hafnarfjörður these days, you might see the Yule Lads around the Christmas Village. 🧐 Look carefully, and you may also see elves and Vikings, who live there in perfect harmony. More about that in one of our latest posts (link in comments).

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 is available as well in Reykjavík.

📸 Golli

🎄 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 m...

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.