Everyone’s favourite time of year is fast approaching, but according to a recent survey by MORI, four out of five adults find Christmas stressful. So why not visit Iceland this winter and be the one of five who relax during the festive period. » Read more: Visit Iceland for a relaxing Christmas holiday
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Visit Iceland for a relaxing Christmas holiday
November 26th, 2009Iceland rocks on with its biggest music festival of the year
September 17th, 2009
Iceland’s October music festival Iceland Airwaves is in its eleventh year and still going strong, attracting thousands of people to the island each year to experience some of the finest music around in the heart of downtown Reykjavik.
Back in 1999, the first ever Iceland Airwaves festival was held in an aircraft hangar at the local airport in Reykjavik. The music festival originally started as a talent showcase intended for foreign record company executives – but since then has grown and blossomed, interweaving itself into Reykjavik’s cultural life whilst also earning itself a permanent place on Iceland’s yearly calendar. » Read more: Iceland rocks on with its biggest music festival of the year
Special off-peak deals at Iceland apartment hotel
September 9th, 2009
Hotel Hafnarfjordur in Iceland is offering amazing room rates for autumn, winter and spring trips to Iceland.
Hotel Hafnarfjordur is conveniently located in the Reykjavik capital region of Iceland and offers high quality hotel service with the freedom of apartment accommodation – and with rooms starting from as little as 7,500 Icelandic kronur (roughly USD 60 at the beginning of September), a holiday in Iceland could be a great way to escape the winter blues. » Read more: Special off-peak deals at Iceland apartment hotel
The high point of Iceland’s summer events and festivals
August 26th, 2009
The impressive line-up of large summertime cultural events in Reykjavik reached the summit on Saturday with Menningarnott, or Culture Night in English. It is worth mentioning though that summer events make up only half of Iceland’s capital city’s all-year schedule of culture.
Culture Night in Reykjavik is an annual affair which took place this year on Saturday 22nd August, involving a mass of different events all over the city all day and all night. Iceland has a packed schedule of interesting cultural and sporting events throughout the year, and Culture Night is the biggest of them all. » Read more: The high point of Iceland’s summer events and festivals
Autumn colours make perfect Iceland vacation backdrop
August 18th, 2009
If you are someone usually put off by autumn’s message of looming winter to follow, an autumnal visit to Iceland will change your mind and leave you captivated by autumn’s sheer beauty. So what about winter approaching anyway? It has its charm too, after all!
Choose your clothing carefully and autumn can be a great time of year to get outdoors in Iceland without getting too cold or crowded out by summer tourists. And autumn is the time when nature is at her most colourful. In autumn the red and gold leaves are interspersed with mushrooms and an abundance of tasty berries used by locals to sweeten up daily life for centuries. » Read more: Autumn colours make perfect Iceland vacation backdrop
Central Reykjavik hotels the best way to live Iceland
August 17th, 2009
The middle of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital city is renowned for its lively culture, its art and music and its energetic weekend nightlife. Before arrival, visitors to Iceland often forget how much better it is to stay downtown and not to get stuck in the middle of suburban nowhere.
A group of Reykjavik hotels calling itself Center Hotels has built up a network of great hotels downtown in the Icelandic capital to ensure their guests can enjoy Reykjavik at its most vibrant. The chain allows visitors to enjoy the best of Icelandic culture without the hassle of going back to the hotel early on buses, paying for expensive taxis or driving themselves and not being allowed a beer or two. » Read more: Central Reykjavik hotels the best way to live Iceland
Reykjavik Gay Pride a great success
August 13th, 2009
Gay Pride has been an increasingly popular festival in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, for the past eleven years. The 2009 event took place this past weekend – but although there are twelve months to wait until the next party, gay rights in Iceland remain at the fore all year round.
Some 80,000 residents and visitors flocked to Reykjavik city centre on Saturday for the eleventh annual Reykjavik Gay Pride parade and the following outdoor concert with Pall Oskar, probably Iceland’s biggest pop star. » Read more: Reykjavik Gay Pride a great success
Enlivening Iceland on Culture Night
August 12th, 2009
Reykjavik Culture Night is a massive and inclusive event which takes place late each August in Iceland’s capital city. But as the party lasts all day and all night, there are plenty of people who wonder at the accuracy of the name Culture Night, or Menningarnott in Icelandic.
Tradition dictates that Culture Night should always be on a Saturday. If you’re planning to visit Iceland, you might be interested to know that it falls on the 22 August this year. Culture Night is officially a celebration of the anniversary of the City of Reykjavik and has evolved into a massive cultural event with more to do than can ever be done (excuse the irrelevant Lion King quote). » Read more: Enlivening Iceland on Culture Night
Reykjavik Gay Pride brightens all of Iceland
August 6th, 2009
Every August the streets of Reykjavik come alive with all the colours of the rainbow and every type of person as the whole of Iceland get ready to celebrate Gay Pride with pride!
Reykjavik Gay Pride is a pretty unique event by global standards. Its organisers describe it as ‘the biggest little Pride in the world’, as it attracts as many as one-in-three of Iceland’s entire population out onto the streets to support LGBT rights specifically, and equality in society more generally. » Read more: Reykjavik Gay Pride brightens all of Iceland
