Ski lifts at Bláfjöll, a skiing area just near Reykjavik.

Skiing areas across Iceland open today

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A drawing of a proposed Viking farm which will rise in the area.

Viking world to rise in Mosfellsdalur

23 Oct 2017 A new Viking world will rise in Mosfellsdalur in the vicinity of Reykjavik. The area will feature a church, farms, animal pens and a workshop to show what life was like in Iceland in the 11th and 12th century.

Árbæjarsafn museum is very popular with children.

Half term at Icelandic schools begins today

19 Oct 2017 Today heralds the beginning of a short mid-term holiday for children all around Iceland which ends on Tuesday.

The Pearl in Reykjavik is a dome-shaped building on top of hot water tanks. The planetarium will rise adjacent to it.

A new planetarium for Reykjavik

13 Sep 2017 The City of Reykjavik have given permission for a building next to Perlan which will house a planetarium. The planetarium will form a part of the natural history exhibition which is now located within this iconic building.

Plenty of activities for kids on Sunday at the Kátt á Klambra festival.

A children's festival in one of Reykjavik's largest parks on Sunday

29 Jul 2017 Children's festival Kátt á Klambra takes place for the second time this year at Klambratún near the city centre in Reykjavik. This year the focus is on creativity and social interaction.

Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre is located by Reykjavik harbour in the city centre.

Fly over Iceland's landscapes in a 360 degree film

27 Jul 2017 Visitors of Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik are now able to visit the Iceland Expo Pavillion again. The show offers a unique 360 degree film starring the most magnificent of Icelandic landscapes.

World Children’s Day is on Saturday, 18rh of February, at the start of the winter holiday at Reykjavík’s primary schools.

Japanese themed World Children's Day in Reykjavik on Saturday

16 Feb 2017 On World Children’s Day, which is now being held for the 14th time, children and their parents will have the opportunity of taking part in a variety of interesting workshops and enjoying events of many types in the Reykjavík City Library’s branches (cultural centres) all over the city.

The opening piece at the Winter Lights festival in 2016.

Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival begins this week

31 Jan 2017 Green and purple – the hues of the Northern Lights – have been adopted as the Festival’s identifying colours, and almost thirty buildings in the capital area will be floodlit in those colours – more than ever before.

Laxá í Aðaldal is often referred to as the queen of Icelandic rivers for salmon fishing.

Best rivers for salmon fishing in Iceland

4 Jan 2017 Iceland is renowned for its nature, and a great way to enjoy it is to go fishing. Salmon fishing is very popular in Iceland and there are a few absolutely stunning rivers for that. Here is a list of our favourite rivers, with no regard to the price!

Snowboarding in front of Iceland's most powerful waterfall, Dettifoss.

Icelandic snowboarding champion snowboards around frozen waterfalls

19 Dec 2016 Icelandic snowboarding champion Eiríkur Helgason, known as Eiki, has created a new project called Ísland-Born, which includes a short documentary, a magazine, a video and a website, island-born.com.

Bláfjöll offers a chair lift and a couple of tow lifts.

Bláfjöll ski resort could open soon

22 Nov 2016 If it continues to snow, the Bláfjöll skiing area just outside of Reykjavik could open soon for the winter skiing season.

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