Qué hay en Reikiavik, Islandia, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, New Year's Eve fireworks

• Festival

  Thorrablot

  19 Ene – 25 Feb · normalmenteFestival gastronómico

  The midwinter feasts run through the old month of Thorri: soured ram, fermented shark, and a room of people singing. Community halls and a few restaurants both do them. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente)), New Year's Eve fireworks (31 Dic – 1 Ene)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Spring winter break en Islandia

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Thorrablot (19 Ene – 25 Feb (normalmente)), Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Easter break en Islandia

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Easter break en Islandia

• Naturaleza

  Whale watching season

  1 Abr – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de ballenas

  Minke and humpback come into Faxafloi through the summer and the boats run several times a day from the old harbour. Sailings are cancelled for wind, not for cold.

• Festival

  First Day of Summer

  23 AbrGran festival

  A public holiday on the first Thursday after 18 April, celebrated with parades whatever the weather is doing, which is usually not summer. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Puffins on the cliffs

  20 Abr – 15 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  The colonies come ashore in late April and are gone by late August; the ones reachable from town are on the islands in the bay rather than the south coast.

Sigue en marcha: Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 Abr – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, National Day

• Festivo

  National Day

  17 JunFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  17 June is a public holiday marking independence: towns hold parades with brass bands, speeches and children's entertainment, flags fly everywhere and many shops and offices close. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 Abr – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Summer holidays en Islandia

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 Abr – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Culture Night

• Festival

  Culture Night

  22 AgoGran festivalMucha gente

  Menningarnott takes over the centre for a day in late August, ending with fireworks off Arnarholl, and the city marathon runs the same morning. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 Abr – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Aurora season

  1 Sep – 31 Mar · normalmente

  Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book. The city's own light means driving out for twenty minutes.

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, Autumn winter break en Islandia

• Cierre

  Highland roads closed

  1 Oct – 15 Jun · normalmente

  Iceland's F-roads shut outside summer; the road administration opens them in stages from late May. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Whale watching season (1 Abr – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Iceland Airwaves

• Festival

  Iceland Airwaves

  5–7 NovFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Three days of music in bars, churches and the concert hall in the first week of November, which is the one thing that fills Reykjavik in the dark half of the year. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — New Year's Eve fireworks, Christmas break en Islandia

• Festival

  The Yule Lads

  12–24 DicNavidad y Año Nuevo

  Thirteen of them, one a night from 12 December, each leaving something in a child's shoe. The city's Christmas runs on this rather than on Santa. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  New Year's Eve fireworks

  31 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Private fireworks, bought from the rescue squads who are funded by them, go up from every street at once. It is loud, uncoordinated and unlike anywhere else. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Aurora season (1 Sep – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Highland roads closed (1 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente))