Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Reykjavik, IJsland

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, New Year's Eve fireworks

• Festival

  Thorrablot

  19 jan – 25 feb · meestalEet- & drinkfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal)), New Year's Eve fireworks (31 dec – 1 jan)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Spring winter break in IJsland

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Thorrablot (19 jan – 25 feb (meestal)), Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Easter break in IJsland

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Easter break in IJsland

• Natuur

  Whale watching season

  1 apr – 15 okt · meestalWalvisseizoen

  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 aprGroot festival

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

• Natuur

  Puffins on the cliffs

  20 apr – 15 aug · meestalVogelseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, National Day

• Feestdag

  National Day

  17 junNationale feestdagSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Summer holidays in IJsland

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Culture Night

• Festival

  Culture Night

  22 augGroot festivalDruk

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

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Aurora season

  1 sep – 31 mrt · meestal

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal))

Druk — tussen de pieken in, Autumn winter break in IJsland

• Sluiting

  Highland roads closed

  1 okt – 15 jun · meestal

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

Nog steeds bezig: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)), Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Iceland Airwaves

• Festival

  Iceland Airwaves

  5–7 novMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))

Topdrukte — New Year's Eve fireworks, Christmas break in IJsland

• Festival

  The Yule Lads

  12–24 decKerst & nieuwjaar

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  New Year's Eve fireworks

  31 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (meestal))