På gång i Reykjavík (Iceland), Iceland under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, New Year's Eve fireworks

• Festival

  Thorrablot

  19 jan – 25 feb · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis)), New Year's Eve fireworks (31 dec – 1 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Spring winter break i Iceland

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Thorrablot (19 jan – 25 feb (vanligtvis)), Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter break i Iceland

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter break i Iceland

• Natur

  Whale watching season

  1 apr – 15 okt · vanligtvisValsäsong

  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 aprStor festival

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

• Natur

  Puffins on the cliffs

  20 apr – 15 aug · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, National Day

• Helg

  National Day

  17 junNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i Iceland

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Culture Night

• Festival

  Culture Night

  22 augStor festivalTrångt

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

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Puffins on the cliffs (20 apr – 15 aug (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Aurora season

  1 sep – 31 mar · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Autumn winter break i Iceland

• Stängt

  Highland roads closed

  1 okt – 15 jun · vanligtvis

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

Pågår fortfarande: Whale watching season (1 apr – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Iceland Airwaves

• Festival

  Iceland Airwaves

  5–7 novMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — New Year's Eve fireworks, Christmas break i Iceland

• Festival

  The Yule Lads

  12–24 decJul & nyår

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  New Year's Eve fireworks

  31 dec – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aurora season (1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)), Highland roads closed (1 okt – 15 jun (vanligtvis))