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Category Archives: Reykjavík International Film Festival


Something for October: The Beacon of Art Edition

A roundup of things to do in Iceland this October, as prepared by your soon-to-be sleep deprived editors.

170 bands in 4 nights? Sounds like a long weekend for Courtney Love. 17-21 October, Iceland Airwaves comes to a pounding eardrum near you! Get your virtual hangover right here with our complete coverage.
For a calmer experience, check out Yoko Ono’s […]

Something for September: The “There’s More?!” Edition

If you were looking for a rest from the seemingly endless list of cool stuff to do in Iceland this month… uh, sorry.

The concert build-up to Airwaves continues this month with the stylings of Nora Jones, Chris Cornell, Franz Ferdinand, and more. Fair warning: our last editor actaully overdosed on live music once - vomited in […]

Something for the Weekend

Is it Friday already?

The National Theatre is doing its best to prepare us, and all you wannabe Scandinavians, for a long, dark and depressing winter with its fun, fun, fun version of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (surprisingly not called Peer Gyntson but Pétur Gautur). They’ll be showing it at The Barbican in London in February, but […]

If it’s Thursday, this must be Something for the Weekend

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your lovely and very well connected editors.

Krzyztof Penderecki conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra tonight, playing Beethoven and himself, with soloist Florian Uhlig. Play the funky music, Krzyztof.
The Reykjavik Jazz Festival is in full, er, swing. If you can bear to wake up before […]