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Nordic Design Tells More: ‘Century of the Child’ Exhibition
Over the past century, the Nordic region has become synonymous with simplicity and functionality in design. From now until February 2017, The Nordic House is hosting the exhibition ‘Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today’. The exhibition displays…
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Happening This Week: Fest Afrika Reykjavík
Reykjavík is a small city. Attend one of the many music festivals, join in a summer art residency, or just walk up and down Laugavegur a couple times and you are already starting to recognize faces. Because of its size the potential…
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Happening Today: ‘Tura Ya Moya’ Take Over The Nordic House
A day of connecting to place hosted by The Nordic House and their current exhibit, the travelling container project Anersaaq. The day begins at 17:00 with a workshop in the Children’s Library. Children and youth are invited to make drawings about their…
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Happening Tonight: Gursus, the Tour of the Unexpected
Who said that Mondays have to be those days when you feel as dry as a raisin? Start this week with a bit of unexpected! The Swedish duo Gursus will perform their last night of the Gursus Iceland tour. The duo itself is a…
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Music And Nature In Perfect Harmony
One could be used to the idea that a greenhouse is meant for growing cucumbers and tomatoes. But when thinking more creatively, a greenhouse can also be used as a… concert venue! If you like the sound of that idea, you are…
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Happening Today: Fuglset Male Voice Choir At Nordic House
I ask you: What’s more Icelandic than male choirs? (Quick, puffins cover your ears!) Partake in the most classic of Nordic traditions, an evening with the Norwegian Fuglset Male Voice Choir! The group performs songs of all genres and styles, sung in…
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Magic Happens: Inside the STEiNUNN studio
Like a fresh breeze heralding the change in seasons, a group exhibition entitled ‘The Weather Diaries’ blew into Reykjavík’s Nordic House this spring. Stepping inside its muted, grey-green confines is like entering another world. Spread across four rooms, the show is an…
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In Photos: The Weather Diaries
We had the pleasure recently of attending the opening of The Weather Diaries, showing now at The Nordic House. This sumptuous touring exhibition takes the fashion design of the arctic and sub-arctic island communities of Iceland, Greenland and The Faroe Islands as…
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Greenland Comes To Iceland
The Greenland Eyes International Film Festival opens October 30 at the Nordic House, showcasing films, art and music from Greenland. Now in its third year, it is the world’s biggest festival dedicated to Greenlandic culture will feature two films each night, from October…
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Nordic Council Literature Prize Moving To Iceland
The Nordic Literature Prize, which is given out annually to authors for novels in a Nordic language, will henceforth be headquartered in Reykjavík’s Nordic House, reports Vísir. Day-to-day management of the Nordic Literature Prize will be handled by the Nordic House, though…
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Back On The Stage With Rökkurró: We Just Had To Play Iceland Airwaves
Their first show in over a year Rökkurró are back for Iceland Airwaves with new energy and an acoustic set, but with the future yet to be decided By Steffan Lykke Møller / Photos by Pat Moriearty Recently, you haven’t heard a…