Spending Christmas and new years in Reykjavik is a wonderful experience and you´ll have no problem having fun. It´s good though to do some planning in advance as many restaurants and cafes are closed on the 24th and 25th. So in case you haven´t been invited by some friendly Icelanders to enjoy traditional Icelandic Christmas in their homes its good to check out in advance which restaurants are open during those two days. Most restaurants, cafes and bars open again on the 26th including queer cafe Trúnó and club Barbara. Check out www.visitreykjavik.is for opening hours during the holidays. Read more ...

Reykjavik will be the home the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics taking place from May 29th to June 2nd 2012. The event is expected to attract large crowd of athletes around the world and will be one of the biggest Aquatic sport event to be held in Iceland. The event is organized by Styrmir which is a local sport organization dedicated to the cause of encouraging gay men and lesbians to participate in sports.  

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As a part of the Inspired by Iceland campaign hundreds of Icelanders have planned something special for their foreign guests to make their visit truly unique, personal and magical. Accept Iceland´s invitation and go to a dinner to an Icelandic home, have a private concert in your hotel room, go shopping with a local guide, hike in the mountains or dive into the freezing ocean. These are only a few of many activities organized by native Icelanders for you to enjoy while visiting Iceland. If you are planning a trip to Iceland visit Inspired by Iceland website, browse through the invitations and enjoy the warmest of Iceland´s hospitality.

For the first time Rainbow Reykjavik LGBT festival is to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, February 16th-19th, 2012.  The festival has a wide range of events and activities to offer including cultural events, sight seeing tours, music, food and fun. Read more ...

BEARS ON ICE weekend has just finished and for the 7th year bears and friends took over the local gay scene in Reykjavik for a long weekend. According to organizers the weekend was a great success with good number of bears and friends coming from abroad, enjoying Iceland´s unique nature during the day while partying with the locals during the nights! 

Pictures from the event are now online. For more information visit BEARS ON ICE event website. 

BEARS ON ICE is just around the corner. This is the 7th year the event takes place in the world´s northernmost capital. The four day event has  become an important part of the Icelandic gay scene where bears and friends are to take over the small and friendly gay scene.

Q, Association of queer students will celebrate the beginning of schools and run its first Q-social night this Friday, September 2nd at the Queer center, Samtokin '78,  on Laugavegur 3, 4th floor. This Friday Q will introduce this winter´s program and welcomes everyone to join, new members as well as old friends. Admission is free, house opens 8 p.m.

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BEARS ON ICE is coming up and will take place in Reykjavik September 8-11. Since 2005 BEARS ON ICE has become an important part of the small and friendly Reykjavik gay scene attracting visitors from all over the world, excited to see a little bit of Iceland, make new friends and have some fun for a few days. The four day event kicks off Thursday September 8th with a Welcome party at the Queer center. Other activity includes the golden Circle sight seeing tour, a visit to the world famous Blue lagoon, Friday Scruff, Saturday Queer dance at Barbara and Sunday Brunch. Among guests performing this year are the well known DreamBears (UK) and DJ Barney Philly (USA). Read more ...