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 ...

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.

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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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 ...