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02 Jan

Happy New Year

The Little Fisherman by Knut Skinnerland. The statue stands by the Hof Cultural & Conference Center and was a gift from the Norwegian friendship town Ålesund

29 Dec

New Years Bonfire and Fireworks

The annual bonfire and fireworks on New Year's Eve will take place at 20.30, just above town at Réttarhvammur.

23 Dec

Christmas greetings from Akureyri

For those visiting us during the holidays you can find an overview of activities, restaurants and opening hours during Christmas and New Year

21 Dec

Winter Solstice

The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the whole year

16 Dec

Mt Hlíðarfjall ski resort opens today

After an extreme mild autumn, the ski resort can finally be opened, and the weather forecast looks promising with a lot of snow in the prognoses.

16 Dec

Direct Flights between Zürich and Akureyri

Edelweiss, a Swiss airline, has announced that it will be offering direct flights between Zürich and Akureyri for a seven-week period this coming summer.

12 Dec

Laufás farm

The traditional old Icelandic farmhouses are characterized by turf walls and sod roofs and were the common way of housing until around 1930.

29 Nov

A warm November

November has been one of the warmest in Iceland in many years, in Akureyri it has been 4 degrees warmer than the average

07 Oct

Cosy Days

The event "Cozy days" start today and last until Sunday.

06 Oct

Great gift

This weekend it was given a Baptismal font, made by an 95 years old carpenter in Akureyri who started the work as soon as he heard about the fire last year.