The library offers all aspects of traditional library service, such as books, magazines, audio books, DVDs, CDs etc. All Icelandic newspapers are available, and foreign newspapers can be accessed online.
The Gil Society runs an artist residency and is an organiser of art exhibitions, music and other happenings connected with the diverse and ambitious cultural life of the towns people of Akureyri.
This is the oldest house in Hrísey island. In the building one can find exhibitions related to the history of the island and its inhabitants as well as about the shark fishing history.
The Akureyri Theatre Company is the only professional theatre in the country outside of the Reykjavík area. It´s operation is supported by the municipality of Akureyri based on an agreement with the ministry of culture and education.
The centre of cultural life in Akureyri is on Kaupvangsstræti, which curves through Grófargil in the middle of Akureyri. This street's nickname is Art Street.
The Museum opened its galleries on August 29th 1993. For the past two decades it has been the flagship of the Art Street and has played a prominent role in the cultural life of Akureyri as the first institution outside Reykjavík to concentrate solely on visual arts.
Akureyri Culture Company (ACC) represents three cultural institutions; Akureyri Theatre Company (Leikfélag Akureyrar), the North Iceland Symphonic Orchestra (Sinfóníuhljómsveit Norðurlands) and the Hof Cultural Center (Menningarhúsið Hof).
Hof is a cultural building designed for music and other performing arts, as well as top-notch facilities for conferences and meetings, receptions, parties and exhibitions. The
The childhood home of the writer and Jesuit priest Jón Sveinsson, who used the pen name Nonni. The house was built in 1850 and is today one of Akureyri´s oldest buildings.
Akureyri was first mentioned in 1562, when a sentence was passed on a woman who had bedded a man without being in possession of a marriage certificate. This was when the only buildings in Akureyri were the shops and storehouses of Danish merchants. It was not until 216 years later, in 1778, that the first residential house was built in Akureyri and only 8 years after that Akureyri became a certified trading post for the first time in its history, as part of measures taken by the Danish king to improve living conditions in Iceland. At this time Akureyri had 12 inhabitants. The royal attempts at improving the lives of the Icelanders, were mostly unsuccessful, however; the town failed to grow and prosper and lost its licence as a trading post in 1836. This important commercial status was not regained until 1862.
The North Iceland Symphony Orchestra was founded in the autumn of 1993 and the first concert was held on October 24, that year, conducted by Guðmundur Óli Gunnarson, who has been the resident conductor ever since.
Akureyri Creative is the map collecting all the art and design initiatives open for the general public in the area. Conceived by Flóra culture house, and executed by Cave Canem Design studio, Ásprent and the town of Akureyri.
Historical Information Boards are at various locations in the town center and in the old part of town (Innbærinn). They tell the story of houses, districts and places. Each board has a QR code with further information.