The Icelandic RED CROSS

The Icelandic RED CROSS

After the economic crisis of 2008, pressure on the Icelandic Red Cross helplines increased considerably. The Directorate of Labour and the Red Cross cooperated to recruit volunteers to operate helplines and to provide additional support to people affected by the...
NATURE Outdoor Concert

NATURE Outdoor Concert

An outdoor concert, entitled Nature was held by the old laundry springs in Laugardalur on June 28th, 2008. Icelandic artists Björk, SigurRós, Ólöf Arnalds and Ghostdigital all performed. Laundry Springs is an excellent location for such a concert, being central and...
MusMap

MusMap

MusMap.com is a web page dedicated to classical and contemporary music, initiated by the composer Hugi Guðmundsson and built by the Portuguese programmer, Nuno Zimas. The web page was created as a forum for soloists, orchestras and composers to introduce themselves,...
National Gallery of Iceland

National Gallery of Iceland

Louise Bourgeois is one of the best-known female artists in the world. She was still agile and working vigorously when she died in 2010 at the age of 99. Beginning her career as a painter she branched into sculpting around the middle of the last century and began...
Sigurgeir´s Bird collection

Sigurgeir´s Bird collection

Sigurgeir’s Bird Collection is named after Sigurgeir Stefánsson from Ytri-Neslöndum in Mývatn who had a keen interest in birdlife and nature. He collected stuffed birds and eggs and had managed to accumulate 320 specimens from around 100 species of Icelandic nesting...