Summer events in Iceland
Iceland is a hot destination in the summertime. In summer you can enjoy ‘endless’ summer evenings and try to stay awake for 24 hours while experiences 24 hours of sunlight or play mid night golf. Iceland attracts all kinds of people from being a nature lovers or sports interested or an adventurous type. Iceland has it all. Things for nature lovers are f.ex. bird watching, fishing, sea angling. Other fun ways of enjoying Iceland is horse riding. Swimming in outdoor or indoor swimming pools filled with water from natural hot springs is quiet the experience.
Reykjavik Arts Festival
Reykjavik Arts Festival was first held in 1970 and takes place every year for 3 weeks in June. The festival promotes Icelandic, Scandinavian and International culture through art exhibitions, concerts, theatre, dance and opera performances.
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Midnight Sun Sun on June the 23rd.
It is spectacular to run in the midnight sun in Iceland. Every year there is a Midnight run in Reykjavik where you can choose between 5 km or 10 km run.
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Salmon Fishing Season
Clean air and water are two of Iceland's major natural resources, both crucial reasons why there is a rich and proud tradition for producing some of the world's most delicious salmon.
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Sefarerer´s day Seamans' Day & Festival of the Sea
The greatest celebration of the year in many fishing villages across the country and is celebrated the first weekend in June.
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National Day of Iceland - June 17
Each year through most of the major towns and cities across Iceland, parades and musical celebrations take place to commemorate the date of Iceland attaining independence from Denmark in 1944.
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International Viking Festival
The Vikings settled Iceland around 874 AD. The specially-built Viking Village near Reykjavík stages an annual Viking Festival, where modern-day Icelanders and visiting Vikings from all over the world get together.
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Summer Solstice in Iceland
Visitors are welcomed by Icelanders as they gather around Reykjavik and across the country to celebrate the magic of the midnight sun on the longest day of the year.
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Arctic Open International Golf Championship - Midnight golf
The Arctic Open Golf Championship is an international event which draws golfers - both amateur and professional - and spectators from various parts of the world. The Arctic Open is a four-day championship event open to both professional and amateur golfers.
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Harbour Days
During four days at the end of June, the old Reykjavik Harbor is a beautiful background to the fishmarket and maritime exhibition. The festivities include entertainment programs and a fairground.
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The National Tournament of Icelandic Horsemen
is the largest gathering of horse enthusiasts in Iceland. Iceland has more than 100,000 horses, many of which are wild. The Icelandic Viking horse is a pure breed that has not changed since the Vikings rode on them a thousand years ago.
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Sport competitions and extreme sports in Iceland
Come and visit Reykjavik and Iceland for sports. What greater ways of experiencing the country then with running, cycling or swimming in the great swimming pools Iceland offers, or the pure refreshing sea. Triathlon and half Ironman Championship and Icelandic Open Water Swimming.
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Rey Cup
The Rey Cup is an international football tournament for youth teams of boys aged under 13, 14 and 16, as well as girls under 13 and 15, held at Reykjavik's Laugardalur Sport Centre.
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The Reykholt Music Festival
This is an international classical music festival (since 1997) held each year in the last week of July in historic Reykholt in West Iceland. The festival has earnt the reputation of beeing of very high standard and is now one of the biggest festivals in the country in the classical field.
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Labor Day Weekend
The first weekend in August is a long weekend throughout Iceland and everything is shut on the Monday. Icelanders by the thousands take to their cars and head out of town to camp in the wilds or join in one of the organized events that are held throughout the country. And a festival called Innipukinn intended for those who want to be in the city during this weekend.
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Reykjavik Cultural Night
Throughout the night, the sun never sets on the city's cultural celebrations in the form of music, live performance and exhibitions. Shops and bars stay open later to cater for the thousands who attend.
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Reykjavík Marathon
It takes place in and around the beautiful town of Reykjavik and the runners get to enjoy the scenic location of the race. This annual event involves thousands of participants from Iceland and abroad.
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Reykjavik Gay Pride
Colorful and merry gay parade has become very popular with the residents of the capital who join the festivities every year. A full schedule of events related to the festival fills the city exciting things to see and discover during the festival days.
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Great Fish Day in Dalvik North Iceland
On Great Fish Day, fresh seafood is cooked up using traditional Icelandic recipes and fusion styles, then offered free of charge to visitors to Dalvik harbour. Street entertainment and live performances.
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Rally Reykjavik, International Icelandic Rally
Three day event run out of Reykjavik, going to the Reykjanes Peninsula and north to the Borgarfjörður area.
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Tango Festival
The Tango festival offers workshops, tango bands and a tangoDJ, tango shows and Milonga until daybreak.
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