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M U S I C
CONCERTS & NIGHTLIFE
Sunday June 30
Celtic Cross
22:00 Surprise Troubador
The Dubliner
21:00 Troubadour Eiríkur
Faktorý
21:30 Live Jazz
Gljúfrasteinn – Halldór Laxness
16:00 Björn Thoroddsen
Harlem
22:00 Hair of the Dog
Harpa
20:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Kaffibarinn
22:00 Unpop
Lebowski Bar
22:00 DJ Haraldur Einars
Prikið
22:00 Hangover Cinema: Black Rain
Monday July 1
The Dubliner
21:00 Troubadour Pálmi
English Pub
22:00 Troubadour Night: Gunni
Harpa
20:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
Dark Deeds Literary Walking Tour
Starts at Reykjavík City Library | Thursdays all summer at 17:00 | Free Admission
For a country with so few murders, Iceland sure does have a rather overwhelming obsession
with crime novels. Perhaps it’s just an intrigue with what one does not have—the grass is
always greener on the other side, or in this case, the grass is more interesting on the other
side. Björn Unnar Valsson, project manager for the Reykjavík City Library has a casual theo-
ry that it might have to do with an interest in secrets; “Reykjavík is, by almost any standard,
a safe place but I think there’s an anxiety concerning secrets in a small society such as this,”
he says, “and the literary genre which lends itself most readily to revelation, inquiry and the
uprooting of secrecy by a higher authority (i.e. the law) is the crime novel.”
Of course, if you want to develop a theory of your own, it’s best to go on Reykjavík City
Library’s literary walking tour, Dark Deed. The tour will explore city sites with importance in
relation to Icelandic crime stories as well as ghost stories and anything else related to Ice-
landic literature’s darker side. Some of the stops include the former sight of Dubliners, the
setting of a chapter Arnaldur Indriðason’s, Operation Napoleon, and the Þingholt-neighbor-
hood, the setting of a chapter in Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson’s, Body of Evidence. Along the way
tour guides will also read aloud from some of Iceland’s most famous ghost stories.
Reykjavík is a UNESCO City of Literature, and Dark Deeds is a creative celebration of a
beloved element of Icelandic literary culture. SS
Lebowski Bar
22:00 DJ Anna Brá
Prikið
22:00 Monday Youtube Party
Tuesday July 2
Café Rosenberg
20:00 Silja Rós & Band
The Dubliner
21:00 Troubadour Danni
English Pub
22:00 Troubadour Night: Danni
Harpa
20:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Prikið
22:00 Slow Dance with Sunna Ben
Wednesday July 3
Café Rosenberg
22:00 Síðasti bærinn í dalnum
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Hreimer and Band
The Dubliner
21:00 Troubadour Ellert
English Pub
22:00 Troubadour Night: Biggi and
Maggi
Harpa
20:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Lebowski Bar
22:00 DJ Jesús
Prikið
22:00 Dungeon Massive
Thursday July 4
Café Rosenberg
21:00 Edda Borg Album Release
Show
Celtic Cross
22:00 Surprise Troubador
The Dubliner
21:00 Troubadour Pálmi
English Pub
22:00 Troubadour Night: Böddi,
Addi and guest
Faktorý
21:00 Mice Parade (US) with Nini
Wilson, Kría, and Snorri Helgason
Harpa
20:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Lebowski Bar
22:00 House Band
Prikið
22:00 DJ Intro Beats
Rauðasandur
20:00 Rauðasandur Music Festival
Begins
Open:
Mondays-Saturdays 11:30-22:30
Sundays 16:00-22:00
Now offering
catering service!
Experience
the Wonders
of Volcanoes
Volcano House Cinema
Dramatic and Informative
Striking documentaries on two of the most powerful eruptions in
Iceland in recent times. Westman Islands in 1973 and Eyafjallajökull
2010 in amazing Emmy nominated footages.

Shows every hour on the hour from 08.00 to 22.00 in English,
except in German at 18.00 and French at 21.00.
Volcano House Café
Healthy and Volcanic

International and Icelandic cuisine with focus on a volcanic menu.

Breakfast • Lunch Buffet • Light meals • Happy Hour
Volcano Coffee and Cakes • Take Aways
Volcano House also features :
• Geological Exhibition. Free Entrance
• Tourist information and Booking Service
• Volcano House Boutique
Open from 8.00 – 24.00
VOLCANO HOUSE
Tryggvagata 11 • 101 Reykjavik • Tel. (354) 555 1900
www.volcanohouse.is • info@volcanohouse.is
VOLCANO
HOUSE