Iceland review - 2007, Qupperneq 104

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the reykjavík MuseuM of photography
Iceland is well-known for its artistic talent and the world of photography is no
exception. The Reykjavík Museum of Photography, located downtown in the
same building as the City Library, features exhibits and displays from leading
Icelandic photographers as well as talent from abroad.
Among this year’s exhibitions are “Automatos” by Olaf Otto Becker, Páll
Stefánsson and Ragnar Axelsson (RAX) and “40 Years of Press Photos”
from the collection of 365 Media in Iceland.
Past exhibitions have included images by August Sander, Henri Cartier-
Bresson and Mary Ellen Mark.
The exhibition gallery opening hours:
Mon to Fri 12:00-19:00 / Weekends 13:00-17:00
Admission is free.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor, 101 Reykjavík
Tel. +354.563.1790
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tours oF reykjavík
at the City library
The Reykjavík City Library hosts a literary walking tour once a week in
July and August (apologies to visitors at other times of year, but it’s just
too cold!). The tours, conducted in English, last just over an hour and take
in various downtown Reykjavík sites in relation to how and when they have
been mentioned in Icelandic literature. The guides are a literary critic and
an actor. The walks are free of charge and go at an easy pace that suits
everyone. The tour leaves from the main library every Thursday in July and
August at 17:00. You can also visit literature.is, the library’s website about
contemporary Icelandic authors.
For those who enjoy the literary part but not the walking, the Reykjavík City
Library has several branches around the city where you can read international
journals, newspapers and magazines as well as English translations of
classic Icelandic novels and sagas. The main branch on Tryggvagata also has
wireless facilities, or you can pay a small fee to have Internet access on the
library’s own computers.
The Reykjavík City Library / Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavík
Tel. +354.563.1717 / borgarbokasafn.is
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