Iceland review - 2013, Page 9

ICELAND REVIEW 7
photo By páll StefánSSon
Fun, Fun, Fun
every village and every town in Iceland has its own
weekend festival during the summer months. the
festival season starts the first weekend of June
with Bjartir dagar (‘Bright Days’) in hafnarfjörður
and hafnardagar (‘harbor Days’) in Þorlákshöfn.
the last festival is ljósanótt (‘night of the lights’)
in Reykjanesbær in the first weekend of September.
this year, the program was disrupted by rain and
stormy weather. on Saturday afternoon all events were
canceled and the big fireworks show was moved to the
following night, when thousands came to watch the
spectacle.
the biggest festivals in Iceland include outdoor
music festival Bræðslan (‘the Melt’) in Borgarfjörður
eystri in the last weekend of July, the 140-year-old
Þjóðhátíð (‘national festival’) in Vestmannaeyjar in the
first weekend of August, fiskidagurinn mikli (‘the Great
fish Day’) in Dalvík in the second weekend of August
and Menningarnótt (‘Culture night’) in Reykjavík in the
third weekend of August. PS