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Future Festival 2026
How to future? What skills do we need to practice? How can we share what we know with each other? The future is often described as a far away place we have very little control over, but one day, somewhere, someone imagined that we would live the way we live today. And here we are. We are inviting you to use the library space to imagine and practice more caring and connected futures, whether that…
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Aðalstræti - The Settlement Exhibition
At Aðalstræti 10 and 16 in Reykjavík’s city centre, you can explore how the city developed from Iceland’s settlement period to the present day. Stretching underground from Aðalstræti 16 – which houses the archaeological remains of a 10th-century Viking longhouse – to the central Kvosin area’s oldest remaining building at Aðalstræti 10, this historical exhibition traces Reykjavík’s development…
ECHO Rising Stars | Valérie Fritz - Learn to unlearn
Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz addresses her classical background as well as her love for performative works that go beyond mere cello playing. This concert is part of the ECHO Rising Stars Festival in Harpa, in May 2026. LEARN TO UNLEARN Georges Aperghis (1945) II. Récitation from Quatre Récitations pour violoncelle seul (1980) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Prélude + Courante from Solo…
December Delights in Reykjavík
The month of December will offer a packed programme of events in Reykjavík, formally launched on 27 November with the lighting of the Christmas lights on the Oslo tree on Austurvöllur. The event begins at 16:00, and some of the Icelandic Yuletide Lads (jólasveinar) are expected to make an appearance.
Guided Tour for Deaf Guests | A Botanical Future
Bryn Nóel Francis, a sign language expert and art historian, will lead a Deaf-guided tour of the exhibition Katrín Elvarsdóttir: A Botanical Future on Thursday, February 12 at 8:00 PM at Hafnarhús (Harbor House). The tour is organized in collaboration with the Icelandic Sign Language Committee.
Future Feast for Everyone
Imagine a food system where everyone benefits, including animals, plants, microbes, land, workers and eaters. What does it taste like? Artist and cook Pola Sutryk invites you to a speculative dinner where we taste and imagine more reciprocal ways of consuming. From fermentated foods to sci-fi jelly, the food will draw from past wisdom, interspecies collaboration and modern technologies to bring…
Make a sleeping bag for your phone
Are you tired of your phone? Or could it be that your phone is tired of you?
Let's chat with an accent: að framtíðast
Join us for the Future Festival’s edition of our weekly Icelandic practices! As usual, all levels are welcome, it’s free, you don’t need to register, we have lovely teachers, coffee, and tea!
Between Hands, Bodies, and Land: a creative workshop for families
Each departure is also an arrival. What we carry in our bodies is knowledge that shapes how we relate to the world. Through movement, clay, and play, this workshop invites families—especially those navigating new homes and communities—to activate their senses and explore the experience of transition. Together, we will imagine practices of re-rooting and a future woven with connection and care.