June 17th is Independence Day 16. júní 2006 12:46 Hitt Húsið, youth cultural center, will organize the Icelandic Independence Day celebtrations in Reykjavík this year. As usual, the celebrations will take place in the city centre from morning until night. The celebration begins at 9:55 when all church bells in Reykjavík chime simultaniously. According to tradition the opening ceremony takes place at Austurvöllur and begins at 10:40. President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson lays a wreath of flowers at the Jón Sigurðsson monument in Austurvöllur. Fjallkonan (the Woman of the Mountains) speaks and Fóstbræður Male Choir sings the National Anthem. During the day a variety of family oriented entertainment, concerts, outdoor play sets and street happenings will take place. The celebration area is Kvosin, including Austurvöllur, Kirkjustræti, Templarasund, Ingólfstorg, Arnarhóll, Tjarnargarður and Reykjavik harbour. In the evening a number of Icelandic pop bands will perform at an outdoor concert on Arnarhóll, including Ampop, Baggalútur, Foreign Monkeys and Dr. Spock. At Ingólfstorg, Rúnar Júlíusson, the grandfather of rock n' roll will play with his rockband and the Millionaires with Bogomil Font and Ragnar Bjarnason. The entire schedule for celebrations can be found on the Hitt húsið website: www.hitthusid.is/category.aspx?catID=2109 News News in English Mest lesið Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Svifvængjaflugslys við Reynisfjall Innlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Segir ásakanir kjaftæði og íhugar meiðyrðamál Innlent Mikill viðbúnaður vegna eftirfarar á Sæbraut Innlent
Hitt Húsið, youth cultural center, will organize the Icelandic Independence Day celebtrations in Reykjavík this year. As usual, the celebrations will take place in the city centre from morning until night. The celebration begins at 9:55 when all church bells in Reykjavík chime simultaniously. According to tradition the opening ceremony takes place at Austurvöllur and begins at 10:40. President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson lays a wreath of flowers at the Jón Sigurðsson monument in Austurvöllur. Fjallkonan (the Woman of the Mountains) speaks and Fóstbræður Male Choir sings the National Anthem. During the day a variety of family oriented entertainment, concerts, outdoor play sets and street happenings will take place. The celebration area is Kvosin, including Austurvöllur, Kirkjustræti, Templarasund, Ingólfstorg, Arnarhóll, Tjarnargarður and Reykjavik harbour. In the evening a number of Icelandic pop bands will perform at an outdoor concert on Arnarhóll, including Ampop, Baggalútur, Foreign Monkeys and Dr. Spock. At Ingólfstorg, Rúnar Júlíusson, the grandfather of rock n' roll will play with his rockband and the Millionaires with Bogomil Font and Ragnar Bjarnason. The entire schedule for celebrations can be found on the Hitt húsið website: www.hitthusid.is/category.aspx?catID=2109
News News in English Mest lesið Greindi þátt almennings og fjölmiðla í máli „strokufangans“ Innlent Sagður hafa tæmt sjóði flokksins og rekur nýja stjórn úr húsnæðinu Innlent Vonar að Rauði krossinn endurskoði afstöðu sína Innlent Handtóku ökumann eftir eftirför á Sæbraut Innlent Þúsundir syrgja í Tehran og Trump segir æðstaklerkinn ljúga Erlent Halla forseti blandar sér í götuljósaumræðuna Innlent Svifvængjaflugslys við Reynisfjall Innlent „Ég vorkenni því fólki sem lét narra sig í þessa vegferð“ Innlent Segir ásakanir kjaftæði og íhugar meiðyrðamál Innlent Mikill viðbúnaður vegna eftirfarar á Sæbraut Innlent