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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Áhyggjuefni að innri landamærin séu ekki betur tryggð Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent „Kerfið er algjörlega að bregðast fólkinu“ Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg 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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Áhyggjuefni að innri landamærin séu ekki betur tryggð Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent „Kerfið er algjörlega að bregðast fólkinu“ Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg Innlent