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 Fimm handteknir eftir að skoti var hleypt af Innlent Þungt haldinn eftir árekstur á Hafnarfjarðarvegi Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Slökkt á eldsneytisflæði rétt eftir flugtak og ruglingur milli flugmanna Erlent Indversk tenniskona skotin til bana af föður sínum við morgunverðarborðið Erlent „Liggur alveg ljóst fyrir að þetta frumvarp er drasl“ Innlent Einn handtekinn eftir stunguárás Innlent Leggja til að veiðigjaldið verði innleitt í skrefum 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 Fimm handteknir eftir að skoti var hleypt af Innlent Þungt haldinn eftir árekstur á Hafnarfjarðarvegi Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Slökkt á eldsneytisflæði rétt eftir flugtak og ruglingur milli flugmanna Erlent Indversk tenniskona skotin til bana af föður sínum við morgunverðarborðið Erlent „Liggur alveg ljóst fyrir að þetta frumvarp er drasl“ Innlent Einn handtekinn eftir stunguárás Innlent Leggja til að veiðigjaldið verði innleitt í skrefum Innlent