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 Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Íslensk kona í haldi: Hótelherbergi á Tenerife þakið blóði Innlent Á bak við auglýsingarnar um Dag en skráður í Samfylkinguna Innlent „Girtu þig nú í brók og horfstu í augu við sjálfan þig“ Innlent Frægasti köttur landsins týndur Innlent Breytinga að vænta á fylgi Flokks fólksins Innlent Boeing þota hrapaði í garð íbúðarhúss Erlent Ása hyggst selja húsið og flytur ásamt börnum sínum Erlent Dagur hvetur alla Sjálfstæðismenn til að strika sig út Innlent Lögreglumenn furðuðu sig á vígahnetti 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 Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Íslensk kona í haldi: Hótelherbergi á Tenerife þakið blóði Innlent Á bak við auglýsingarnar um Dag en skráður í Samfylkinguna Innlent „Girtu þig nú í brók og horfstu í augu við sjálfan þig“ Innlent Frægasti köttur landsins týndur Innlent Breytinga að vænta á fylgi Flokks fólksins Innlent Boeing þota hrapaði í garð íbúðarhúss Erlent Ása hyggst selja húsið og flytur ásamt börnum sínum Erlent Dagur hvetur alla Sjálfstæðismenn til að strika sig út Innlent Lögreglumenn furðuðu sig á vígahnetti Innlent