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 Lögregla leitar manns Innlent Fær þyngri dóm fyrir að nauðga konu, taka það upp og senda henni Innlent NEL tekur fyrir mál fjölskyldu Sigurðar Kristófers í júní Innlent Fólki sé vel treystandi til að fá sér bjór á íþróttaviðburðum Innlent Íslendingur í Bandaríkjunum: „Þetta er mjög óþægileg staða“ Erlent Rússar notuðu Brasilíu sem njósnaraverksmiðju Erlent Ákærður fyrir að ráðast á leigubílstjóra Innlent Svona verður Sæbraut í stokki Innlent Lítil hreyfing á fylgi stjórnmálaflokkanna Innlent Netanjahú segir Starmer, Macron og Carney draga taum Hamas Erlent
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 Lögregla leitar manns Innlent Fær þyngri dóm fyrir að nauðga konu, taka það upp og senda henni Innlent NEL tekur fyrir mál fjölskyldu Sigurðar Kristófers í júní Innlent Fólki sé vel treystandi til að fá sér bjór á íþróttaviðburðum Innlent Íslendingur í Bandaríkjunum: „Þetta er mjög óþægileg staða“ Erlent Rússar notuðu Brasilíu sem njósnaraverksmiðju Erlent Ákærður fyrir að ráðast á leigubílstjóra Innlent Svona verður Sæbraut í stokki Innlent Lítil hreyfing á fylgi stjórnmálaflokkanna Innlent Netanjahú segir Starmer, Macron og Carney draga taum Hamas Erlent