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Summer Reading
We encourage children all over Reykjavík to keep reading during the summer!
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Makerspace
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Evening Walks
Summer evening walking tours Thursdays at 8pm.
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Pillow Talk Installation | A Book List
A book list inspired by the art installation Pillow Talk
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Upprisan.
By Erlendur Sæmundsson (2021)
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Sögur úr Síðunni : þrettán myndir úr gleymsku.
By Böðvar Guðmundsson (2021)
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Metsölubókin broddar.
By Jóna Guðbjörg Torfadóttir (2021)
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Vísur og kvæði.
By Þórarinn Már Baldursson (2021)
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Hún sem stráir augum.
By Björk Þorgrímsdóttir (2021)
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Tengdadóttirin.
By Guðrún frá Lundi (2020)
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Yfir hálfan hnöttinn.
By Ása Marin Hafsteinsdóttir (2021)
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10 mínútur og 38 sekúndur í þessari undarlegu veröld.
By Elif Shafak (2021)
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Börn og sorg.
By Sigurður Pálsson (2021)
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Origins : how the earth made us. (Enska)
By Lewis Dartnell (2018)
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Notes from small planets. (Enska)
By Nate Crowley (2020)
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Belarus : the last European dictatorship. (Enska)
By Andrew Wilson (2021)
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The Islam book. (Enska)
(2020)
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Rosa : the story of the rose. (Enska)
By Peter E Kukielski (2021)
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Buy yourself the f*cking lilies : and other rituals to fix your life from someone who's been there. (Enska)
By Tara Schuster (2020)
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The mathematics lover's companion : masterpieces for everyone.
By Edward Scheinerman (2017)
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Events
Exhibitions
Mon Jun 14th - Fri Jun 25th
FULL | Summer Workshops 13-16 year olds | Music tinkering
How do self-produced artists create hits at home? What software do they use to compose, record and m
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Grófin Culture House
Mon Jun 21st - Fri Jun 25th
Summer Workshops 13-16 year olds | Transform clothing with Ýrúrarí
Give your old clothes new life!
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Gerðuberg Culture House
Thu Jun 24th
Toddler Time | Playgroup
We warmly welcome carers with preschool children to Toddler Time.
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Borgarbókasafnið Grófinni
Mon Jun 28th - Fri Jul 2nd
FULL | Summer Workshop 13-16 year olds | Manga drawing workshop
Do you want to create your own Manga?
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Gerðuberg Culture House
Wed Jun 30th
Hacking Days | Do you want to tinker?
Wednesdays are the days to learn by doing in the Makerspace in Grófin.
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Grófin Culture House
Thu Jul 1st
Toddler Time | Playgroup
We warmly welcome carers with preschool children to Toddler Time.
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Borgarbókasafnið Grófinni
Thu Jul 1st
Literary Walk in Spanish | Un poema andante
Juan Camilo leads a literary walk in Spanish. / Juan Camilo lidera un paseo nocturno en español por
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Borgarbókasafnið Grófinni
Sat Jul 3rd
Multilingual Baby Poetry with Francesca Cricelli
Let's learn and play with languages!
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Kringlan Culture House
Mon Jul 5th - Fri Jul 9th
Summer Workshops 13-16 year olds | Board game design
Do you want to learn how to make your own board game?
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Gerðuberg Culture House
Thu Jul 8th
Toddler Time | Playgroup
We warmly welcome carers with preschool children to Toddler Time.
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Borgarbókasafnið Grófinni
Fri May 7th - Wed Jun 30th
Artótek | The Nail: Inn í vorið
Painting by Aðalheiður Skarphéðinsdóttir will be exhibited on the Nail in May and June.
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Sólheimar Culture House
Mon May 10th - Wed Jun 30th
Children's Culture Festival | Where's my hat? - Exhibition
Thorbjörn Egner's drawings for his play, When the Robbers came to Cardamom Town, at the library in S
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Borgarbókasafnið Spönginni
Sat Jun 5th - Sat Jul 31st
Exhibition| Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir
Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir, visual artist, takes over the space at Gerðuberg with large installation
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Borgarbókasafnið Gerðubergi
Thu Jun 10th - Thu Jun 24th
Pillow Talk Reload | Installation
Immersive art installation by Sonja Kovačević
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Grófin Culture House
Tue Jun 22nd - Mon Aug 30th
There used to be Árbæjarlón | Reynir Vilhjálmsson´s Exhibition
Reynir is an environmental architect and started his watercolour career after retirement, ten years
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Árbær Culture House
Wed Aug 4th - Thu Sep 30th
Exhibition | A meeting of artists
Guðjón Ragnar Jónasson picks works from the Artótek.
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Borgarbókasafnið Kringlunni
At the library
Pillow Talk on the radio!
Sonja talked about Pillow Talk for the radio show Lestin
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Competition | Would you like to write a story for the Christmas Calendar 2021?
Last day to apply is August 22nd.
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Comic Books
Kynntu þér fjölbreytt úrval af myndasögum sem hægt er að nálgast í safninu þínu.
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Pillow Talk Installation | A Book List
A book list inspired by the art installation Pillow Talk
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Valeria Luiselli has won the Dublin Literary Award
Take a look at the nominated books..Val
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Featured Listener | MSEA
A playlist by vocalist, producer and composer MSEA! Right on time for summer!
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Makerspace in Grófin | Access to professional software
Music and multimedia.
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The Library Pops-Up | Event on Lækjartorg
Reykjavík City Library Pop-Up Event May 3rd - 15th.
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A Chinese documentary about The Reykjavík City Library
Karlotta Jiaqian Chen has made a documentary about The Reykjavík City Library.
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Series of witches | A book list
A few juicy book series where witches appear in one way or another.
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