Holiday closed January 12. 2023

Holiday closed

Snorrastofa Guest reception will be closed from 15.th January - 17.February 2023. We will open again Monday 20.th February. For information call +354 8475581

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To the right: 11th-century Runestone from Sweden commemorating the death of Oleifr in “Langbarðalandi ” (Southern Italy), possibly while serving under Harald Hardrada against the Normans. To the right: the Byzantine invasion of Sicily 1038, to which Harald took part, from the 12th-century Skylitzes Matritensis. November 25. 2022

„Call for Papers: A Viking in the Sun“

A Viking in the Sun:
Harald Hardrada, the Mediterranean, and the Nordic World, between the late Viking Age and the Eve of the Crusades
Event 1: Textual and Material Sources and their Performativity
Snorrastofa (Reykholt, Iceland), 29-31 May 2023

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The concert has been canceled due to the bad weather forecast September 6. 2022

The concert has been canceled due to the bad weather forecast

Sunday 9.th of October at 5 PM in Reykholt church. The concert has been canceled due to the bad weather forecast

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Reykholt music festival 22. - 24.July 2022 June 20. 2022

Reykholt music festival 22. - 24.July 2022

CLASSICAL MUSIC IN HISTORICAL SURROUNDINGS

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Easter opening April 8. 2022

Easter opening

The Snorrastofa guest reception will be open all Easter weekend

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Back to join Snorrstofa March 2. 2022

Back to join Snorrstofa

Dr. Luke John Murphy, a Historian of Religion, has rejoined Snorrastofa, which is a cause for celebration.

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The Research Project The Pre-Christian Religions of the North November 22. 2021

The Research Project The Pre-Christian Religions of the North

The Pre-Christian Religions of the North (PCRN) research project is a ground-breaking initiative concerned with pre-Christian religious belief and cultic practice in Northern Europe before and during the arrival of Christianity in the region.

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An exhibition in Snorrastofa library October 28. 2021

Toward a new beginning

The exhibition is about transition, flow and change – and marks the shifting paradigm we are in – going from a world impacted by a pandemic to something new. The images focus on natures creation, emergence and new beginnings. The pictures are from all around Iceland, with a few of the images placing special emphasis on East Iceland.

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Thoreau & the Nick of Time October 5. 2021

Thoreau & the Nick of Time

Thoreau Symposium to be held at The Snorrastofa Cultural and Medieval Centre, Reykholt, Iceland, on May 25-27 (Wed-Fri), 2022, with voluntary joint excursions on May 28-29 (Sat-Sun), 2022. I

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Visitor’s Reception’s Opening Hours

1 May – 31 August:
every day 10 – 17

1 Sept. – 30 April:
weekdays 10 – 17
Otherwise by arrangement.