Þjóðhátíð (Westman Islands Festival)

What: The unpro­nounce­able Þjóðhátíð fes­ti­val, more com­mon­ly known as the West­man Islands Fes­ti­val, is Iceland’s Nation­al Hol­i­day, and how else would you cel­e­brate a Nation­al Hol­i­day in Ice­land with a four-day out­door camp­ing fes­ti­val where you can enjoy not only big stage con­certs, bon­fires and fire­work dis­plays but also the chal­lenge of stay­ing warm on the Ice­landic island of Vest­man­naey­jar.

To help with this, not only do organ­is­ers pro­vide a large sup­ply of rec­om­men­da­tions for camp­ing gear and cloth­ing, includ­ing tra­di­tion­al fisherman’s rub­ber, but atten­dees are rec­om­mend­ed to warm their bones with sup­plies of strong alco­hol to help drink the cold away, which helps put every­one in the mood for the fes­ti­val’s sig­na­ture night crowd singing on the final day, in which the local may­or leads some 15,000 par­tic­i­pants in a ren­di­tion of the fes­ti­vals anthem and oth­er Ice­landic clas­sics.

When: The Þjóðhátíð fes­ti­val takes place on the four days before the first Mon­day in August, with the main events (Bon­fire, Fire­works and Sing-along) tak­ing place on the Fri­day, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day evening

Where: Þjóðhátíð takes place on the Ice­landic island and vil­lage of Vest­man­naey­jar, which is around 3 hours from reyk­javík, and you will have to take the fer­ry – Landey­jarhöfn to get there.

Dura­tion: While the fes­ti­val lasts four days, the main events take place in the evening, with the bon­fire on the Fri­day night, the Fire­works on the Sat­ur­day night and the main sin­ga­long on the Sun­day night, with each even start­ing at night­fall. For those not keen on the cold and camp­ing, one day pass­es are avail­able to allow you to just wit­ness and par­tic­i­pate in the finale.

Tick­ets: Tick­ets are required and avail­able at [https://dalurinn.is/] with full fes­ti­val prices start­ing at $180 usd. For those want­i­ng day pass­es expect to pay $110 USD – a price worth it to expe­ri­ence the fes­ti­val and avoid the cold nights.

Need to Know: To make sure you enjoy Þjóðhátíð as much as you can, make sure you plan to stay warm, with mul­ti­ple lay­ers of arc­tic cloth­ing and plen­ty of home com­forts (alco­hol and choco­late) to help ward off the cold cli­mate. It’s also rec­om­mend­ed for any­one camp­ing the full four days to come pre­pared with a strong and stur­dy tent, with the min­i­mum require­ment being that it won’t get blown away !

More Infor­ma­tion: For infor­ma­tion on the his­to­ry of Þjóðhátíð, to pur­chase tick­ets and for advice on stay­ing work the offi­cial web­site of Þjóðhátíð is[https://dalurinn.is].

Þjóðhátíð (Westman Islands Festival)

What: The unpro­nounce­able Þjóðhátíð fes­ti­val, more com­mon­ly known as the West­man Islands Fes­ti­val, is Iceland’s Nation­al Hol­i­day, and how else would you cel­e­brate a Nation­al Hol­i­day in Ice­land with a four-day out­door camp­ing fes­ti­val where you can enjoy not only big stage con­certs, bon­fires and fire­work dis­plays but also the chal­lenge of stay­ing warm on the Ice­landic island of Vest­man­naey­jar.

To help with this, not only do organ­is­ers pro­vide a large sup­ply of rec­om­men­da­tions for camp­ing gear and cloth­ing, includ­ing tra­di­tion­al fisherman’s rub­ber, but atten­dees are rec­om­mend­ed to warm their bones with sup­plies of strong alco­hol to help drink the cold away, which helps put every­one in the mood for the fes­ti­val’s sig­na­ture night crowd singing on the final day, in which the local may­or leads some 15,000 par­tic­i­pants in a ren­di­tion of the fes­ti­vals anthem and oth­er Ice­landic clas­sics.

When: The Þjóðhátíð fes­ti­val takes place on the four days before the first Mon­day in August, with the main events (Bon­fire, Fire­works and Sing-along) tak­ing place on the Fri­day, Sat­ur­day and Sun­day evening

Where: Þjóðhátíð takes place on the Ice­landic island and vil­lage of Vest­man­naey­jar, which is around 3 hours from reyk­javík, and you will have to take the fer­ry – Landey­jarhöfn to get there.

Dura­tion: While the fes­ti­val lasts four days, the main events take place in the evening, with the bon­fire on the Fri­day night, the Fire­works on the Sat­ur­day night and the main sin­ga­long on the Sun­day night, with each even start­ing at night­fall. For those not keen on the cold and camp­ing, one day pass­es are avail­able to allow you to just wit­ness and par­tic­i­pate in the finale.

Tick­ets: Tick­ets are required and avail­able at [https://dalurinn.is/] with full fes­ti­val prices start­ing at $180 usd. For those want­i­ng day pass­es expect to pay $110 USD – a price worth it to expe­ri­ence the fes­ti­val and avoid the cold nights.

Need to Know: To make sure you enjoy Þjóðhátíð as much as you can, make sure you plan to stay warm, with mul­ti­ple lay­ers of arc­tic cloth­ing and plen­ty of home com­forts (alco­hol and choco­late) to help ward off the cold cli­mate. It’s also rec­om­mend­ed for any­one camp­ing the full four days to come pre­pared with a strong and stur­dy tent, with the min­i­mum require­ment being that it won’t get blown away !

More Infor­ma­tion: For infor­ma­tion on the his­to­ry of Þjóðhátíð, to pur­chase tick­ets and for advice on stay­ing work the offi­cial web­site of Þjóðhátíð is[https://dalurinn.is].