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Holiday & Observance Days in Iceland So You Don’t Miss Out in 2016

Your official calendar of all the holidays and important dates to know in Iceland for 2016. Discover all the goings-on for this year.

Download all these dates for your iCal!

Icelandic Flag Icon Small  = Observance day
Calendar-small  = Public holiday

 

January

Icelandic Flag Day Public Holiday Icon  1 January – New Year’s Day
Blank  21 – 31 January – Reykjavik International Games
Blank  28 – 30 January – Dark Days Music Festival

 

February

Blank  18 – 20 February – Sonar Reykjavik

 

March

Blank  2 – 6  March – Food & Fun Festival
Blank  10 – 13  March – Design March
Blank  24 March  3 April – Iceland Winter Games
Calendar-small  24 March – Maundy Thursday
Icelandic Flag Day Public Holiday Icon  25 March – Good Friday
Icelandic Flag Day Public Holiday Icon  27 March – Easter Sunday
Blank  27 – 30 March – Reykjavik Fashion Festival
Blank  28 March- Easter Monday

 

April

Calendar-small   21 April – Summer Day

 

May

Blank  1 May – International Worker’s Day
Icelandic Flag Day Public Holiday Icon  5 May – Ascension Day
Calendar-small  14 May – Pentecost Eve
Calendar-small  15 May – Whit Sunday
Calendar-small  25 May – Whit Monday

 

June

Blank  6 June – 5 July Ramadan
Icelandic Flag Icon Small  17 June – Icelandic National Day
Blank  17 – 19 June Secret Solstice Festival

 

July

Blank  2 – 4  July  – All Tomorrow’s Parties Music Festival

 

August

Calendar-small  1 August – Trading Day
Blank  12 – 16 August – Reykjavik Jazz Festival

 

September

Blank  9 – 23 September Reykjavik International Literary Festival
Blank  29 September – 9 October – Reykjavik International Film Festival

 

October

Blank  31 October – Halloween

 

November

Blank  2 – 6  November – Iceland Airwaves

 

December

Blank  4 December – Second advent
Blank  11 December – Third advent
Blank  13 December – St Lucy’s Day: Luciadag
Blank  20 December – Forth advent
Calendar-small  24 December – Christmas Eve
Icelandic Flag Day Public Holiday Icon  25 December – Christmas Day
Calendar-small  26 December – Second Day of Christmas/ Boxing Day
Blank  31 December – New Year’s Eve

There are so many exciting events in 2016. Let us know about any we missed!

Featured image is the Playtype 2016 Calendar Poster in White.

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Rebecca Thandi Norman

Rebecca Thandi Norman is a co-founder and Editor-in-Chief at Scandinavia Standard.