Á góðri stund Festival
A community music and food festival in the small Snæfellsnes Peninsula fishing town of Grundarfjörður, held beneath the iconic spike of Kirkjufell mountain, one of Iceland's most dramatic village settings.
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"Hvítársíða's réttir sits in the wide Borgarfjörður countryside where Icelandic saga country meets highland sheep pastures, with farmers sorting flocks by earmark in a traditional wooden and steel pen open to all visitors."
Hvítársíðurétt
"On the Dalir shore of Hvammsfjörður, Fellsströnd's réttir is a small community round-up in the same district that inspired the Laxdaela Saga, drawing sheep down from sea-girt highland pastures into a lively valley pen."
Fellsströndrétt
"Chamber music concerts held in Reykholt, one of Iceland's most historically significant small settlements and home of medieval scholar Snorri Sturluson, combining intimate classical performance with a uniquely ancient rural Icelandic landscape."
Reykholt Chamber Music Festival
"Marking its 10th anniversary and the 240th year of Eskifjörður as a trading town, this East Iceland harbour village festival blends music, community events and local heritage over four summer days."
Útsæðið
"The remote Melrakkasletta peninsula hosts one of Iceland's most northerly and atmospheric sheep round-ups, where farmers and riders bring down flocks from the Arctic heathlands to the corrals for sorting and celebration."
Réttir á Melrakkasléttu
"One of the very first réttir of the Icelandic autumn, held in the remote Hrútafjörður valley where farmers and neighbours gather on horseback to sort sheep into circular stone-and-steel pens, followed by singing and brennivín."
Hrútatungurrétt
"A centuries-old community sheep sort in the sheltered Miðfjörður bay district, one of three Northwest Iceland réttir that open the national round-up season on the same September Saturday."
Miðfjarðarrétt
"The Blöndudalur valley's opening réttir brings together farmers from across this thinly populated river dale to sort their summer sheep in one of Iceland's earliest round-ups of the year."
Rugludalsrétt
"Set in the dramatic Eyjafjörður, Iceland's longest fjord, this is one of North Iceland's first réttir, where mountain-fresh sheep stream down to the valley pen as community families celebrate with traditional song."
Hraungerðisrétt