CHRISTMAS MARKET AT ELLIÐAVATNSBÆR IN HEIÐMÖRK Where: Elliðavatn, 25 min. drive from downtown Reykjavík When: Every Saturday and Sunday until Christmas from 11:00 to 16:00 Admission: Free Further information: www.facebook.com/heidmork/ www.heidmork.is The annual Crafts & Design Christmas market and the Christmas tree sale in Heiðmörk woods, located on the outskirts of Reykjavík, will be open every weekend from 28 November
until Christmas, from 11:00 – 16.00. There will be readings and concerts at the cafeteria every day, with accordion players and choirs. Each day at 14:00 a small bonfire will be lit outside and readings for children will take place. One of the Yule Lads might even stop by!
CHRISTMAS TREE FOREST AT HÓLMSHEIÐI Where: Hólmsheiði When: Every Saturday and Sunday until Christmas from 11:00 to 16:00 Admission: Free Further information: www.facebook.com/heidmork/ www.heidmork.is You can pick out and chop down your own Christmas tree in the forest. The Yule Lads are known to hang out in these parts of the forest! Hot cocoa will be served to those visiting the Christmas tree forest. For each tree chopped, the Reykjavík forestry association plants 30 new trees.
42 | Reykjavik Christmas Guide | www.christmasiniceland.is