It's not only Culture Night this weekend - the south Iceland town of Borg í Grímsnesi also enjoys its annual festival tomorrow.

Grímsævintýrin á Borg (https://www.facebook.com/events/569766539563853) is the festival of the Grímsnes Women’s Association (Kvenfélag Grímsneshrepps). This long-standing festival has brought joy to locals and visitors for decades – and the famous Tombóla (Grand Raffle), dating back to 1926, is still going strong!

Darren met Sandra Gunnarsdóttir, chair of Kvenfélag Grímsneshrepps, in Borg, to hear more.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, we look ahead to Culture Night in Reykjavík, which is this Saturday.

Culture Night (https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-08-21-menningarnott-culture-night-approaches-451449), this Saturday, is the biggest event of the year in Reykjavík, a festival, where residents, artists and musicians offer entertainment. New events are added to the programme every year - and this Saturday will see over 400 of them (https://reykjavik.is/en/culture-night/program).

Darren spoke to Guðmundur Birgir Halldórsson at Reykjavík City Hall.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið.

Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic.

Today we hear the story of Sveinn Kjartansson.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, the new literary paper getting its print launch here in Iceland, tonight.

The new art and literary conceptual tabloid On The Rag (https://ontherag-shop.myshopify.com/products/on-the-rag-volume-01) launches its inaugural print issue tonight, at one of Iceland’s oldest bars, Prikið (https://prikid.is/en).

The print quarterly emerges from LA's cult reading series Casual Encountersz.

Sammy Loren, founding editor of On The Rag and curator of Casual Encountersz, joins Darren to explain.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of The Week In Iceland.

Darren is joined by his RÚV colleague Sebastian Guðmundsson.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, a fun day coming to Árbær Open Air Museum this Sunday.

On Sunday 17 August from 13:00 to 16:00, floral designers and members of Heimilisiðnaðarfélag Íslands (Handicraft Association of Iceland, HFÍ, https://www.heimilisidnadur.is/en) visit the museum (https://reykjavik.is/en/arbaer-open-air-museum).

Floral designers Blómdís and Jóndís will teach the design and arrangement of bouquets made from flowers that have been grown at Árbæjarsafn this summer.

Members of HFÍ will demonstrate live crafts, with focus on floral embroidery, used to decorate the skirt, apron and bodice of traditional women’s headdresses.

Darren spoke to HFÍ chair Kristín Vala Breiðfjörð.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, it's a new episode of Auðskilið.

Bjarni joins Darren again to read a news story in simple Icelandic.

We look at the sad story of the cows who died of gas poisoning.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, a real test of endurance in Iceland, for an excellent cause.

From August 27 to September 2, a group of individuals will ride on a bike tour through Iceland, all sharing a common mission: to raise money and spread awareness of myeloma, the disease that brought them together.

Diane Moran, RN, MA, EdM, is Chief Executive Officer (Interim) and Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, at the International Myeloma Foundation (https://www.myeloma.org/).

She joined Darren to discuss the tour, the foundation, and the work being done to find a cure.

Go to myeloma.org/ICE2025 if you'd like to find our more or make a donation.

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Today on RÚV English Radio, the town festival in Hveragerði, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Blómstrandi dagar (https://www.facebook.com/blomstrandidagar/), or "blooming days", points to the love that the town of Hveragerði has for flowers. They're at the centre of Hveragerði's annual festival, and it's a big one this year: the 30th anniversary.

But there's much more to it than that. It all kicks off officially on Thursday, but the fun actually starts tonight.

Darren spoke to organiser Rakel Magnúsdóttir about what's happening!

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Today on RÚV English Radio, the town festival in Reykhólar.

Reykhóladagar 2025 (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1054628703530852) is just two days away. The Westfjords town will see its festival kick off on Wednesday, running through to August 17.

The schedule is packed - so busy, in fact, that organiser Embla Dögg Bachmann had to add an extra day.

Darren spoke to Embla about everything that lies ahead.

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