This weekend the show will be Perlan Vestfirðir in Perlan and admission is free and everyone is allowed at 11 -17 Saturday and Sunday. More than 100 companies and institutions in the Westfjords take part in the exhibition and its goal is to present all the main things the Westfjords has to offer in the field of tourism, business and human life in general. IFL is among those who present their activities in the Westfjords.
The Westfjords Business Development Association is responsible for the exhibition in collaboration with the Westfjords Marketing Agency and this is the second time the exhibition has been held in Reykjavík, but the first was held in 2003.
IFL conducts various research in the Westfjords, especially in the field of cod farming, in collaboration with companies in the quarter. Special attention is drawn here to the fact that dr. Þorleifur Ágústson, fish physiologist, will give a talk at 14:30 on Sunday.
AGENDA:
Saturday 5 May
On stage
11:00 Folk music from Þingeyri: Raivo, Krista and Uku Sildoja from Estonia perform.
12:00 Gísli Súrsson: Elfar Logi Hannesson performs a short version of the solo.
13:00 Jón Kr. Ólafsson and Gunnar Þórðarson's band transfer some songs.
14:00 Dried fish tasting: Well-known individuals taste and judge Westfjords dried fish.
15:00 The palettes from Bolungarvík: The hottest dates in the Westfjords, Soffía Vagnsdóttir, Pálína Vagnsdóttir and Íris Sveinsdóttir perform original music with accompaniment by Zbegniew Jarenko and Haukur Vagnsson.
15:30 Gísli Súrsson: Elfar Logi Hannesson performs a short version of the solo.
16:00 Heiða Ólafur af Ströndur sings a few songs.
In the basement
12:30 Storytelling, ramshackle and weirdness: Jón Jónsson, ethnologist and from Sauðfjársetur in Strandir.
13:30 Summer University in Hrafnseyri: Dr. Peter Weiss, University Center of the Westfjords
14:30 Foxes on Hornstrandir: Ester Unnsteinsdóttir, biologist, gives a lecture with slides.
15:30 Kukl and merriment: Sigurður Atlason, director of the Magic Exhibition at Strandir.
16:30 Westfjords - A tourist paradise: Dorothee Lubecki, Westfjords Tourism Representative.
Sunday 7 May
On stage
11:30 Folk music from Þingeyri: Raivo, Krista and Uku Sildoja from Estonia perform.
12:00 Gísli Súrsson: Elfar Logi Hannesson performs a short version of the solo.
13:00 Migratory birds: A band made up of Arnfirðingar plays music by Arnfirðir authors.
13:30 Jón Sigurður Eyjólfsson, troubadour from Bíldudalur, performs songs with poems by Westfjords poets accompanied by Farfuglanna.
14:30 The wagon siblings from Bolungarvík together with Zbegniew Jarenko
16:00 Gísli Súrsson: Elfar Logi Hannesson performs a short version of the solo.
In the basement
12:30 Ghosts and trolls and all creatures: Jón Jónsson, ethnologist, from Þjóðtrúarstofa á Ströndur.
13:30 Travel possibilities in the Westfjords: Guðmundur Eyþórsson from Vesturferðir presents.
14:30 Research on cod farming: Dr. Þorleifur Ágústsson from the Fisheries Laboratory.
15:30 Vikings in the Westfjords: Dorothee Lubecki, tourism representative of the Westfjords, presents Gísli saga project.