Opening hours May 16th – September 15th
Weekdays (Mondays-Fridays): 8:15 am - 7 pm
(self service: 8:15-10:00 am)
   Saturdays and Sundays: Closed

Return items to Penninn bookstore outside op.hours
                                 GEFUM ÍSLENSKU SÉNS

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Friday quiz 2024 no. 28 - Potter day and five differences!

Friday quiz 2024 no. 28 - Potter day and five differences!

Dear HP- and quizloving patrons and wellwishers! Friday is here and what follows is of course the ever so popular Friday quiz. Since our friend Harry Potter has his birthday in five days, the quiz is dedicated to him. Find five differences!
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David's house: Applications for staying in author- and scholar-apartment

David's house: Applications for staying in author- and scholar-apartment

Dear authors and scholars! Applications for staying in the author- and scholar-apartment in David's house will be done in the same way as previous years.
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Harvest from our community garden!

Harvest from our community garden!

On Thursday 25th of July between 10:00-12:00, a librarian with an extra green fingers will be helping with the harvest in our community garden. Stop by and pick up a salad and other delicious things for free.
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Great Potter Day next week!

Great Potter Day next week!

Dear witches, wizards and muggles - on July 31st Harry Potter will be 44 years old. On the occasion of this day, we throw a party like last years and welcome you to the Great Potter's Day 2024!
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The system is back up and luckily everything went well under the waking eyes of these two employees,…

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 27 - Main desk and five differences!

(answer) Dear quizloving and patient patrons! Our system is back up and working, we are all very happy about that! Because of today - Friday 19th of July - we have our regular Friday quiz and as always you are supposed to find five differences between the pictures. This picture is taken while the system was down ... but still we always smile!
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Updated: everything is working! (Very limited service because of a system failure!)

Updated: everything is working! (Very limited service because of a system failure!)

(Everything is working) Dear patrons! Because of a big system failure, all our library system services are unavailable. This means that the service at the Municipal Library will be VERY limited until things are back in order.
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Brekkugata closed to the north from Oddeyrargata

Brekkugata closed to the north from Oddeyrargata

Dear patrons! We again thank you for shown patience because of the construction work outside of the Municipal Library and we have to announce another change of access: Brekkugata to the north from Oddeyrargata will be closed today (Wednesday 17th of July) and tomorrow (Thursday 18th of July).
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Fantasy department - changes

Fantasy department - changes

Dear patrons and fantasy lovers! Recently we made changes to the fabulous fantasy department. We removed the iron-grating with new books and put this new shelf that Aija stands by instead.
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(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 26 - Akureyri and five very hard differences!

(answer) Friday quiz 2024 no. 26 - Akureyri and five very hard differences!

(answer) Dear quiz-loving Akureyri-people and well-wishers of the Municipal Library. The quiz-maker appears to have mis-calculated the time and therefore the Friday quiz comes a little latter than usual. Better late than never, they say! This one is very hard! Find five differences and they can be tiny! Magnifying glass would not be a bad idea...
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Bike stands

Bike stands

Dear patrons! We thank you for the patience concerning the construction work being done outside and below, but we want to point bikers to the great bike stands that can be found a little north of the main entrance to the library.
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Events

New books to borrow

Interesting facts

- Pick-sticks and massage device in the library: Even in winter time, people like to clean up in their area and they can borrow so called pick-sticks for that.

- TV screen: The TV screen in the main desk area is situated at the conjunction of the old building and the new one. In that slideshow you can find a lot of useful and fun information related to the library.

- A late return!!! At a library in Australia in the year 2011, a book was returned ... 122 years after having been borrowed.