Author name: Ólafur Jóhann Engilbertsson

3.-13. October 2024, the Haizebegi festival will be held in Bayonne and in Pasaia in the presence of Mrs. Unnur Orradóttir Ramette, Ambassador of Iceland in France, and Mr. Jean-René Etchegaray, Mayor of Bayonne and in cooperation between Haizebegi and the Icelandic Basque Association, the University Centre of the Westfjords and Albaola, as part of

In spite of bad weather the Basque Centre opened an exhibition in Djúpavík 6-8 June 2024, organized by the Icelandic Basque Association, the Albaola Itsas Kultur Faktoria from Pasaia, the Haizebegi Festival from Bayonne and the University Centre of the Westfjords – in the presence of the ambassadors of France and Spain. The program started

On Friday, June 7, the first phase of the Basque Centre will be opened in the old herring tanks in Djúpavík. On this occasion, there will be a program in Djúpavík related to the history of the Basques in Iceland in cooperation with partners in the Basque regions of Spain and France. Albaola in Spain

On 16 th and 17 th of October 2023 a symposium was held in the museum and shipyard Albaola in Pasaia in the Basque Country of Spain. The title of the symposium was “The Basque whaleboat at the origin of industrial whaling.” The symposium was a part of the BASQUE project that received a grant

In August was the first joint event of the Basque partners, Albaola in Spain, Haizebegi in France, University Centre of the Westfjords and the Icelandic Basque Association. It was a promotional event for the Basque Centre in Djúpavík, a concert by two bands from Bayonne in the Basque region of France. The Habia trio and