Hafnar.haus is a non-profit creative community located above the Reykjavík Art Museum. We have almost 300 members working across our 3500m2 of space.
About Hafnar.haus
We operate in the floors above the Reykjavík Art Museum.What we offer
We have almost 100 private studios and an open plan coworking space at affordable rates. Members have access to meeting rooms, a photo studio, recording and podcast studio, and all sorts of things needed to make an idea come alive. We offer daily, cheap, and healthy communal lunches, multiple events every week, all sorts of clubs, exhibitions, workshops, performances, art markets, residencies.
And most importantly, a community of like minded people, all working to make this an inclusive space for all kinds creatives.
“I like the community aspect, the lunches together, people helping each other out, creatives, sound engineers, musicians, programmers. I didn’t think going to an office space would ever be exciting, but here you get to hang out with your friends.”
A quote from a member.Our members
Our members are musicians, writers, designers, developers, film makers, artists, entrepreneurs and so much more.
Part of our founding team signing with Dagur B. Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavík.Founding team
Hafnar.haus was founded by a team of creative people led by Haraldur Thorleifsson in 2022. Our founding team are performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson, musician Ólafur Arnalds, film editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, community leader René Boonekamp, clothing designer Magnea Einarsdóttir, artist Melanie Ubaldo, singer/songwriter Nanna, entrepreneur Davíð Helgason and design leader Paul Bennett.
Current leadership
Our board is Arnfríður S Valdimarsdóttir, Uta Reichardt, Haraldur Thorleifsson.
Our community hosts are René Boonekamp, Arnar Sigurðsson and Noam Orr.
Contact