About the venue
Edinborgarhúsið is the cultural center of the Westfjords. It hosts a wide range of cultural activities, including theatrical productions, concerts, art exhibitions, and arts education. The building offers first-class facilities for concerts and stage performances. Its acoustics are excellent, and the halls can be easily adapted for various types of events.
The total area of the building is about 1,700 m² across three floors, with the ground floor covering just over 1,000 m². On the ground floor is Edinborgarsalur hall, measuring over 221 m² and equipped with a full sound and lighting system. The hall provides excellent facilities for stage productions, concerts, conferences, meetings, seminars, and more. It can be connected to the smaller Bryggjusalur hall, which is 119 m². On the same floor is the restaurant Edinborg Bistro, which seats about 100 guests.
At the south end of the second floor is Rögnvaldarsalur hall, , measuring 70 m², along with two smaller rooms of 55 m² and 45 m². In addition to serving as classrooms for the Rögnvaldur Ólafsson School of Arts, they are suitable for all kinds of gatherings. At the north end of the same floor are balconies overlooking Edinborg Hall and the hall’s technical facilities.
Edinborg Hall is equipped with an HDL line-array sound system from RCF, featuring HDL20-A tops and SUB-8006AS subwoofers. The speakers include built-in amplifiers and controllers. In addition, the hall has a 32-channel Allen & Heath QU-32 Chrome digital mixer, as well as stage boxes and a Cat5E snake. The hall is also equipped with 14 Robe ParFect 150 lights and 6 Robe LEDBeam 150 moving lights, along with an Avolites Quartz lighting console.
