Heimar & Himingeimar: Fight Darth Vader in Hafnarfjörður

Heimar & Himingeimar in Hafnarfjörður!

It is expected that hundreds, if not thousands of guests and visitors will step into the fairytale world of the costume and game festival Heimar & Himingeimar. The festival will be held at Hafnarfjörður´s Library from August the 30th to September the 1st.

“The costume community is about challenging stereotypes. Stepping out of reality and into an imaginary world, shaped and tailored to each individual.” says Unnur Helga Möller, project manager of events at Hafnarfjörður´s Library. She is ambitious and with the seven groups responsible for the festival she aims to build a Star Wars spaceship on the first floor and set up a fantasy pub on the third. And that’s not all.

“Rimmugýgur will host Viking battles outside the library, Hema Reykjavík will have historical fencing and the Lightsaber Society will show up with their lightsabers. They are then going to fight Darth Vader, who people naturally know  from Star Wars,” says Unnur Helga.

A three-day festival

The event lasts for three days. A lot to see and to participate in. Workshops will be held every day. There you can learn how to make swords and costumes, take cosplay photographs and write in medieval style. There will be a competition for the best costumes in Cosplay on August the 31st. The head judge is the winner of the NCC Iceland competition, Jessica Chambers, who judges in three categories, junior, open and advanced.

“The competition is open to everyone and the three categories to ensure a fair assessment of different levels of skills and experience,” says Unnur Helga.

Unnur Helga Möller is the backbone of the festival Heimar & Himingeimar, which will be held at Hafnarfjörður´s Library from August the 31st to September the 1st. This is something everyone has to experience!

Workshops for costumes and weapons

A buffer-arsenal will be set up, also known as foam weapons or LARP weapons. It will also be possible to participate in a workshop where a LARP costume is made in a quarter of an hour. “You can register and step into a battlefield where you fight with the LARP weapons, both for children and adults,” she says.

Unnur says that the costume community is one of the most fun things there is. Large groups have a second life in these costumes, as they step out of reality into a reality that is shaped by their own creative ideas.

People find their inner person

“The costume community is about challenging the stereotypes,” she says. “And you don’t have to be a nerd like the rest of us, if you want to be Kate Bush or straight out of Flashdance, that’s fine. Life is a stage, clothes make the man, and man is never too old to play,” she says, but she herself has been playing improv since the age of sixteen and has been in the costume community for about a decade.

“It’s so much fun and why do something if it’s not fun?” asks Unnur.

“Come and join us! We’re going to lose ourselves in everything that’s fun about costumes: from movie costumes to Larp fantasy costumes, to historical recreations. Japanese cosplay, prop making, buffer weapons, historical fencing, lightsaber fencing… just everything and you’re welcome to join!”

Opening hours:

• Friday 30.08.24 at 17:00-20:00
• Saturday 31.08.24 at 11:00-20:00
• Sunday 01.09.24 at 11:00-14:00

And of course, it goes without saying that everyone, yes, everyone is encouraged to show up in costumes!

• Cosplay competition here
• Cosplay-posing here
• Braiding workshop here
• Buffer weapon workshop here
• Medieval writing here
• Making a Larp costume in 15 min. here