Backyard no2

Planned tour autumn 2022

Self-festival in Jórvík and surroundings Autumn 2022 29. September to 3. Oktober The mistress of Jórvík Guðbjörg Halldórsdóttir and the genius Sigrún B. Ingvadóttir plan and manage a self-festival program in York and the surrounding area. The program is a combination of mental and physical nutrition for... Read More

The backyard is a beautiful newly renovated house in York's Heworth neighborhood, a few steps from the city centre.

Enter the Backyard through a hall with a cloakroom and a shoe cabinet under a ladder.  There is also a small toilet under the stairs inside the hall. Directly from the eyes you walk into the living room and you can open the whole side of the living room into a cozy ... Read More

York Food & Drink Festival

There's almost always something going on in York all year round. At the time of writing in September, the York Food & Drink Festival is in full swing in the city. This is the annual food and drink festival where... Read More

Tea time!

How a reviving cuppa has inspired Ails McGee's mellow Affirmations paintings What and where is The Backyard, Ails? "The Backyard, or Bakgardurrin in Icelandic, is a holiday let in Heworth, managed by Gudbjorg Halldorsdottir as an Icelandic retreat for visitors... Read More

Downtown York

York is a paradise for the happy shopping. 

It's an old story and a new one that people come from everywhere to shop in York. It's not least the trains of transport that are great and the location of the train station that draws people to. People living in London take the train ... Read More