„A few annual social events“: Munur á milli breytinga

An annual event, unique to Vestmannaeyjar and a particular favorite time of the children. It is impossible to put a more precise date to it than ''early to mid-August'', as it is determined by the pufflings themselves. Leaving their cliff nests, they fly into town attracted by the electric lights and discover a harder and considerably more complicated world than they have been used to. Everywhere, however, saviours are waiting: The local children, armed with their cardboard boxes, prepared and ready to gather the lost

and totally bewildered pufflings, rescue them and take them down to the shore to release them into the sea. In recent years whole families have visited Heimaey to take part in the puffling adventure, a unique event, full of joy.