Reykjavík Travel Guide

 21 Reviews  Visited in 2009. The Pearl offers a 360 degree view of the city from several restaurant, gift shop. snack bars . The place is built on large hot water tanks. It gives a great overview of the entire city. The ice cream is a Baskin Robbins type place and was great. Nothing in the gift shop or snack... 

 14 Reviews  When my friends heard I was going to Iceland, they all said, "You GOTTA see the Blue Lagoon!" OK, so we stopped by here on the way to catch our flight home. It was fine, if a bit pricey (As of February 2009, entry costs EUR 20, towel rental EUR 4, bath robe rental EUR 7). The water is nice and warm,... 

 22 Reviews  This lovely lake is close to the parliament building and Domskirkja. We walke right round and watched people feed the gulls and ducks. There were many interesting sculptures, flowers and lots of seats in which to take a little rest. The city hall is on this lake. 

 12 Reviews  We've been to Reykjavik's Old harbour to go on a whale-watching tour with Elding (which was great by the way). Build in 1913 (so not really thát old) it was a huge undertaking to fill up the piece of land that now forms the part between the harbour and Hafnarstraeti. Rocks were moved from the hills... 

 15 Reviews  We passed over lava field after lava field. Our guide explained that the older ones are covered with vegetation, the younger are charred and the first thing to grow on the lava is grey moss. Our first stop was a wonderful crater lake. So beautiful! 

 13 Reviews  Sólfar (The Sun Voyager) is a sculpture along the sea by Sæbraut just southeast of the Harpa Hall and Conference Center. We had gone down to the sea to walk along the shore walk and came across this sculpture. It was made by Jón Gunnar Árnason and unveiled in 1990, after the artist's death. The... 

 10 Reviews  The National Museum conserves a varied selection of relics that testify to the cultural history of the Icelandic nation. It is an extremely interesting museum on 3 floors displaying all kinds of Viking artifacts from the time of the Vikings settling here in and around 874 (the Irish munks were the... 

 16 Reviews  There is a park on the corner of Aðalstræti and Kirkjustræti which is called Fógetagarðurinn or The Governor's park named after Skúli Magnússon, governor. Skúli Magnússon was the Icelandic governor and the founder of industry in Reykjavík in 1752. He raised wool-factories in Aðalstræti, which was... 

 9 Reviews  The first thing to do after visitting tourist information was to visit Reykjavik City Hall .It was completed and inaugurated on April 14th 1992.It's on the northern shore of Lake Tjornin.It looked very modern The ground floor of the building is organised around the walking routes between the West... 

 4 Reviews  You don't have to go far to see puffins in Iceland, just pop down to the Reykjavík Old Harbour and hop on the Puffin express which takes you for an hour-ride in the Reykjavík bay to the nearby islands, Akurey and Lundey (lundi is the icelandic name for the puffins), where the puffins nest. The... 

 4 Reviews  Aðalstræti is Reykjavík's oldest street and thus Iceland's oldest street. We believe that the first settler of Iceland, Ingólfur Arnarson lived here. The thing is that when digging for new houses in Aðalstræti one is almost bound to come by some antiquities from the Settlement age, builders were... 

 2 Reviews  There are a lot of free things to do in Reykjavík, check out these museum etc. I have added tips on most of these places. The National Gallery of Iceland. This is a museum of contemporary art. Free admission. Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Free admission. The Icelandic National museum. Free... 

 4 Reviews  Árbæjarsafn museum is an open-air museum - it was opened in 1957 and old houses from Reykjavík have been relocated there from the center of Reykjavík - and form a small village. In the summer time there are domestic animals there and visiting makes one feel like one has stepped back in time.... 

 7 Reviews  The Parliament building was built in 1881 and the architect was the Danish F. Meldahl. The building was made out of dolerite which was found in Skólavörðuholt a little below where Hallgrímskirkja church stands now. This building is of course preserved now. The first Parliament in the world was... 

 4 Reviews  Reykjavík's main square, Austurvöllur, is located in the heart of the old city, and contains the city's main cathedral and the Parliament building. The square was originally part of the hay fields of the city's first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson. In the centre of the square is the statue of Jón... 

 4 Reviews  This house was the location of the historic meeting in 1986 between presidents Ronald Reagan of the USA and Mikhail Gorbatsjov of the USSR. This meeting is regarded as the 'beginning of the end' of the cold war. The house was built in 1909 for the French consul in Iceland, Jean-Paul Brillouin.... 

 2 Reviews  Now, Esjan is Reykjavík's mountain and we are proud of it. We have been getting some insults from Icelanders living in other parts of Iceland saying that Esjan is just a hill compared to their mountains. The highest peek of Esjan is 914 m high. Esjan is not in Reykjavík per se, it is north of... 

 5 Reviews  The National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Íslands, list=art) has several exhibition halls on three floors exhibiting various art forms, both Icelandic and international art. The main emphasis is on 19th and 20th century art. I have found the exhibitions both intriguing and provocative. They are... 

 5 Reviews  During construction for a new hotel in 2001, a Viking-era longhouse was discovered under the streets of Reykjavík, and it has been preserved right where it was found (the hotel was completed, presumably with a few modifications). The longhouse was in unusually good condition - not many survive at...