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Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavík
53 Reviews There is a statue in front of Hallgrímskirkja church of Leifur Eiríksson or "Leif the Lucky". Amercians gave us this statue of Leifur Eiríksson. Leifur was the son of Eirik the Red and was born at...
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Perlan - The Pearl Reykjavík
19 Reviews Öskjuhlíð hill is the hill around Perlan - it is a true gem in the middle of Reykjavik and a very popular outdoor area. Reykjavík - and Iceland on the whole - hasn't got many trees or forests so...
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Blue Lagoon Reykjavík
15 Reviews After you go in there are mens and womens changing rooms that are very nice and there are locks on all the lockers and they give you towels and robes. You are required to take a shower naked before...
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Lake Tjornin Reykjavík
21 Reviews Lake Tjornin is a lovely lake right in the center of Reykjavík; it's a natural feature, which has been there since earliest times, and it's a haven for ducks (and other water birds) and those who...
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Golden Circle Tour Reykjavík
13 Reviews It is a circle of sights that is most achievable in one day out of Reykjavik. I did the golden circle and then drove on as far as Hella - this was a perfect distance and amount of sight seeing in one...
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Sólfarið - The Sun Voyager Reykjavík
12 Reviews Reykjavík is surrounded by sea and we have many beautiful waterfronts. The northern waterfront is a popular place for jogging and strolling. From there you have a great view of Esjan, which is...
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Churches Reykjavík
16 Reviews The church at Bessastaðir is right in front of the Presidential residence in Álftanes area. The church is open for visitors. A church was first built there in the year 1000, but the current church...
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National Museum of Iceland Reykjavík
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...
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Radhus - City Hall Reykjavík
10 Reviews Our City hall is located in the pond "Tjörnin" really. It was inaugurated on April 14, 1992 and not everybody here was happy about this location and it caused a lot of controversy, but now the nation...
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Harbor Reykjavík
10 Reviews 112 Reykjavík is the postcode for the suburb Grafarvogur "Grave-cove". A part of Grafarvogur is Bryggjuhverfið "Wharf district". It is a quaint little district, really colourful and lovely. I often...
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AlÞingi - Parliament Building Reykjavík
8 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...
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Geysers Reykjavík
3 Reviews Geysir is another one of the highlights on most people's trip to Iceland. The thousand year old area of Geysir is located at the foot of the Bjarnfell and is dotted with hot springs from which bubbles...
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Laugardalslaug Pool Reykjavík
2 Reviews There is an excellent spa called Laugar Spa next to and connected with one of our swimming pools, Laugardalslaug in Laugardalur valley. In the same building is the fitness center World Class. I have...
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Adalstraeti 10 Reykjavík
3 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...
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Whale and Puffin Watching Reykjavík
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...
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Free Things To Do. Reykjavík
3 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...
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Reykjavik 871 Reykjavík
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,...
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Árbæjarsafn - Reykjavík City Museum. Reykjavík
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...
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Mt. Esjan Reykjavík
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...
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Imagine Peace Monument Reykjavík
3 Reviews I arrived in Reyjkavik on October 8th amidst what in my neck of the woods would be called a Nor'easter-gale force winds and torential downpours. Horrific landing and trip to the city from Keflavik....
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Þjóðleikhúsið - National Theater Reykjavík
2 Reviews The beautiful National Theater of Iceland opened on April 20th, 1950. Is has been my all time favourite since I visited it and watched its childrens' plays when I was very young. It is so magical...
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Hofdi House - Höfði House Reykjavík
3 Reviews A bit further east of the Sun Voyager is Höfði House (1909) which is best known amongst foreigners as the meeting place between Presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbatsjov in 1986, the meeting...
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Austurvollur Reykjavík
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...
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Arnarhóll Hill and Settlement Reykjavík
3 Reviews Arnarhóll hill is a small hill in the center of Reykjavík. On top of the hill is a statue of Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler in Reykjavík. The statue was raised in 1924, by our beloved sculptor,...
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Domkirkja Reykjavík
4 Reviews The majority of the Icelandic nation is of the Lutheran religion. The Lutheran Cathedral is in the very center of Reykjavík, next to the Parliament bulding. The episcopate of Iceland used to be in...
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One of Iceland's most famous natural wonders is Gullfoss, or “Golden Falls.” With a 105-foot double-cascade, Gullfoss is Europe’s most powerful waterfall. On a sunlit day, the mist clouds surrounding the hammering falls are filled with dozens of rainbows, providing an unparalleled spectacle of color and motion. This is part of the "Golden Circle' tour of the Reykjavik area.
Saltfiskur Islands is a museum wholly dedicated to the preparation of salt fish. If it sounds odd, never think so. Ever had bacalao? This is where that process starts, from fresh to salted cod, and the whole town has apparently at some time or the other been totally dedicated to this. The museum shows the whole process from catch to export. If you're in the neighbourhood - such as the Blue Lagoon - droping by is no big deal.
There are plenty of possibilities for whale watching on Iceland, and the sea outside Reykjavik is considered a good place for it. I went on the Hafsulan boat ran by Reykavik Whale Safari and Puffin Island. I found it too big and crowded and the service limited. Hot drinks for free would have been a great pre. It gets very cold out there and the offer in the bar was very expensive.Yes, we saw whales allright; minke, dolphins. Many birds, too, and the puffins were resident on Puffin Island. A successful trip in this sense.The weather was excellent during the entire trip, but it still gets windy and cold from the speed of the boat and summers are not tropical on Iceland... The PA commentary sort of ran out of things to say as there weren't that much to see after all, and the minkes were rather distant. The harbour facilities with a showroom ("The Whale Centre") in the hull of a moored ship...
You can have a professional massage and spa treatmetns at the Blue Lagoon. They offer 14 varieties/treatments and most of it seemed great. However, I'd leave out the pregancy massage from my "things-to-do" at the SPA. There is also a chance of children 6-11 to have a massage here - 15 minutes. For prebooking, ordering, enqiry, try the web site and email address.
Due south of Raykjavik city, take off from the southbound Keflavik road just beyond Hafnarfjordur centre and head for the south coast on a minor, gravelly (soon!) road that passes through a very active geological area. It's a national park, and apart from the geothermal stuff at Kvisuvik and the southern end of Kleifarvatn, it is the Kleifarvatn itself that is the main attraction for amateurs. Desolate landscape, a lake mirroring surrounding volcanic debris and cliffs - stark and beautiful. Yes, bring a Björk tape to play while here - haunting.If you have an idea of the volcanic activities here - read up before you go - the outcome of this trip is secured. Upon departing south from Kleifarvatn, you can choose to go either east or west, looping back up north toward Reykjavik again. Most interesting route is to the west (right), either backtracking on a parallel road on the other side of...
Grindavik south on the Reykajnes peninsula (15 minutes from the Blue Lagoon) has an impressive and emotional memorial for those who were left at sea in accidents, and the sculpture depicts those bereaved. A source for afterthought and consideration of the traditional hard life of the Icelanders. Right near the Saltfisktur house and Brim restaurant.Inside the Brim restaurant are several photos of local fishing vessels in stormy weather.
The area south of Keflavik and Reykjavik - Reykjanes, basically, has several dead volcanoes worth a climb. They are mostly shield volcanoes with small craters on top of a smallish cone. Fun to visit. You find the easiest climbable ones just a couple of kilometres out of Reykjanesviti along the road toward Keflavik. look for map and roadside names such as stampar.
Everybody told me to go here before I went to Iceland - and such uniform advice makes me doubt the advice... So it took me a few days and a very dusty and sweaty day touring Reykanes to finally succumb to pressure and go.I am now among those thousands recommending the place! The commercial profile is very low key, and the entry fee (ISK 1500) is well worth it. There are no water slides, toy things or anything to do apart from SPA sort of treatment, a post-soak cafe or restaurant and a souvenir shop and skin treatment shop - you basically wade around and soak. You can swim, but it is not deep enough for diving in from the sides, it's all wading deep. You can wade to a place where you find a temperature that suits you. Essentially it is a massive hot tub.There are so may reviews of the place that I will only tell you the how-to:Take a designated bus from Keflavik or the city to the Blue...
This is a nice diversion from the hectic life in Reykjavik. Where you can swim in not so deep water that is feed by the power plant that you can see across the water as it hisses out steam into the air. In the past few years there has been a visitors center added as well as sectioned off pools to swim in. When I first went to the Lagoon it was an interesting experience. There was a changing room and you went out the back to the pool where there was a rope showing the limits where it was safe to swim. you had to swim through cold then to hot water where it was being pumped out of the plant. That was cool. Sort of free style adventure.
I guess you could go to the Blue Lagoon in the summer time and still enjoy the full pleasure of a soothing mineral bath. The mud will still feel good on your face, the waterfall will give your body a therapeutic pounding, the water will still be warmer than the air. But - come on, you really don't experience the FULL Blue Lagoon treatment unless you visit in the winter, preferably on a cold and sleety day. YOU KNOW you really want to. The water temperature: around 100 Fahrenheit. The air temperature: 38 Fahrenheit. The skies cloudy, with intermittent sleet providing a cooling shower.Nothing in my recent travel history was more RELAXING, more HEALTHFUL, more RE-ENERGIZING than my visit to the Blue Lagoon pools and spa in Iceland. This was the perfect way to end my (short) visit to Iceland, and to prepare my return to the daily and ordinary world of work and household chores and the daily...
Castle House Luxury Apartments Reykjavík Region
2 Reviews and 195 Opinions We have just returned from a long weekend break in Reyjavik and thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the...
Hilton Reykjavik Nordica Reykjavík
4 Reviews and 608 Opinions I am now staying in this Hilton hotel which was part of the package tour that I booked with...
101 Hotel Reykjavík Region
1 Review and 84 Opinions The 101 hotel is new and designed by the owner. Everything is very modern but warm and each piece of...
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Q: We have 5 days in Iceland starting Jan. 25. What are the top 3 things we should see or do? Interests are nature, photography,...
A: The obvious top couple are the Golden Ring, the Blue Lagoon and the Northern Lights. These can easily be booked by a number of tour companies in Reykjavik. I went with...
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