Guidebook for Reykjavík

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Guidebook for Reykjavík

Parks & Nature

It´s a nice place to go for a walk. To take the children to the Zoo and to the Family garden. To have lunch in Cafe Flora.
Laugardalur The Pond
It´s a nice place to go for a walk. To take the children to the Zoo and to the Family garden. To have lunch in Cafe Flora.
A lot of paths in nature to go for a walk.
99 locals recommend
Heiðmörk
99 locals recommend
A lot of paths in nature to go for a walk.
A relatively easy climb and a beautiful view from the top.
23 locals recommend
Helgafell
23 locals recommend
A relatively easy climb and a beautiful view from the top.
A nice park to go for a walk. Within 10 minute walking distance. Includes also a family park and a domestic zoo
154 locals recommend
Laugardalur
154 locals recommend
A nice park to go for a walk. Within 10 minute walking distance. Includes also a family park and a domestic zoo
Our neighbourhood swimmingpool. 10 minute walking distance. An outdoor swimming pool. With a slide, hot tubs and a 50 meter swimming pool. Icelanders are very fond of their swimming pools. It´s a wonderful way to spend time with the family and to renew in between trips.
511 locals recommend
Laugardalslaug
105 Sundlaugavegur
511 locals recommend
Our neighbourhood swimmingpool. 10 minute walking distance. An outdoor swimming pool. With a slide, hot tubs and a 50 meter swimming pool. Icelanders are very fond of their swimming pools. It´s a wonderful way to spend time with the family and to renew in between trips.
181 locals recommend
Húsdýragarðurinn Park & Zoo
181 locals recommend
9 locals recommend
Fjölskyldugarðurinn
34 Holtavegur
9 locals recommend
A nice and easy climb. And gives a good view over Reykjavík.
34 locals recommend
Úlfarsfell
34 locals recommend
A nice and easy climb. And gives a good view over Reykjavík.
The favorite mountain of the people of Reykjavík. A bit of a challenge to go all the way to the top but you can also go part of the way. There is a well established path all the way to the top. Very popular climb. Some jog up there on a regular basis.
75 locals recommend
Esjan
75 locals recommend
The favorite mountain of the people of Reykjavík. A bit of a challenge to go all the way to the top but you can also go part of the way. There is a well established path all the way to the top. Very popular climb. Some jog up there on a regular basis.
A must see while in Iceland. An hour and 15 minute´s drive from Reykjavík. Beautiful and magnificent waterfall.
283 locals recommend
Gullfoss
283 locals recommend
A must see while in Iceland. An hour and 15 minute´s drive from Reykjavík. Beautiful and magnificent waterfall.
Hot springs. Beautiful scenery with all kinds of different colours which come from the minerals in the water.
35 locals recommend
Krýsuvík
42
35 locals recommend
Hot springs. Beautiful scenery with all kinds of different colours which come from the minerals in the water.

Neighborhoods

A park in our very close neighbourhood. In Laugardalur we have Cafe Flóra (a nice little restaurant where you can choose to eat outside), the old washing place, where women used to wash the laundry in the past, there is a place where you can go scating, the swimming pool of Laugardalur is there too, the family park and the local Zoo with domestic animals. And there is a nice area where you can go for walks, surrounded by green, and with a nice little pond to sit by.
154 locals recommend
Laugardalur
154 locals recommend
A nice place to go for a walk. It takes about 15-20 minutes to walk there.
18 locals recommend
Fossvogsdalur
18 locals recommend
A nice place to go for a walk. It takes about 15-20 minutes to walk there.
Many restaurants can be found on that street. On the other side of Laugardalur - which makes it a nice walk from our house
Suðurlandsbraut
Suðurlandsbraut
Many restaurants can be found on that street. On the other side of Laugardalur - which makes it a nice walk from our house

Food scene

66 locals recommend
Flóran Garden Bistro
Grasagarðinum
66 locals recommend
Vegetarian restaurant. You can also get non vegetarian food.
161 locals recommend
Gló
161 locals recommend
Vegetarian restaurant. You can also get non vegetarian food.
Our local restaurant. Good icelandic food.
Laugaás
1 Laugarásvegur
Our local restaurant. Good icelandic food.
Best ice cream in town. Organic ingredients and good quality ice cream
29 locals recommend
SKÚBB Ice Cream
1 Laugarásvegur
29 locals recommend
Best ice cream in town. Organic ingredients and good quality ice cream
Farmer´s market with all kinds of local and good quality food.
51 locals recommend
Frú Lauga
Laugalækur
51 locals recommend
Farmer´s market with all kinds of local and good quality food.
A nice cafe in our neighbourhood
56 locals recommend
Kaffi Lækur
74a Laugarnesvegur
56 locals recommend
A nice cafe in our neighbourhood
Good quality food. Vegetarian and non vegetarian.
17 locals recommend
Krúska
12 Suðurlandsbraut
17 locals recommend
Good quality food. Vegetarian and non vegetarian.
They offer a nice buffet
16 locals recommend
Askur, Brasserie
Suðurlandsbraut
16 locals recommend
They offer a nice buffet

Sightseeing

A part of Reykjavík´s image. Beautiful church. Great view over Reykjavík from the tower. An elevator takes you to the top.
743 locals recommend
Hallgrimskirkja
743 locals recommend
A part of Reykjavík´s image. Beautiful church. Great view over Reykjavík from the tower. An elevator takes you to the top.
An unforgettable visit. A very quiet little park with the sculptures of Einar Jónsson. His sculptures are very spiritual in nature.
47 locals recommend
Einar Jónsson Sculpture garden and museum
51 Njarðargata
47 locals recommend
An unforgettable visit. A very quiet little park with the sculptures of Einar Jónsson. His sculptures are very spiritual in nature.
Our beautiful music hall.
535 locals recommend
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
2 Austurbakki
535 locals recommend
Our beautiful music hall.
Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir
24 Flókagata
276 locals recommend
A nice way to see how icelanders lived in the past
168 locals recommend
Árbær Open Air Museum
Kistuhylur
168 locals recommend
A nice way to see how icelanders lived in the past
Very well done. You can see how Reykjavík looked at the time of settlement.
86 locals recommend
The Settlement Exhibition
16 Aðalstræti
86 locals recommend
Very well done. You can see how Reykjavík looked at the time of settlement.
393 locals recommend
National Museum of Iceland
41 Suðurgata
393 locals recommend
National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Islands)
166 locals recommend
You can take the ferry out to the island of Viðey. The ferry leaves from a place very close to our home.
64 locals recommend
Videy
64 locals recommend
You can take the ferry out to the island of Viðey. The ferry leaves from a place very close to our home.

City advice

Don't miss

Don´t miss our local swimming pools.

We have lots of hot water from our natural hot springs. So our swimming pools have become our way of being outside in any kind of weather. They are a really nice way of renewing in between trips or upon arrival to Iceland to wash off the travelling dust.