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.
Heiðmörk
A lot of paths in nature to go for a walk.
Helgafell
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
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Laugardalur
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.
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Laugardalslaug
105 SundlaugavegurOur 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.
Húsdýragarðurinn Park & Zoo
Fjölskyldugarðurinn
34 HoltavegurÚlfarsfell
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.
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Esjan
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.
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Gullfoss
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.
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Krýsuvík
42Hot 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.
Laugardalur
A nice place to go for a walk. It takes about 15-20 minutes to walk there.
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Fossvogsdalur
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
SuðurlandsbrautMany restaurants can be found on that street. On the other side of Laugardalur - which makes it a nice walk from our house
Food scene
Flóran Garden Bistro
GrasagarðinumGló
Vegetarian restaurant. You can also get non vegetarian food.
Laugaás
1 LaugarásvegurOur local restaurant. Good icelandic food.
Best ice cream in town. Organic ingredients and good quality ice cream
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SKÚBB Ice Cream
1 LaugarásvegurBest ice cream in town. Organic ingredients and good quality ice cream
Farmer´s market with all kinds of local and good quality food.
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Frú Lauga
LaugalækurFarmer´s market with all kinds of local and good quality food.
Kaffi Lækur
74a LaugarnesvegurA nice cafe in our neighbourhood
Krúska
12 SuðurlandsbrautGood quality food. Vegetarian and non vegetarian.
Askur, Brasserie
SuðurlandsbrautThey 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.
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Hallgrímskirkja
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.
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Einar Jónsson Sculpture garden and museum
51 NjarðargataAn unforgettable visit. A very quiet little park with the sculptures of Einar Jónsson. His sculptures are very spiritual in nature.
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
2 AusturbakkiOur beautiful music hall.
Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir
24 FlókagataÁrbæjarsafn
KistuhylurA nice way to see how icelanders lived in the past
Very well done. You can see how Reykjavík looked at the time of settlement.
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The Settlement Exhibition
16 AðalstrætiVery well done. You can see how Reykjavík looked at the time of settlement.
Narodowe Muzeum Islandii
41 SuðurgataNarodowa Galeria Islandii (Listasafn Islands)
You can take the ferry out to the island of Viðey. The ferry leaves from a place very close to our home.
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Videy
You can take the ferry out to the island of Viðey. The ferry leaves from a place very close to our home.
Porady dla podróżnych
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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.