Guidebook for Reykjavik
Everything Else
National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Islands)
If you like art.
Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhus
17 TryggvagataReykjavíks art Museum.
Laugavegur
LaugavegurThe main shopping street. Just minutes walk from the house.
Tjörnin
The pond.
Hallgríms church a great architecture and a landmark. You will always know your way around town from seeing where the church is.
743 locals recommend
Hallgrimskirkja
Hallgríms church a great architecture and a landmark. You will always know your way around town from seeing where the church is.
The neighborhoods museum with a park around it.
276 locals recommend
Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir
24 FlókagataThe neighborhoods museum with a park around it.
Klambratún park where the Museum is. It is in the next street from the house.
150 locals recommend
Klambratún
4 AusturstrætiKlambratún park where the Museum is. It is in the next street from the house.
Central bus station where the airport shuttle brings you. Close to the house.
111 locals recommend
BSÍ
Central bus station where the airport shuttle brings you. Close to the house.
Bus station for busses in and around the city. 5 minutes walk from the house.
367 locals recommend
Hlemmur Mathöll
107 LaugavegurBus station for busses in and around the city. 5 minutes walk from the house.
It's a nice walk from the house to the beach. Takes about 20-30 min. Walk pass the Pearl and over the hill. Come down the other side and there is the beach and the old cemetery beside it.
434 locals recommend
Nauthólsvík Geothermal Beach
It's a nice walk from the house to the beach. Takes about 20-30 min. Walk pass the Pearl and over the hill. Come down the other side and there is the beach and the old cemetery beside it.
World class gym, swimming pool and spa with many yoga classes a day. Here is where I do yoga. The yoga room is very nice and the dressing rooms are big and clean with great showers and a sauna.
25 locals recommend
Laugar Spa
30a SundlaugavegiWorld class gym, swimming pool and spa with many yoga classes a day. Here is where I do yoga. The yoga room is very nice and the dressing rooms are big and clean with great showers and a sauna.
Yoga Sansthan / Ashtanga Yoga
Yoga studio at a hotel.
Yoga Shala
7, 3.hæð SkeifanCozy hippy style yoga place not so far from the apartment.
My favorite movie theater with strange and beautiful european movies. You can sit down and have a drink or a coffee.
122 locals recommend
Bíó Paradís
54 HverfisgataMy favorite movie theater with strange and beautiful european movies. You can sit down and have a drink or a coffee.
Austur-Indíafélagið
56 HverfisgataThe greatest Indian restaurant in Reykjavík.
Food Scene
Snaps Bistro
1 ÞórsgataHip and cool bar for those who want. The food is also good.
Forettabarinn
14 NýlendugataCool restaurant.
Grænn Kostur
8b SkólavörðustígurVegetarian restaurant.
Garðurinn
37 KlapparstígurNice and quiet vegetarian restaurant.
The owner and chef, the famous lovely Solla is a double world champion in raw food making.
161 locals recommend
Gló
The owner and chef, the famous lovely Solla is a double world champion in raw food making.
The best lobster soup in town and a charming place in a some strange way.
104 locals recommend
Sægreifinn
The best lobster soup in town and a charming place in a some strange way.
Argentina Steakhouse
11a BarónsstígurA great steakhouse.
Seafood Cellar Restaurant
2 AðalstrætiNice food and cozy place.
The first real coffee house in Reykavík with a real coffee making machine the first of it's kind in the country and still works. A place where all the artists and writers used to come and still do.
75 locals recommend
Mokka Kaffi
3A SkólavörðustígurThe first real coffee house in Reykavík with a real coffee making machine the first of it's kind in the country and still works. A place where all the artists and writers used to come and still do.
Nice little café with american breakfasts and lunch. Owned by artist couple. Open until 15 in the afternoon.
31 locals recommend
The Grey Cat
16a HverfisgataNice little café with american breakfasts and lunch. Owned by artist couple. Open until 15 in the afternoon.
The owner knows a great deal about coffee. Here you can have all kinds of coffee and also buy coffee beans or ground coffee to take home.
20 locals recommend
Café Haiti
5C GeirsgataThe owner knows a great deal about coffee. Here you can have all kinds of coffee and also buy coffee beans or ground coffee to take home.
Prikið has a very good breakfast for those who like a full eggs&bacon meal. It is one of the oldest cafés in Reykjavík.
109 locals recommend
Prikið
12 BankastrætiPrikið has a very good breakfast for those who like a full eggs&bacon meal. It is one of the oldest cafés in Reykjavík.
Drinks & Nightlife
Grillmarkaðurinn
A very nice and hip restaurant for grill and good food.