Travel guide - Reykjanesbær
Restaurants
Library bistro/bar
57 HafnargataThis is a nice restaurant close by.
Kef Restaurant
VatnsnesvegurVery nice restaurant in Reykjanesbær in walking distance.
Thai Keflavik
Good food on the main street of the town
This is a recently opened restaurant in Suðurnesjabær, the next town over from Reykjanesbær. The food there is Spanish and very good.
The lighthouse next to the restaurant is also very pretty.
6 locals recommend
El Faro
This is a recently opened restaurant in Suðurnesjabær, the next town over from Reykjanesbær. The food there is Spanish and very good.
The lighthouse next to the restaurant is also very pretty.
The Bridge
AðalgataNice restaurant with good prices
https://www.thebridge.is/en
Activities
Everyone who visits Iceland has to experience the swimming pool culture. This is a culture where people of all ages go and sit in the hut tubs or go for a swim in the pools. The swimming pool of Reykjanesbær is about a 10 minute walk (900m) from the apartment. It has a indoor and outdoor slides for kids.
The swimming center has a 25-meter outdoor pool, four swimming pools, hot tubs and a steam room. In addition, it has one of the most magnificent 50-meter indoor pools in the country.
17 locals recommend
Vatnaverold
31 SunnubrautEveryone who visits Iceland has to experience the swimming pool culture. This is a culture where people of all ages go and sit in the hut tubs or go for a swim in the pools. The swimming pool of Reykjanesbær is about a 10 minute walk (900m) from the apartment. It has a indoor and outdoor slides for kids.
The swimming center has a 25-meter outdoor pool, four swimming pools, hot tubs and a steam room. In addition, it has one of the most magnificent 50-meter indoor pools in the country.
Skoðunarferðir
Walking by the ocean is lovely in good weather.
This relatively small town has a total of five ports for boats to bring fish. Most of them are in little to no use today but fishing was the primary industry in Reykjanesbær for centuries.
It is a trip back in time walking along the coast side and reading the history signs along the cost.
Keflavíkurhöfn
BakkastígurWalking by the ocean is lovely in good weather.
This relatively small town has a total of five ports for boats to bring fish. Most of them are in little to no use today but fishing was the primary industry in Reykjanesbær for centuries.
It is a trip back in time walking along the coast side and reading the history signs along the cost.
The shortest route between Europe and America is in Reykjanes, where you can cross a bridge between the continents in just a few minutes.
The bridge symbolically shows where the two continental borders meet on the land of Reykjanes, but they are North American and Eurasian plates, this gaps grows by just a few centimeters each year.
Nowhere in the world can these continental plates be visibly seen on land, which is why Reykjanes has been certified by UNESCO as an international Geopark.
This split land can be seen in many parts of Reykjanes, but it is also the reason why there are five volcanic systems on the peninsula and it is therefore an active volcanic area – as everyone saw when the eruption began in Geldingardalur in 2021.
19 locals recommend
Bridge Between Continents
The shortest route between Europe and America is in Reykjanes, where you can cross a bridge between the continents in just a few minutes.
The bridge symbolically shows where the two continental borders meet on the land of Reykjanes, but they are North American and Eurasian plates, this gaps grows by just a few centimeters each year.
Nowhere in the world can these continental plates be visibly seen on land, which is why Reykjanes has been certified by UNESCO as an international Geopark.
This split land can be seen in many parts of Reykjanes, but it is also the reason why there are five volcanic systems on the peninsula and it is therefore an active volcanic area – as everyone saw when the eruption began in Geldingardalur in 2021.
Culture and museums
Viking world is a magnificent exhibition hall that houses e.g. a reconstruction of the Viking ship Íslendingur, which sailed to America in 2000 to commemorate Leif Eiríksson's voyage to the New World.
21 locals recommend
Viking World
1 VíkingabrautViking world is a magnificent exhibition hall that houses e.g. a reconstruction of the Viking ship Íslendingur, which sailed to America in 2000 to commemorate Leif Eiríksson's voyage to the New World.
This museum is in my backyart, no really, we share a garden.
At the Icelandic Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll you can walk through the history of Icelandic pop and rock music throughout the years.
18 locals recommend
The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll
2 HjallavegurThis museum is in my backyart, no really, we share a garden.
At the Icelandic Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll you can walk through the history of Icelandic pop and rock music throughout the years.
"The cave of the Giantess"
The giantess is everyone’s friend and ready to use his size and energy to help in the problems of the little ones, his friends.
Her home is small and therefore she welcomes snoods that children no longer use but she uses them to decorate their homes.
Her cave can be found by the marina in Gróf, where she sits for a long time by the kitchen window in her rocking chair and looks out over Keflavík and Faxaflói.
6 locals recommend
Giantess Cave - Skessuhellir
Bakkavegur"The cave of the Giantess"
The giantess is everyone’s friend and ready to use his size and energy to help in the problems of the little ones, his friends.
Her home is small and therefore she welcomes snoods that children no longer use but she uses them to decorate their homes.
Her cave can be found by the marina in Gróf, where she sits for a long time by the kitchen window in her rocking chair and looks out over Keflavík and Faxaflói.
Boat museum of Gríms Karlssonar:
It is appropriate to visit Captain Grímur Karlsson’s Boat Museum when looking at a visit to our old seaport.
At Duus Museum you can see a total of 120 ships from the Icelandic fleet, although not all of them are on display at the same time.
11 locals recommend
Duus Safnahús / Duus Museum
2 - 8 DuusgataBoat museum of Gríms Karlssonar:
It is appropriate to visit Captain Grímur Karlsson’s Boat Museum when looking at a visit to our old seaport.
At Duus Museum you can see a total of 120 ships from the Icelandic fleet, although not all of them are on display at the same time.
Shopping center
This is a small shopping center on the corner by the aparment.
It has a supermarket, clothing store, pharmacy, bookstore, kfc and more.
Krossmói
Krossmói