This is a must see, best way to start your visit. Let the jet-lag melt of in the hot geothermal lagoon.
There is usually a huge map of Iceland on the ground floor where you can walk around Iceland in 5 minutes.
Closest thing to a pub in Iceland. Hang out with the artists, politicians and what nots. Be sure to order the Bríó beer and act all local.
Go swiming. Icelandic pools are more like spas filled have clean warm water. Enjoy showering naked with same sex Icelanders.
Go swiming. Icelandic pools are more like spas filled have clean warm water. Enjoy showering naked with same sex Icelanders.
The sculpture park is open 24/7 and entrance is free. Enter from Freyjugata.
Best hostel. Ever. Young, hip & pretty much self-contained (bar, restaurant, hair salon, laundry are all inside), and overlooking the water!! I'll never stay anywhere else in this city.
Excellent breakfast & very good coffee. Truly a hidden treasure: you first miss it and walk too far up the street ;)
Þingvellir (Thingvellir) is the National Park where the Althing – an open-air assembly, which represented the whole of Iceland – was established in 930. See http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1152
The lamb soup is most excellent. Just the thing after a very chilly walk. Free refills from the very friendly locals.
This is my Geysir. I know it is sleeping, and my Strokkur is erupting more right now (but all the geysers in the world are named after it, so please show some respect and try not to fall into it).
Definitely take the path behind the waterfall – exhilarating! Expect to get wet. Start from the right – a little easier climb. And be careful: The whole path can get pretty slippery.
