Reykjavík - Main Sights

Main Sights

• Alþingishúsið — the Icelandic parliament
• The Culture House, National Centre for Cultural Heritage, Hversfigata 15, 101 Reykjavík. tel 545 1400
• Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur — a small hotdog stand in central Reykjavík
• Blue Lagoon — geothermal spa located near Reykjavík
• CIA.IS - Center for Icelandic Art — general information on Icelandic visual art
• Hallgrímskirkja — the largest church in Iceland
• Harpa Reykjavík - Reykjavík Concert & Conference Center
• Heiðmörk — the largest forest and nature reserve in the area
• Höfði — the house in which Gorbachev and Reagan met in 1986 for the Iceland Summit
• Kringlan — the second largest mall in Iceland
• Laugardalslaug — Swimming pool
• Laugavegur — main shopping street
• Nauthólsvík — a geothermally heated beach
• Perlan — a glass dome resting on five water tanks
• Rauðhólar — a cluster of red volcanic craters
• Ráðhús Reykjavíkur — city hall
• Reykjavik Art Museum — the largest visual art institution in Iceland
• Tjörnin — the pond
• National and University Library of Iceland (Þjóðarbókhlaðan)
• National Museum of Iceland (Þjóðminjasafnið)
• University of Iceland
• Árbæjarsafn (Reykjavík Open Air Museum) — Reykjavík's Municipal Museum
• Reykjavík 871±2 — exhibition of an archaeological excavation of a Viking age longhouse, from about 930 AD
• Vikin Maritime Museum - a maritime museum located by the old harbour