Reykjavík (Smoke Cove / Bay of Smoke)– the capital and largest city of Iceland, located at Faxaflói bay, in Capital Region, with approx. 131 000 inhabitants. One of the cleanest, greenest and safest cities on Earth. First settlement was set up here in 874, a town was founded in 1785. The name of the city comes from the steam (“smoke”) from the hot springs.
Sights / Things to do in Reykjavík:
- Ráðhús Reykjavíkur – Reykjavík City Hall,
- Tjörnin pond,
- Alþingishúsið – Althingi Parliament House,
- Reykjavík Cathedral,
- Hallgrímskirkja (Church of Hallgrímur),
- Sun Voyager – a stainless-steel sculpture of a boat (1990, by Jón Gunnar Árnason),
- Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre,
- Sculpture & Shore Walk,
- Reykjavík Harbor,
- Adalstraeti – the oldest street in Reykjavík,
- Laugavegur – main shopping street,
- Nauthólsvík Geothermal Beach,
- Perlan,
- Fríkirkjan church,
- The National Gallery of Iceland,
- Þjóðminjasafnið – National Museum of Iceland,
- Árbæjarsafn – Reykjavík Open Air Museum,
- Hólavallagarður – cemetery from 1838,
- Heiðmörk – a nature reserve.
Reykjavík: Tjörnin lake, Fríkirkjan church and The National Gallery of Iceland
Reykjavík: Tjörnin lake and City Hall
Reykjavík: Unknown Bureaucrat statue
Reykjavík: Althingi Parliament House and Reykjavík Cathedral
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Reykjavík: Tjörnin lake
Reykjavík: Tjörnin lake
Reykjavík: Tjörnin lake and City Hall
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Reykjavík Cathedral
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Reykjavík: at Adalstraeti – the oldest street in Reykjavík
Reykjavík Junior College
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Reykjavík: Hallgrímskirkja
Reykjavík: Hólavallagarður
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Reykjavík: statues in front of Prime Minister’s Office
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Reykjavík: Hallgrímskirkja
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Reykjavík: Hallgrímskirkja
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Reykjavík from Seltjarnarnes
Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
∇ Location: view on Google Maps
See also:
Perlan – the Pearl of Reykjavik
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I’m there as well 😀
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Ah! Great too! 😀
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