Guidebook for Reykjavík

Eyvindur
Guidebook for Reykjavík

Food Scene

Freshly baked sourdough bread and the delicious vanilla buns. Note: it is not possible to have breakfast there, but easy to take home.
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Brauð & Co.
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Freshly baked sourdough bread and the delicious vanilla buns. Note: it is not possible to have breakfast there, but easy to take home.
Their variety of traditional fish courses and the taste.
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Þrír frakkar
14 Baldursgata
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Their variety of traditional fish courses and the taste.
Wonderful fish courses.
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Fiskmarkaðurinn
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Wonderful fish courses.
Very good food, good 360° view of Reykjavík if the weather is good. Not very cheap though.
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Perlan
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Very good food, good 360° view of Reykjavík if the weather is good. Not very cheap though.
Best burgers in town, and a nice atmosphere in this small burger joint by the harbor.
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Hamborgarabúlla Tómasar
Geirsgötu 1 Geirsgata
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Best burgers in town, and a nice atmosphere in this small burger joint by the harbor.
The unique and different food experience. Their tomato soup is the best I have ever had.
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Friðheimar
Friðheimar
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The unique and different food experience. Their tomato soup is the best I have ever had.
Gourmet food, excellent raw material and superb cooking in tasteful environment. Great taste of Icelandic food. http://www.fiskfelagid.is/en/ I cannot recommed this highly enough.
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Fish Company
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Gourmet food, excellent raw material and superb cooking in tasteful environment. Great taste of Icelandic food. http://www.fiskfelagid.is/en/ I cannot recommed this highly enough.
All kinds of food but italian emphasis. Something for everyone really. Good if members of a group have very different taste.
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Caruso
22 Austurstræti
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All kinds of food but italian emphasis. Something for everyone really. Good if members of a group have very different taste.
Excellent Icelandic food. Simple but quality menu. New family run place in our hometown. Both lunch and dinner but as always lunch costs less. Breakfast is not available. Children´s menu. Lively and can be noisy. The stunning view is not from the restaurant but the town is a harbor town surrounded by lava and there are some nice views and it is always nice to get out of the "big city" of Reykjavik. Parking in front of the restaurant.
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Von mathús
75 Strandgata
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Excellent Icelandic food. Simple but quality menu. New family run place in our hometown. Both lunch and dinner but as always lunch costs less. Breakfast is not available. Children´s menu. Lively and can be noisy. The stunning view is not from the restaurant but the town is a harbor town surrounded by lava and there are some nice views and it is always nice to get out of the "big city" of Reykjavik. Parking in front of the restaurant.
They have nice pizza and it is close.
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Eldsmiðjan
81 Laugavegur
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They have nice pizza and it is close.
Very good food. Lively with music. Great cocktails. http://sushisamba.is/?lang=en
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Sushi Social
5 Þingholtsstræti
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Very good food. Lively with music. Great cocktails. http://sushisamba.is/?lang=en
Excellent fish restaurant - Seafood Grill http://sjavargrillid.com/en/
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Sjávargrillið
14 Skólavörðustígur
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Excellent fish restaurant - Seafood Grill http://sjavargrillid.com/en/
Very good coffee and tea. They have many locations including Skólavörðustígur (in the Book Shop) and Laugavegur. The one on the main street Laugavegur is not as crowded as the one in the book shop.
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Te & Kaffi
11 Skólavörðustígur
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Very good coffee and tea. They have many locations including Skólavörðustígur (in the Book Shop) and Laugavegur. The one on the main street Laugavegur is not as crowded as the one in the book shop.
Family run. Same menu for decades because it works. Good lamb and fish.
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Laugaás
1 Laugarásvegur
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Family run. Same menu for decades because it works. Good lamb and fish.
Excellent Indian Food.
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Austur-Indíafélagið
56 Hverfisgata
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Excellent Indian Food.
Very good indian food. Cheaper edition of Austur Indiafélagið. They have take-away. The location in Lækjargata 8 is more quet than the one on Hverfisgata 64a.
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Hraðlestin
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Very good indian food. Cheaper edition of Austur Indiafélagið. They have take-away. The location in Lækjargata 8 is more quet than the one on Hverfisgata 64a.
Good thai food. They have take-away and you can just call and pick up. The place is very small but worth a visit.
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Ban Thai Restaurant
130 Laugavegur
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Good thai food. They have take-away and you can just call and pick up. The place is very small but worth a visit.
Good bakery with a long tradition.
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Sandholt
36 Laugavegur
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Good bakery with a long tradition.
Great food and good service. 7 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/sipstQ1oJCo
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Snaps Bistro
1 Þórsgata
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Great food and good service. 7 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/sipstQ1oJCo
Great french food and wine bar. Very good week-end brunch. Good view to the main street Laugavegur especially from upper floor. 9 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/uhD17BaG6742
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Le Bistro
12 Laugavegur
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Great french food and wine bar. Very good week-end brunch. Good view to the main street Laugavegur especially from upper floor. 9 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/uhD17BaG6742
Very good food in hip surroundings at ground floor of Nordica Hotel. Week-end brunch is recommended but do book in advance.
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VOX Brasserie & Bar
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Very good food in hip surroundings at ground floor of Nordica Hotel. Week-end brunch is recommended but do book in advance.
Breakfast from 06:30 (3000 kr./pers.) - excellent lunch or dinner. http://www.sattrestaurant.com/en
Satt Restaurant
52 Nauthólsvegur
Breakfast from 06:30 (3000 kr./pers.) - excellent lunch or dinner. http://www.sattrestaurant.com/en
Good location - view to Hallgrímskirkja. Icelandic food. Open from 9 a.m. 5 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/GtCXdjoBQPH2
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Café Loki
28 Lokastígur
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Good location - view to Hallgrímskirkja. Icelandic food. Open from 9 a.m. 5 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/GtCXdjoBQPH2
Grocery stora - Quality fish and meat https://www.facebook.com/kjotogfiskur/ 7 min. walk https://www.facebook.com/kjotogfiskur/
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Kjöt og Kúnst
Breiðamörk
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Grocery stora - Quality fish and meat https://www.facebook.com/kjotogfiskur/ 7 min. walk https://www.facebook.com/kjotogfiskur/

Sightseeing

The largest and most iconic church in Iceland. Very good view of the city from the tower. You might want to get up early for this one but it is only a few minutes walk away from the apartment.
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Hallgrimskirkja
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The largest and most iconic church in Iceland. Very good view of the city from the tower. You might want to get up early for this one but it is only a few minutes walk away from the apartment.
The place is remote but always impresses me - the wind and the open sea are powerful against this small church with a remarkable history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strandarkirkja
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Strandakirkja
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The place is remote but always impresses me - the wind and the open sea are powerful against this small church with a remarkable history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strandarkirkja
Take a trip around Reykjanes peninsula - you can visit the lighthouses for example http://www.visitreykjanes.is/en/moya/toy/index/index/lighthouses Be prepared for windy conditions :)
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Reykjanesviti
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Take a trip around Reykjanes peninsula - you can visit the lighthouses for example http://www.visitreykjanes.is/en/moya/toy/index/index/lighthouses Be prepared for windy conditions :)

Parks & Nature

The park is just down the street. It is small but nice and conveniently located. If you cross the street on the other side you come to the University of Iceland area and can walk towards south to the coast. Nice refreshing walk :)
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Hljómskálagarður
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The park is just down the street. It is small but nice and conveniently located. If you cross the street on the other side you come to the University of Iceland area and can walk towards south to the coast. Nice refreshing walk :)
Esja, the Reykjavik city mountain gives you a view of Reykjavik and surrounding towns as well as a good view of the nature around Reykjavík. The hike up is relatively easy and can be crowded on the weekends. This is where the locals go for a short hike.
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Esjan
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Esja, the Reykjavik city mountain gives you a view of Reykjavik and surrounding towns as well as a good view of the nature around Reykjavík. The hike up is relatively easy and can be crowded on the weekends. This is where the locals go for a short hike.
Relatively easy mountain walk with stunning views. 15 min. walk from parking to mountain and then half an hour up ca. Take care - the main stone type is tuff and it has loose sand on top so the trail can be very slippery.
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Helgafell
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Relatively easy mountain walk with stunning views. 15 min. walk from parking to mountain and then half an hour up ca. Take care - the main stone type is tuff and it has loose sand on top so the trail can be very slippery.

Arts & Culture

A museum dedicated to Iceland´s most prestigious painter Johannes Kjarval.
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Reykjavík Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir
24 Flókagata
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A museum dedicated to Iceland´s most prestigious painter Johannes Kjarval.
http://en.harpa.is/ You can stroll around but they also have guided tours or you could see the play: How to Become Icelandic in Sixty Minutes ;) http://harpa.is/dagskra/how-become-icelandic-60-minutes-186 But just visiting the Music House Harpa for the architecture is enough - http://en.harpa.is/mies-van-der-rohe http://en.harpa.is/harpa/about-harpa/design They have two restaurants - scroll down their website for info.
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Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre
2 Austurbakki
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http://en.harpa.is/ You can stroll around but they also have guided tours or you could see the play: How to Become Icelandic in Sixty Minutes ;) http://harpa.is/dagskra/how-become-icelandic-60-minutes-186 But just visiting the Music House Harpa for the architecture is enough - http://en.harpa.is/mies-van-der-rohe http://en.harpa.is/harpa/about-harpa/design They have two restaurants - scroll down their website for info.
If you are interested in archeology this is the place. http://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english You just cross the walking bridge and you are almost there.
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National Museum of Iceland
41 Suðurgata
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If you are interested in archeology this is the place. http://www.thjodminjasafn.is/english You just cross the walking bridge and you are almost there.
If you are interested in the settlement of Iceland which has only been inhabited for about 12 hundred years you definitely have to see this exhibition http://borgarsogusafn.is/en/the-settlement-exhibition
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The Settlement Exhibition
16 Aðalstræti
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If you are interested in the settlement of Iceland which has only been inhabited for about 12 hundred years you definitely have to see this exhibition http://borgarsogusafn.is/en/the-settlement-exhibition

Getting Around

Coach terminal for coaches taking you on sightseeing tours.
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BSI Coach Terminal
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Coach terminal for coaches taking you on sightseeing tours.
For domestic flights. You might want to fly to Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Höfn, Húsavík or whatever :)
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Reykjavik Domestic Airport station
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For domestic flights. You might want to fly to Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Höfn, Húsavík or whatever :)

Drinks & Nightlife

Old style bar with a lot of original icelandic paintings. Quiet and stylish. http://www.holt.is/english/drink/gallery-bar/ Four minutes walk https://goo.gl/maps/CMdpeDWqsAm
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Hotel Holt
37 Bergstaðastræti
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Old style bar with a lot of original icelandic paintings. Quiet and stylish. http://www.holt.is/english/drink/gallery-bar/ Four minutes walk https://goo.gl/maps/CMdpeDWqsAm
Lonely Planet says: "This old house with the London Underground symbol over the door contains one of Reykjavík’s coolest bars; it even had a starring role in the cult movie 101 Reykjavík (2000). At weekends you’ll feel like you need a famous face or a battering ram to get in. At other times it’s a place for artistic types to chill with their Macs. 9 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/1GwJ8G7UtXw Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/iceland/reykjavik/entertainment-nightlife/other/kaffibarinn#ixzz4JU17Mmou"
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Kaffibarinn
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Lonely Planet says: "This old house with the London Underground symbol over the door contains one of Reykjavík’s coolest bars; it even had a starring role in the cult movie 101 Reykjavík (2000). At weekends you’ll feel like you need a famous face or a battering ram to get in. At other times it’s a place for artistic types to chill with their Macs. 9 min. walk https://goo.gl/maps/1GwJ8G7UtXw Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/iceland/reykjavik/entertainment-nightlife/other/kaffibarinn#ixzz4JU17Mmou"