Guidebook for Reykjavík
Food Scene
Te & Kaffi
11 SkólavörðustígurNice atmosphere and very good coffee.
Ice cream. We love ice cream! Try out "Bragðarefur" - soft ice mixed with three different fruits and/or candy from a great selection. You can have it in almost every ice cream store in Iceland!
24 Einheimische empfehlen
Ísbúðin Laugalæk
8 LaugalækurIce cream. We love ice cream! Try out "Bragðarefur" - soft ice mixed with three different fruits and/or candy from a great selection. You can have it in almost every ice cream store in Iceland!
An excellent Scandinavian Bistro in a green house the Botanical Garden in Laugardalur. Only open during summertime!
66 Einheimische empfehlen
Flóran Garden Bistro
GrasagarðinumAn excellent Scandinavian Bistro in a green house the Botanical Garden in Laugardalur. Only open during summertime!
Kaffi Lækur
74a LaugarnesvegurFriendly neighbourhood café and restaurant. (10 min walk)
Small family run restaurant, in business for forty years. Many locals have theirs lunch here. (15 min walk)
21 Einheimische empfehlen
Laugaás
1 LaugarásvegurSmall family run restaurant, in business for forty years. Many locals have theirs lunch here. (15 min walk)
Parks & Nature
Our everyday nature connection where we walk our dog and jog when we feel like it. Here you can also play frisbee golf or stroll in the Botanical Garden.
154 Einheimische empfehlen
Laugardalur
Our everyday nature connection where we walk our dog and jog when we feel like it. Here you can also play frisbee golf or stroll in the Botanical Garden.
Essentials
Lyfja
5, 105 LágmúliA pharmacy. Open from 08:00-24:00.
An excellent farmers market. Good variety of imported biological grocery. Quality and traceability.
51 Einheimische empfehlen
Frú Lauga
LaugalækurAn excellent farmers market. Good variety of imported biological grocery. Quality and traceability.
Polish sausage maker. Products are free of all additives and contain only meat, spices and salt.
19 Einheimische empfehlen
Pylsumeistarinn
8 HrísateigurPolish sausage maker. Products are free of all additives and contain only meat, spices and salt.
The best fish shop in town. Good selection of fresh fish and courses ready for the oven.
9 Einheimische empfehlen
Fiskbúðin Sundlaugavegi 12
12 SundlaugavegurThe best fish shop in town. Good selection of fresh fish and courses ready for the oven.
Liquor store. In Iceland you can only by wine and beer in special liquor store called „Vínbúðin“. No wine or beer are sold in supermarkets.
189 Einheimische empfehlen
Vínbúðin
10a AusturstrætiLiquor store. In Iceland you can only by wine and beer in special liquor store called „Vínbúðin“. No wine or beer are sold in supermarkets.
Krónan
50 ReykjavikurvegurLow price supermarket. Good selection. Open every day from 9 - 21.
Entertainment & Activities
The biggest open air swimming pool in Reykjavik open all year round. Heated with geothermal water with two 50 m pools, in- and outside, and heated children’s pool. You also have access to a steam bath and at least 7 different hot tubs including one with heated sea water.
511 Einheimische empfehlen
Laugardalslaug
105 SundlaugavegurThe biggest open air swimming pool in Reykjavik open all year round. Heated with geothermal water with two 50 m pools, in- and outside, and heated children’s pool. You also have access to a steam bath and at least 7 different hot tubs including one with heated sea water.
Arts & Culture
Ásmundarsafn: Sculpture Museum which is the former home and workshop of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982) who designed and mostly constructed this building himself. (5 min walk)
33 Einheimische empfehlen
Asmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum
Ásmundarsafn: Sculpture Museum which is the former home and workshop of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982) who designed and mostly constructed this building himself. (5 min walk)