Reykjavik City Walking Tour

Itinerary
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Pass By: What's On, Laugavegi 5, Reykjavik 101 Iceland

The tour starts at What´s On tourist information located on Laugavegur 5 in central Reykjavik

Stop At: Hallgrimskirkja, Hallgrimstorgi 1, Reykjavik 101 Iceland

Hallgrímskirkja looks over Reykjavík as the most recognisable building standing above all the rest. Its stepped concrete facade is a reminder of the Icelandic landscape and the church’s interior minimalist with a grand organ. The church is named after Hallgrímur Pétursson, a 17th-century clergyman and author of a famous series of Hymns of the Passion.

If conditions allow, we will go up to the bell tower for a magnificent view over Reykjavik City.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Einar Jonsson Museum (Listasafn Einars Jonssonar), Eiriksgata, Reykjavik 101 Iceland

Einar Jónsson, was a famous Icelandic sculptor, born in 1874 in Galtafell. In 1909, after living abroad for almost 20 years, he made an arrangement with the parliament to provide him with a home and studio in Reykjavík, that still stands today.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Reykjavík City Hall, Tjarnargata 11, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

On our way to Reykjavik city hall, we walk through Þingholt, which is the centre of Reykjavík and one of oldest neighbourhoods in the city of Reykjavík. It gets its name from the street of Þingholtsstræti, where a small townhouse stood from the year 1765-1771. Today it is known for it's colourful corrugated iron houses.

We walk across the city pond and into the City Hall we view the super-sized topographical map of Iceland and your guide will explain a little bit about Iceland’s fascinating geology and volcanic history.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Althingi Parliament House, Kirkjutorg, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Our tour then threads the heart of the city, taking in the parliament, our modest but beautiful cathedral and the site of the first Viking homesteads in the city, before visiting the Old Harbour

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Austurbakki 2, Reykjavik 101 Iceland

Our tour

then threads the heart of the city, taking in the parliament, our modest but beautiful

cathedral and the site of the first Viking homesteads in the city, before visiting the

Old Harbour with views of the impressive Harpa Concert Hall and the popular Sun Voyager sculpture.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Solfar (Sun Voyager) Sculpture, Saebraut 101, Reykjavik 105 Iceland

Sun Voyager is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the sun.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Domkirkjan, Austurvollur, Reykjavik 101 Iceland

Reykjavík Cathedra is a cathedral church in Reykjavík, Iceland, the seat of the Bishop of Iceland and mother church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, as well as the parish church of the old city centre.

Duration: 10 minutes