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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

Go Travel Iceland offer both day tours and custom desiged travel in Iceland. Offering anything from budget travel to luxury adventures. If you are planning to visit Iceland make sure to contact us first.Team GTI

Attraction type: Tourist/visitor centre
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

Ideal for short-stay visitors, this scenic driving route through southwestern Iceland features excellent scenery and major sites.  The geysirs, gulfoss, Thingvellir, and the new power plant are...

Attraction type: Scenic drive; Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

The Icelandic Bar (Islenski Barinn in Icelandic) is a moderately-priced bar and bistro specializing in traditional Icelandic food and drink.  It is located in the City Center, at Austurvollur Square...

Attraction type: Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Group tour/boat; Spa
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Park
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

  Iceland's National Museum was established on 24 February 1863. Up until that time Icelandic museum pieces had been preserved and kept in Danish collections. During it's first decades, the museum was

Attraction type: History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

Videy Island is opposite the New Harbour in Reykjavik (where the Cruise ships moor).  It is accessible from the new Harbour (5 mins) and once a day at lunchtime from the old Harbour (15 mins) for 5...

Attraction type: Historic site; Island
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

The Reykjavik Art Museum at Tryggvagata 17 (Hafnarhus or Harbour House) is housed in a stylishly renovated former port warehouse.  The museum showcases contemporary art, Icelandic and International...

Attraction type: Art gallery
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

Gljufrasteinn - Laxness museum was the home and workplace of Halldor Laxness (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955) and his family for more than half a century. It is now opened to the public as a museum, unchanged from when Laxness lived there. In the reception building you can buy tickets, souvenirs, books, and watch a multimedia presentation dedicated to Laxness’s life and work. Visitors can take walks in the beautiful countryside as well.

Attraction type: Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis are a spectacular natural phenomenon, often seen dancing around in fantastic colours across the Icelandic Arctic sky. The Northern lights are caused by the interaction of particles from the sun with the upper atmosphere near the North Pole. That creates this wonderful light effect, known as the Aurora Borealis.The locations visited are different every tour since we go where it’s most likely to see the Northern Lights each day. This tour is dependant on weather and sightings are not guaranteed. Refreshments not included.

Attraction type: Scenic drive
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

The Pearl is one of the more recognizable landmarks in Reykjavik.  The five immense hot water tanks are topped with a domed revolving restaurant with an atrium on the floors below.  Open Daily.

Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: History museum; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Statue
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

Puffin Express offers one-hour tours to the Puffin Islands in Reykjavik harbor. The popular guided sightseeing cruise runs from May 1 to September 1 in a small boat especially designed to get within...

Attraction type: Group tour/boat
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik

The Saga Museum contains realistic sceneries where key moments and well known figures in Iceland's history are depicted. Examples: Ingólfur Arnarsons settlement in 874, Leifur Eiríkssons discovery...

Attraction type: History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 61 attractions in Reykjavik
Attraction type: Art gallery; Historic home
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