Guidebook for Reykjavík
Essentials
Bónus is probably the best known budget store in Iceland and it’s usually considered the cheapest. The interiors are quite spartan and the selection not great but it should fulfill your basic food needs. This is where the boyfriend and I usually do our shopping for the home.
Budget brand: Euroshopper
512 locals recommend
Bónus
Bónus is probably the best known budget store in Iceland and it’s usually considered the cheapest. The interiors are quite spartan and the selection not great but it should fulfill your basic food needs. This is where the boyfriend and I usually do our shopping for the home.
Budget brand: Euroshopper
Parks & Nature
Laugardalur boasts a beautiful botanical garden featuring an impressive selection of Arctic flowers and plants.
154 locals recommend
Laugardalur
Laugardalur boasts a beautiful botanical garden featuring an impressive selection of Arctic flowers and plants.
The Family Park and Zoo in Laugardalur is open all year. The Zoo includes most Icelandic animals, both wild and domesticated, from foxes, reindeer and seals to cattle, horses and sheep. In summer the Family Park offers many rides and play equipment for children of all ages.
181 locals recommend
Húsdýragarðurinn Park & Zoo
The Family Park and Zoo in Laugardalur is open all year. The Zoo includes most Icelandic animals, both wild and domesticated, from foxes, reindeer and seals to cattle, horses and sheep. In summer the Family Park offers many rides and play equipment for children of all ages.
Shopping
Kringlan is the largest shopping mall in Reykjavík. Kringlan offers a wide variety of over 180 shops, a selection of places to eat and a range of services.
At Kringlan you will find everything from a public library and a cinema to some of the finest fashion shops and restaurants in town. We are situated in the heart of Reykjavík, but don’t worry - there’s plenty of parking space.
Make the most of shopping in our warm and relaxing environment. You’ll always find what you’re looking for in Kringlan!
528 locals recommend
Kringlan
Kringlan is the largest shopping mall in Reykjavík. Kringlan offers a wide variety of over 180 shops, a selection of places to eat and a range of services.
At Kringlan you will find everything from a public library and a cinema to some of the finest fashion shops and restaurants in town. We are situated in the heart of Reykjavík, but don’t worry - there’s plenty of parking space.
Make the most of shopping in our warm and relaxing environment. You’ll always find what you’re looking for in Kringlan!
Entertainment & Activities
For harsh weather days you can always have a movie night! Located near the house is ones of Reykjavik oldest movie theater although show room A is very highly and newly renovated with comfy seats, big screen and top line sound system! All foreign movies have the original language and only contain subtitles in Icelandic. There is a break in the middle of the movie so don´t be confused when they stop the movie in the middle of a scene lol.
32 locals recommend
Laugarásbíó
For harsh weather days you can always have a movie night! Located near the house is ones of Reykjavik oldest movie theater although show room A is very highly and newly renovated with comfy seats, big screen and top line sound system! All foreign movies have the original language and only contain subtitles in Icelandic. There is a break in the middle of the movie so don´t be confused when they stop the movie in the middle of a scene lol.
Arts & Culture
Outside the summer season the Family Park remains open as a play area. At the edge of the Laugardalur valley, not far from Laugardalur Arena, is a strangely shaped, domed white building. It is known as the Reykjavík Art Museum’s Ásmundarsafn sculpture collection. This used to be the studio of Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982), a pioneer of Icelandic sculpture. In addition to his works exhibited inside the museum, a sculpture garden outside contains many of his monumental works.
39 locals recommend
Reykjavík Art Museum Ásmundarsafn
105 SigtúnOutside the summer season the Family Park remains open as a play area. At the edge of the Laugardalur valley, not far from Laugardalur Arena, is a strangely shaped, domed white building. It is known as the Reykjavík Art Museum’s Ásmundarsafn sculpture collection. This used to be the studio of Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982), a pioneer of Icelandic sculpture. In addition to his works exhibited inside the museum, a sculpture garden outside contains many of his monumental works.