Parks and places of interest
An old joke says that if you get lost in an Icelandic forest, all you need to do is to stand up. A lot has happened over the last decades in Iceland, we now have beautiful forests and parks. Not to mention other places of interest such as old beautiful masonry buildings that have been preserved.
Litlibær was built in 1895, a timber house with stone side walls and a turf roof. Around 20 people lived in Litlibær at one point and the last inhabitants moved out as late as 1969. There is ...
The only preserved wooden wind-powered grain mill in the country can be found in Vigur. The goldsmith Daníel Hjaltason is reported to have built the mill around 1860. The windmill has since ...
The main exhibition of Ólafsdalur are the recently found remains of a Viking longhouse from the 9th-10th century. Ólafsdalur is a small valley, surrounded by high mountains, where the first ...
The friendly Giganta is originally the creation of author Herdís Egilsdóttir who in 1959 wrote her first book about Sigga and her friend Giganta in the Mountain. Giganta migrated to ...
Gljúfrasteinn was the home of writer Halldór Laxness (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955) and his family for more than half a century. Halldór was a prolific writer during his ...
The Reykjavík Zoo and Family park is a fun day out of for families, offering both domestic animals as well as a theme park. Open every day of the year, the main focus of the zoo is on ...
The Botanic Garden is an outdoor collection of plants situated in Laugardalur valley in the heart of Reykjavík. The garden’s main role is to conserve plants for education, research, and ...
Nesstofa has a unique architectural significance. The house was built in 1761-1767 as the official residence of Iceland’s first Medical Doctor and first Pharmacist. The Exhibition Nesstofa ...
The Pharmacy Museum has charming exhibitions displaying the history of pharmacy in the 20th century. The Herbal Garden of Nes is a medicinal and culinary garden communicating the history of ...
A day out of time
Reykjavík's open air museum, where you can stroll through the past and experience the way we lived.
Fun, fascinating, and full of surprises, this living museum takes you ...
