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Reykjavik City Walking Tour
2h30
By walk
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Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
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
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
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
Included
- Guide
- Entry/Admission - Hallgrimskirkja
Not included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Features
Tourism
90%
Cultural
80%
Sport
30%
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Our guide did a great job describing fun and useful info about Reykjavik and Iceland. His hints on how to save money were good to know, too. Good sense of humor, too.
it was very informative and our guide was very knowledgeable - it rained the majority of the tour, but the guide provided an umbrella
The guide gave a very animated and informative tour of Reykhavik. It gave us great insight into Icelandic history and culture.
Lalli (owner of Funky Iceland) was excellent. He provided a very comprehensive walking tour with lots of information. This was enhanced by his delightful personality. This walking tour was a “do not miss.”
Our tour guide, Siggy, was great. Really helped us get the lay of the land on our first day. The Cathedral elevator is being renovated so we didn't get to go up, but you can still go inside.
Excellent tour with a friendly guide. Took us to areas in the city which we would have not found by ourselves. Good historical background information.
We had difficulty understanding our tour guide. She was a nice person, but spoke in a low tone-of-voice, with a very strong accent, so we missed a lot of what she said. On a number of occasions, we asked a question and she would look up the answer on her phone. We ended the tour early just so we could get away. Perhaps a different tour guide would have made our experience more positive.
great tour
Great way to get inside scoop, and fun historical facts about the city!
Amazing tour- very long-- we walked over 8 miles. Very knowledgeable guide.
Good and informative tour. We were the only ones on the tour, but the guide carried on regardless, which was nice. Quite a long tour, with a few bits where we seemed to go back on ourselves. And the place where we were meant to finish wasn't available, so we had to go to a new place, which the guide couldn't find not due to lack of knowledge,but because the address she was given was incorrect.
The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable. However, she was not easy to find as their was no indincating factor that she was a tour guide. Also, due to other people not being on time she made us wait. It was beyond frigid out and standing outside waiting made us drop off the tour early.
Our guide was great at sharing the history and culture of the Icelandic people. We met at the church and finished at the waterfront. The pacing was leisurely and he'd pause regularly to answer any and all questions.I t was a great thing to do the day we arrived to get oriented to the city and also to pick his brain about restaurants/eateries to take advantage of during our stay..