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Culture and Comfort in Reykjavík
How you can experience culture and comfort during your stay in Reykjavík.
Gljúfrasteinn
Gljúfrasteinn is a writer's home museum, which was the former home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness, a 1955 Nobel Prize for Literature winner. It is located in Mosfellsbær, east of Reykjavík, Iceland. The house was built in 1945 by Halldór and his wife Auður Sveinsdóttir. The architect was Ágúst Pálsson and the interior designer was Birta Fróðadóttir. Gljúfrasteinn is built on the banks of the river…
Museums & Exhibitions
Despite Reykjavík's relatively small size, the capital area is renowned for its strong focus on arts and culture. Visitors to Reykjavík thus have a wide array of options for art museums, natural museums and history museums.
Mosfellsbær & Mosfellsdalur
With outdoor activities as its greatest attraction, get ready for a journey of beautiful hikes in diverse landscapes, historic sites, wool shopping and more, all within the Mountain Borough area.
Culture and Comfort in Reykjavík Itinerary
If you want to mix culture and comfort in the capital city of Iceland then check out this itinerary we made for you!
Mosfellsbær Itinerary
What can you do in the sleepy little town of Mosfellsbær, 20 minutes away from Reykjavík, Iceland? Keep reading, and we'll tell you all about it!
Gljúfrasteinn museum
Gljúfrasteinn is a writers museum. It was the home and workplace of Halldór Laxness (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955) and his family for more than half a century. It has now been opened to the public as a museum, unchanged from when Laxness lived there.
48 Hour Itinerary Culture Edition
Visit Reykjavik knows that visitors to Reykjavík are looking for things to do in the capital, and culture is a large part of wanting to check out Iceland. For a tiny nation in the middle of the North Atlantic, Iceland sure does have a lot of culture!
History of Reykjavík
Though Reykjavík holds the title of Iceland's first settlement since 870, it wasn't until the 18th century that a proper town began to take shape around Ingólfur Arnarson's original homestead.
What is new in Reykjavík
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