13 Hidden Secrets & Best Places in Reykjavik - Travel Guide Iceland
Ultimate 13 hidden secrets, things to do and best places to visit in Reykjavik. My travel guide is loaded with tips for Iceland which I carefully selected. You won't believe number #7 -- Can we make it to 1,000 LIKES? ---
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Trust me, Iceland has a lot more to offer besides natural beauty and breathtaking scenery.
The best time to visit Iceland is either in early February to see the Northern Lights or mid-summer for the Icelandic music festivals.
1. Start off at Cafe Loki and try their incredible Icelandic lamp soup, herring sandwich and rye bread ice cream.
2. Hallgrimskirkja, the famous church in Reykjavik, known for its unique architecture and mesmerizing view of the city.
3. Harpa, the unique concert and event venue, known for its futuristic design and enjoys the best acoustics in the world.
4. Kolaportid Flea Market, get yourself a warm Icelandic sweater or other odd Icelandic products.
5. Hakarl, rotten shark which you can purchase at the Flea Market. The most horrid food in the world, the shark is buried in the soil for months and rot in its own juices in order to acquire this strange local delicacy.
6. Seabaron, hidden secret in the Reykjavik harbor where you can try the controversial Whale Steak and world's best lobster soup.
7. Svio, aka Icelandic Sheep's Head. An odd dish that can be ordered at certain local restaurants or at the BSI drive-thru. Creep out your friends by going all out by trying the tongue, nose and eye.
8. Northern Lights, its hit or miss with this event, best time to go is early February.
9. Blue Lagoon, nowadays not a hidden secret anymore, but a spot that cannot be missed. This incredible place is one of the wonders of the world and is world's biggest geothermal spa.
10. Pylsur Hot Dog at Baejarins Beztu Pylsur, the most famous in Reykjavik, you can expect long lines.
BONUS: Vegamot Restaurant, one of the better restaurants in Reykjavik.
11. Reykjavik Nightlife, visit Austur, the best nightclub in town. Make sure to contact my friends at rvkbynight.is and they may be able to hook you up with an exclusive party or message them directly @reykjavikbynight
12. Herring Era Museum, a 4 hour drive north of Reykjavik where you can try the true authentic Icelandic herring.
13. Icelandic Phallological Museum, perhaps the most bizarre museum in Iceland.
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Drive Around Reykjavík #1 - The Old Town after 1st Snow in 2019
Hi and welcome to drive around with me during this beautiful Icelandic winter day in Reykjavík city centre. Please note that this was my first drive around tour video around Reykjavik but the later versions have full narration since I have developed this idea further since I shoot this clip but it was meant to capture the slow motion mode in the city after first serious snowfall the winter 2018/19
I have also added suburb video's where I describe what I see, and how I see it but I'm not a tourist guide, just an Icelander describing my personal remarks about Iceland, Icelanders, what I like, and what I don't like about my country.
if you want to see the summer/winter contrasts, I recommend this video with full narration
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2:31 - Hallgrímskirkja
2:53 - Harpa
3:17 - Arbaejarsafn
4:20 - Blue Lagoon
4:46 - Thingvellir National Park
5:40 - The Geysir Geothermal Field
6:10 - Gullfoss
7:15 - Seljalandsfoss
7:44 - Skógafoss
8:15 - Black Sand Beach
9:20 - Dyrholaey
9:40 - Jökulsárlón
11:38 - Namafjall
11:47 - Dimmuborgir
11:58 - Krafla Volcano
12:10 - Godafoss
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Eerie and Enchanting Iceland Cemetery
Hólavallagarður is situated in central Reykjavík. It is the largest 19th-century cemetery in Iceland, with its oldest grave dating back to 1838. Many of the tombstones and sculptures are very artful, and some have a historical and cultural significance. Many notable Icelanders are buried here, including Jón Sigurðsson, Iceland's national hero, Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir, often dubbed the first feminist, and Jóhannes Kjarval, Iceland's best-loved painter.
The graveyard also houses victims of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, as well as a handsome monument to French sailors lost at sea. The cemetery was fully booked by the early 1930s, but families that bought their plots before then can still bury their dead here.
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EXPLORE REYKJAVIK ICELAND - Eating Greenland Shark
My wife and I decided to try some Icelandic delicacies. Hakarl is a Greenland Shark that is caught, buried in the sand for a few months, then hung out to dry in a barn for a few more months, before being butchered up and served to idiot tourists like us. It was not very good. Kind of like eating seaweed that you know was once a shark, but we both managed to keep it down.
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Volcano Bread
At Laugarvatn Fontana Spa in Iceland, you can watch Icelandic rye bread being baked the old-fashioned way: by being buried underground for 24 hours. Read more about the film here:
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We stayed at Foss Hotel in downtown Reykjavik, picked up in the am by Extreme Iceland tours did the Golden Triangle that included the Gullfoss (golden waterfall), Brúarfoss Falls, and across rivers on backroads to towards the highlands with views of Eyjafjallajölkull (and learned how to say it), the Strokkur Geyser.
Next day we hiked Sólheimajökull glacier (note the crampons and ice axes, crevasses): part of Mýrdalsjökull, Iceland‘s fourth largest glacier that covers the infamous volcano Katla, then the black beach of Reynisfjara and numerous waterfalls such as Seljalandsfoss in southern Icelandic coast.
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Dead Whales on a remote beach in Iceland
Dead Whales on a remote beach in Iceland
At least 50 dead whales were discovered washed up on a remote beach in Iceland by a group of sightseers Thursday.
Helicopter pilot David Schwarzhans with Reykjavik Helicopters told The Associated Press that he, along with several passengers, counted at least 50 long-finned pilot whales that washed up on the Löngufjörur beach on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland.
He said there could have been more as some of the beached whales were partly buried by the sand.
Iceland missing woman found dead: Iceland cops question two men over Birna’s murder - TomoNews
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — A young woman whose disappearance sparked a huge search that gripped Iceland has been found dead.
The body of Birna Brjansdottir, 20, was found on Sunday on a rocky beach some 60 kilometers southwest of Reykjavik, eight days after she went missing, Iceland Magazine reported.
Nearly 800 volunteers joined 700 rescue workers in a massive search for the young woman, which covered 700 kilometers of coastline and road.
Two male fishing trawler crew members from Greenland, aged 25 and 30, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police found 20 kilos of hashish aboard their ship, worth up to $2 million U.S. dollars, according to Iceland Magazine. One of the men is also suspected of being connected to the smuggling operation.
A third crew member was also arrested but was released after questioning. A fourth crew member has been arrested in connection with the drugs found aboard the trawler.
Birna’s DNA matches blood found inside a red Kia car hired by the two men. Police said damage to the car suggests it was taken off-road, possibly near where the body was found. The car was also driven nearly 300 kilometers, which has yet to be explained.
With a population of just 320,000 people, Iceland has averaged only 1.8 murders per year since 2001, according to the Guardian.
The two suspects are being held in solitary confinement. Police have told the men that Birna’s blood was found in the red Kia but haven’t revealed that they’ve found her body.
The police investigation continues.
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Record accumulation of snow (about 60 cm) in Reykjavik, Iceland today.
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Thingvellir ( Þingvellir ) National Park in western Iceland from drone Phantom 4
Valley Thingvellir (Þingvellir) has enormous historical importance for Iceland. In the 930 years it took place here the first meeting of the Icelandic parliament - the Althing, which is one of the oldest parliamentary institutions of the world, who sit today. The name refers to the location of the event Thing - assembly Vellir - valley.
Althing was held here until the end of VXIII century. Also in this place June 17, 1944 it was announced the full independence of the Republic of Iceland. Currently, MPs sitting every day in Reykjavik moving on holidays just to Thingvellir.
The original settlers of Iceland, mainly exiles from the Scandinavian countries had enough of governments kings or earls. On top of that they liked to put on her, which often ended in bloodshed. To solve this problem, earnestly sought for the place that will be able to accommodate the thousands of people, cattle, and ensured good acoustics. This place has just been found in the valley Oxary on the northern shore of the biggest lake in Iceland Thingvallavatn.
Walking nearby canyon Almannagja, we come to the marked Icelandic flag Logberg rock (rock 'rights), which called for opening the session of the parliament. It was also the place where he officiated, ie. Preacher of the law, a person familiar with the law and all the rules and customs prevailing in Iceland and the place of office Logretta - elders coming from individual municipalities.
Apart from the establishment of new rights, success of implementation of new regulations, made also the courts and in the nearby villages made judgments. Women drowned, and the guilty men were removed from the law. If the convict did not immediately leave the island, and in those days it was very difficult to wait his death very often brutally (how the condemned man dying because depend on the imagination torturers).
Thingvellir National Park
It is at Thingvellir, Iceland agreed to accept Christianity. After a stormy meetings pagan preacher law Thorgeir Þorkelsson persuaded gathered to amend an existing religion. There is also one of the oldest churches on the island - Þingvallakirkja. Although the first temple was built in this place already x XI., Today, you can see a building dating from 1859 years. Inside are legendary Bell Iceland from previous churches, immortalized in the novel by Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness, antique pulpit of the seventeenth century, one of the oldest bible Icelandic and altar 1834. At the local cemetery they are buried locals priests and poets.
The park laid out a number of hiking trails. One of them leads to the farm þingvallabaer, designed by architect Guðjón Samuelsson, which was built to celebrate the thousandth anniversary of the parliament. He currently serves as the office park ranger and is a summerhouse, Prime Minister of the country.
In Thingvellir is also a gap which is the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Eurasian and North American.
Here, too, it is the largest lake located on an island Thingvallavatn, with an area of 83.7 km2 and a depth of up to 114m. The bottom of the lake is unstable, earthquakes cause raising or lowering the level of flowing to the size of the lake.
Despite the very low temperatures, created in 1928 Thingvellir National Park, characterized by a rich flora and fauna. There is here more than 150 species of plants, approx. 50 species of invertebrates and many species of fish, including trout. The lake is popular with anglers, but before fishing it is necessary to purchase a permit.
In 2004 Thingvellir National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Country : Iceland
Place : Thingvellir ( Þingvellir ) National Park
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64° 15' 20.3688'' N
21° 7' 29.6652'' W
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64.255658, -21.124907
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