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1. Icelandic Phallological Museum

0.06 MILES

Oh, the jokes are endless here... This unique museum houses a huge collection of penises, and it's actually very well done. From pickled pickles to…

2. Tales from Iceland

0.08 MILES

A total of 14 large flat-screens cover the walls in this vast two-storey exhibition hall. Each screen presents a three- to four-minute documentary,…

3. Listamenn

0.24 MILES

This small gallery shows an interesting array of Icelandic contemporary art.

5. Hallgrímskirkja

0.38 MILES

Reykjavík’s immense white-concrete church (1945–86), star of a thousand postcards, dominates the skyline and is visible from up to 20km away. An elevator…

6. Miklatún Park

0.39 MILES

Miklatún Park is home to the angular glass-and-wood Kjarvalsstaðir museum, named after Jóhannes Kjarval (1885–1972), one of Iceland’s most popular…

7. Leifur Eiríksson Statue

0.4 MILES

Gazing proudly into the distance outside Hallgrímskirkja church is a statue of the Viking Leifur Eiríksson, the first European to stumble across America…

8. Sun Voyager

0.43 MILES

Reykjavík is adorned with fascinating sculptures, but it’s Jón Gunnar Árnason’s shiplike Sun Voyager (Sólfar) sculpture that seems to catch visitors’…