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Head to the Punk Museum to see Icelandic punk-rock history glued to the white tiles of a former underground public latrine. The exhibition is tiny and the information, perhaps appropriately, disorganised and overwhelming. Spend time by the record players – where the infamous Rokk í Reykjavík album is featured – or play the instruments, regardless of musical talent of course.


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