Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
REYKJAVÍK CITY CARD
Reykjavík City Card
DISCOUNT CARD
(24/48/72hr Ikr2900/3900/4900)
Offers free admission to Reykjavík's municipal swimming/thermal pools and to most of
the main galleries and museums, plus discounts on some tours, shops and entertain-
ment. Also gives free travel on the city's Strætó buses and on the ferry to Viðey. The card
is available at the tourist office, some travel agencies, 10-11 supermarkets, HI hostels and
some hotels.
Kids enter free at many museums, but there is a reduced-priced Children's City Card
(Ikr1000/2000/3000 for 24/48/72 hours) covering other services.
Old Reykjavík & North of Tjörnin
Old Reykjavík
NEIGHBOURHOOD
With a series of sights and interesting historic buildings, the area dubbed Old Reykjavík is
the heart of the capital, and the focal point of many historic walking tours. The area is
anchored by Tjörnin, the city-centre lake, and sitting between it and Austurvöllur park to
the north are the Raðhús (city hall) and Alþingi (parliament).
Reykjavík 871±2: The Settlement Exhibition
MUSEUM
free; 10am-5pm, English-language tour 11am Mon, Wed & Fri Jun-Aug)
This fascinating archeological ruin/museum is based around a 10th-century
Viking long-
house
unearthed here from 2001 to 2002, and the other settlement-era finds from central
Reykjavík. It imaginatively combines technological wizardry and archaeology to give a
glimpse into early Icelandic life.
The museum's name comes from the estimated date of the tephra layer beneath the long-
house, but don't miss the fragment of
boundary wall
, at the back of the museum that is
older still (and the oldest man-made structure in Reykjavík).
