Iceland's ancient assembly (Althingi) met at Thingvellir from 930 AD until 1798 when it moved to Reykjavik.  The grey basalt building near the Tjorn and facing Austurvollur Square was built in...

The Saga Museum contains realistic sceneries where key moments and well known figures in Iceland's history are depicted. Examples: Ingólfur Arnarsons settlement in 874, Leifur Eiríkssons discovery...

Restaurant Reykjavik Ice Bar adjoins the popular seafood restaurant in the heart of Reykjavik.  The bar consists of a single room with ice walls, ice bar, a few fur covered ice chairs, and a large...

Statue of Viking Ingolfur Arnarson, whose family settled Iceland in 874.

The home and studio of post-Impressionist painter Asgrims Jonssonar is now a museum of his works.

A visit to the National Theater of Iceland can be an exciting and enjoyable theater experience. Whether the theater event you are attending is in English or Icelandic, the art deco theater is an...

Gljufrasteinn - Laxness museum was the home and workplace of Halldor Laxness (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955) and his family for more than half a century. It is now opened to the public as a museum, unchanged from when Laxness lived there. In the reception building you can buy tickets, souvenirs, books, and watch a multimedia presentation dedicated to Laxness’s life and work. Visitors can take walks in the beautiful countryside as well.