Landakotskirkja

Reykjavík


This working Catholic church was built in 1929 in the Gothic style on a hillock overlooking central Reykjavík. On Saturday the sermon of the 6pm service is in English, as is the service at 6pm on Sunday.


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1. Settlement Exhibition

0.18 MILES

This fascinating archaeological ruin-museum is based around a 10th-century Viking longhouse unearthed here from 2001 to 2002 and other Settlement-Era…

2. Gröndalshús

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The small, red former home of writer, illustrator and naturalist Benedikt Gröndal beautifully evokes turn-of-the-century Reykjavic life. Gröndal lived…

3. Skúli Magnússon Statue

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This statue represents Skúli Magnússon, the ‘Father of Reykjavík’, who organised the city's early industry.

4. Aðalstræti 10

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Reykjavík's oldest timber house dates to 1762 and is now home to changing exhibitions charting the course of the city's history.

5. Ráðhús

0.22 MILES

Reykjavík’s waterside Ráðhús is a beautifully positioned postmodern construction of concrete stilts, tinted windows and mossy walls rising from Tjörnin…

6. Old Reykjavík

0.23 MILES

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…

7. i8

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Displays works by some of the country’s top modern artists, many of whom show overseas as well.

8. Volcano House

0.25 MILES

This modern theatre with a hands-on lava exhibit in the foyer screens a 55-minute pair of films in English (hourly) about the Vestmannaeyjar volcanoes and…

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