Klambratún Park is a popular recreation area, with the Kjarval Art Museum located in the middle of the park.
The square is named after Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland. The remains of his longhouse can be seen in The Settlement Exhibition down the street.
The house Höfði, built in 1909, is considered to be one of the most beautiful and historically significant buildings in the Reykjavík. It’s best known as the location for the 1986 summit meeting of presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbatsjov, a…
A striking new addition to the Icelandic and European cultural scene is Harpan, the Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre and recipient of the prestigious Mies Van der Rohe award for architecture. Harpan is one of Reykjavík‘s greatest…
The Government House, or “Stjórnarráðið”, is the location of the prime minister’s office and the headquarters of the icelandic government. It was originally built as a prison, the first prison in Iceland in fact, but has been used…
The Parliament House is a classical 19th century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in central Reykjavík. It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic Parliament. The building was designed by Danish architect Ferdinand Meldahl and built using hewn dolerite…
Austurvöllur is a public square in the center of Reykjavík. The square is a popular gathering place for the citizens of Reykjavík, and especially so during good weather. It has also been a focal point of protests due to the close location to the…
A public park in downtown Reykjavík, by the south part of the pond Tjörnin.
Brennisteinsfjöll Volcano is a minor ridge with crater rows and small shield volcanoes in the Reykjanes peninsula, about 20 km or 10 miles south Reykjavík.
The subglacial Esjufjöll Volcano at the SE part of the Vatnajökull icecap consists of the Snæhetta central volcano and a large caldera. Most of the volcano, including the 40 km2 caldera, is covered by the icecap, but parts of the SE flank are…
The Fremrinámar Volcanic System has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption is somewhat younger than 3000 years. The system is part of the the Northern Volcanic Zone and is about 130 km long, consisting of a central volcano…
The Grímsnes volcanic system has not been active in the last 7000 years. The 12 km long and up to 7 km wide system is one of the smallest and least active volcanic systems in Iceland with 12 small eruption sites, producing small basaltic lava flows…
The Grímsvötn volcanic system is the most active in Iceland. It consists of a central volcano and a fissure swarm, about 100 km long and 18 km wide, rising to 1700 m. It is partly covered by up to 700 m thick ice and the central volcano has an ice…
The Heiðarsporðar volcanic system has shown rather low activity in the Holocene but has produced substantial basaltic lava flows. The last eruption took place about 2200 years ago, producing a lava flow covering about 220 km2 and extending some 60…
The 60 km long Hengill volcanic system has been moderately active with nine volcanic eruptions in the Holocene. The Hengill system is located at the intersection of the Western Volcanic Zone, the Reykjanes Volcanic Zone and the South Iceland Seismic…
The Hofsjökull volcanic system on the Central Iceland Volcanic Zone is a low-activity system, in spite of its location in the area of the Iceland hotspot. The last known eruption took place several thousand years ago and left a lava flow.
The Hrómundartindur volcanic system has not erupted since early Holocene time, circa 11,000 years ago when a small basaltic lava flow erupted from a single crater or a short fissure. The Hrómundartindur system is about 25 km long, consisting of a…
The partly ice covered Katla volcano has been highly active in the Holocene with at least 21 eruption in the last 1100 years. The last eruption to break through the ice took place in 1918. The Katla system lies on the Eastern Volcanic Zone and is…
The Krafla volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption episode took place in 1975-1984 when nine small basaltic fissure eruptions with combined lava volume of 0.25 km3 took place. The Krafla system is about 100 km…
The Kverkfjöll volcanic system has been moderately active in the Holocene. The last eruption took place on the ice free fissure swarm about 1300 years ago, producing a 20 km2 lava flow. The 130 km long system lies on the Northern volcanic zone and…