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1. Ekkisens – Art Space

0.15 MILES

Artist-run and housed in a former basement apartment, this gallery features up-and-coming Icelandic artists.

2. Culture House

0.15 MILES

This fantastic collaboration between the National Museum, National Gallery and four other organisations creates a superbly curated exhibition covering the…

3. Hverfisgallerí

0.18 MILES

A large, central space showcasing contemporary Icelandic art.

4. Árnarhóll

0.19 MILES

A statue of Iceland's first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, takes pride of place at Árnarhóll, a greensward that is also a central gathering place for parades…

5. Punk Museum

0.19 MILES

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…

6. Leifur Eiríksson Statue

0.22 MILES

Gazing proudly into the distance outside Hallgrímskirkja church is a statue of the Viking Leifur Eiríksson, the first European to stumble across America…

7. Einar Jónsson Sculpture Garden

0.24 MILES

The garden behind the Einar Jónsson Museum contains 26 bronze casts of Iceland's first sculptor, the symbolist Einar Jónsson.

8. National Gallery of Iceland

0.25 MILES

This pretty stack of marble atriums and spacious galleries overlooking Tjörnin offers ever-changing exhibits drawn from a 10,000-piece collection. The…