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Iceland Guest is an information website for your travel to Iceland. On this site you can get all the tourist information you need for your vacation in Iceland. We hope that you will find this online travel guide useful in planning your holidays in Iceland.

About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.

For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.

About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.

Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.

Museum and Culture

Árbæjarsafn - by Kistuhylur Reykjavik, Tel. 577 1111

Árbæjarsafn

Arbaejarsafn

Summer at Árbæjarsafn - Reykjavík City Museum.

Árbæjarsafn was established by the City of Reykjavík in 1957 as an open-air museum to preserve and show selected old houses. The museum is built around the old farm of Árbær but most of the houses there are originally from the center of Reykjavík.

The museum’s aim is to give the public an idea of the architecture and the lifestyle of the past.

During the summer the museum holds various exhibitions, visitor's programs and different kinds of activities. Everyone should be able to find some interesting exhibits at the museum, showing the life and work of past generations. Several houses dating from the 19th century have been furnished and various workshops can be seen in many of the houses, such as a workshop of a goldsmith and a printing press. Visitors are also welcomed to the exhibition History of Reykjavík - from Farm to City, which takes place in one of the old buildins, and focuses on the development of the community from the settlement in the 9th century until the year 2000.

Shops where sweets and souvenirs can be bought are inside the museum area and refreshements are available in "Dillons House".

Opening Hours
In June, July and August the museum is
open every day from 10:00 to 1 7:00.

Admissions
Adults (18 - 67) ISK 600. Children, senior citizens
and disabled persons, admitted free.
Groups (10 or more) ISK 300 per person.

Árbæjarsafn
by Kistuhylur
110 Reykjavík
Iceland
Tel. 577 1111
Website: www.arbaejarsafn.is