Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Reykjavik, Iceland

The Sun Voyager is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the Sun. The artist intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.

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The National Theatre of Iceland (NTI) in Reykjavík, is the national theatre of Iceland. The theater, designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, was formally opened on 20 April 1950. Since 2020, the artistic director of The National Theatre is Magnús Geir Þórðarsson.

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Safnahúsið, formerly Þjóðmenningarhúsið, is an exhibition space in Reykjavík, Iceland, which houses an exhibition, Points of View, drawn from various national museums and other cultural institutions. It has been part of the National Museum of Iceland since 2013. The director is Markús Þór Andrésson. The building, Hverfisgata 15, was constructed to house the National Library and at one time also housed a number of other museums.

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Arnarhóll is a hill next to the centre of Reykjavík, Iceland's capital city. It is named after Iceland's bequeathed first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson. Icelandic ministries are situated near it and events take place on it.

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Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass facade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.

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The Icelandic Phallological Museum, located in Reykjavík, Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. As of early 2020 the museum moved to a new location in Hafnartorg, three times the size of the previous one, and the collection holds well over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammal. The museum also holds 22 penises from creatures and peoples of Icelandic folklore.

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Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur is a small chain of hot dog stands located in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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The stone dock is a sloping pier loaded with a stone, which now lies for the most part under Tryggvagata. The part that was previously under the parking lot next to the Customs House near Central Bakki in Reykjavik Harbor has been made visible in connection with construction of Hafnartorg. The dock walked out of the Post Office Street near the house of Eimskipafélag Íslands. The stone dock was clearly visible until the Second World War. The Steinbryggan was originally built by the Reykjavík Municipal Fund in 1884 and was then very expensive, but was a improvement compared to the small wooden docks out of the Reykjavík Fjords lamb, which were privately owned by merchants. Nine years later, in 1893, the pier was damaged in the storm and Tryggvi Gunnarsson was hired to work on repairs. After that, the pier was often called Tryggvasker. Steinbryggjan was the first destination of those who came to the country after it was built and in the early 20th century. When Fridrik 8 came to the country in 1907 he went to land on the stone bridge. Thirteen years later when Kristján 10th King of Iceland and Denmark and Queen Alexandrina came to visit in 1921 they went to land on a red dragon after the stone bridge.

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Reykjavik Art Museum is the largest visual art institution in Iceland. It occupies three locations in Reykjavík; Hafnarhús by the old harbour (64.1490°N 21.9406°W), Kjarvalsstaðir by Klambratún (64.1378°N 21.9135°W) and Ásmundarsafn in Laugardalur (64.1416°N 21.8853°W).

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Reykjavík Museum of Photography, in Reykjavík, Iceland, preserves about five million photographs by professional and amateur photographers, from around 1870 to the present century. The collection includes studio portraits, and industrial, advertising, press, landscape and family photographs.

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Landakotskirkja, officially named Basilika Krists konungs and often referred to as Kristskirkja, is a basilica located in the western part of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík and is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík. It is the sole Catholic cathedral in Iceland.

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The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavík 871±2 is an exhibition on the settlement of Reykjavík, Iceland, created by the Reykjavik City Museum. The exhibition is based on the archaeological excavation of the ruin of one of the first houses in Iceland and findings from other excavations in the city centre. The exhibition is located in 101 Reykjavík, on Aðalstræti 16, on the corner of Aðalstræti and Suðurgata.

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The Sheriff's Park is a park on Aðalstræti in central Reykjavik, south of Miðbæjarmarkaðurinn and east of Hotel Uppsala. The Sheriff's Park is one of the oldest parks in Reykjavík. It is the oldest tree planted in Reykjavík, a silver tree planted in 1884. The park is on the corner of Main and Church Street behind the National Telephone House. Today the garden is mostly cavernous but the original trees still stand. The park stands on the site of Víkurkirkjugarður, Reykjavík's oldest cemetery.

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The parliament courtyard is a garden behind the Althingi building. The park is one of the first planned parks in Iceland. The parliament garden was largely the handiwork of Tryggvi Gunnarsson and there he chose a gravesite.

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Reykjavík Cathedral is a cathedral church in Reykjavík, Iceland, the seat of the Bishop of Iceland and mother church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, as well as the parish church of the old city centre and environs. It is located at Austurvöllur, and next to it is Alþingishúsið. Since Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, was resurrected in 1845, each session of parliament has begun with a Mass at the cathedral, and from there the dean of the cathedral leads the members of parliament to the parliament house.

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The Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík is a Lutheran church independent from the Church of Iceland, the established church of Iceland. It lies in the centre of the Icelandic capital, by the lake Tjörnin.

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The National Gallery of Iceland is an art museum in Reykjavík which contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelandic culture.

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The Hljómskálagarður is a park in central Reykjavik, named after its Hljómskáli. Part of the pond is also within the park. There are several statues in the Hljómskálagarður, among them a statue of Jónas Hallgrímsson, which used to stand at Lækjargata, and another of Bertel Thorvaldsen, which originally stood in Austurvöllur. There are facilities in the garden for barbecues and a children's playground.

Wikipedia: Hljómskálagarðurinn (IS)