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Garðabær

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Garðabær

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Reykjavík University

    University

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Smáratorg Tower

    High-rise building in Iceland

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kaplakriki

    Multi-purpose stadium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

    1.6 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kópavogskirkja

    Church in Kópavogur, Iceland

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Smáralind

    Icelandic shopping mall

    2.3 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Stjörnuvöllur

    Football stadium in Iceland

    300 m · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Nauthólsvík

    Neighbourhood in Reykjavík with a geothermal beach

    3.6 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    REYST

    School jointly owned by Reykjavik Energy, Reykjavik University, and Iceland GeoSurvey

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hafnarfjordur Free Church

    Church in Iceland

    2.7 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Garðabær

Airports
Keflavik (KEF), 35 km · Akureyri (AEY), 252 km
  • Akureyri → Garðabær
    253 km · quickest by road, 7h 1m · kr6,200–8,250
  • Vágar → Garðabær
    770 km · quickest by road, 33 min · $1–1.5
  • Aberdeen → Garðabær
    1320 km · quickest by air, 9h 27m · £5,140–7,740
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Garðabær

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Garðabær. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inHafnarfjörður is not served by any ferries, but if you have an abundance of time it is possible to take the Smyril Line from Hirsthals in Denmark to Seyðisfjörður (a small town on the east of Iceland), via Tórshavn.

From Wikivoyage: Hafnarfjörður, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Faroe IslandsFO

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    800 km
  2. 02
    South Uist and the southern Outer HebridesGB

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    1,093 km
  3. 03
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,130 km
  4. 04
    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,137 km
  5. 05
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    1,148 km

If you know how people move in Garðabær – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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