Grafarvogur
Grafarvogur is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland.
Grafarvogur is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland. It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
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Worth seeing in and around Grafarvogur
5 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.
- 01Árbæjarsafn
Árbæjarsafn is the historical museum of the city of Reykjavík as well as an open-air museum and a regional museum. Its purpose is to give the public an insight into the living conditions, work and recreational activities of the people of Reykjavík in earlier times.
3.7 km · Historical museum in Reykjavík, Iceland · Wikipedia - 02Úlfarsfell
Úlfarsfell is a mountain in the municipality of Mosfellsbær in the Reykjavík metropolitan area. It is 296 meters high.
3.4 km · mountain in Iceland · Wikipedia - 03Gufunes
Gufunes is a historical estate and park for sculptures and artwork in northeastern Reykjavík. Today it lies within the Grafarvogur part of the city, located to the southwest and south of the Eidsvik Cove and Geldinganes Headland.
1.7 km · park in Reykjavík, Iceland · Wikipedia - 04Reynisvatn
Reynisvatn is a lake on the eastern side of Reykjavík, east of Grafarholt og Úlfarsárdalur. The lake is a popular fishing spot, with rainbow trout being released.
3.6 km · lake in Iceland · Wikipedia - 05Fjölnisvöllur
Fjölnisvöllur is a football stadium in Iceland. It is located in Grafarvogur, Reykjavík, and seats 700 individuals in one stand, but can hold about 500 standing spectators additionally.
1 km · stadium in Iceland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Grafarvogur
- Airports
- Keflavik (KEF), 44 km · Akureyri (AEY), 242 km
- Reykjavík → Grafarvogur5 km · quickest by road, 22 min · kr130–170
- Akureyri → Grafarvogur244 km · quickest by road, 6h 50m · kr6,000–8,050
- Vágar → Grafarvogur765 km · quickest by road, 33 min · $1–1.5
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Grafarvogur
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 Grafarvogur. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inReykjavík is not served by any ferries, but if you have an abundance of time it is possible to take the Smyril Line (a cruise company based in the Faroe Islands) from Hirtshals to Seyðisfjörður (a small town on the east of Iceland), via Tórshavn.
- Get inIf you take the ferry and drive from Seyðisfjörður to Reykjavík, you should plan to spend the night somewhere along the way.
From Wikivoyage: Reykjavík, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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