Laugardalur
Laugardalur is a district of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.
Laugardalur is a district of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It is just east of the city centre and contains various recreational facilities including the public thermal baths and largest swimming pool complex, Laugardalslaug, the national stadium Laugardalsvöllur, the Laugardalshöll concert and sports hall, Laugardalur Ice Rink, Reykjavík Botanic Garden, and the Reykjavík Park and Zoo. The name means "hot spring valley", as washing laundry was once done in geothermal hot springs there until the 1930s.
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Worth seeing in and around Laugardalur
10 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.
- 01Hallgrímskirkja
Hallgrímskirkja is a Protestant Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and second tallest building in the country.
3 km · church in Reykjavík, Iceland · Wikipedia - 02Icelandic Phallological Museum
The Icelandic Phallological Museum, located in Reykjavík, Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. It holds over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammals.
3.5 km · museum in Reykjavík, Iceland · Wikipedia - 03Laugardalsvöllur
Laugardalsvöllur is Iceland's national football stadium and the home venue for the Iceland national football team located in Reykjavík. It has a seating capacity of 9,500 and about 28,321 for concerts.
700 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 04Tjörnin
Tjörnin tnɪn] ) is a small, prominent lake in central Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. Most visitors to the city pass along its shore, as it is situated in the city centre next to the Reykjavik City Hall and several museums.
3.7 km · lake in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland · Wikipedia - 05Reykjavík University
Reykjavík University is the largest private university in Iceland with approximately 3,300 students. It is chartered by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries, and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers.
3.6 km · university · Wikipedia - 06National Museum of Iceland
The National Museum of Iceland s]) is a museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was established on 24 February 1863, with Jón Árnason the first curator of the Icelandic collection, previously kept in Danish museums.
4 km · museum in Reykjavik, Iceland · Wikipedia - 07Imagine Peace Tower
The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland. Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages.
2.4 km · memorial to John Lennon near Reykjavík · Wikipedia - 08Alþingishúsið
Alþingishúsið is a classical 19th-century structure which stands by Austurvöllur in central Reykjavík, Iceland. It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament.
3.6 km · building of parliament of Iceland · Wikipedia - 09Höfði
Höfði is a house in Reykjavík, Iceland, built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Though technically a failure, the meeting was an important step towards ending of the Cold War.
2 km · building in Iceland, location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev · Wikipedia - 10Perlan
Perlan is a natural history museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is situated on the top of Öskjuhlíð hill.
2.9 km · a landmark and museum in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík · Wikipedia
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Getting to Laugardalur
- Airports
- Keflavik (KEF), 40 km · Akureyri (AEY), 246 km
- Stations
- Reykjavík Airport, 3.9 km · Hlemmur, 2.3 km
- Akureyri → Laugardalur60 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · kr1,810–2,410
- Vágar → Laugardalur768 km · quickest by road, 33 min · $1–1.5
- Aberdeen → Laugardalur1320 km · quickest by air, 9h 40m · £5,820–8,740
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Laugardalur
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 Laugardalur. 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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