The architectural mix in Reykjavik is unique. Here you will find beautiful old stone churches, which are available besides futuristic buildings. Glass and steel provide for transparency in the Perlan, the Saga-Museum in Reykjavík. And the HJallgrímskirja awaits you with an organ pipe-like basalt column front. Visit also this extraordinary city in the middle of the North Atlantic and go on an architectural journey, which includes all architectural eras in a wonderful city ensemble farmhouses of the old Wikinger-up to the glass construction.
The fascinating volcanic landscape of the island are to the inspiration of the Icelandic artist with at. In Reykjavik, you find en exhibitions, museums and galleries of the very special kind. The National Museum shows valuable works of art of the Icelandic cultural history and yet, at the Museum of the cultural heritage of Islands, this offer is complemented by numerous exhibitions and cultural events around the topic of Icelandic heritage. Installation art, see the Kjarvalsstaðir, a museum dedicated to the Icelandic painter Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval. The Museum in the Laugardalur is absolutely worth seeing in architectural terms. This houses the work of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson and stands out due to its light-filled rooms in which the often abstract sculptures come very well. Front of the House, a sculpture garden is located. Take trip with your car hire in Reykjavik a picnic to the open-air Museum of Árbæjarsafn. Here you can farms cosy verbummeln a day in the shade of the old Wikinger-and thereby to know the way of life of the Vikings. A must for every Iceland holiday is also the drive with the car to the Blue Lagoon, one of the seven developed hot springs of Iceland. Here, not only tourists in a immerse romantic baths, but also the Icelanders.
Their rental car in Reykjavik, you can either take directly after your landing at Reykjavík airport or at the Keflavik airport in reception or to rent your car in the city of Reykjavik. The car hire in Reykjavik offers all over the city car hire locations and takes that into account, that there is no rail network on Iceland and so many tourists on the individual transport depend on the fact. The road network in Reykjavik is very well developed. There is a name freeway in the city and the coastal Ringstrasse connecting the capital with the many small towns along the coast. In addition, the connection to the Keflavík International Airport is located in the expansion. Here is a four-lane expressway to Reykjavik.
Reykjavík is twinned in the whole world. These include Seattle, the United States, Oslo, Norway in Winnipeg, Canada for example Saint Petersburg, Russia, Denmark, Copenhagen. In addition important international companies in Reykjavík are based, such as, for example, the software manufacturer FRISK, the pharmaceutical manufacturer of decode genetics and the architecture developer of CCP Games. The port of Reykjavik is started fishing not only of the fishing boats of the Grandi-, but also on cruise ships from around the world. Take also a day with your rental car at the port of Reykjavik once and observe the large cruisers during their start-up and Ablegemanövern with a cup of coffee.
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