Audio tour · Iceland
Reykjavik
A self guided audio tour of Reykjavik.
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A self guided audio tour of Reykjavik.
Reykjavík is small enough to cross on foot but big enough to surprise you. Colourful corrugated houses line quiet streets, the harbour sits at the end of the main shopping lane, and on a clear day the mountains across the bay look close enough to touch. The city carries a lightness that comes partly from its scale and partly from the fact that the wild landscape is always just at the edge of things.
In the app, 54 stops in Reykjavik are narrated aloud, about 1h 32m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"You are standing before a building that looks like it grew out of the rocks around you."
"Icelandic Phallological Museum."
"As you walk through this area, you are standing in a rift valley that marks the boundary."
"The water's milky blue color comes from its high silica content."
"You're standing in the Haukadalur valley, and this whole place is a dramatic display of."
"Take a moment to look at the sheer power of this place."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A sweep from Hallgrímskirkja down through the civic heart of Reykjavík past the lake and parliament square to the old harbour quarter.
A walk through the UNESCO rift valley where the Eurasian and North American plates meet and Iceland's first parliament gathered a thousand years ago.
A short loop across the Reykjanes lava fields taking in the famous milky blue geothermal spa and the volcanic ridge above it.
The classic Golden Circle sweep from the erupting Strokkur geyser field across to the thundering double cascade at Gullfoss.
From Yoko Ono's beacon of light on Viðey island back through the waterfront museum strip and into the old town settlement quarter.
A southward arc from the historic presidential estate at Bessastaðir through Kópavogur and into Hafnarfjörður, the lava-rock town famous for its hidden elves.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.