{"id":25879,"date":"2026-10-25T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/?p=25879"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:44:17","slug":"walking-tour-of-downtown-reykjavik-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/walking-tour-of-downtown-reykjavik-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Tour of Downtown Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday, May 17 &#8212; Since arriving in Iceland, we haven&#8217;t been sleeping well. It didn&#8217;t get dark until around midnight, and it got light again at 0300. While the hotel did have blackout curtains, the curtains exactly fit the inside of the windows &#8212; which meant there was a ring of light all the way around the perimeter of the window. We&#8217;ve been having a hard time falling asleep\/staying asleep while it was still light out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning, no one was in a hurry to get moving. Eric and Keith went to <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/food-halls-in-reykjavik-and-lava-tunnel-near-reykjavik-iceland\/\">the spa<\/a> for a short while. We finally headed out at 1045. We waked back <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/more-photos-of-downtown-reykjavik-iceland\/\">downtown<\/a>, taking different streets that were closer to the waterfront. Check out this cool ship that we got a glimpse of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8470.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there were still plenty of adorable buildings on our route, we found these streets less charming since they had quite a lot of modern, blocky buildings. One of the things that we were really excited about was that the leaves had begun to come out the trees. We&#8217;ve never seen spring happen in real time before. We marveled that the trees had been barren on <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/29\/drive-back-to-reykjavik-and-the-barnafass-waterfall\/\">Wednesday<\/a>, and,only four days later were full of new life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8475.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8486-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8489.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8490.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8511.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8521.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, our destination was a cafe called Kaffe Brenn Slan that was across from a bar called The Big Lebowski, on the same street as the <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/19\/the-golden-circle-tour-fridheimar-greenhouse-and-crater-iceland\/\">tourist booking agency<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8524.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8522.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cafe had real candles on the table, and Keith singed his hair when he leaned over the table! At the booking agency the other day, Christi had picked up a self-guided walking tour map. After breakfast, we tried to do the walking tour. We followed the road we were on for a ways. Most of the buildings were adorable, and the views of the waterfront from the cross streets were stunning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8534.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8535.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8537.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8544.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually, we realized we&#8217;d missed the street we were supposed to have turned to go up the hill to the church. Rather than backtrack, we just zig zagged up streets until we reached the top. It looked to be mostly residential, with an eclectic mix of building types.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8548.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8551.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We found the church with no difficulty, though by not following the correct route, we&#8217;d missed the famous rainbow road. Here was the front of the church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0861.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the view from the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8555.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a statue of Lefir Ericsson in front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_8565.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We thought the church looked kind of creepy, so we didn&#8217;t go inside. Instead, we&#8230; to be continued&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 17 &#8212; Since arriving in Iceland, we haven&#8217;t been sleeping well. It didn&#8217;t get dark until around midnight, and it got light again at 0300. While the hotel did have blackout curtains, the curtains exactly fit the inside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/walking-tour-of-downtown-reykjavik-iceland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1,429,398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-general","category-iceland","category-tourist-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25879"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25941,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25879\/revisions\/25941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosmos.liveflux.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}