Guidebook for Akureyri
Arts & Culture
Botanical Garden
EyrarlandsvegurBeautiful botanical garden with a very decent café.
This is a great little museum filled with nails, doorhandles, cups, wood and whatever else you can imagine immaculately arranged by the late Sverrir Hermannsson who was a carpenter in Eyjafjörður.
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Smámunasafn Sverris Hermannssonar
This is a great little museum filled with nails, doorhandles, cups, wood and whatever else you can imagine immaculately arranged by the late Sverrir Hermannsson who was a carpenter in Eyjafjörður.
This museum is a true gem with Icelandic folk art as it´s focus. http://www.safnasafnid.is/en/
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Safnasafnið
This museum is a true gem with Icelandic folk art as it´s focus. http://www.safnasafnid.is/en/
Sjónlistamiðstöðin, Center for Visual Arts is a must stop for art lovers. http://listasafn.akureyri.is/?page_id=497
Kaupvangsstræti
KaupvangsstrætiSjónlistamiðstöðin, Center for Visual Arts is a must stop for art lovers. http://listasafn.akureyri.is/?page_id=497
The Municipal Library of Akureyri
17 BrekkugataThe library, one of the best in the country!
Shopping
Flóra, in Hafnarstræti 90 is one of our favorite local stores in Akureyri and more then a store, a workshop and cultural center where you can get local handy craft, art and music.
Flóra - concept store - studios - shows
HafnarstrætiFlóra, in Hafnarstræti 90 is one of our favorite local stores in Akureyri and more then a store, a workshop and cultural center where you can get local handy craft, art and music.
Eymundsson, 2 minutes from our house, is a great book store containing a very good café with a wifi.
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Penninn Eymundsson Akureyri
91 HafnarstrætiEymundsson, 2 minutes from our house, is a great book store containing a very good café with a wifi.
This is Akureyri´s shopping center. Containing NETTÓ, the biggest grocery store in Akureyri, prices between Bónus and Hagkaup. Also clothing stores, restaurants, café´s and then some.
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Casa
This is Akureyri´s shopping center. Containing NETTÓ, the biggest grocery store in Akureyri, prices between Bónus and Hagkaup. Also clothing stores, restaurants, café´s and then some.
Essentials
This is the cheapest grocery store in Iceland, offering all the basics.
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Bónus
KjarnagataThis is the cheapest grocery store in Iceland, offering all the basics.
A bit pricier then Bónus but with greater selection of gourmet stuff
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Hagkaup
17 GrenivellirA bit pricier then Bónus but with greater selection of gourmet stuff
Everything Else
This is our place! It is Hafnarstræti 86, a big green colored house. We are on the very top floor.
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Hafnarstræti
HafnarstrætiThis is our place! It is Hafnarstræti 86, a big green colored house. We are on the very top floor.
This is our local pool with great hot pots and two 25 meter swmming pools in addition to a great steam bath!
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Sundlaug Akureyrar
4 SkólastígurThis is our local pool with great hot pots and two 25 meter swmming pools in addition to a great steam bath!
This is a swimming pool with a GREAT view over Hörgárdalur.
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Þelamörk Swimming Pool
ÞjóðvegurThis is a swimming pool with a GREAT view over Hörgárdalur.
Akureyri´s cultural center. This is where the TOURIST INFORMATION center is located
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Hof Cultural and Conference Centre
12 StrandgataAkureyri´s cultural center. This is where the TOURIST INFORMATION center is located
If you are going to Mývatn (which we HIGHLY recommend) then you must visit this place and take a hot nice mud bath!
Jarðböðin við Mývatn
If you are going to Mývatn (which we HIGHLY recommend) then you must visit this place and take a hot nice mud bath!
Átak is one of our local work out places. This one has a great view over the harbor with a hot pot on the roof! http://www.atakak.is/
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Átak
14 StrandgataÁtak is one of our local work out places. This one has a great view over the harbor with a hot pot on the roof! http://www.atakak.is/
Fjórðungssjúkrahús
FjórðungssjúkrahúsThe hospital!
Bílaleiga Akureyrar, Akureyri´s car rental company. One of the biggest in the country! http://www.holdur.is/en
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Bílaleiga Akureyrar, Akureyri´s car rental company. One of the biggest in the country! http://www.holdur.is/en
Hafnarstræti
HafnarstrætiThis is our house!
Food Scene
Great burgers and if there is an game on they will broadcast it! http://www.akureyribackpackers.com/
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Akureyri Backpackers
Great burgers and if there is an game on they will broadcast it! http://www.akureyribackpackers.com/
A great sushi restaurant. Reservations recommended but they also do take out! http://www.rub23.is/is/akureyri
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Rub23
A great sushi restaurant. Reservations recommended but they also do take out! http://www.rub23.is/is/akureyri
Kung Fu Sticks&Sushi is a very decent restaurant with a good size menu. They also do take outs https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kung-Fu-Stickssushi/118366474895526
Brekkugata
BrekkugataKung Fu Sticks&Sushi is a very decent restaurant with a good size menu. They also do take outs https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kung-Fu-Stickssushi/118366474895526
a very nice café in one of the old beautiful houses in the pedestrian street with a great selection of cakes and also a nice lunch.
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Bláa Kannan
a very nice café in one of the old beautiful houses in the pedestrian street with a great selection of cakes and also a nice lunch.
Located on the top floor of Skipagata 15 with a beautiful view from their balcony. Serving pizzas, burgers and other yammies of high quality! http://www.strikid.is/en
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Strikið
14 SkipagataLocated on the top floor of Skipagata 15 with a beautiful view from their balcony. Serving pizzas, burgers and other yammies of high quality! http://www.strikid.is/en
A true gem in the coffee house choices of Akureyri! Nice outdoor seating on a sunny day.
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Kaffi Ilmur
107b HafnarstrætiA true gem in the coffee house choices of Akureyri! Nice outdoor seating on a sunny day.
Krua Siam a very decent and reasonably priced thai restaurant. Address: Strandgata 13, across from Hof cultural house.
Strandgata
StrandgataKrua Siam a very decent and reasonably priced thai restaurant. Address: Strandgata 13, across from Hof cultural house.
Drinks & Nightlife
They have a very good happy hour at Icelandair hotel and it has a great outdoor patio and a very nice lobby where you can have drinks and snack also a quite good restaurant.
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Icelandair Hotel Akureyri
23 ÞingvallastrætiThey have a very good happy hour at Icelandair hotel and it has a great outdoor patio and a very nice lobby where you can have drinks and snack also a quite good restaurant.
The bar, Múlaberg, is a very nice one with variety of cocktails and very nice in- and outside seating.
Hotel Kea by Keahotels
87-89 HafnarstrætiThe bar, Múlaberg, is a very nice one with variety of cocktails and very nice in- and outside seating.
The most popular bar in town. Open Thursdays-Saturdays. Gets pretty rowdy after midnight but a nice watering hole with variety of beer.
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Götubarinn
94c HafnarstrætiThe most popular bar in town. Open Thursdays-Saturdays. Gets pretty rowdy after midnight but a nice watering hole with variety of beer.