Art And Culture in Reykjavík

The three cultural programmes in Reykjavík are built around the same material — Icelandic sagas and folk belief — but approach it from different sides. What they share is that all of them stay within the centre and need no car. All three run year-round and depend on weather far less than the out-of-town routes.

The folklore walk lasts ninety minutes at 50 dollars: the guide ties the legends to specific addresses — which hill was held to be a home of the hidden people, where the house stood that the road went around. The Elf School works differently: an hour of lecture at 64 dollars, going through the classification of beings and decades of collected eyewitness accounts. The format is closer to a seminar than a tour.

The third option does without a guide altogether. A puzzle quest through the centre costs 9 dollars and takes three hours: your phone leads the route, the tasks are tied to monuments and façades, and you set the pace. It is the cheapest entry in the entire Icelandic catalogue. GetExperience lists 3 cultural programmes in Reykjavík, from 9 to 64 dollars; the language of the guide is stated on each page. Dates are picked in the calendar, with online card payment.