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Iceland Walking Tour

By Uncomfortable Iceland
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$59 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Iceland has a great storey. Brave settlers, honest politics, a beacon of equality, innocent people living with dramatic nature. Every other tour in Reykjavík will be happy to tell you that storey.
This is not that tour.
Uncomfortable Iceland is a history walk through central Reykjavík for those who want to understand the real history behind Iceland's carefully curated national identity. Led by a local professional historian and experienced storyteller, this walk systematically choices apart the myths, half-truths and deliberate silences that make up the official version of Icelandic history.
No prior knowledge of Icelandic history is required. You just need to be curious and open to having your assumptions challenged. Your guide will lead you through the context of each storey before revealing how and why it has been distorted, suppressed or simply never told.

Activity location

  • Ingólfur Arnarson
    • Arnarhóll
    • 101, Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ingólfur Arnarson
    • Arnarhóll
    • 101, Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, Iceland

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Iceland Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Price details
NZ$58.85 x 1 AdultNZ$58.85
Total
Price is NZ$58.85
Until Fri, 5 Jun

What's included, what's not

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    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Ingólfur Arnarson

  • 15m
Meet Iceland's most famous Viking. The storey we tell about him — and the storey we don't.

Central Bank of Iceland

  • 15m
Iceland became a global symbol of standing up to the banks in 2008. The myth is inspiring but the reality is much more uncomfortable.

Old Harbour

  • 30m
Jewish refugees turned away and state sponsored racism. The Icelanders who collaborated with the Nazis — and the government that brought them home. Whaling and fishing. Iceland's most contentious industry and one of its most complicated history.

Cathedral of Christ the King

  • 15m
Faith, power and the criminalisation of desire. From the Lutheran Reformation to modern scandals. Church and state is not a simple storey here.

Austurvollur Square

  • 15m
Iceland was a Danish colony. But the storey Icelanders tell about that relationship is more complicated than victimhood.

Hljomskalagarour Park

  • 10m
Meet one of the most famous Icelanders you've never heard of. His sculptures are in the world's greatest museums. Iceland hid him in a park corner.

Bríetarbrekka

  • 15m
The myth of Iceland as a paradise of equality.

Location

Activity location

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    Ingólfur Arnarson
    • Arnarhóll
    • 101, Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, Iceland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Ingólfur Arnarson
    • Arnarhóll
    • 101, Reykjavík, Reykjavíkurborg, Iceland

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