Hallgrímskirkja & Tower

Hallgrímskirkja (turn)

The basalt-column church whose tower looks over every coloured roof

Hours

Summer 2026: daily 9:00–20:00, tower and shop until 19:45 (official site). Winter hours may be shorter; check before you go

Tickets

Church free. Tower is paid (adult ISK 1,300 as of 2023; check the current price). Tickets at the shop inside

Address

Hallgrímstorg 1, 101 Reykjavík

Grey concrete columns step up the hilltop like the basalt cliffs on Iceland's coast, which is exactly what the architect was copying. Inside it's surprisingly bare and white: tall windows, a huge pipe organ and footsteps that echo. Take the lift up the tower and the clock-face windows frame a toy town of red, blue and green tin roofs, with the sea and Mount Esja beyond. Out front, Leif Erikson stands on his plinth, the Norseman who got to America first.