Harpa Concert Hall

Harpa – tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhús

A concert hall in a honeycomb of glass that catches the sea light

Hours

Building: Sun–Tue 10:00–18:00, Wed–Sat 10:00–20:00 (official site; later on event nights)

Tickets

Free to enter; concerts and guided tours are paid (official site or box office)

Address

Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavík

A giant block of glass dropped on the waterfront. Up close the walls turn out to be hundreds of hexagonal panes, each picking up a slightly different colour as the light shifts. You can walk into the lobby without a ticket, and climbing the stairs past the glass lattice, with the harbour and Mount Esja behind it, is basically a free viewpoint. It's a good place to dry off on a wet day, and after dark the facade lights up over the water.