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Perlan
A glass dome on top of the city's hot-water tanks, with a man-made ice cave, a planetarium show of the northern lights and a 360-degree view.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Varmahlíð 1, 105 ReykjavíkDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 18 from downtown, or a 20-minute walk uphill.
Why Go
Perlan, 'the Pearl', stands on Öskjuhlíð hill. Its nature exhibition has a walk-through ice cave built from real snow and ice, and exhibits on glaciers, volcanoes and the sea; the planetarium show takes you through an aurora.
The viewing deck around the dome looks across the whole city and the bay.
Nearby in Reykjavík
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