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About 60 miles away
Iceland's most-photographed mountain and the Journey to the Center of the Earth glacier.
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Viðey
A grassy island a few minutes' ferry ride away, with Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Tower and an 18th-century stone house.
- Open
- Ferries run daily in summer and at weekends in winter
- Price
- Paid for the ferry
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Viðey, 104 ReykjavíkDirections
- Getting There
- The ferry from Skarfabakki pier, about 5 minutes.
Why Go
Viðey House, finished in 1755, is one of the oldest stone buildings in Iceland. Paths lead across the island to Richard Serra's basalt pillars and to the Imagine Peace Tower, a column of light Yoko Ono built in memory of John Lennon, lit every year from his birthday, October 9, to December 8.
Nearby in Reykjavík
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