Reykjavik, Iceland Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The world's most northerly capital, Reykjavík has a sense of space and calm that comes as a breath of fresh air to travellers accustomed to the bustle of the traffic-clogged streets of Europe's other major cities, and often literally so. Although unrepresentative of the majority of the country for its relative urbanization, a visit here is a good place to obtain as true a picture as possible of this highly individual, often apparantly contradictory society, secluded on the very edge of the Arctic. While it's true, for example, that Friday- and Saturday-night Reykjavík has earned the … more »