Árbær Open Air Museum

I’m a big fan of Open Air Museums and most Nordic countries have one. I took public transportation 45 minutes to get to the museum and it was totally worth it! I learned so much about Iceland and the people dressed in character are absolutely wonderful! There’s something for everyone here and I saw lots of families.

This former farm has a few original building, but mostly it is historic structures from around the Country that have gather together and restored to different time periods. It was very interesting and we particularly enjoy the working 'general store' with a lovely variety of Icelandic treats, toys, game, etc. for sale. My only regret is that we didn't have a little more time.

Open air museum on icelandic living and culture in the past centuries. Interesting place with quite a few buildings with interesting history and stories of icelandic people. A small shop and a cafe at the place as well.

Very nice overall! 90% of everything is in English however, there was one exhibit all in Icelandic so I had to skip that. Otherwise, good signage and interesting. A handful of houses were under repair so I couldn’t explore those but the buildings I did go in were really interesting. I spent about 1.5 hours there and it was lovely to walk around. I got there via bus from Reykjavik and it was easy enough to navigate getting there on my own.

A very nice open air museum of the old style farm community in Iceland. These buildings were in the CBD of Reykjavik and was moved here to keep its heritage. We were able to explore the old church, fishing community, a farm house, and shoemaker's house. Overall, it was a good experience.