Favorite Places, Best Picks

Eat at Seafood Cellar and sample a native dish: lundi (puffin) or hakarl, rotten shark meat buried underground for three months and served with a necessary shot of brennivin, strong Icelandic liquor (sjavark jallarinn.is).

Ascend the tower of the Hallgrimskirkja, Iceland's largest church, which offers spectacular bird's-eye views of the city.

Shop for hundreds of luxe Scandinavian design labels like Marimekko, Iittala and Filippa K along chic Laugavegur, the city's main stretch.

–Kristin Luna

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