Hallgrímskirkja

Name: Hallgrímskirkja
Address: Reykjavík, Iceland

Church

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Church · Reykjavík, Iceland 64.1419°N 21.9269°W

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Hallgrímskirkja

Time needed

45 minutesLonger for a concert

Best time

At openingOr sunset in winter

Cost

Church freeTower lift ticketed

Effort

Lift, short stairViews from the lift level

Season

Open dailyLonger hours in summer

Access

Nave step-freeTower deck is not

Take the lift up the tower for the view that shows how Reykjavík fits together: coloured roofs, Harpa on the shore and Esja across the bay. Then come down and sit under the organ.

Visiting

Buy the tower ticket in the church shop, on the left as you enter the lobby. Tickets are sold on the day only, never in advance, and each one is good for a single ride up. From the deck you look straight down Skólavörðustígur to the old centre.

Back inside, the Klais organ fills the west end of the nave. It stands 15 metres high with 5,275 pipes, the largest organ in Iceland. Organ concerts and noon sessions of organ music are listed on the church's schedule, and concert tickets are sold separately from tower tickets.

Know before you goServices, funerals, ceremonies and concerts close the nave, the tower or both, and the times change with the schedule. You will find each closure on the opening hours page of the church's website; on Sundays the church and tower close from about half past eleven to half past twelve, during the 11am service. Bring gloves, because the deck is open to the wind even in summer.

Hallgrímskirkja

Why you should go

Visiting

Nearby

Reykjavík

Reykjanesbær

Blue Lagoon