Things to Do at Night in Reykjavik
From rooftop bars to late-night street food, here's how to experience Reykjavik after the sun goes down.
Best nightlife in Reykjavik
Runtur (Bar Crawl)
Reykjavik's legendary weekend pub crawl — locals pre-drink at home until midnight, then hit the bars until 4am. The main strip on Laugavegur fills with revellers. The energy rivals cities ten times its size.
Kaldi Bar
A craft beer bar on Laugavegur with Icelandic microbrews on tap. The Kaldi Blonde is excellent and the atmosphere is relaxed early, raucous late. A perfect starting point for the evening.
Harpa Concert Hall
Even if you don't attend a performance, the illuminated facade of this Olafur Eliasson-designed building is stunning at night. The LED panels shift colour against the harbour. Free to walk through the lobby.
Prikið
A Reykjavik institution that's a cafe by day and a hip-hop club by night. The Friday night dance parties are legendary. The pre-midnight happy hour helps with Iceland's expensive drink prices.
Northern Lights from Grótta
On clear winter nights, drive or walk to the Grótta lighthouse for Northern Lights viewing with no light pollution. The auroras over the Atlantic with the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the distance are extraordinary.
Micro Bar
The best craft beer bar in Reykjavik with 20+ taps of Icelandic and international craft beer. The staff are knowledgeable and the rotating selection always has something interesting. Small space, big flavour.
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Hero — Einar H. Reynis / Unsplash · Runtur (Bar Crawl) — Sibbajoa / CC BY 4.0 · Kaldi Bar — Gordon Leggett / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harpa Concert Hall — H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Prikið — Ypsilon from Finland / CC0 · Northern Lights from Grótta — Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Micro Bar — Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Live Music at Húrra — APK / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lebowski Bar — G. Edward Johnson / CC BY 4.0