Start in the compact centre: Laugavegur is Reykjavík’s main shopping street and a hub for Icelandic design, with local boutiques and vintage finds making the downtown core the most efficient place to compare city-made and Icelandic goods on foot.
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Austurstræti, Reykjavík / Online
An Icelandic bookshop, founded 1872 — the national living room where a book-mad nation browses, sips and buys for jólabókaflóð. Every Icelander has stood in these aisles.
Best for Iceland’s bookstore since 1872
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík / Online
The knitters' own co-operative — every lopapeysa here is hand-knitted in Iceland from Icelandic wool by a named member, no factory imitations. The genuine article, bought from the hands that made it.
Best for Real lopapeysur knitted by Icelandic hands
The Handknitting Association of Iceland has sold hand-knitted Icelandic-wool garments since 1977. Its own range includes lopapeysa sweaters and Léttlopi, Plötulopi, Álafosslopi and Kemba yarns. Its Reykjavík shops are at Skólavörðustígur 19 and Borgartún 31; check the association’s own site for current opening days.
Skólavörðustígur 22, 101 Reykjavík / Online
It is best known for Traditional photographic print shop with 200 vintage cameras hanging from walls; works by contemporary photographers looking beyond Iceland's landscapes; vinyl soundtrack heavy on punk and old-school Icelandic crooner Stefán Islandi; tiny red-iron-walled shop.
Best for Traditional photographic print shop with 200 vintage cameras hanging from walls
Vesturgata 4, 101 Reykjavík / Online
It is best known for Eclectic gathering of art-meets-craft homewares, jewellery and curiosities — fish-skin bags, radish paper bowls, chicken-feather music boxes, upcycled rubbish and driftwood, baby clothes in fine wool; run by 11 female artisans with workshop hosting international guest artists and exhibitions.
Best for Eclectic gathering of art-meets-craft homewares, jewellery and curiosities — fish-skin bags
Reykjavík / Online
PRAKT is a Reykjavík goldsmith and silversmith studio run by Sigríður Edda Bergsteinsdóttir and Þorbergur Halldórsson, who design and cast each piece on-site from silver, gold-plated silver and gemstones. Signature lines include the Birki collection, cast from real Icelandic birch branches, and the Hraun collection, modeled on the island's lava rock.
Best for Nature-cast jewelry gifts, e.g. birch-branch pendants and lava-stone rings
Reykjavik
Omnom makes bean-to-bar chocolate in Reykjavik, pressing its bars from organic cacao and Icelandic milk. That work has earned the factory awards.
Best for Bean-to-bar Icelandic chocolate
Laugavegur, Reykjavík
Art Gallery 101, a cooperative run by 14 local Icelandic artists at Laugavegur 114 in Reykjavík, sells contemporary fine art, jewellery, craft and sculpture in oil, acrylic, photography, mixed media, clay and glass.
Best for Icelandic artist-made art and craft
Reykjavík / Online
Icelandic scientists engineered barley to grow epidermal growth factor in a lava-field greenhouse, and BIOEFFECT built a skincare house on it. Clean, strange and very Icelandic — science you can put on your face.
Best for EGF skincare grown in Icelandic greenhouses
Reykjavík / Iceland
In Reykjavík, Bókin is an antiquarian bookshop stocking rare and collectible volumes.
Best for Antiquarian and rare books
Snorrabraut, Reykjavík
Feldur Verkstæði at Snorrabraut 56 in Reykjavík makes fur and leather goods including outerwear, hats, gloves and leather pants, plus sheepskin home furnishings such as pillows, chairs and rugs, using Icelandic lambskin, Tibetan lambskin and marine leather.
Best for Icelandic lambskin fur and leather goods
Skipholt, Reykjavík
Gallerí List, Iceland's oldest fine art gallery, founded in 1987 at Skipholt 50A in Reykjavík, sells Icelandic contemporary art including oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, sculptures and ceramics from 60 to 80 artists.
Best for Icelandic contemporary art and ceramics
City Centre, Reykjavík
Gallerý Grásteinn is an artist-run gallery where a collective of visual artists shows and sells its own work. The group's current work includes sculpture, and an exhibition space sits on the upper floor.
Best for Original art and sculpture from a Reykjavik artist collective
Old Harbour, Reykjavík
HAF Store at Geirsgata 7 in Reykjavík sells home décor including candles, vases, prints and flowers, along with books, skincare, perfume and watches. Its upper floor houses HAF Studio, an interior architecture and design workshop.
Best for Icelandic home décor and lifestyle goods
Kringlan, Reykjavík
Hrím, at Kringlan in Reykjavík, carries one of the largest selections of Icelandic design in home goods, textiles, gifts and fashion accessories, featuring local labels like Feldur, Farmers Market and Inga Elín alongside international brands like Seletti and Studio Arhoj.
Best for Icelandic design and home gifts
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík
Kaolin is a cooperative ceramic gallery owned by several ceramic artists and designers, each with their own style, making porcelain vases, bowls, lanterns, candleholders and bottle stoppers that ship worldwide.
Best for Handmade porcelain ceramics
Grandi, Reykjavík
Kiosk Grandi at Grandagarður 35 in Reykjavík stocks a varied selection from Icelandic designers ranging from perfumes to wool sweaters, carrying labels including BAHNS, EYGLO, HLÍN REYKDAL and Andrea Maack. It was named Best Fashion Boutique in 2024 by Reykjavík Grapevine.
Best for Icelandic designer fashion and wool knitwear
Reykjavik, Iceland
Kolaportid, Reykjavik's weekend public market at Tryggvagata 19, where stalls of collectors, booksellers and food traders run Saturdays and Sundays 11:00-17:00. First-party door live with vendor directory and events.
Best for Collectors, booksellers and food traders
Reykjavík
Reykjavík men's outfitters founded 1996, launching their own label in 2010 with tailored British-inspired tweeds, oil-cloth jackets, and Icelandic design.
Best for Icelandic tailoring & wool
Kormákur & Skjöldur began in 1996 when two friends—Kormákur Geirharðson, a drummer, and Skjöldur Sigurjónsson, a chef—opened a menswear shop in the basement of Laugavegur 59, downtown Reykjavík. The store built its reputation stocking quality brands including Barbour, Filson, and Walker Slater alongside in-house selections. In 2010, after establishing themselves as a retail institution, they launched their own clothing line in collaboration with fashion designer Guðmundur Jörundsson. The K&S label is known for reimagining traditional tailoring with a twisted contemporary vision, offering old-fashioned tweeds, hats, oil-cloth jackets, and British gentlemen's wear. Many pieces are designed in-house. The brand has become one of Iceland's most established fashion labels, representing a bridge between Icelandic heritage craftsmanship and international menswear traditions.
Old Harbour, Reykjavík
La Boutique Design at Mýrargata 18 in Reykjavík sells more than 1,000 sustainably designed home goods including furniture, lighting and children's products from brands like ZAGO, Opjet Paris, Vincent Sheppard and Moulin Roty, with new pieces added every six weeks.
Best for Sustainable home design goods
Reykjavík / Online
It is best known for Simple and modern jewelry combining traditional Icelandic metalsmithing techniques with modern trends; versatile and elegant pieces for everyday wear.
Best for Simple and modern jewelry combining traditional Icelandic metalsmithing techniques with modern trends
Reykjavík / Iceland
In Reykjavík, Orr offers handmade designer jewellery including rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
Best for Handmade designer jewellery
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík / Online
Founded in 1940, Rammagerðin gathers Icelandic design into a Reykjavík gift house, including lopapeysur, jewellery, lava ceramics, fish-leather goods and cosmetics from Icelandic makers. Its range spans handmade wool sweaters, ceramics and design from more than 100 Icelandic designers.
Best for Icelandic wool, ceramics, jewellery and design since 1940
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Roasters began in 2008 as Kaffismiðja Íslands before rebranding in 2013, and still roasts each batch with a different profile until the fit is right. Its three cafes pour hand-picked Brazilian lots like Sertao and Da Lagoa.
Best for Small-batch Brazilian coffee at Reykjavik cafés
Reykjavik Roasters carries a different name than the one it opened under. Founded in 2008 as Kaffismiðja Íslands — the Icelandic Coffee Workshop — the company rebranded to Reykjavik Roasters in 2013, a name change that tracked its growth from a single workshop into three cafes around the capital, on Karastigur, Brautarholt and Freyjugata. The roasting philosophy has stayed close to its workshop roots: each batch of beans is examined closely and roasted with a different approach until the team finds the one that fits, rather than running every origin through the same fixed profile.
That batch-by-batch attention shows up in what is actually in the roaster at any given time — recent lots have included Sertao and Da Lagoa, both from Brazil, sourced from farms the company says it hand-picks abroad while trying to keep its own footprint as light as possible. The stated goal is not to produce and sell as much coffee as it can, but to keep the balance between staff, ownership and customers demanding without losing the enjoyment — a small, explicit stance in a specialty coffee industry not always known for saying so out loud.
Beans are sold to take home from all three locations, alongside the cafes' daily pours, for visitors who want to bring lidt Reykjavik back with them.
Bankastræti, Reykjavík
Saga Store at Bankastræti 11 in Reykjavík sells Icelandic souvenirs and gifts including handcrafted items, clothing, food and books, and is the official reseller of Kidka Icelandic wool products. Its signature item is the Positive Potatoes, small encouraging souvenirs.
Best for Icelandic wool products and souvenirs
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Two different purchases give Reykjavík shoppers a useful starting point on Skólavörðustígur. The Handknitting Association of Iceland lists its shop at number 19, and Fotografi sells photographic prints at number 22S1S2. Choose between something to wear and an image you want to keep before adding more stops.
Kirsuberjatréð offers objects made by its artists, while PRAKT Jewellery identifies an active jewellery workshop at its Laugavegur addressS3S4. Omnom Chocolate introduces a food-gift option through chocolate made in IcelandS5. These are different purchase decisions, not interchangeable categories of souvenir.
The buyer's guide addresses fit and materials, including what to ask before choosing a print or a metal finish. The route page starts from published shop addresses without assuming how long the complete outing will take. Keep the existing directory available for other interests rather than treating this selection as the city's entire offer.
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