Icelandic Mythology and Folklore Experience

by Reykjavik Wayfinder · Sightseeing day tours · Reykjavík

  • Fine on your own
  • Eco-certified

from €156.57 per person

Next departure: Thu 22 Oct

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Icelandic Mythology and Folklore Experience — Reykjavik Wayfinder
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  • Duration

    1 hour and 30 minutes

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Season

    All year

  • Starts in

    Reykjavík

  • Pickup

    Meet at the start point

  • Starts at

    Ingólfstorg

    Aðalstræti, Reykjavík

  • Guide

    Guided in English, Icelandic

  • Departs

    16:00

  • Cancellation

    Free until 24 hours before

About this experience

An atmospheric exploration of Iceland’s myths, sagas, ghosts, elves, trolls, and the hidden world woven into everyday Icelandic life.


In Iceland, folklore isn’t just old stories — it’s part of our identity. This tour immerses you in the mystical creatures, ancient sagas, and supernatural landscapes that define Icelandic imagination.

Your guide, raised on these tales, reveals the legends locals grow up with: benevolent elves living in certain rocks, trolls frozen in mountainsides, ghosts wandering windswept paths… and the moral lessons tucked inside every saga.

As the streets quiet and the stories deepen, Reykjavík transforms from a modern city into a living mythscape. It’s enchanting, immersive, and tinged with that Icelandic eeriness we all secretly love.


What to Expect

  • A blend of myth and reality
  • Atmospheric storytelling
  • Icelandic beliefs explained through humor and tradition


Description from the operator, Reykjavik Wayfinder. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Where you go

  1. Elves, Trolls & Ghosts
  2. Pagan traditions and how they are connected to Icelandic Mythology

Included

  • Local folklore guide
  • Myth & saga storytelling
  • Walk through legendary sites

Not included

Tips are always appreciated, never expected. If you wish to tip your servers or the guide then feel free to do so.

Good to know

Warm clothes and spikes for your shoes if its winter.

Always wear warm clothing, this is a walking tour and the weather can be very unpredictable.

Cancellation for this tour

Free cancellation until 24 hours before departure; no refund after that. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.

If the weather cancels this tour

Iceland's weather is real. What usually stops this one is a forecast the operator judges unsafe. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.

  1. 1Reykjavik Wayfinder decides, and tells us. Operators cancel when it is unsafe or pointless, and we back that call every time — we do not ask them to run anyway.
  2. 2We contact you by email, and by phone if your tour is the same or next day. You choose: another date if there is one you can make, or a full refund. There is no fee and nothing to argue.
  3. 3The refund goes back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, usually visible within a few working days. If this tour was one of several in your booking, the others are untouched.

What you do not get is the day back. If this is the only free day in your plan, put a spare day next to it — the planner leaves days free with the rest-day option. And if you want out because the forecast looks bad, that is your own cancellation: free until 1 day before departure, the operator's policy after that.

Questions on the day: [email protected] · +354 497 1373. How cancellations work in Iceland →

Why this one and not the cheaper one?

The nearest cheaper Reykjavík Luggage Storage in BSI Bus Terminal from BagBee is €12 — €144 less. Here is every difference we can actually measure.

Reykjavik Wayfinder · €157BagBee · €12
Changing your mindFree until 24 h beforeFree until 2 h before

The €144 buys you free cancellation up to 24 h before. Whether that is worth it is your call — but that is what the difference is.

Why we list it

Reykjavik Wayfinder is one of 204 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →

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Reviews from our travellers

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Reviews arrive the day after each trip — none yet for this one. After your tour we send one email asking how it was, and what you write goes here, unedited.

Hotels

Where to stay for this tour

From the cheapest to the top end of what is near Reykjavík, from our hotel partners. Rooms are booked on our hotels site.

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Pairs well with

Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €14 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.

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