Old Harbour Souvenirs

About Old Harbour Souvenirs

Old Harbour Souvenirs is a souvenir shop at Geirsgata 5c on Reykjavík's Old Harbour, the waterfront just north-west of the city centre where the whale-watching and puffin boats are based. It is one of several small shops and ticket offices along the harbour front, and most visitors come across it while waiting for a boat trip or walking between the centre and the Grandi district.

Listings describe a typical range of Icelandic souvenirs, including knitwear such as sweaters and hats, jewellery and photographic prints of Icelandic landscapes. The shop does not have an official website with a published stock list or prices, so treat it as a place to browse rather than a destination in its own right, and compare prices with other shops in the centre before buying expensive items such as hand-knitted wool sweaters.

The location is the main draw. Boat operators check passengers in within a few steps of the shop: whale-watching trips into Faxaflói Bay leave from the Old Harbour piers, and the one-hour Puffin Express trips to the islands of Lundey or Akurey check in at Geirsgata 11. The Reykjavík Maritime Museum, the Whales of Iceland exhibition and the rest of Grandi are a short walk west, while Harpa, the Hafnarhús art museum and the Kolaportið weekend flea market are a few minutes east.

Opening hours are not officially published and may change with the season and the boat schedule, so check a current map listing before making a special trip. The harbour front itself is free to walk at any time, and it is a pleasant place to spend half an hour before or after a boat trip, with cafés and seafood restaurants nearby.