Summer is a wonderful time of year in Iceland. The days blend into one another as the sun never sets, the flowers are in bloom and the city is buzzing. If you take a walk down Laugarvegur, the main shopping street in the middle of the day, something will strike you. There’s not an Icelander in sight. The city is plush with tourists, each replete with their own brightly-coloured rain mac, laminated city map and, occasionally, hiking poles. In the city centre.

For the discerning tourist, we have produced a guide to fitting in Iceland, i.e. not sticking out like a sore thumb. We also hope that by blending in, you will get to see a real city experience in Reykjavík, as the Icelanders do, rather than the glossed-over tourist version. Carry on reading after the break to find out how you go about this.

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