We are fantastically well located in the centre of Reykjavik 101, warm, cozy and welcoming. All Reykjavik’s main attractions, including her best restaurants, bars, cafes and shops are within a stone´s throw. We have come home to Reykjavik to raise our family and know the city, its language and culture intimately. Our small budget room is as described, a small budget room. It is simple and small. The house is a traditional timber built Icelandic house, warm and snug throughout the year as heated with Iceland’s famous hydro-thermic hot water. This room is a single room and exactly as described. It is a sleeping space, no more - hence its low price - and is not suitable for large people, say over 95kg and 185cm tall. We have other private guest bedrooms. All our guests have access to shared bathrooms, two sitting rooms and to a kitchen which can be used for heating up food and snacks but not for cooking full meals. We do not offer breakfast for the very good reason that there are so many excellent bakeries and coffee houses so locally. They open very early. Our house itself is quite well known, and is listed. It was a bicycle shop for fifty years, the first of these in Iceland, and as such it is much loved in Reykjavik, especially by people who bought their first bike here a generation ago. Everything is around the corner. All the Reykjavik attractions, the old harbour, Harpa Concert Hall, Hallgrimskirkja church with its panoramic views, the city swimming pool with hot tubs and steam bath, and many others are all within five to seven minutes’ walk. The central bus station BSI is a 10 min walk . The bus from the airport stops 30 metres from the house. Your private bedroom, two shared sitting rooms, kitchen, dining room. There are several bathrooms solely for the use of guests. There is a back yard with attractive golden rowan trees in it which is a nice aspect out of the windows, but this is part of our family space and not part of the guesthouse strictly speaking. I am half English half Icelandic, born and bred in Reykjavik, and am native in both languages. This is my home as I grew a couple of hundred meters away in Njalsgata street. My husband and children (by upbringing) are English, but we have been coming here for years and years and all know it as home. What do you want to know? We are located in Þingholtinn, "the meeting place" as it was called at the time of the settlement, between the city lake with its small park and the great church of Hallgrimskirkja. The National Gallery is a 2 min walk and most of the other galleries in Reykjavik are not much further. The main shopping streets Skólavörðustígur and Laugavegur are around the corner. We have more restaurants and bars within a 5 minute radius than I can list and we recommend some of these in the Guidebook. Because we are so central we walk everywhere. If you are planning trips beyond the city, the main excursion companies pick up either directly from us or from Hotel Oðinsvé 30 metres up the road. The central bus station BSI and the domestic airport are an easy walk away unless you have heavy baggage. I will order taxis which will get you there in under 5 minutes if I can't run you down there myself. If you have a car there is some free parking up at Hallgrimskirkja church. Our road has parking meters but these are not expensive at all relative to other capital cities (ISK 150 per hour - ie £1 or $1.30); these are in force from (PHONE NUMBER HIDDEN) on weekdays, (PHONE NUMBER HIDDEN) on Saturdays, and are free on Sundays. Be in touch before you travel to allow us to help you have the best possible experience of Iceland. Once you book I would be happy to send you a list of tips and suggestions as well as directions for a stress-free arrival. Reykjavik is served by hydro-thermally heated hot water. Our hot water is hot and plentiful therefore and each bedroom has a radiator with an adjustable regulator. Don't be cold. Turn your radiator up if you wish. As we said earlier, ours is a traditional timber framed house. It flexes and breathes, is quick to warm up and quick to cool. It is not insulated for sound as modern homes are. If you are a very light sleeper indeed and are used to living in a concrete block, you may be disturbed by this (we had a guest recently who was disturbed by the footsteps of the cat!) A bit of common sense and respect for others, especially in the middle of the night, usually means that all but those with real sleeping issues sleep blissfully well here. The beds are very comfortable.