Top Rated Shopping in Reykjavik

12 Tónar is a popular name amongst the music aficionados for offering a wide range of music. Be it the old classics that you are looking for or the new trends, this store has something for every taste. Established in 1928, 12 Tónar has also been a famous record label and has won Shop Of The Year Award in 2006. This shop invites all music lovers to spend some time in its cozy interiors listening to their favorite CD and relishing refreshing beverages. Besides, the store is a popular venue for musical events and regularly hosts live music performances by talented artists.

Lucky Records is where you will find one of the country's largest collections of vinyl records and CDs, alongside t-shirts, used DVDs and posters. The spacious store is filled to the brim with records featuring music of every genre, both new and old, and is best known for its Icelandic collection. While it is easy enough to find the latest releases, Lucky Records stocks an impressive selection of rare, vintage, used and limited edition records as well, making it a haven for true music lovers. Discover previously unheard of musicians, check out the latest releases and hang out with fellow music lovers over a cup of organic coffee at Lucky Records. There are plenty of listening stations and a jukebox at Lucky Records so that you can share your latest finds with fellow fans of audible art.

Dead is Jon Audarson's own clothing line. It is all about T-shirts with prints of skulls on it. Metallica and Placebo are its fans. If you are into rock-n-roll you might find very interesting stuff here. “He who fears death cannot enjoy life" is the Dead's philosophy. All the art carry this message; in essence though it can be lost on people not in the know. Iceland's rock bands, Mínus and Singapore Sling, both support the Dead concept, often sporting them on stage.

An Icelandic lady-designer owns and runs this pretty little shop, Aurum. She sells only her own lines of jewelery and clothing. The design is excellent, modern and special, so this is the place to visit if you want to bring back something really unique from Iceland. Aurum is a place where beautiful things and rather reasonable prices go together.

Mál og Menning is one of Iceland's largest bookstores. It specialises in books on Iceland, travel maps and travel books, foreign newspapers and magazines, and foreign literature, as well as having most published books in Icelandic on offer. There is a special children's department in the shop and a variety of foreign academic books and books on leisure-related activities. On the top floor there is a coffee shop - Súfistinn - where you can have the best coffee in town and study the books or papers you have bought or intend to buy.

Penninn Kringlunni stocks a good selection of stationery for all purposes; for the home, the student and for business purposes. There is also a reasonably good selection of Icelandic and foreign magazines, as well as the popular tourist books. In front of the shop you can find stands with beautiful Icelandic postcards. The shop is located on the first floor of Kringlan shopping center and is bright and with good access.