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All Reykjavik Excursions
Year-round

FlyOver Iceland

An 8-minute motion-flight cinema ride over Iceland — glaciers, volcanos, fjords, and waterfalls — with synchronised wind, mist, and scent effects. 35 minutes total at Grandi.

35 min
60 per ride
Year-round

About this tour

FlyOver Iceland is the same flying-theatre concept that runs in Vancouver and Las Vegas — you sit in a suspended chair facing a 20-metre dome screen, and the seat tilts and dips with the footage while wind, mist, and a scent of moss are pumped in. Eight minutes is short, but it's an aerial perspective on Iceland that even helicopter tours can't match. Pairs naturally with Lava Show four minutes' walk away.

What's planned

  1. Arrive at FlyOver Iceland, Fiskislóð 43

    10 min

    Grandi harbour district, 12 minutes east of Harpa on foot. Check in at the desk; the lobby has the gift shop and a small café.

  2. Pre-show 1: The Cauldron

    5 min

    Short standing-room intro film about Iceland's geothermal origins, projected on a curved screen.

  3. Pre-show 2: Land of Belief

    12 min

    Theatrical experience covering Icelandic settlement, Norse mythology, and the country's complicated relationship with the hidden folk (huldufolk).

  4. FlyOver — the ride

    8 min

    Strap into your suspended seat in front of the 20-metre dome. The film flies over Iceland — Vatnajökull, Dettifoss, Jökulsárlón, the Westfjords, the highlands — with synchronised wind, mist, and scent effects timed to the footage.

Highlights

  • 8-minute motion-flight ride suspended over a 20-metre spherical screen
  • Synchronised wind, mist, and scent effects (yes, you'll smell the moss)
  • Pre-shows on Icelandic settlement folklore (10 min) and the Land of Belief (15 min)
  • Indoor, all-weather — great rainy-day or short-on-time option
  • Suitable from age 8; height minimum 1.02 m

What's included

  • FlyOver Iceland Standard ticket
  • Two pre-show experiences (Cauldron + Land of Belief)
  • 8-minute flight ride

Not included

  • Hotel pickup — walk or taxi to Fiskislóð 43, Grandi
  • Food and drinks (café on site)
  • Children under 8 or below 1.02 m height cannot ride

Pickup & meeting point

Meeting point

  • Harpa Concert Hall

    Austurbakki 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

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