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Reykjavík Maritime Museum traces the city's fishing and seafaring past, housed on the old harbour in Reykjavik. Its exhibits, boats and coast guard stories sit right by the waterfront.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
The closest hotel to Reykjavík Maritime Museum on this list, Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment stands 100 m away, about a 1 minute walk. It is rated 4 stars and comes with free car parking, a kitchen and free Wifi, so you can walk to the museum in moments and still have a base for self-catering in the harbour district.
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Scandinavian Apartments is a 3 star address 130 m from the museum, a walk of about 2 minutes. It suits guests who want to be right by the old harbour and provides free car parking and wheelchair accessible facilities, which makes the short trip to the museum straightforward at any time of day.
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Grandi by Center Hotels is a 4 star hotel 220 m from Reykjavík Maritime Museum, roughly 3 minutes on foot. Guests score it 4.4 out of 5 across 1019 reviews, and its position in the harbour district keeps the museum within an easy stroll, day or evening.
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Blue Viking Apartments Reykjavik is a 4 star address 190 m from the museum, about a 3 minute walk. Free car parking and free Wifi are provided, and the harbour-side setting means you can reach the museum on foot while keeping a car for wider trips.
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Skylight Lux 3BR 2BA City Center with Free Parking is a 4 star apartment 220 m from the museum, a walk of about 3 minutes. A kitchen, free car parking and free Wifi make it a practical choice for groups who want self-catering space close to the old harbour.
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Old Harbour Reykjavík Sauna and Free Parking is a 3 star address 210 m from the museum, roughly 3 minutes on foot. It offers family rooms, air conditioning, free Wifi and free car parking, so families can stay by the harbour with the museum and waterfront close at hand.
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Reykjavik Luxury Hotel Apartment KARTULI is a 3 star property 200 m from Reykjavík Maritime Museum, about a 3 minute walk. Family rooms and free Wifi are provided, along with free car parking, making it a convenient harbour base for a family visit to the museum.
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Marine Apartments is a 4 star address 280 m from the museum, a walk of about 4 minutes. Parking is available, and the harbour position means you can leave the car and walk to Reykjavík Maritime Museum and the surrounding waterfront without moving it.
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Apartment N24B is a 3 star property 260 m from the museum, roughly 4 minutes on foot. It provides free car parking and wheelchair accessible facilities, so guests wanting step-free access can stay close to the old harbour and reach the museum easily.
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V54 Harbour Apartments is a 3 star address 270 m from Reykjavík Maritime Museum, about a 4 minute walk. Free car parking and free Wifi are provided, and the harbour setting keeps the museum within a short stroll for the length of your stay.
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From the closest hotels, the museum is a walk of 1 to 4 minutes: Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment at 100 m, Scandinavian Apartments at 130 m, and Marine Apartments, Apartment N24B and V54 Harbour Apartments at 260-280 m, all covered on foot. Addresses at 310-350 m, such as Reykjavik Marina Berjaya Iceland Hotels, Reykjavik Marina Residence, Planet Apartments and Downtown Apartments at Old Harbor Reykjavik, are still a 5 minute walk. The hotels listed here are within 500 m of the museum, so walking is the natural way to reach it from any of them. Reaching your hotel from Keflavík Airport is a longer journey, normally done by car, taxi or an airport transfer service rather than on foot.
The Reykjavík Maritime Museum is a museum in Reykjavik devoted to the seafaring life of the city and the waters around it. Its exhibits trace Iceland's fishing and maritime heritage, and the museum sits by the old harbour, where much of that story actually unfolded. Visitors come here to see how fishing shaped the city, to step aboard historic vessels tied up alongside, and to get a sense of the sea's central place in Icelandic life. Because it stands in the harbour district rather than in the middle of the shopping streets, a visit fits naturally into a walk along the waterfront. Guests often combine it with a wander around the old harbour, and the surrounding streets have a working-port feel. Hotels near Reykjavík Maritime Museum make this easy to do on foot, with the closest addresses barely a minute or two away, so you can drop in at the start of the day or on the way back from the water's edge.
Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment is the closest hotel we list, about 1 min walk · 100 m from Reykjavík Maritime Museum in a straight line, in Iceland.
Yes: 114 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Reykjavík Maritime Museum, about a 15-minute walk, and 33 are within 500 m. The closest is Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment, 100 m away.
Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment, Scandinavian Apartments, Blue Viking Apartments Reykjavik list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
Hotel Local 101 has the best guest score of the hotels near Reykjavík Maritime Museum: 4.7/5 from 250 reviews, 480 m away.
52 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Reykjavík Maritime Museum have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment (100 m).
There are 33 hotels within 500 m of the museum, and the list here covers the nearest ones in the harbour district. All of them sit within a 1 to 5 minute walk, from Brand New Downtown Harbor Apartment at 100 m to Downtown Apartments at Old Harbor Reykjavik at 350 m.
Old Harbour Reykjavík Sauna and Free Parking, Reykjavik Luxury Hotel Apartment KARTULI and Planet Apartments all list family rooms. They are 210 m, 200 m and 320 m from the museum respectively, so each keeps the museum within a walk of about 3 to 5 minutes.