2 Best Sights in City Center East, Reykjavík

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We've compiled the best of the best in City Center East - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

The Iceland Phallological Museum

Miðbær Fodor's Choice

This unique museum could easily be described as the city's most interesting attraction. It's exactly what its name suggests: an ode to the male genitalia of mammals from around the world. But don't come just for laughs; a visit to the Icelandic Phallological Museum is truly an educational experience, housing more than 215 specimens from 93 different species—including casts of the "members" of Iceland's silver-medal winning Olympic handball team. The theme of the museum continues uninterrupted in the gift shop and café.

Icelandic Punk Museum

Miðbær Fodor's Choice

This tinier-than-tiny museum is crammed into what used to be a set of public bathrooms at the bottom of a stairwell right off a city sidewalk. Somehow it all seems fitting for a museum focused on the Icelandic punk and new wave scene that started in 1978. Photos, posters, handbills, equipment, and instruments line the walls and displays at this subterranean memorial to one of the country's favorite music genres.