harpa reykjavik concert hall and conference centre

外表如蜂巢结构在亱间发光发亮，吸引人走进去一探究竟。进入建物内部，宽广奇特的正六边形结构屋顶及外墙，在灯光色泽变化下，映照出有如未来科幻般的奇异感受，也有如置身外星人的太空建筑内。坚固，科幻，简洁，繁复，规则，变化都兼而有之的几何线形。似乎这样的建物是超前我们这时代了。可是它又是在我们眼前如此的真实存在。

在雷克雅未克闲走，路过港口发现了这座现代化的建筑，走近一看原来是展览中心。底层在做一个关于野生鹿群的展览，一楼还有好几个金色银色外形的鹿，煞是好看。

集多功能为一体的建筑，有会议厅，餐厅，创意精品商店， 网吧还有展览室。坐落于码头边上，帆船，游艇，以及沿海的市中心建筑，远处可以看到雪山，离游客聚集的餐饮，酒吧区很近，离各博物馆也不远。据说日出跟日落时最美。

闪烁的音乐厅是冰岛的标志建筑物之一，灵感来自夜空中变幻莫测的极光。音乐厅由数个多面体玻璃似的建筑材料构成，从不同的角度呈现出不同的变幻颜色。大厅以灰色调为主，仰望天井可以看到与外观一致变幻莫测的多面结构。整个建筑给人外观华丽重彩，内部简洁大方的印象。夜间开启变幻彩灯，让极光重现于这座音乐圣殿。

维京船骨架雕塑：从大教堂或步行街走到海边，沿海边步行道不久就到。离玻璃音乐厅很近。海边步行道雷市的标志，维京船骨架雕塑Harpa Reykjavík：玻璃音乐厅、会议中心，玻璃外观会在不同的天气中呈现不同的色彩，非常漂亮。内部装饰也很有特色，还有纪念品商店和咖啡厅，二楼经常有免费的音乐表演。外面就是港口。（有免费厕所）沿海边步行道就能看见音乐厅全玻璃建筑，每块玻璃都闪耀着不同的光芒内部装饰，楼梯上是咖啡卡座，一楼也有咖啡厅外面就是港口

The symphony hall is as good as most larger European cities and is mostly glass. You can amazing photos of the city and the harbor. The cost is free and you will need no more than 30-40 minutes.

I was looking forward to seeing Harpa in Winter, with the evening lights display. I wasn't disappointed! A fabulous iconic building, well worth taking time to look around. 2 excellent shops to browse and a very good café.

This building is so pretty at night with the ever changing colours. The structure is fascinating.It is on the waters edge so easy to get to and is well worth a look especially at night.Inside there is a shop and somewhere to get something to eat/drink. The is also plenty of parking to.

Truly beautiful! Go inside and look up - wonderful ceiling.Our favorite gift shops in the city, also. Very helpful staff and nice selection of books and gift items.

Discovered this on our first night and didn't know what it was, just watched the light show of changing colours at the front of the building. possibly it's meant to represent the aurora lights. Went inside a few days later during the day and it's worth having a wander round to check out the interior design of the building. there's all sorts of concerts etc on here. You can get a coffee and snack and there's a shop inside

This building is simply wow, the structure is fascinating even to me who knows nothing about buildings. There are lots of floors and you can get a guided tour behind the scenes too. You can take great photos and see for miles (unless it's snowing) so well worth dropping in. There is a cafe area downstairs and several gift shops. At night there are swathes of lights in all colours on the building which look amazing. If you are driving there is a car park underground with doors leading directly in, so if you are going to a concert you need not get rained on or blown around.

If it's February I'd drop into the conference centre if only to warm up and find your extremities again. Take a walk up the stairs and catch fresh views around the harbour. Admire the windows (like fish scales someone said - thank you I'd missed that), take some arty photos and hope you're not ejected. Definitely an interesting venue for International conference of Frozen Food suppliers; the Fishing Industry Watchdog Executives and the Iceland Retail Staff New Year Party.

Built to resemble fish scales, this building is amazing. It is a sight to behold from the outside and when the light catches different windows. The inside is amazing too with very interesting architecture.

This place is amazing. It's interesting on the outside but when we ducked inside to get out of the wind, we discovered that it's far more special on the inside. One could easily spend and hour or more walking around photographing this place. The architecture is a visual treat and when you add in the fact that it has a cafe and a couple of shops to browse, something as seemingly mundane as a convention center becomes a worthwhile tourist attraction. Go see it!

To us, Harpa is an architectural and cultural gem. The concept hall is perched on the harbour by city center- a building encased in glass hexagonal tubes so if you look up from beneath you could be looking into a glass bee hive. While the look is striking, it harks back to Iceland's past. A volcanic island, there are striking basalt (molten igneous rock) formations everywhere (like shore formations at Reynisdrangar). With quick-cooling lava flows, basalt can crystalize into columns--the look of Harpa. (Sorry, I love rocks.)The building is also dramatic inside. It has clean lines, sharp angles and a view of the city through these unique colored window. Looking across the building from upper floors it almost seems we are in fun house at the circus--no right angles and everything seems a bit off kilter in the most amazing ways.We were lucky enough to snag last tickets to an Icelandic Symphony performance while there. The concert hall seats 1800 and there's really not a bad seat in the house. Because we bought late, we were in the third tier but still could see--and hear--everything. The hall shouts Chinese red--just spectacular. The sound boards--we were told--are made of special woods specifically for music amplification and they adjust the sound flow based on the specific performance. We just missed a jazz great the night before but the symphony was fabulous.Don't miss walking though or taking the paid tour. Better yet, see a performance. You won't regret it.