Tjornin is a small lake in downtown Reykjavik. It's set just by the modern Reykjavik City Hall. After visiting the City Hall (free entry) we took a very pleasant walk around the lake. Many ducks and swans and terrific city views from its banks. Highly recommended if weather's good.

The lake was a few minutes walk from my hotel and right on the main road so it can't be missed. I had beautiful weather nearly the whole time I was visiting Iceland and the day I walked over was no exception. This is a great place for a run and to sit and feed the many, many ducks that hang out here. There's so much noise and quacking it's kind of funny. It should be renamed Lake Ducks because it really belongs to them!

When the sun came out, we took advantage of it & walked around this town lake instead of being inside a museum. It’s not big so an easy stroll. I especially liked looking at the adjacent houses & the ducks/geese (?) on the water.

Whilst on the last leg of our mammoth road trip in Iceland we were gifted some wonderful weather in Reykjavik. Given we have previously visited Reykjavik a couple of times before we had seen the usual "sights" and were taking a much more relaxed approach to our time. As the sun was shining we opted to take a stroll around lake Tjornin, enjoying the warmth of the sun and embracing the local wildlife it was a lovely stroll along the waterfront with a few statues dotted along the way. The walk around the lake only took about 30 minutes and was a lovely break away from the tourist hustle and bustle of Laugavegur.