With some great road trip options in the surrounding area, having your own car makes sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore all that Mosfellsbaer, 40 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Varmarlaug Swimming Pool, Alafoss Waterfall and Ulfarsfell Mountain. Locals will also likely point you in the direction of Reykjavik, 40 miles away. If you only have time for one thing here, let it be Reykjavik Harbour. (But we’d also highly recommend Laugavegur and Viking Village.)