Skuggi Hotel opens its doors
Skuggi Hotel is located on Hverfisgata in central Reykjavik. Photo: Styrmir Kári
The new three-star Skuggi Hotel in central Reykjavik opened its doors to its first guests yesterday.
The hotel has a total of 100 rooms, which will be brought gradually into use over the next few weeks. Unlike many central Reykjavik hotels, it has underground car-parking facilities for its guests.
Building the hotel has cost well over ISK 1 billion (approx. €6.9 million). The interior design is a nod towards the photo-book Behind the Mountains, by Ragnar Axelsson, a copy of which is placed in every room.
The Icelandic word ‘skuggi’ means ‘shade’ or ‘shadow’ and the design plays with light and shadow to reflect that.
Some 30-40 employees will work at Skuggi Hotel at peak times.
The hotel was designed by Opus Architects. Photo: Styrmir Kári
The interplay of light and shadow is a key part of the interior design. Photo: Styrmir Kári
One of the hotel's 100 rooms. Photo: Styrmir Kári
Hotel Manager, Gylfi Freyr Guðmundsson. Photo: Styrmir Kári
