Tower Suites is Reykjavík's altitude play and the city's most private luxury: eight suites — eight, total — occupying the 20th floor of the Höfðatorg tower (the capital's tallest business building, a few minutes' walk east of the center by the Höfði house), built on a single argument executed completely: the view. Floor-to-ceiling glass wraps the floor, and the suites divide the compass between them — the harbor-and-Esja faces (the bay, the mountain's moods, the Sun Voyager's shore below), the city faces (Hallgrímskirkja's rocket over the rooftops, the center's lights), and the south faces toward the pond and the flight path's comings — delivering the experiences no street-level hotel can sell: the aurora-from-bed nights (on clear active evenings the lights run over Esja while you lie in the dark — the 20th-floor darkness beats the street's glow, and the front desk's forecast notes help), the midnight-sun panoramas of June, the storm theater of winter (the weather crossing the bay at eye level), and the city-as-model-railway charm of every hour between. The register matches the scarcity: the suites run generous (separate sitting rooms, designer fit-out, the glass as the art), the service runs discreet-personal (eight keys means the team knows every guest — the concierge layer handles the lagoon-and-tour staging), breakfast arrives in-suite or serves in the lounge, and the privacy math is the luxury (no lobby scene, no corridor traffic — the floor is yours and seven others'). The honest frame: the tower is a business building (the ride up passes offices — the arrival is lobby-corporate until the 20th floor transforms), the location trades the old town's doorstep charm for a 10-15 minute walk or short hop (the Sun Voyager and Laugavegur's east end run closest), and the rates run suite-tier serious. Fit: couples definitionally (the view-and-privacy register), honeymoons and proposals (the aurora-from-bed lottery), and every traveler who wants the capital at their feet, literally.
The view's mechanics deserve the detail
Reykjavík is a low city (the capital's skyline barely climbs — Hallgrímskirkja's 74 meters ruled for decades), so Höfðatorg's tower stands alone at altitude, and the 20th floor's wrap sees everything: Esja's full massif across the bay (the mountain's snow-line and light are the suite's live wallpaper), the harbor's comings, the center's roofs to Hallgrímskirkja, and — the aurora fact — the northern horizon over dark water: on Kp-active clear nights the lights fire over the bay while the city's glow stays below and behind, making the north-facing suites the capital's only lie-in-bed aurora venue (the forecast apps plus the front desk's note do the watching). The suite-choosing craft: harbor-north faces for aurora odds and Esja, city-south faces for the church-and-rooftops postcard and winter's long gold, and the corner suites for the both-worlds wrap.
The practical register
The in-suite breakfast and lounge serve the mornings, the concierge stages the tours and lagoon runs (pickups at the tower door), the center's dining is a 10-15 minute walk or a short taxi (the Höfði house — the Reagan-Gorbachev summit's little white house — sits on the shore path below, and the Sun Voyager's walk runs it into the center), and the quiet is structural: a business tower's evenings go silent, and eight keys share the altitude. The honest expectation-setting restated: travelers wanting lobby-bar scenes and doorstep streets have the center's boutiques; Tower Suites sells altitude, glass and privacy — the three things the rest of the capital cannot.
Practicals and fit
Höfðatorg tower's 20th floor (10-15 minutes' walk east of the center), eight suites only (book far ahead), in-suite breakfast, concierge staging. Fit: couples, honeymoons and the aurora-from-bed lottery — the capital's only high-rise luxury.
Why stay here
- ✓Eight suites only
- ✓20th-floor panoramas
- ✓Floor-to-ceiling glass
- ✓Aurora from bed on clear nights
- ✓In-suite breakfast
- ✓Discreet concierge service
- ✓Separate sitting rooms
- ✓Tallest tower in the capital
Good questions
Can you really see the northern lights from the room?+
On clear, solar-active nights, yes — the 20th floor's north faces look over dark water with the city's glow below and behind: the capital's only lie-in-bed aurora venue, with the forecast apps and front desk notes doing the watching.
How many rooms are there?+
Eight suites, total — the whole 20th floor of the capital's tallest tower: the scarcity is the product, so book far ahead, especially winter weekends.
Is the location central?+
A 10-15 minute walk east of the center by the Höfði house — the trade is doorstep charm for altitude and privacy: the Sun Voyager's shore path runs you in, and the concierge stages every pickup at the door.
