Reykjavik’s Harpa music hall and conference center is right on the water and stunning, inside and out. According to the guide of this walking tour of Reykjavik, there was some controversy about whether to finish the partially-constructed hall after the banking collapse in 2008. However, now that the building is finished and acknowledged as lovely, she says that pretty much everyone claims to have been in support of it.
(We didn’t have to prompt this cuteness. After Brian lounged in the window, Theo decided to mimic him.)