Mýrin is our Innovation Centre, located in Gróska. Apart from offices, fixed and flexible desks, coffee and meeting facilities, we offer proximity and connections to the University of Iceland, other entrepreneurs and leading companies in the knowledge sector. This makes for an energetic community of thinkers and doers.
Want to join Mýrin?
Contact myrin@visindagardar.is
Residents of Mýrin have access to six meeting rooms, three phone booths, coffee, tea, a refrigerator, and a microwave. Internet connection, printing facilities, lockable storage lockers, and mailboxes are also included in the rent. It's possible to organize events in the open area in front of Mýrin. In the basement, there are changing rooms and shower facilities, as well as locked bicycle storage.
Each lease agreement is made for 18 months. After that period, Vísindagarðar (UI Science Park) will assess the situation based on set conditions. Lease agreements can be terminated at any time during the period by the tenants.
Lease Options:
Dedicated Desk: You have your own reserved desk available 24/7. Price: ISK 51,000 + ISK 2,500 facility fee per month.
Hot Desk: You choose from available desks each time you visit, day or night. This option is ideal for those who require less frequent presence or minimal equipment. Price: ISK 25,500 + ISK 3,000 facility fee per month.
Private Offices: Offices for 4-8 people, suitable for startup companies.
Life in Mýrin
In Mýrin, our Innovation Centre, start-ups and entrepreneurs work year round transforming their ideas into real-world projects.
“It’s an entrepreneurial community. It’s fast and very future-focused. I’m always meeting new people,” says Atli Þór Jóhannsson from Pikkoló. They run refrigerated pick-up centres around the city, where people can retrieve fresh produce and foods.
Safa Jemai chimes in: “I’m a programmer. Next to me there’s a salesperson and over there is a photographer. And we’re all joined here. That’s what I love about working at the Science Park.” Safa has started up a number of very different, exciting projects including herbs and spice label Mabrúka and the software development initiative Víkonnekt.
The people of Mýrin agree that having Klak - Icelandic Startups, Auðna - Technology Transfer Office, Georg - Geothermal Research Cluster and the Centre for Icelandic Design and Architecture on premises is a major asset. Likewise, having larger businesses upstairs and in the neighbouring buildings, along with the research infrastructure of the university, is important. “The Science Park and Innovation Centre are sort of like a connection hub for the entrepreneur society at large,” says Ásta Sóllilja Guðmundsdóttir, CEO of Klak.
Most important, though, is having each other, says Anna Björk Theodórsdóttir, founder of data analysis company Oceans of Data. “It’s priceless to have the support of other entrepreneurs; people on the same journey as yourself.”
Sprotamýri - University of Iceland
Sprotamýri is an innovation initiative run by the University of Iceland. Students and academic staff can apply for facilities at Mýrin and assistance from Klak - Icelandic Startups to advance their ideas, free of charge. Spots are allocated three times a year. Get in touch to see if your project is eligible.
These are in Mýrin:
Bjargargata 1
102 Reykjavík
Iceland
Kt. 420104-2350
General information:
visindagardar@hi.is
Invoices:
vhi@deloitte.is
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