Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.11.2009, Qupperneq 17

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The
Old
Harbour
FAXAFLÓI
Down
Town
West
Side
Up
Town
“Financial
District”
East
Side
Skyline
Central
Reykjavík
BSÍ
Coach
Terminal
Nordic House
Culture Center
University
of Iceland
University
of Iceland
Park
Austur
völlur
Park
Icelandic
Parliament
Reykjavík
Domestic
Airport
Hlemmur
Bus
Terminal
Sundhöllin
Swimming
Pool
Laugardals
Swimming
Pool
The
Tower
City
Hall
National
Gallery
of Iceland
The Einar
Jónsson
Museum
Hallgríms
kirkja
Church
National
Theatre
The
Culture
House
Lauga
vegur
Main
Tourist
Info
Reykjavík
Art
Museum
Maritime
Museum
Laugavegur
Reykjavík’s main shopping
and culture street, featuring
a wide range of bars, bistros,
cafes and restaurants.
Old
Harbour
Area
Old Harbour
Depart for whale and puffin
watching tours from the old
harbour, a lively area, offering
an assortment of restaurants
and activity centres
Future
Concert
Hall
City
Pond
Miklatún
Park
Kjarvalsstaðir
National
Museum
Hljómskáli
Park
∆
Vesturbæjar
Swimming
Pool∆
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Taxi
Taxi
Taxi
Kringlan
Shopping
Center∆
Santa Maria Grái Kötturinn
Austur
Kisan
Prikið
On Laugavegur, Santa Maria offers
a fairly extensive menu of Mexican
dishes and drinks at a really
reasonable price – possibly some
of the best in the city. The décor is
colourful and welcoming, the portions
are generous and the service is fast
and friendly. Recommended. CF
Super relaxed and cozy diner/café
below street level. This place makes
the best hangover breakfast ever (the
truck!) and any-other-day breakfast as
well. It’s a nice and relaxing place to
eat and increase your caffeine intake
and chill with friends or with some
reading material. CF
Sleek and shiny, this new restaurant
and bar is a straight-up boutique
hot spot for stylish kids and trendy
professionals alike. Appropriate for
formal business meetings but casual
enough for the roll-out-bed-at-5pm
crowd, they serve up ample, satisfying,
modern dishes at reasonable prices.
This is also one of the rare places to
get a full breakfast all day long! It’s
really fucking good too. RL
This store is incredibly cool. It’s
stocked with really unique and quirky
clothes, outerwear, accessories and
handbags, plus they have an adorable
section of kids clothes, kitschy vintage
toys and books and even interior
design items. Wicked place; definitely
worth a visit. CF
Prikið is one of those places that
shape-shifts. It’s a warm café with
photographs of their senior frequenters
on weekday mornings, a hung-over
hangout on weekend afternoons, and
during nights it’s filled to the brim
with what remains of Iceland’s hip
hop scene. Go there in daytime for the
cheap burgers; enter at night for some
OTT hip-hop debauchery, old skool
and the latest bangers alike. SKK
Laugavegur 22Hverfisgata 16a
Austurstræti 7
Laugavegur 7
Bankastræti 12
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Boston
Barbara
Sushismiðjan
Like an older sibling to the fabled
(now deceased) Sirkús, Boston is a
warm and mellow second-floor bar
on Laugavegur that plays host to the
arty party crowd. The baroque wall
dressings and deep, rich coloured
décor make this bar feel pretty swank,
but Boston also serves up some
reasonably priced food earlier in the
evening, so it’s not too swank. CF
At Laugavegur 22, above Karamba,
Barbara serves up a lively atmosphere
for Reykjavík’s gay community and
anybody else who just wants to dance
and have a good time. The first level is
made for dancing and is often packed
with sweaty bodies, while the second
level of the bar offers a place to sit,
drink and chat and another in which to
smoke. CF
This is a seriously great place to
grab a quick and quality sushi lunch.
Pre-prepared boxes of maki and nigiri
are reasonable priced and really well
made, amply filled with deliciously
fresh ingredients. The indoor seating
area is limited to some stools and
outward-facing wall-mounted
tabletops but there are a couple of
tables and chairs set up outside the
front door for those wanting to watch
the ships and tourists in the harbour
while they eat. CF
Laugavegur 28
Laugavegur 22
Geirsgötu 3
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Karamba
Hotspot in town Karamba is a colourful
and eclectic bar on Laugavegur with
a comfortable atmosphere, typically
great music and a chill crowd. This is
a good place to relax or to do some
serious drinking. Plus, their decors
are done strictly by Grapevine-friendly
artists, such as Lóa (who does our
comics), Hugleikur Dagsson (who
illustrates the monster column) and
Bobby Breiðholt (who’s done a lot of
nice illustrations for us); they are truly
a sight to behold. CF
Laugavegur 22
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For a map of outside downtown
Reykjavík check out links on
www.grapevine.is or the Icelandic
phonebook website www.ja.is