Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.05.2011, Blaðsíða 47

Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.05.2011, Blaðsíða 47
Kaffifélagið Kaffifélagið has been a Grapevine favourite since they opened on Skólavörðustígur a couple of years back. The small coffeehouse always delivers an excellent cup of Italian- style coffee, and downtown regulars can spring for a clip-off coffee card to save on each purchase. Skólavörðustíg 10 12Café Óliver If you like trendy party-types who dance like crazy to a lively mix of music where glamour is all that counts, the stylish Óliver is the nightclub for you. Check out Óliver's live karaoke nights on Tuesdays. If you don't suffer from stage fright you can go on stage and sing your favourite song accompanied by the local troubadour. Laugavegur 20a 11 OSuSHI Great place to satisfy your craving for raw fish and vinegar rice. The selection on ‘the train’ is wide and varied and the atmosphere is relaxed. Also, the colour-coded plates make it easy to keep tabs on your budget while scarfing down your maki and nigiri. Lækjargata 2a 13 Kolaportið Reykjavík’s massive flea market is a wonderful place to get lost for a few hours, rummaging through stall upon stall of potential treasures. There are heaps of used clothing, knitwear and other yard-sale type goods from decades of yore, and a large food section with fish, meats and baked goods. Check out the vintage post cards and prints at the table near the army surplus. Tryggvagata 19 18Austur 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. Austurstræti 7 17 BANKASTRÆTI AUSTURSTRÆTI HAFNARSTRÆTI TRYGGVAGATA GEIRSGATA MÝRARGATANÝLENDUGATA VESTURGATA RÁNARGATA BÁRUGATA ÖLDUGATA TÚNGATA KIRKJUSTRÆTI SÓLVALLAGATA HO FS VA LL AG AT A BR Æ ÐR AB OR GA RS TÍG URFR AMN ESV EGU R ÁN AN AU ST GR AN DA GA RÐ UR FIS KIS LÓ Ð TJ A RN A RG AT A SU Ð U RG AT A A Ð A LS TR Æ TI SU Ð U RG AT A BI RK IM EL UR Æ G IS G AT A G A R Ð A ST R Æ TI GRETTISGATAFR A KK A ST ÍG U R NJA RÐ AR GA TA NJ AR ÐA RG AT A VA TN SS TÍ GU R K LA PP A R ST ÍG U R BE RG ST AÐ AR ST RÆ TI BERGSTAÐARSTRÆ TI FR ÍK IR K JU VE G U R PÓ ST H .S TR Æ TI LÆ KJ AR GA TA IN G Ó LF SS TR Æ TI ÞI N G H O LT SS TR Æ TI Ó Ð IN SG AT A ÞÓ RSG ATA BA LD UR SG ATA BR AG AG ATA VI TA ST ÍG U R BA RÓ N SS TÍ G U R SN O RR A BR AU T SN O RR A BR AU T BA RÓ NS STÍ GU R SKÓLAVÖRÐUSTÍGUR LA U FÁ SV EG U R LAUFÁSVEGUR SÓ LEYJA RG ATA NJÁLSGATA GAMLA HRINGBRAUT MIKLABRAUT VATNSMÝRARVEGUR HRINGBRAUT HRINGBRAUT HRINGBRAUT BERGÞÓRUGATA EIRÍKSGATA HVERFISGATA LINDARGATA SKÚLAGATA SÆBRAUT SÆBRAUT BORGART ÚN SKÚLAGATA HÁTÚN HVERFISGATA LAUGAVEGUR LAUGAVEGUR SKIPHOLT FLÓKAGATA HÁTEIGSVEGUR BÓLSTAÐARHLÍÐ BRAUTARHOLT N Ó AT Ú N LA N G A H LÍ Ð KR IN G LU M ÝR A RB R A U T R A U Ð A R Á RS TÍ G U R R A U Ð A R Á R ST ÍG U R G U N N A RS BR AU T N Ó AT Ú N SKIPHOLT The Old Harbour Th e F ish pa cki ng Di str ict 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∆ Taxi Taxi Taxi Kringlan Shopping Center 6 7 8 9 10 7 For a map of outside downtown Reykjavík visit www.grapevine.is or the Icelandic phonebook website www.ja.is If you have an iPhone, check out the cool Locatify app in the AppStore. It´s got a FREE guided audio tour of the downtown area, courtesy of your pals at Grapevine. NEW IN TOWN Útúrdúr Hverfisgata 42, 101 Reykjavík While not exactly ‘new in town’, art bookstore Útúrdúr has been sorely missed since they closed down along with the equally missed Havarí (come back!) in January. So when they re-opened in a brand new location on Hverfis- gata (next to Kling & Bang) a couple of weeks ago, we felt it appropriate to express our joy by featuring them in our ‘new in town’ thingy on our centre map. Útúrdúr is a bookstore that specialises in the sale and publishing of art related materials, namely “books, catalogues, posters, bookworks and multiples”. It is also a venue where artists may get their work promoted. Go browse some art and alt.culture weekdays between 12-18 and Saturdays from 12-17. www.uturdur.blogspot.com A DAY IN THE LIFE Björn Kristjánsson, Borko What’s up, Borko? Things are good. I’ve been at Borgarleikhúsið a lot these days working on ‘Klúbburinn’ (“The Club”). It’s a theatre-dance- performance piece that I’m making music for and performing in. I feel privileged to get to work with such talented and fantastic people there. The show premieres on June 3. Vesturbæjarlaug pool It’s really nice to go to the Vesturbæjarlaug swimming pool to sit in a hot tub and go to the sauna. It surprised me when I found out that it only costs 100 ISK extra to go to the sauna where you can sit naked and sweat with other men. A perfect way to start the engines. Bæjarins Beztu hot dogs These days I’ve been eating at the theatre cafeteria, but to mix it up I’d go to Bæjarins Beztu and get a couple of hot dogs with everything on them. Two, because one is not enough and three are too many. Kolaportið I like to go to Kolaportið to buy fish and flatkökur. You can get really good frozen haddock and plaice there, and if I feel like rewarding myself I also get some smoked trout and dried fish (harðfiskur). It’s also a good place to check out old vinyl, books, clothes and sometimes I buy a lottery ticket. It’s always something different. Then I might pop into Herrafataverslun Kormáks og Skjaldar for a chat and a quick look at the latest trends in gentlemen’s fashion. If wink at the guys over the counter they might treat me with a sip of whiskey. Hlíðarendi If there’s a game at Hlíðarendi, I go watch my team, Valur. During the summers, there are games once or twice a week. You start by meeting at Fjósið for a drink with your fellow Valur fans and then you go yell your brains out. Bakkus It’s always fun to go to Bakkus. If you go early you can play table tennis and foosball and have your drink of choice (I’ve heard they make killer Bloody Marys). If you go late at night, it’s packed and noisy but always really nice. I sometimes like fleeing to the downstairs Batcave for a nice chat rather staying upstairs in the party. EARLY MORNING > LuNCH > MID-DAY > AFTERNOON > HEAT OF THE NIGHT > Den Danske Kro The Danish Bar is located on Ingólfsstræti, just off Laugavegur where Q Bar once stood. The bar serves up Danish favourites, such as open-face smørrebrød sandwiches, Danish Tuborg beer and Akvavit schnapps. How to ask for a large beer in Danish: “Hej, jeg vil gerne have en stor øl, tak”. Ingólfsstræti 3 19 Works by 50 artists 1782-2011 LA ART MUSEUM in Hveragerdi, 40 min. from Reykjavík on the Golden Circle. The Image of Þingvellir Open daily 12am - 6pm. Adm. free

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