Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.05.2011, Side 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
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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
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Down
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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
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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
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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