Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.06.2011, Blaðsíða 49

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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Reykjavík
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harbour
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site
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Sports hall
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Theatre
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Culture
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Central
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Reykjavík
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Concert
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City
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Klambratún
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Öskjuhlíð
Laugardalur
Nauthólsvík
Perlan
University of Reykjavík
Kjarvalsstaðir
National
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Hótel Loftleiðir
Hljómskáli
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Swimming
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National
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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
Víkingakráin
Hafnarstræti 1, 101 Reykjavík
This establishment’s proprietors really go the
distance when it comes to the Viking theme.
They don’t stop at the way the waitresses are
dressed, but go on to the restaurant’s architec-
ture and its fixtures, such as the boat on display
(!). The menu even sticks to the Viking theme
as firmly as possible, offering food such as fish
soup, lamb with vegetables and potatoes; they
even have vegetarian options for those Vikings
who prefer not to indulge in the pleasures of
cooked flesh. If you’re planning on just going
out for a drink, Víkingakráin has you covered
there as well with their Viking bar, which won’t
make you delve any further into your bank ac-
count than most other bars in Reykjavík. Might
be a fine stop for those who just arrived in
Reykjavík and want to get their first taste of the
Viking way of life.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE
Nanna Árnadóttir
What’s up, Nanna?
Workin’ my merkin to the ground,
man (disclaimer: I don’t have
a merkin). Got my day job,
my freelance work and doing
rewrites for my debut novel
cum tourist manual, ‘Zombie
Iceland’, at night. It’s about a
group of misfits surviving a
zombie outbreak in Reykjavík,
all the while explaining Icelandic
culture and history in footnotes
and featuring Icelandic music in a
Zombie Apocalypse playlist.
Well after I’ve tended to my
merkin, only joking I still don’t
have a merkin. Why do I keep
talking about merkins? I want to
say that I run down Ægissíða so
I’m in shape for a major world-
ending event, but since I learned
how to use a gun I’ve gotten lazy.
Usually I’m cross stitching at
Tíu Dropar drinking coffee and
eating a pancake with whipped
cream and rhubarb jam.
Well I have extravagant and
sophisticated tastes so I like to
eat at Hamborgarabúlla Tómasar,
it coats my skin in meat love
and the coffee shake makes my
thighs sweat.

Petting cats that pass me on
the street. The nicest cats to
pet in Reykjavík usually live in
Vesturbær, also, cats outnumber
humans 12 to 1 in Vesturbær (I
have no factual data to back this
claim).
Skulking around Nexus, the
dark and dingy underbelly of
Reykjavík’s nerd community,
where you can admire Star
Wars paraphernalia, peruse
graphic novels and potentially
embarrassing fantasy erotica, not
that I would know anything about
that.

I don’t usually go out because I’m
a loser and spend most nights
watching old B rated horror
films with my pabbi (dad) or
discussing Seinfeld while we look
at underground bunkers online.
When I do go out though, I go
to Bakkus because it smells like
secrets.
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
LAUGAVEGUR 56
101 REYKJAVÍK
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