Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.12.2016, Blaðsíða 6

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R O O F T O P L O U N G E W I T H A N A M A Z I N G V I E W !
Terrace • Grill • Bar
Open from 11:30 every day
Look out for these stickers of recom-
mendation, which we’ve handed out to
this year’s winners. They indicate your
best option, whether you’re looking for
shopping, dining, drinking or party-
ing in Reykjavík. We at the Grapevine
know what’s best!
Also, these are the stickers from
our previous ‘’Best of’’ selections, giv-
en to winners from prior years. -HBS
THE AWARDS:
THE GUIDE-GUIDE
How We
Picked the
Winners
How To
Spot The
Winners
The word conclusion is a little strong
in this case. We have argued, fought
and, in one case, slammed our head
against the wall. We interviewed
panels, tried blind taste-tests, and,
in another case, consulted what we
believe to be an oracle. This was not
an easy or accurate endeavour.
The best comparison is Glíma, or
Icelandic wrestling. It’s not flashy or
well produced like WWE. It’s not ex-
actly graceful like olympic wrestling,
especially greco-roman. It’s two peo-
ple in weird leather underwear, star-
ing into each other’s eyes and trying to
hip-check each other while simultane-
ously attempting an atomic wedgie.
We’ll be honest. Some of the win-
ners are just outright winners, but
some are a matter of debate and
controversy. Like any other coun-
try, there are cliques or special in-
terest groups. The bar most liked
by a 22-year-old noise music fanatic
might seem a little off-putting to be-
spectacled jazz enthusiast. We’re not
saying those two groups can’t over-
lap. Maybe they can. Jazz people are
good at improvising and noise music
definitely needs more fans.
The thing is this is a guide. It’s a
work in progress. It’s an attempt at
letting people know where we think
they should go. We didn’t all agree on
everything, so the Runners Up could
end up being more palatable to you
and the winners could be your third
favourite. Yikes.
If this lack of certainty is too
much for you. Imagine being the
original tourist to Iceland. A wan-
dering tax-evader from Norway who
decides to settle on a rock almost un-
inhabitable to animal life. A land that
occasionally explodes and Geysir’s
that burst scalding sulphur scented
water from the ground like a cannon
ball at Satan’s pool party. It’s the kind
of place where people would invent
Glíma. -YU
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