Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.05.2018, Blaðsíða 8

The Reykjavík Grapevine
Best of Iceland 2018
8
Complimentary
Wi-Fi
at selected N1
service stations
www.n1.is/en facebook.com/enneinn
Tank up at N1
on your way
round Iceland
With 95 locations around Iceland, N1 is
always nearby. Find your nearest location
and plan your trip at www.n1.is/en.
Iceland’s No. 1 Stop
COFFEE
& DONUT
Treat yourself!
burger
& fries
Classic comfort food
Meat soup
Traditional Icelandic meal
Buy prepaid
fuel cards
and fill up on
the go!
You'll find these stickers of
recommendation, which we’ve
handed out to this year’s win-
ners, on your way around the
country. They indicate your best
option, whatever you're looking
for in the far-flung corners of Ice-
land. We at the Grapevine know
what's best!
THE GUIDE-GUIDE
How We
Picked the
Winners
Look Out
For These
Stickers
For a small country, Iceland is actual-
ly pretty big. Maybe you’ve discovered
as much whilst planning a trip around
this island, with its precipitous fjords,
all-but-impassable mountain passes,
tracks along the edge of rocky cliffs,
far-flung fishing villages, hidden hot
pots, and barren beaches. And with ev-
ery small blue or yellow sign you drive
past—in a language you can’t read,
signaling a place you’ve never heard
of, accessible via a muddy and rutted
rural track—the question naturally
arises: What did I just miss?
Well, we’re glad you asked. For our
second Best of Iceland 2018 special is-
sue, we convened panels of experts—
constant travellers, artists, musicians,
locals, tourism and hospitality work-
ers—all ready to opine on the natural
and man-made highlights of Iceland’s
four main regions. (If there were con-
flicts of interest, that panellist sat it
out.) The panellists made impassioned
cases for their favourite spots. We de-
bated, we bargained; we followed our
hearts; we consulted a local völva, or
seeress; we put a GPS tracker on a ra-
ven and monitored its flight. Much of
that last sentence is true.
Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to
seek and find. MA
THE AWARDS