Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.08.2018, 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 actu-
ally pretty big, as you’ve maybe dis-
covered in planning a trip around this
island, with its roads winding around
fjords, through all-but-impassable
mountain passes, along the edge of
rocky cliffs, to far-flung fishing villag-
es, hidden hot pots, and barren beach-
es. And with every 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
Best of Iceland special issue, we at
The Reykjavík Grapevine convened
panels of experts—artists and musi-
cians, tourism and hospitality work-
ers—ready to opine on the natural and
man-made highlights of Iceland’s four
regions. The panellists made impas-
sioned and often surprising cases for
their favourite spots; we debated, we
bargained; we weighed options care-
fully, we followed our hearts; we con-
sulted a local völva, or seeress; we put a
GPS tracker on a raven and monitored
its flight. Much of that last sentence is
true.
Now, voyager, sail thou forth, to
seek and find. MA
THE AWARDS

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