Reykjavík Grapevine - nov. 2021, Side 15

Dance, jive & have the time of your life
Eydís Blöndal
Eydís Blöndal has been revered
as one of the freshest voices in
Icelandic poetry since her first
book of poems "Tvist og bast" came
out in 2017. Her newest work, "Ég
brotna 100% ni!ur", was released
on September 8th. It’s available for
purchase at Forlagi! Bókabú!.
Rise and relax
My perfect day starts with an early
rise, around 6:30, with a reverential
amount of minutes scrolling through
social media. I drink my co$ee on the
balcony overlooking Laugardalur
with my partner—preferably before
our daughter rises so we can have a
moment of stillness together. A%er
our morning routine I walk my daugh-
ter to kindergarten and we stop way
too o%en to look at trees and kittens.
Singing on the street
I then have to pace to the gym to
catch a hot yoga class to really get
me going. My preferred way of com-
muting is with Hopp, listening to
music and singing along. I started
singing when riding a bike or Hopp as
a way of fighting o$ my social anxi-
ety and justification of using the car
more than necessary (where you can
sing all you want), but I'm afraid my
little experiment may have gone too
far. Who cares?
A slow afternoon
My next stop: Sundhöllin, where I lie
around aimlessly in the pools and the
sauna until my hunger and dehydra-
tion make me dizzy. With wet, tangled
hair I go straight to my pit stop for
early lunch downtown: Emilie and the
Cool Kids. I get a vegan bagel and cof-
fee (and baked goods!) and usually
sit around for an hour or so reading
or writing. Since money wouldn't be
an issue I would walk around post-
late-lunch and buy some books that
have been hanging around on my
wish-list.
A dancefloor is a damn good time
On Laugavegur you usually run into
some friends, and that would of
course happen on my perfect day.
A%er grabbing a cup of co$ee and
catching up we would stroll around
Hljómskálagar"urinn and maybe
even visit a museum or the library,
depending on where the wind blows
us. Then we would hit up some more
of our friends and lay down our plan
for the night. The night usually starts
at Hlemmur Mathöll with dinner and a
drink, and ends on the dance floor at
Röntgen a%er a couple of cocktails.
Perfect Day
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Post Office
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Pharmacies
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Opening Hours - Bars & Clubs
Bars can stay open until 1:00 on week-
days and weekends until 4:30.
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Most shops: Mon–Fri 10–18, Sat 10–16,
Sun closed. Banks: Mon-Fri 09-16
Swimming Pools
Sundhöllin, the downtown pool at
Barónsstígur, is an outdoor swimming
pool with hot tubs and a diving board.
More pools: gpv.is/swim
Open: Mon-Thu from 06:30–22.
Sat from 08–16. Sun from 10–18.
Public Toilets
Public toilets in the centre can be found
inside the green-poster covered towers
located at Hlemmur, Ingólfstorg, by
Hallgrímskirkja, by Reykjavík Art Mu-
seum, Lækjargata and by Eymundsson
on Skólavör!ustígur. Toilets can also be
found inside the Reykjavík City Hall and
the Reykjavík Library.
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Fare: 490 ISK adults, 245 ISK children.
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Words: Desirai Thompson
Photo: Júlíanna Ósk Hafberg
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