Reykjavík Grapevine - maj 2022, Side 15

Erlendur Thor Magnusson
Erlendur Thor Magnusson is an Ice-
landic photographer with a 20-year-
long obsession with surfing in any
weather conditions. He humbly men-
tions that he has also “dabbled” in
filmmaking. He is featured in one
of Redbull’s ‘Chasing The Shot’ epi-
sodes, and numerous other short
documentaries. Elli is currently very
excited about a personal photog-
raphy project of his, which involves
plastic from the Icelandic fishing in-
dustry that o!en washes up onto the
shores. Here’s how he would spend
his perfect day.
Morning surf, obviously
My perfect morning in Reykjavik
would be to wake up and make a
cup of co!ee—I like the Aeropress
espresso—and to check the weather
and wave forecast to see that every-
thing looks good for a morning surf.
I would then go surfing with my wife
for a couple of hours. If I could pick
the surfing conditions myself, I would
have head-high waves, light winds,
sunny skies, and for us to be the only
ones there. We would then drive back
to Reykjavík for a nice lunch and a
co!ee at The Coocoo's Nest. We usu-
ally don’t eat breakfast, but ironically
enough, their breakfast burritos are
our favourites.
Work? No thanks, another swim
please
On a normal day I would go to my of-
fice and do some work, but since I’m
imagining my dream day, we would
just head over to Lágafellslaugin
Mosfellsbær to enjoy a combination
of hot tub, sauna and cold tub.
Foodie’s dinner crawl
For dinner we would then walk
around downtown Reykjavík and
grab small things here and there. For
example, tacos at La Poblana—we
recommend the campechano or car-
nitas—then maybe some beef baozi
dumplings at Dragon Dim Sum, and
wings at Brewdog.
Beer with friends
At this point, I would go and meet
some friends for beers at Kaffi
Laugarlækur and hang out, so I could
have a short walk home a"erwards.
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