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1] Go to Smárabío at the Smáralind mall and go for Luxus Bío, where you get a beer and a leather recliner chair with your ticket. 2] Find a nice cat to sit on your lap.
3] Rent Mizayaki’s Spirited Away and leave this world for a few hours. 4] Clean your toes. 5] Grab an armful of magazines at Mál og menning bookstore. 6] Call a friend
who is someplace warmer. 7] Slip into something more comfortable. 8] Grab a bagel and lox at the cozy Grái kötturinn on Hverfisgata. 9] Put on your all-weather black
rubber boots. 10] Go to one of Reykjavík’s pools, busy rain or shine. 11] Fill the room with candles. 12] Whip up some plokkfiskur, Iceland’s ultimate comfort food.
13] Go for an afternoon hot chocolate and waffle at Mokka, Reykjavík’s oldest cafe. 14] Walk around town listening to the new Blue Lagoon soundtrack, put together
by Icelandic DJ Margeir. 12] Go to the National Museum and spend the day thinking about what it would have been like to spend a rainy day in a turf-roofed house.
16] Go river rafting. Why not? You’re already wet. 17] Head north. It’s always sunny somewhere. 18] Create.
PIECES OF ICELAND:
18 Ways to Ward Off the Rainy Day Blues in Iceland
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