Most of Reykjavík’s bars don’t have extensive cocktail menus. If you would have asked us where to get a good cocktail a decade ago, we’re not sure where we would have sent you, but we probably would have recommended somewhere making mojitos (which were synonymous with cocktails for a while there). Today, if you go to the right place, your bartender won’t look at you with a blank face when you ask for a ‘White Lady,’ and some places, like Slippbarinn, even offer innovative drinks beyond the classics. So take advantage of their happy hour (16:00—18:00) and try their popular “Winter Sour.”

2013: Borg, Hotel Borg
2012: Kolabrautin

Photo by Juli Vol