Best Of Reykjavík
The Reykjavík Grapevine’s “Best of Reykjavík” sister magazine gives out a set of awards each year to the very best restaurants, bars, shops, museums, music venues and more.
It’s the essential guide to the city, for locals and visitors alike.
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Best Of Reykjavík Drinking 2021: Best Place For Cocktails
The pandemic restrictions certainly shook up the Reykjavík bar scene in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that our favourite drinking institutions didn’t do everything they could to create a safe environment to assuage their COVID-19 anxiety. In fact, the past year saw…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Lunch Place
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Food-On-The-Go
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Seafood
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Value For Money
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Goddamn Restaurant
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Vegan Meal
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Sushi
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Thai
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Bakery
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Coffee House
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Traditional Icelandic Food
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Chinese
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Pizza
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Vegan Burger
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Burger
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2021: Best Place For A Fancy Meal
While the pandemic shows no sign of abating, Iceland’s food and beverage industry seems to be surging ahead on a combination of hope, optimism and high spirits despite the many challenges posed by COVID. In a year full of uncertainties, restaurants old…
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Conscious Consumption: Locally-Made Products To Satiate All Your Desires
With the latest reports on climate change painting a grim picture, it’s past time to take action. One of the best ways an individual can take a stand is by being a conscious consumer. While it is obviously impossible for everything you…
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Perfect Day: Dr. Bryony Mathew
Dr. Bryony Mathew is the U.K.’s newest (and first female!) Ambassador to Iceland. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from University College, London and has served under Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service since 2005. Having just arrived in Reykjavík a few weeks ago,…
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Cheer Up, Dear: The Grapevine’s Guide To A Happy Reykjavík Day
“It can’t rain all the time,” Eric Draven famously said. However, in a town with weather like Reykjavík, it can definitely feel like it does. Listen—we all have bad days, so take a page out of the Grapevine’s book and fight away…
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Reykjavík’s Queer-Owned Businesses: Time For Your Wallet To Come Out!
How can you best support queers? With your money, obviously. To be honest, there were WAY too many queer-owned spots to choose from in Reykjavík, so here’s a selection of our favourites. Café Babalú Skólavörðustígur 22 Many a Grapevine interview has been…
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A Life Well Lived: Inside Professor Torfi Tulinius’ Perfect Day
Torfi Tulinius is a professor of Icelandic Medieval Studies at the University of Iceland. He completed his PhD at the Sorbonne in 1992 and has written extensively on the Icelandic family sagas, with an emphasis on genre and form. We muse with…
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Dopamine Systems Activated: Alda Karen Hjaltalín’s Perfect Day
Alda Karen Hjaltalín is a writer and speaker who you might know for her celebrated Life Masterclass series and her best selling book ‘Lífsbiblían’. Here’s her perfect day! Note: It’s my Perfect Day, and so I have in my possession a space…