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  • Hour Of The Wolf: Daníel Hlynur Michaelsson’s Precision For Taste

    Hour Of The Wolf: Daníel Hlynur Michaelsson’s Precision For Taste

    Chatting with Daníel Hlynur Michaelsson—the manager extraordinaire of local bohème-haunt Bar Ananas—feels more like chatting to a yoga guru. With a demeanor so sunny, relaxed, and positive, he seems more fitted to Burning Man than downtown Reykjavík. “There’s something about [working nights]…

  • Icelandic Bar Life

    Icelandic Bar Life

    Sigríður “Sigga” Guðlaugsdóttir’s induction into the world of running bars began by chance. She was working part-time at a bar in Boston while she was studying film in the ‘80s when the owners suddenly fired the managers and asked her to take…