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Man Stabbed In Downtown Reykjavík Over The Weekend
Friday night, a man endured a stab wound to the abdomen after another man attacked him outside the restaurant Fjallkona in the city center. The victim was transported to Landspítali hospital in critical condition. A suspect was arrested the following morning and…
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Nonnabiti Closes After 27 Years – A Shock To Reykjavík’s Nighthawks
Nonnabiti, the legendary downtown sub shop, ceases operations after 27 years of catering to locals and tourists alike. The budget-friendly restaurant was especially popular among nighthawks due to its long opening hours. In a status update on Facebook, the owners of Nonnabiti…
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Downtown Reykjavik Streets Pedestrian-And-Bicycle Only From Now Until October
For the eighth year running, several downtown streets will, in whole or in part, be closed to car traffic through the summer. In an announcement from the City of Reykjavík, city council details that the following streets will be open solely for…
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Downtown Reykjavik Closed To Car Traffic For Advent
As has been the case in holidays past, downtown Reykjavík will be closed to car traffic through Advent, in the hopes of boosting shopping. RÚV reports that the streets closed to car traffic from December 13 until Christmas Eve are the same…
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New In Town: Salt Restaurant & Iðnó
New in town: where we check out the latest arrivals in Reykjavík drinking, dining and culture. This time, it’s a freshly opened harbourside restaurant Salt and regenerated concert hall Iðnó. Salt Geirsgata 3 Salt is a new eatery in the jolly blue…
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The Weekend Edit: 4 Things To Do In Reykjavík This Weekend
If you are tired of waking up early and toddle off to work without a proper breakfast after having hit the snooze button one too many times, don’t despair: the weekend has just begun! Make sure you don’t let it go to…
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Two Men Suspected Of Assaulting A Five Year Old
Two men in their twenties are currently in police custody, suspected of assaulting a five year oldn’ yesterday, reports Vísir. The boy and his mother were driving on Laugavegur when two intoxicated men approached their car. One of the men swung open…
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Reykjavík Music City: Protecting The Local Music Scene
Sadly, two more music venues in downtown Reykjavík have had to close down recently. The long-established and popular blues bar Rosenberg on Klapparstígur, with its 20th century jazz feel and wooden panels on the walls, has closed its doors for the last…
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Highest Earning Icelandic Airbnber Made 236 Million ISK
According to figures from the newly launched tourism fact database Mælaborði ferðaþjónustunnar, the individual who made the most from renting out apartments through Airbnb profited 236 million ISK over the past 12 months. During the period five individuals made over 100 million…
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Tourist Busses Banned From Reykjavík City Centre
From the beginning of June, tourist busses with a capacity above eight passengers and jeeps specifically kitted out for off road driving will be banned from a large area of the city centre and the old part of Vesturbærinn. Two years ago,…
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Downtown Reykjavík To Increase And Update Security Cameras
Reykjavík City Council voted in favour of putting 4 million ISK towards buying new security cameras for downtown Reykjavík and other areas. Vísir reports that the measure passed last Thursday and would, if implemented, put some 30 security cameras all around downtown…
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Reykjavík Will Close Some Streets To Car Traffic For The Holidays
In order to make downtown Reykjavík a more pleasant experience this holiday season, the city will be closing parts of the city centre to car traffic. The City of Reykjavík announced that these closings will be instituted every weekend this month, from…
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For & Against: A Limit On Downtown Hotels
FOR: Recently, Reykjavík mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson said that city council was looking into the idea of putting a cap on just how many hotels can be built downtown. No one was happier than I was to read this, but not without…
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3 Minutes: The Longest You Will Ever Walk From A Parking Garage To Laugavegur
It has been mathematically proven that car drivers would have little to worry about if Laugavegur were closed year-round. Kjarninn reports that PR specialist Björn Teitsson and architect Andri Gunnar Lyngberg calculated just how long it would take to walk from any…
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It’s Official: Laugavegur To Be Closed For Four Months
Reykjavík City Hall has reached a compromise, and downtown’s main drag will now be (virutally) car-free for four months. RÚV reports that after fierce opposition from opposition parties to the majority’s initial plan to close Laugavegur for five months, City Hall passed…
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VIDEO: The Essence Of Icelandic Christmas
Like most decent Reykjavikings, Grapevine’s friend Kormákur Arthursson hung out in 101 Reykjavík on December 23rd. His trusty smartphone in hand, the rascal managed to catch the essence of what being an (non-empoverished-diseased-or-otherwise-troubled) Icelander at that particular time of year. Seeing this,…
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Holiday Opening Hours
If you are a tourist stranded in Iceland over the holiday season, you may find yourself hard pressed to come up with activities to engage in, as the country practically shuts down in late December (admittedly, this has been changing along with…
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Most Consider Themselves Unsafe Downtown
Over half of those who responded to a poll done for the police said they feel unsafe downtown after dark or after midnight on weekends. MBL reports that, according to a poll conducted by the Social Sciences Department of the University of…