Hour of the Wolf
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Hour Of The Wolf: The Doctrine Of The Busboy
Starting as Prikið’s nighttime busboy was nineteen year old Tómas Óli Magnússon’s first foray into the world of night shifts. A menntaskóli student by day, the word that comes to mind upon meeting the teenager is Zen. Soft-spoken, thoughtful and introspective—he’s probably…
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After Party At Mandi: The Fun Doesn’t Stop After Last Call
It’s 4:30 AM on a weekend night and you’re beyond wasted. The doors to your favourite bar are closing but you’re not ready to go home yet, let alone on an empty stomach. Don’t fret: Hlal Jarah, owner of the local favourite…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Spanning The Scale Of Human Emotion
Frímann Andrésson wears many hats. He’s a family man, and occasionally volunteers for the rescue service, locating lost tourists. But most of the time, you’ll find him running services for his undertaker business, consoling grieving relatives and sending off the dead respectfully.…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Haunted Nights At Landspítali
Hailing all the way from the Philippines, Ma Janice Ymbong Silao has been in Iceland for seven years now. As a nurse working night shifts in the intensive care unit, she’s seen quite a bit. Working the graveyard shift in a hospital…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Musical Hot Dogs
Life is pretty simple for Skúli Þórðarsson, otherwise known by his musician name, Skúli Mennski (“mennski” just means “human”). Working at the legendary hot dog stand Bæjarins Beztu for a decade now, Skúli manages to keep things simple between work, family life…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Game Designer By Day, Bouncer By Night
“I’m a bouncer, I throw people out and maintain order,” says Tumi Sveinn Snorrason. Working late nights at Prikið, Tumi has seen his fair share of rowdy drunks. For him, the best part of the job is not actually being on the…
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The Magic Of The Night Shift: Anecdotes From A Sandholt Baker
As the town falls asleep, the streets fill up with the alluring smell of freshly baked pastries and bread. This is when Ruji Leal, who moved from southern Portugal to Iceland six months ago, starts work at the prestigious bakery Sandholt. He…
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Hour Of The Wolf: A DJ Laying Asphalt
“Working in the night is not only working with a different routine—it’s like working a whole different economy altogether,” says DJ Danni Deluxe. Danni has been a big name in the Icelandic DJ scene for years, and is also well known for…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Cheeseburgers Got Nothing On A Fifteen-Topping Pizza
Joaquim Monera Carretey is preparing for his night shift at champion pizza joint Eldsmiðjan. I don’t know what I had imagined when it comes to late night shifts at a pizzeria. Considering that Iceland’s outpost of the universal drunk food favourite McDonald’s…
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Hour Of The Wolf: The Dandiest Stakhanovite Of Reykjavík Nightlife
If multitasking were a sport, night owl Ólafur Sverrir Traustason would be the undisputed champion. There are few people who can juggle four jobs and still maintain a state of almost constant calmness like this fashionable 27-year-old perennially clad in polished, sharp…
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Hour of the Wolf: Training With Reykjavík’s Firefighters
There isn’t much mystery around the job of a firefighter, nor is there room for fuss or frippery. A constant step away from the ugly side of life, they live on the edge, ready for action. They breathe life and death, daily.…
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Hour of the Wolf: Working The Crowd With Troubadour Ellert
Troubadour Ellert Sigþór Breiðfjörð Sigurðarson knows how to work a crowd. When asked any question about getting a bar pumpin’ or bringing the mood to a different place, he has the playlist ready. “Say if the crowd isn’t responsive, then I go…
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Hour Of The Wolf: Late Nights At 10/11
Working nights as a security guard at 10-11 isn’t for the faint of heart. Iceland’s 24-hour grocery chain sees all sorts of debauchery and turpitude once the clock hits midnight, from drunks slurping slushies by the shampoo shelf to drug dealers pedaling…
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Hour Of The Wolf: A Toy Story
Once you notice one, you start seeing them everywhere. Toys stuck to signposts, window ledges and rooftops, throughout the downtown area, always just out of arm’s reach. Dótadreifarinn, or “the toy spreader,” is Reykjavík’s answer to Banksy, or the Easter Bunny with…
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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]…