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Car Collided With Bus At Hverfisgata
On June 18, one person was transported to a hospital when a car collided into the side of a bus at the intersection between Hverfisgata and Klapparstígur in Reykjavík, RÚV reports. Bus number 2 was driving westwards on Hverfisgata when another car…
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The Good Shepard Charity Store Will Remain Open
Despite the future of the charity shop looking bleak, the store is set to remain open. The shop is located on Hverfisgata 94-96 and was re-opened last November. The company wanted to see whether there was a big enough market of people looking…
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Hverfisgata Renewal Runs Way Over Deadline, Businesses Suffering
While the much-touted revitalisation of Hverfisgata has run far past its announced deadline, businesses have either fled or are feeling the pinch, RÚV reports. Reykjavík City intends to meet with property owners about the matter soon. Reconstruction of Hverfisgata, between Smiðjustígur and…
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Work On Hverfisgata A Nuisance: Construction Lags While Businesses Suffer
The eastern stretch of Hverfisgata closed on May 20th and is slated to remain closed until late September while road improvements are made. The lengthy project will see the installation of new street lights, a bike path, and hot water pipes to…
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Restaurant Patron Gets Drunk, Leaves Without His Teeth
The police in Reykjavík now have a new case to get their teeth stuck into, as they search for the owner of a pair of wayward false gnashers left by a customer in a restaurant last night, reports RÚV. Last night, a…
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The Vegan Safe Haven: Kaffi Vínyl Brings The Revolution
Kaffi Vínyl is a hip and stylish café/bar/restaurant located in the gritty upper part of Hverfisgata. Although fairly new to the culinary scene in Iceland, this establishment has done wonders in the roughly year and a half since opening. It is, namely,…
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The New Hverfisgata: Reykjavík’s Second Street Reinvents Itself
Hverfisgata, the street that runs parallel to the main strip of Laugavegur, used to be considered the “Reykjavík ghetto,” but has recently been smartened up, with new shops and restaurants springing up on a regular basis. Here’s a guide to the places…
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Wonder Women: The Ambitious And Delicious Julia & Julia Café
Reykjavík’s “second street” of Hverfisgata has been undergoing a renaissance in recent times. A few years ago it was a run down area known as “the Reykjavík ghetto,” but as the tourist boom continues to gain force, the city-centre street has evolved…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Pizza
One of the most-asked questions by visitors to Iceland is: “Where do we eat?” It’s a tough question to answer, as Reykjavík has restaurants catering to many different palettes, and on top of that, it seems like they’re always rising and falling…
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Stay Classy: Where To Find Reykjavík’s Best Cocktails
Just a few years ago, drinking culture in Reykjavík was a lot more bleak than it is today. Asking for a cocktail in a regular downtown drinking hole would most probably result in a spirit and mixer, with a slice of lime…
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Two Women Attacked In Downtown Reykjavík, Appeal For Witnesses
Two women were first harassed and then assaulted in downtown Reykjavík in the early hours of Saturday 30th August. A man started accosting them in Hverfisgata, outside Bar 11, at about 4.45am, in both Icelandic and English. When his drunken advances failed,…
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Danish Ambassador Protests Trees
“The Danish Embassy cannot stand by as the parking spot in front of the embassy [on Hverfisgata] is removed and turned into two parking spots adjacent to the embassy on Smiðjustígur,” wrote Danish ambassador to Iceland, Mette Kjuel Nilsen, in a letter…