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  • Reykjavík Mayor Defends City’s Rainbow Street on Twitter

    Reykjavík Mayor Defends City’s Rainbow Street on Twitter

    Mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson took to Twitter on June 29 to respond to Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson’s tweets against pride season and Reykjavík’s iconic rainbow street downtown. Earlier this week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted a selfie from the famous rainbow…

  • The Rocky Foundation of Law and Order

    The Rocky Foundation of Law and Order

    Travel doesn’t have to entail hitting the road, hopping on a plane or lacing up your hiking boots to trek into remote destinations. There’s something to be said for the staycation, or travelling in time by getting to know the places you…

  • Annual Meat Soup Day Will Be Held October 23rd

    Annual Meat Soup Day Will Be Held October 23rd

    The annual Meat Soup Day will be celebrated this Saturday on Skólavörðustígur, reports Morgunblaðið. Different types of meat soup will be served to the guests by restaurant and shop owners from 13:00 onwards. [su_pullquote]Hello dear readers: If you love our YouTube content,…

  • Skólavörðustígur To Become Giant Waterslide

    Skólavörðustígur To Become Giant Waterslide

    The downtown street of Skólavörðustígur will have its continuous slope put to better use this July, when it is temporarily converted to a 200m waterslide. DV reports that students from the University of Reykjavík received the green light from City Council for…

  • Reykjavík Blues Festival Street Party

    Reykjavík Blues Festival Street Party

    This year The Reykjavík Blues Festival celebrates the 100th Birthdays of Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters. The festival starts with a street party for the festival’s ”Blues Day”–playing blues to the folks just bumming around Skólavörðustígur. This year’s headliners are legendary: Bob…

  • QUIT BEING SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE ALREADY, YOU GODDAMN COCK!

    Ah. It was a wonderful Menningarnótt. It could have been any night, but it was Menningarnótt. Fresh from seeing Ólafur Elíasson reveal his grand light-show façade thing down by Harpa and also fresh from drinking several gallons of beer, I decided to…