WHAT’S ON
CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2013
ON THE COVER: IT’S DARK, COLD AND DREARY…BUT AT LEAST WE’VE GOT BEER. EXPERIENCE 6-19 MUSEUM WALK
20-21
EVENT CALENDAR
22-35
REYKJAVIK CITY MAP 36-37 WHATSON.IS 40-47 ART & CULTURE
48-53
NIGHTLIFE 54-55 SHOPPING & STYLE 56-59 FOOD & DRINK
60-63
PRACTICAL INFO
64-66
November is usually a month we don’t like much in Iceland. It’s still pretty far until Christmas, so you can’t really allow yourself to get psyched about that yet, while at the same time it’s getting all dark and cold and you can most likely count on a blizzard or two as well. In between you can expect rain or storms and stuff. The sun is awkwardly low in the sky, so it’s in your eyes at all times, but nonetheless it provides no heat at all. It’s truly a bleak month all in all. But we have stuff to look forward to nonetheless. Pretty awesome stuff actually, so don’t let me bring you down! This particular month sees Iceland Airwaves during its first weekend. That’s a super awesome music festival that we at What’s On are very excited about. If you’re reading this late in the month and missed Airwaves, trust me, it was great! Another major event of the month is the release of Christmas beer. That’s becoming a bigger and bigger tradition each year, with the ever so lovely Tuborg Julebryg leading the pack, coming out on the first Friday of November each year. You can read all about the lovely brew on pages 38-39 Lastly – this November is the first chance we’ve got to tell you guys about our brand new website! We just opened up our whatson.is and we’re super proud of it. There you can read all our magazines and get further information on almost everything we publish in this magazine. I truly hope you like it and if you don’t – let us know! We’d love the feedback. Enjoy your stay in Iceland!
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Volume 31 – Issue 11. Published by MD Reykjavik ehf. Skógarhlíð 22, 105 Reykjavik. Tel.: 899-2255. E-mail: whatson@whatson.is
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Editor: Hjörtur Atli Guðmunds. Geirdal, hjortur@whatson.is, Tel.:847-4153. Layout & design: Stefán Birgir Stefáns, sbs@sbs.is Journalist: Hekla Elísabet Aðalsteinsdóttir, hekla.elisabet@mydestination.com Cover Photo: Courtesy of Mountaineers of Iceland Printing House: Ásprent-Stíll ehf. Akureyri WHAT‘S ON IN REYKJAVIK is published monthly covering events and happenings in and around Reykjavik. Opinions expressed in WHAT‘S ON IN Reykjavik are those of the individual authors. While every effort has been made to ensure the information presented is accurate, prices, times, dates and other information may be subject to change.