Other entertainment in Reykjavík
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Café Haiti
If you’re a coffee fan, this tiny cafe near the harbour is the place for you. Owner Elda buys her beans from her home country of Haiti, and roasts and grinds them on-site, producing what regulars swear are the best cups of coffee in the country.
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Barbara
Barbara is a gay bar/club in theory, although in practice it attracts everyone in town who likes wild dancing.
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Gullfoss Lounge Bar
A lustrous bar-restaurant attached to the Radisson SAS 1919 Hotel, Gullfoss is gloriously upmarket. It’s all clean Scandinavian lines, low luxurious seats and soft purple-toned lighting. It’s not a place to get falling-over drunk in, but one for early-evening cocktails or a glass or two of good wine.
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Karamba
Quiet during the day, colourful Karamba becomes a lively drinking spot at night. Newly opened in 2009, the bar has become an instant hit for its eclectic DJ sets and frequent (and often impromptu) live band performances. There’s sometimes a cover charge if better-known musicians are playing.
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Sódóma
Just opened in 2009, Sódóma (named after a fictional bar from a famous Icelandic film) is a central venue rising from the ashes of former stalwart Gaukur á Stöng. It acts as a rougher rock bar, and its size gives it prominence as one of the city’s main live-music venues.
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Batteríið
For a few years now, this place on the wrong side of Lækjargata has been one of Reykjavík’s main live-music venues. When you know it holds just 300 people, you understand how cute and teeny the city’s bar scene really is… Escape the crush in the fairy-lighted courtyard.
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Boston
Boston is cool, arty – and easily missable. It’s accessed through a doorway on Laugavegur that leads you upstairs to its laid-back lounge, decorated in cool black wallpaper grown over with silver leaves. Live music and DJs.
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Jacobsen
Drum & bass and jungle are still going strong in Iceland. Breakbeat, the country’s oldest club night, has recently transferred itself to this cellar bar. There are also regular bands, attracting a young, studenty crowd.
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