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Business hours
These are the standard opening hours:
Banks 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
Cafe-bars 10am to 1am Sunday to Thursday and 10am to between 3am and 6am Friday and Saturday.
Cafes 10am to 6pm.
Offices 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Off-licences (liquor stores) Variable; many outside Reykjavík only open for a couple of hours per day.
Petrol stations 8am to 11pm.
Post offices 8.30am or 9am to 4.30pm or 5pm Monday to Friday.
Restaurants 11.30am to 2.30pm and 6pm to 10pm.
Shops 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 10am to noon or 4pm Saturday.
Supermarkets 10am to 11pm.
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