Icelandic Times - Issue 43

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uests at Halldór’s Café are greeted by the scent of steaming soup and freshly baked bread as they walk through the door. Across from Vík’s shoreline, with its black sand beaches, Halldór’s Café emphasises the use of only quality ingredients from the locality in their cooking. Whether be it a freshly caught salmon you crave, steaks from grass-fed cattle or free range lamb served with the accompaniment of locally grown greens— you can be sure that Halldór’s Café will deliver. They also offer a variety of lighter meals such as soup of the day and light

salads, and those with a bit of a sweet- greeting old friends or new acquaintances. tooth will not be disappoined, as the The café is open all year round. Summer menu includes home-baked cakes and opening hours are from 11:00am to 10:00 or 11:00pm, and winter openings are from home-made ice cream from a local farm. Originally, Halldór’s Café was the 11:00am to 9:00pm. When travelling in general store, built in 1831 to meet all of the area around the beautiful Vík, be sure to the needs of Vík. Today, it continues to stop at this charming café and get greeted satisfy patrons with its menu, which has with a welcoming smile and a seductive something for every taste, using local menu. -JB produce, where possible. Halldórskaffi Halldór’s Café supports artists with a Víkurbraut 28 • 870 Vík rotating display of local talent featured +354 847 8844 halldorskaffi@gmail.com on its walls, and serves up steaming cups www.halldorskaffi.is of coffee and cake, ideal for meeting and

HJARÐARBÓL GUESTHOUSE is located 46km outside of Reykjavík, close to all the hot springs in Hveragerði. A family run guesthouse where barns & haytowers have been converted to a guesthouse.

THE HELLISHEIÐI PLANT is 20 minutes away from Reykjavík that has a modern exhibition of how to harness geothermal energy with multimedia shows in English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese & Japanese.

Hjarðarból, 861 Ölfus +354 567 0045 info@hjardarbol.is hjardarbol.is/

Hellisheiðarvirkjun, 801 Selfoss +354 591 2880 exhibition@on.is www.geothermalexhibition.com/

ICELAND 4X4 CAR RENTAL specialises in four wheel drive vehicles in all sizes intended for safe, legal and comfortable travels around Iceland and off the beaten path.

GT TRAVEL - Guðmundur Tyrfingsson is a coach company. They have buses & coaches in all sizes, including the newest ones in Iceland. They also arrange private, Northern lights & group tours.

Vesturbraut 10, 230 Keflavík +354 535 6060 info@rent4x4.is www.iceland4x4carrental.com/

Fossnes C, 800 Selfoss +354 482 1210 & +354 568 1410 gt@gttravel.is www.gttravel.is


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Refreshing Vík

2min
pages 99-100

A Little Bit of Icelandic Paradise

4min
pages 96-97

The House that Disappeared

2min
page 98

A Taste of Iceland’s Wild & Sweet

2min
page 95

Stracta Hotel Hella

2min
page 94

Kirkjubæjarklaustur’s Best Kept Secret

4min
pages 92-93

Vestrahorn. A Beautiful Slice of Iceland

2min
pages 88-89

On Top of the world – Glacier Jeeps

3min
pages 90-91

Clifftop Bathing

1min
pages 80-81

EAST ICELAND

2min
pages 86-87

Soak in the Amazing Scenery

8min
pages 82-85

Akureyri Heart of the North

2min
pages 78-79

Langjokull

7min
pages 72-75

WESTFJORDS

2min
pages 76-77

REYKJANES

4min
pages 68-69

Fur Store and workshop

3min
pages 62-63

Krauma Geothermal Baths

2min
pages 70-71

Dine at Elegant Bambus Chinese Restaurant

5min
pages 64-65

Sóley Organics

4min
pages 66-67

Anna Maria Design

1min
page 61

Urta Islandica

2min
page 59

Lysi

2min
page 60

Radisson Blu Saga Hotel

1min
page 58

Special Tours

1min
pages 56-57

The Joyful Wonderland

1min
page 55

Reykjavík Excursions

2min
page 52

Nepalese cuisine comes to Reykjavík

1min
page 53

A Taste of Thai

1min
pages 50-51

An Authentic Seafood Experience

2min
pages 46-47

Isortoq

2min
pages 48-49

The All-Icelandic Wool Shop

2min
page 43

The World’s Most Exclusive Watchmaker

2min
page 42

The Quiet Elegance of Hotel Holt

3min
pages 40-41

We Specialise In Your Adventure

1min
pages 44-45

Leather Designer

1min
page 39

Yeah Man, The Dude Abides

3min
pages 34-35

The Fine Art of Knifemaking

2min
page 38

64° Reykjavík Distillery: Quality Crafted Spirits

1min
pages 36-37

The Icelandic Phallological Museum

1min
page 29

Solón Bistro

2min
page 33

Catch the Aurora Borealis All Year Round

2min
page 32

Master of Colour

1min
pages 30-31

Hafnarhúsid Museum

1min
page 28

Ásmundasalur Museum

2min
pages 26-27

Kjarvalstaðir Museum

3min
pages 24-25

Reykjavík City Museum

3min
pages 22-23

On Power: Hot in Iceland

2min
pages 16-17

Kerry's Arctic Prize and rousing speech

4min
page 11

Keflavik Duty Free

2min
pages 20-21

The Icelandic geothermal model is changing China

9min
pages 12-15

Iceland First European nation to sign

3min
pages 18-19

Iceland's key to success

2min
page 10

Innovation is key to Arctic progress

3min
page 9
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