Iceland

BimboBob said:
Yup.

12 Tonar for all your record needs. Islenski Barinn for delicious food including fermented shark. Also on the menu is reindeer, whale and guillemot. The shark is disgusting but worth doing. Guillemot is rather nice. Cathedral is good. Loads of shops on the walk up to it. Lift up to the top of the tower to see the view. Great Viking Museum near the old parliament square. A penis museum. An Icelandic punk museum. Plus loads of other places to eat and drink. All bars do a happy hour.

As far as tours go...Golden Circle tour is good. You see the geysers, a huge waterfall at Gullfoss plus you get to see where the 2 tectonic plates are separating at Thingvellir which is also full of Viking history. Northern lights tour takes you to a golf course in the dark where they give you hot chocolate for a few hours and then bring you back. Pot luck if you see it but your ticket is valid for a rerun on the next night if you don't catch a glimpse.

I doubt the Blue Lagoon is open.

It's cold. But thermals and a few layers/ coat should sort you out.
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It sounded completely shit until the highlighted part.
 
The First Earl said:
Just booked a few days in Reykjavik. Anyone been before and have recommendations?
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We loved it. The only downside is that nothing is cheap. Pubs and bars have happy hours but offers are normally only on beers and wine. Beware of the price of spirits which seem to be high everywhere at all the time. Never saw anywhere that discounted food at any time. Supermarket prices aren’t bad but you cannot purchase alcohol in a supermarket - you have to find a liquor store which are few and far between and close very early - around 6pm. In Reykjavík there is one at the far end of the main drag - Laugavegur - near to The Posthaus food hall. If you like a drink then you can purchase spirits in the duty free shop in your UK airport and take them to Iceland. This is the cheapest way of drinking. It means that you will probably be drinking it in your hotel room / apartment rather than in the pub in the company of others but it will save you a small fortune.
Off to bed now - will post some more info tomoz about what you can do whilst you’re there.
 
mr t said:
We loved it. The only downside is that nothing is cheap. Pubs and bars have happy hours but offers are normally only on beers and wine. Beware of the price of spirits which seem to be high everywhere at all the time. Never saw anywhere that discounted food at any time. Supermarket prices aren’t bad but you cannot purchase alcohol in a supermarket - you have to find a liquor store which are few and far between and close very early - around 6pm. In Reykjavík there is one at the far end of the main drag - Laugavegur - near to The Posthaus food hall. If you like a drink then you can purchase spirits in the duty free shop in your UK airport and take them to Iceland. This is the cheapest way of drinking. It means that you will probably be drinking it in your hotel room / apartment rather than in the pub in the company of others but it will save you a small fortune.
Off to bed now - will post some more info tomoz about what you can do whilst you’re there.
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Or just have a couple in a pub at happy hour if you want, few drinks with meals and enjoy your break...Iceland is not the place to go for a piss up.
 
Barcon said:
It sounded completely shit until the highlighted part.
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One of the best places I've been to. It was cold but the food was excellent, some great record shops, had a lovely hotel right on parliament square, the history is amazing and once you get out and about it's a beautiful country. Best seen if you hire your own car but nearly as good on a coach tour. Top tip if you hire a car. Don't go off piste. Stick to the roads.

Think Montana/ Yellowstone/ Jackson Hole but with people who speak English very well.
 
Two funny things regarding Iceland but sadly of no help to the op.
I remember watching a Bjork interview once and she said she was confused then annoyed that when she came to the UK there was a supermarket using the name of her country.

Once in Shenanigans bar in Tenerife I was watching the act which was on called Loony Tunes. It comprised of a guitarist and singer, a Geordie called Dave Dean and an organist and singer from Manchester called Freddie Kaye. Great act, if you know you know. Freddie was a bit of a comedian and used to ask where people were from, then take the piss out of them. One large drunken bloke was shouting at Freddie and it turned out he was from Iceland. Freddie was ripping him a new one when the bloke kept shouting they'd won the war, beating the UK. He was baffled as to what war the bloke was on about for a bit. It turned out he meant the cod war, a big diplomatic fishing incident years ago. The poor bloke got slaughtered, "Ohhh dead hard, you won a fishing contest!" etcetera, it was as funny as fuck. The bloke, not having seen Freddie before, became enraged at his piss taking and was about to go on stage and attack him until a few of us who knew him stepped in and he left.
I guess not being so used to cheap booze he got slaughtered very quickly in Tenerife.
 
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