And cool places to eat...

 • Vox, Hotel Nordica - Based at the Hilton Nordica, Vox showcases “New Nordic Cuisine”, placing the emphasis on Icelandic and Scandinavian ingredients for its contemporary menu. www.vox.is

• Orange - Reykjavik’s newest and quirkiest restaurant, offers an experimental fine dining experience, combining the freshest Icelandic ingredients with liquid nitrogen, helium! The funky décor, unusually named dishes and bizarre-looking cocktails are the creation of Þórarinn Eggertsson, former 2005 Icelandic Chef of the Year and his assistants in the ‘Orange Lab’ www.orange.is

• The Fish Market - One of Reykjavik’s most popular restaurants and coolest hangouts, dishes are prepared using local ingredients and cooked in 3 different areas of the restaurant: in the main kitchen, on the raw bar and on the robata grill – the restaurant’s trademark.

Click here for a gastronomic guide to Iceland...

What else?...

 • 12 Tonar music shop – a very chilled out music store/gig venue/record label/Icelandic institution!

• Reykjavik Grapevine (www.grapevine.is) is a fantastic English language newspaper about what is hot and happening in the city, with gig guides etc.

• Shopping and fashion - Reykjavik Design District - online guide and map to the best Icelandic designers www.designdistrict.is


 

Places to be seen...

In terms of nightlife in Reykjavik, the places which are really buzzing at the minute include:-

 

• B5 – One of Reykjavik’s trendiest nightspots - definitely a place ‘to be seen’ in. We recommend The Whisky Room, located in an old bank vault. www.b5.is

• Kaffibarrin – The famous bar part owned by ‘Blur’s’ Damon Albarn. A favourite hang out for the city’s young and hip art school students and musicians. 

• Boston Bar – A really cool lounge style bar, also home to a brand new restaurant run by the pop star ‘Bjorks’ personal cook.

• Café Solon –  Chic and trendy, Café Salon plays host to some of Reykjavik’s hottest DJs on weekends www.solon.is

• 101 – Hang out with celebrities and fashionistas at the 101 Hotel, a trendy boutique hotel right in the heart of Reykjavik  www.101hotel.is