Atlantica - Iceland Review

Kristján B. Jónasson Writer and publisher
1. What is your favorite swimming pool in the capital?
The Árbaejarlaug pool.
2. Where is the best place to enjoy nature in Reykjavík?
At the waterfalls down in Gljúfurdalur valley on Mt. Esja. It is sometimes
forgotten that Reykjavík reaches over a whole mountain.
In there you will find beautiful rock formations, crags and there is
hardly anyone there. Then you can trek up to Kambshorn summit
and enjoy the view and even the storm.
3. Where would you take a foreign guest for food?
Restaurant Dill at the Nordic House. It has a good atmosphere and
food that lightens you up.
4. What is your secret place in Reykjavík?
I just wish that I could hide more often at the Kaffismidjan on
Kárastígur street.
5. The most beautiful building in the city in your opinion?
City Hall, Rádhúsid and the Ásmundarsafn museum in
Laugardalur valley. It is typical Icelandic architecture,
improvised and impractical but charming in its eccentricity.
Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir Actress
1. What is your favorite swimming pool in the capital?
The Vesturbaejarlaug pool. It’s so refreshing to go to the outdoor dressing
rooms and then dip into the hottest hot tub.
2. Where is the best place to enjoy nature in Reykjavík?
Ellidaárdalur valley comes to mind as a good place for a picnic, in summer
and winter. The Aegissída shorefront is incredibly scenic, even all the way to
Nauthólsvík beach and then say hello to friends who have passed away in
the graveyard of Fossvogur. It is also fun to find a good slope in winter for
toboggan rides.
3. Where would you take a foreign guest for food?
To Grái Kötturinn for breakfast.
4. What is your secret place in Reykjavík?
The sculpture garden adjoining the Einar Jónsson Museum.
5. The most beautiful building in the city in your opinion?
The Parliament house, Althingishúsid, seen from the outside and Kristskirkja
on the inside. a