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Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by bedhead »

danellis wrote: post #24
bedhead wrote: post #19

Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only place in the world where he's absolutely hated the food was Reykjavik...I can't say the man is wrong. But everything else is wonderful.

What did you dislike about the food?

A little fuzzy since it's been a couple years, but I absolutely hated their obsession with aggressively putting mayo-based sauces on seemingly everything.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

#32

Post by rgould »

znor wrote: post #20
danellis wrote: post #2

I've no idea what this is doing on HN, but it's very nice, and I wish I'd seen it before I was there a few weeks ago. Beautiful city, far bigger and far more modern than I'd imagined, and full of lovely people.

It´s a shame you missed our map danellis, pm me your address and I´ll gladly send you a hard copy if you want.

Wow, that's a really beautiful map. If possible, I'd love to purchase a hard copy as well! Not sure it's possible to PM on here, but if you email me at rgould@u2622.ca I can send my address.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

#33

Post by znor »

polack wrote: post #28
znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing some backgorund info. ps. Are you the giant white person laying on the roof? :)

hehe, damnit, you weren´t supposed to find me that fast. Keep the location to yourself ;) and sshhhh....I´m obviously trying to catch up on my tan there, can´t you see how pale we are up here in the arctic?

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

#34

Post by onions »

bedhead wrote: post #19

Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only place in the world where he's absolutely hated the food was Reykjavik...I can't say the man is wrong. But everything else is wonderful.

We all have different tastes, I guess. Humarsúpa, kjötsúpa, and plokkfiskur are some of the most delicious things I've ever tasted.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by busterarm »

AnthonBerg wrote: post #25
bedhead wrote: post #19

Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only place in the world where he's absolutely hated the food was Reykjavik...I can't say the man is wrong. But everything else is wonderful.

The food is getting better! :)

Maybe it helped that my friend is a chef there and took us to the best restaurants, but I had the most amazing food in Iceland back in 2011.

http://fiskmarkadurinn.is/ completely changed my mind about eating Fish and is still the best salmon I've had in my life.

Also probably the best Thai restaurant I've ever been to was in Reykjavik and I live in New York in a neighborhood famous for its Thai restaurants...

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by busterarm »

WaxProlix wrote: post #23
bedhead wrote: post #19

Funny, I've had this bookmarked for two years since I visited Iceland in 2013...still look at it from time to time. What an incredible experience, I fell in love with everything except the food. I think Anthony Bourdain said the only place in the world where he's absolutely hated the food was Reykjavik...I can't say the man is wrong. But everything else is wonderful.

I really liked: The bakery culture for breakfasts, good and fresh seafood (if you're okay with eating whale, there's that too), a bit of variety in the diners and fast food places. We hit up a Chipotle-esque place called Serrano that wasn't bad, for instance. Additionally, in the last few years though there's been a bit of foodie revolution; Kex hostel has some pretty solid dining at their in-house restaurant, and th…

> Kex hostel has some pretty solid dining at their in-house restaurant, and there are a number of 'American New' places sprouting up, both diner- and pub-style.

That's the restaurant where my friend worked...though he has moved on.

Second the recommendation here.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by olapersson »

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

Beautiful work.

Is it ok to embedded this (and the full Iceland map) with an iframe?

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by any1 »

bedhead wrote: post #31
danellis wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did you dislike about the food?

A little fuzzy since it's been a couple years, but I absolutely hated their obsession with aggressively putting mayo-based sauces on seemingly everything.

s/everything/ready-made sandwiches/;

I live in Iceland. The trick is to either prepare your own sandwiches or eat something else.

Re: Reykjavik Center Map

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Post by eleventigers »

znor wrote: post #18

Hey guys! I´m the cartographer that designed this map, here are a few other examples of our work if anyone´s interested: http://www.borgarmynd.com A friend let me know about the post and I just wanted to say thanks for posting and feedback, much appreciated :) I got a few of my architect and graphic designer friends to work on this map with me while we were still in school, 7 years ago, and the website with the zoom…

FYI, your site is throwing debug traces in production and that is not something I or others should see: http://i.imgur.com/cWmHNMz.png
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