Kjotsupudagurinn (Icelandic Meat Soup Day) - Reykjavik 2007
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Usually held around late October.
Based on 14 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 27, 2007
- Location
- Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Price
- free
About This Event
Kjötsúpudagurinn, the Icelandic Meat Soup Day, began as a neighbourhood idea by two Skólavörðustígur shopkeepers and grew into a street party with chefs, farmers and thousands of visitors. Several restaurants run soup stations along the street, each with its own take on the lamb, root vegetable and rice soup, and the first bowl traditionally goes to the inmates of the old Hegningarhúsið prison. Soup is free and served in the early afternoon until it runs out, which it usually does. Queues are part of the fun, so go at the start.
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Organizer
- Jóhann Jónsson (Ostabúðin) with Skólavörðustígur shopkeepers
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Location
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
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What's on
Described as the fifth Meat Soup Day. Jóhann Jónsson of Ostabúðin cooked about 350 litres of traditional soup, using roughly 70 kg of meat and as much again in vegetables, enough for over 2,000 people; part of it was cooked the day before because soup is better reheated. As every year, the prisoners and guards of Hegningarhúsið, the old prison on the street, were served first, at 2 pm, and then passers-by. Siggi Hall of Óðinsvé, who normally helps, was abroad teaching lamb cooking. The start was marked by bells from Hallgrímskirkja, and the organisers counted on 5,000 to 6,000 visitors if the weather held.