Kjotsupudagurinn (Icelandic Meat Soup Day) - Reykjavik 2013
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Usually held around late October.
Based on 14 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 26, 2013
- 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
- Skólavörðustígur shopkeepers' association, with sheep and vegetable farmers
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Location
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
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What's on
The eleventh year in a row, dedicated to the memory of musician and artist Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, whose idea the day originally was and who wrote the song 'Íslensk kjötsúpa'. Served from 2 pm with accordion music and poetry. Five stations; the prisoners of Hegningarhúsið got the first bowl. Chefs from Hótel Holt (Friðgeir Ingi and Eiríkur) and Snaps (Stefán Melsteð and Sigurgísli) cooked about a thousand litres. The brothers Ólafur and Stefán Ingi Stefánsson of the health shop Góð heilsa gulli betri served a soy-meat soup for people who cannot eat meat, calling it the 'Djötsúpudagur'.