16th Meat Soup Day - Reykjavik 2018
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Usually held around late October.
Based on 14 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 27, 2018
- 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
- Sheep farmers, Íslenskt grænmeti (vegetable growers) and Skólavörðustígur businesses and residents; Facebook event hosted by Gullsmiðja Ófeigs
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Location
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
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What's on
The 16th year in a row. Seven soup stations served over 1,500 litres from 2 pm until 4 pm or while stocks lasted, with long queues at every station, and the soup ran out. The day was dedicated to the memory of chef Úlfar Eysteinsson, whose restaurant Þrír Frakkar had taken part from the very start, 16 years. Sweden's ambassador to Iceland told Vísir the day was 'magnificent'. Morgunblaðið's headline on Monday: all the soup was finished.