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18th/19th Meat Soup Day - Reykjavik 2021
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Usually held around late October.
Based on 14 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- Saturday, October 23, 2021
- 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
- Restaurant and shop owners of Skólavörðustígur with the support of sheep farmers; spokesperson Gústav Axel Gunnlaugsson
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Location
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, Reykjavik, Iceland
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What's on
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Held 1 to 4 pm (13:00 to 16:00) on Saturday 23 October, the last confirmed in-person edition. Six restaurants took part (Kaffi Loki, Krua Thai, Sjávargrillið, Snaps, Ostabúðin, Reykjavík Fish), with seven soup stations in the street. About 5,000 portions were served and every pot ran out well before the announced closing time; a brief rain shower did not dampen the mood. Press say about ten thousand people come every year and long queues form up the whole street. The numbering differs: Bændablaðið calls it the 19th, Veitingageirinn the 18th. The poster is the 'Fögnum vetri' (Let us welcome winter) banner of the Icelandic Lamb campaign: a table with a bowl of soup and the line 'with varied Icelandic meat soup, naturally'.
On the menu
- Café Loki
- Krua Thai
- Reykjavik Fish Restaurant
- Sjávargrillið
- Snaps bistro
- Ostabúðin veisluþjónusta