Calling all creatures of the night: Where to celebrate Halloween in Reykjavik
Miss Halloween? Don't panic. There's lots going on in the city this weekend. Photo/ AFP
Halloween is a fairly recent tradition in Iceland but the last few years have seen a greater emergence of Halloween costume parties and carved-out pumpkins in windows. And why not. This is a dark period of the year, perfect for celebrating the dark forces.
If you're going out on Saturday night, here's our little guide to what to do on Halloween.
Hlemmur Square , a hotel and bar at Hlemmur offers a special Halloween mead as well as candy and black and white horror movies will be screened.
Gay bar Kiki offers a free cocktail for the first guests in costume and "amazing prizes" will be offered to the evening's best costume.
LebowskiBar also offers a costume contest and the musical theme of the night is "80's- 90's mash up madness."
At Hressó foreign students have organised a beer pong and a costume contest and at Frederiksen Ale House they've conjured up a veritable haunted house espcecially for the evening.
The Halloween ball at Gaukurinn across the road is serious business and noone without a costume will get in.
The famous Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band will be making the small cinema of Bæjarbíó in Hafnarfjörður shake tomorrow night for a Halloween special offering afro-beats, ethoipian jazz and Brazilian samba. "
Finally for those who can't wait to get into the mood, there's a goth night on at Paloma bar tonight, Friday, where musician and artist Páll Banine will spin records for creatures of the night.
