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Now And Then: Carriages, Taxis, Busses And Burgers

Summary by The Reykjavik Grapevine
Hlemmur’s trip from the periphery to the centre Until last year, Hlemmur Square, where Laugavegur meets Rauðarárstígur, served as the major public transport hub for Reykjavík, with a purpose-built building to host commuters since 1978. The square became somewhat notorious early on, as some of Reykjavík’s shadier characters would frequent the building. In the early 1980s, the city’s punks, as featured in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson’s now legendary 19…
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Now And Then: Carriages, Taxis, Busses And Burgers

Hlemmur’s trip from the periphery to the centre Until last year, Hlemmur Square, where Laugavegur meets Rauðarárstígur, served as the major public transport hub for Reykjavík, with a purpose-built building to host commuters since 1978. The square became somewhat notorious early on, as some of Reykjavík’s shadier characters would frequent the building. In the early 1980s, the city’s punks, as featured in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson’s now legendary 19…

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The Reykjavik Grapevine broke the news in on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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