Popular Iceland Hot Dog Stand 6202
by Jack Schultz
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Popular Iceland Hot Dog Stand 6202
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Jack Schultz
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Photograph - Photography
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Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpaːijarɪns ˈpɛstʏ ˈpʰɪlsʏr̥], English: The Town's Best Sausages), is a small chain of hot dog stands located in Reykjavík, Iceland.
The chain has been in continuous operation since 1937, when the first stand was set up on Austurstræti street at the very centre of the city, by the grandfather of the current owner Guðrún Kristmundsdóttir. In the 1960s, it moved two streets north to Tryggvagata, across from the Harpa Concert Hall, where the current flagship stand remains today.[2]
In August 2004, the stand was visited by former United States president Bill Clinton while he was visiting Iceland for a UNICEF conference. This celebrity appearance led to a boost in popularity for the stand as it began appearing in tourism guidebooks on Iceland.
In August 2006, the British newspaper The Guardian selected Bæjarins Beztu as the best hot dog stand in Europe.[3]
Today, the chain is popular with both tourists and locals. There are three additional locations in the city,[4] which together sell over one thousand hot dogs on a busy day.
Hot dog from Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur
Food is ordered with the phrase "eina með öllu" (English: "one with everything").[5]
As of March 2017, a hot dog costs 450 krónur (€4).
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