Culture Night by Day

It's Reykjavík Culture Night! Which, oddly, takes place during the day.

So far I have: eaten a waffle in someone's backyard in a residential neighborhood, sipped Turkish coffee while listening to live Turkish music in the street, watched young folks grooving to techno music exactly as if they were in a club...except it was in broad daylight in the middle of the street, sampled some lovely iced tea being offered by some sort of tea club, dodged lots of little kids darting through the street, marveled at Reykjavík for having yet another all-out delightful whole-town-involved festival, had another waffle in another residential neighborhood (waffles are a theme – and they always come with whipped cream and rhubarb sauce), watched a young boy and a man playing chess, and watched a guy in drag tell fortunes (using playing cards selected from a deck) for a tourist from Spain. About to head back out to catch some more music, including a friend's band.

My favorite event description, from the staggeringly long list of all the events happening around the city today:

Free hugs
Laugavegur 25
14:00 - 15:00 
This year marks the 6th year that Hlutverkasetur offers pedestrians free hugs at Reykjavík Culture Night. This event has been well received and we encourage people to come and get a hug. We offer short hugs, long hugs, hugs for one person or two and even group hugs. Come get a hug, it's guaranteed to cheer you up.