My company put on a beer league hockey tournament in Iceland this past January. The weather was HORRIBLE but it was an incredible time. We took 84 players over (mainly from north America).
We went went the first wave of Omicron was in full force. For our event we were made to have every one test negative 48 hours prior with a PCR test (even though no one actually came to check). A couple of the players popped positive and they sent black vans to take them to Covid hotels.
Outside of that one of the local rinks rolled out the red carpet us. Brought and forced us all to eat fermented shark and drink Brennivín. Grilled burgers and dogs for us all day. Really went the extra mile to make us feel awesome.
They invited us back so we are going to make a return back to play in May of 2023. If anyone wants to play hockey in Reykjavik you're more than welcome to come with us. The hockey skill isn't important. We make teams by beer chugging contest the night before the games. No one really cares all that much about winning. We do about 40 of these a year all over the world. We are doing Canmore in Sept.
Iceland during Covid was a blast. Can't wait to visit again when it's hopefully less Covid-y and a bit warmer.
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