You had to be there, but the next best thing is flipping through the images
Yesterday evening, in the bowels of the The Reykjavik Edition, Sunset opened its doors for the very first time. An intimate basement club awash in black concrete, it’s the sort of spot in which one can lose track of space and time. But what more is to be expected from Ian Schrager, the hotelier who famously co-founded Studio 54? “It would have been a dream to have opened Studio 54 here, where darkness lasts six months rather than the eight hours as it does in New York City,” says Schrager. “It would have been the perfect place for it.”
The afterparty for the music festival Iceland Airwaves, Sunset’s debut was set to tunes spun by Icelandic electro-pop duo FM Belfast. Perennial British it-girl Alexa Chung, joined by a gaggle of pals from New York and London (including boyfriend Tom Sturridge), commandeered a booth for her birthday party. On the dance floor, Icelandic cool kids with funky haircuts let loose through to the wee hours of the morning.
It’s a real feather in the Edition’s cap, which has been attracting international actors and artists, journalists and influencers since it opened its doors in November of last year. As Schrager puts it, “this is Reykjavik’s time”, adding that it’s a really “cool, young city”.
And the best part? When it was time to call it an evening, my expansive bed was just an elevator ride away.
The opening of The Reykjavik Edition’s iconic basement club Sunset
