Rugbraud is a dense, dark and slightly sweet Icelandic rye bread, traditionally steam-baked for many hours; in Iceland we have verified places to eat it in Reykjavik. Start with where to eat Rugbraud (geothermal rye bread) in Reykjavik.
Rugbraud (geothermal rye bread) · Reykjavik
Rugbraud is a dense, dark and slightly sweet Icelandic rye bread, traditionally steam-baked for many hours. In some places it is still buried in geothermal ground to cook, earning the nickname thunder bread.
Rye grew where wheat could not, so dark rye bread became the everyday loaf of Iceland. The most famous version, hverabraud, is baked by burying a covered pot in hot geothermal soil near hot springs and leaving it for up to 24 hours, producing a moist, almost cake-like loaf. It is served sliced thin with butter, smoked lamb or pickled herring. In Reykjavik you find it at Cafe Loki and the old bakeries, and even as a rye-bread ice cream.
Where to eat in Reykjavik:
- Cafe Loki
- Sandholt
- Bernhoftsbakari
Where to eat Rugbraud (geothermal rye bread) in Reykjavik: the editor picks