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Everything goes dark at Reykjavík bowling alley during power outage

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A power outage left Reykjavík's Keiluhöllin bowling alley and sports bar in darkness during the evening.
  • Customers had gathered to watch Liverpool play Ipswich Town and attend a Friday bowling party.
  • With bowling and the match suspended, people waited, bought drinks and chatted in a good atmosphere.

The lights went out at Keiluhöllin while the bowling alley was crowded with people in Reykjavík and Mosfellsbær.

The sports bar was packed because Liverpool were playing Ipswich Town, and the bowling lanes had been booked for a Friday night party.

It’s just completely dark here.

· Unidentified visitor at KeiluhöllinThe visitor described conditions at the bowling alley after the power outage.

With neither the match nor the bowling able to continue, customers waited in the dark. One visitor said drinks were still available at the bar, but “it’s just completely dark here.”

“There’s nobody bowling and nobody watching the game, everyone is just chatting,” he said, adding that the atmosphere remained good.

There’s nobody bowling and nobody watching the game, everyone is just chatting.

· Unidentified visitor at KeiluhöllinThe visitor explained how customers were spending the outage.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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