Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Eurovision: A Drinking Game

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If you’re in Iceland tonight, you simply must partake in Eurovision festivities. If you don’t already have plans, be sure…

8 Eurovision Performances That Really Stood Out

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Iceland unfortunately didn’t qualify for tonight’s Eurovision finals, but we’re still going to be watching, that’s for sure. To get you…

María Ólafsdóttir On Eurovision

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María Ólafsdóttir is representing Iceland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Unbroken.” The 22-year-old from a small…

Holuhraun Has Stopped Erupting, But Is It Still Dangerous?

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The Holuhraun eruption finally ended on February 27 of this year after six months, leaving behind a lava field that…

A Tale Of Ice And Fire (But Mostly Wind… And Not Much Sun)

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Icelanders are obsessed with the weather. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s ever been here: the weather…

Holuhraun Continues To Erupt

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It’s been almost a month since the Holuhraun eruption started, and there doesn’t seem to be any indication of it…

Why You Can’t Go See The Eruption

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…and why geologists are shitting themselves right now!In the middle of the night on Saturday, August 16, an intense swarm…