Author: Nanna Árnadóttir - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Don’t Ask Nanna: How To Hitchhike In Iceland

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Hi Nanna,  I’m thinking of skipping the extortionate car rentals on my trip to Iceland this summer – could you…

400 Girls Go To Tech Course

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Around 400 primary school age girls were invited to participate in a tech and science course at the University of…

Tourist To Be Reunited With Missing Hat

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American travel journalist, Godfrey Hall, took out an ad in Morgunblaðið newspaper this week, hoping to track down his 66°North…

Not-A-Unicorn Spared Trip To Slaughterhouse

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The one horned ram, incorrectly identified by international media as a “unicorn” has been spared from the slaughterhouse, though his…

Jamie Oliver Sourcing Salmon From Controversial Farm

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Famous TV chef, Jamie Oliver is being inundated with comments from angry Icelanders on his Facebook page after posting a photo…

Police Investigate Canadian Modelling Agency

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Icelandic police are investigating a foreign company grooming young Icelandic girls with promises of modelling work in Canada, reports Vísir….

Debate Over Trade Agreement With Philippines

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Members of parliament for the Left Greens and the Pirate Party are fighting a free trade agreement with the Philippines due to major…

Car Sets Self On Fire At Red Light

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While waiting on a red light in Akureyri, a man driving his 2006 Skoda Octavia was startled when his car…

Smuggled Cat Killed By Authorities

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A Swiss couple travelling to Iceland in their camper van via the Norröna ferry to Höfn, got a shock when…

ESCANDALO: Iceland’s Eurovision Staging Leaked Online!

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Eurovision is just around the corner and Icelandic Euroheads (read: this reporter) are gearing up for this year’s music bonanza….

VIDEO: Footage Of Cute AF Seals Caught By Drone

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Is footage of a herd of Harp Seals swimming around and playing with each other the thing you need to…

Tourists Coming To Iceland On Shorter Trips Than Before

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Research suggests that tourists are spending less time in Iceland, reports RÚV. According to data from Statistics Iceland, tourists are…

Man Saved From Esja Avalanche

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A man was rescued from Esja mountain yesterday after being injured by small avalanche, reports RÚV. Although the man was…

Some Fool Threw A Smoke Bomb Into Bónus

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Capital Area Police and the fire department were called to the Bónus at Skeifan earlier, after some fool threw a…

Woman Falls Asleep and Gets Trapped In Tour Bus

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An Australian tourist traveling with the airport bus on route to Reykjavík earlier this week dozed off on the journey…

Get High With Sigur Rós

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In what might be considered a strange collaboration, cannabis confectionary producer Lord Jones has teamed up with Sigur Rós to…

Gentle Icelandic Giant, Big Jake, To Be Memorialised In Seattle

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Plans are underway to honour dedicated Seattle police officer and native-born Icelander Jakob “Big Jake” Bjarnason, 90 years after his…

Spy On A Raven’s Nest In Real Time

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A little raven has set up shop under the roof of home store BYKO in Selfoss and rather than get…

Don’t Ask Nanna: About How To Score Fat Chicks

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Lord Nanna, of the race of Anu, First of all, you look so beautiful, so healthy and smart. I’m skinny,…

Record Number Of Reports Of Missing Children

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Never before have the police received so many reports of missing children. In March alone, the capital area police received…

French Tourist Trapped In Car For 5 Days

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A cautionary tale if ever there was one, a French tourist is homeward bound after spending five days snowed in his…

Hundreds Of Tourists ‘Trapped’ Out East

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Hundreds of tourists traveling with the Smyril Line Norræna ferry are stuck in Seyðisfjörður after the mountain road leading out…

Glam Ginger And Mom Of 5 Moves Into Kattarshian House

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The Keeping up with the Kattarshians house has six new housemates, Vanilla and her five little angel babies; Grettir, Nói,…

Man Pleads “Not Guilty” Of Birna’s Murder

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The man charged with Birna Brjánsdóttir’s murder plead “Not Guilty” in the first court hearing, yesterday. His not-guilty plea covers…

Nice Guy President Gives Kids Lift Home

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This weekend, when Rakel Ósk was running late to pick up her son Tristan Marri and his friend Sölvi Reyr from Laugardalslaug…