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Side Hustle Of The Issue: The Santa Claus

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Introducing Torfi: a jolly Santa with a side of rock’n’roll At first glance, Torfi Guðbrandsson could be anyone. Add a…

Ahoy, Matey!

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Vestmannaeyjar is poised to be at the forefront of food as cultural heritage One of the highlights of 2022 was…

Regional Ambitions: The Hits and Misses at Gandhi Indian Restaurant & Bar

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The last time I reviewed Gandhi was in 2015. Back then they were tucked away in a basement overlooking Austurvöllur…

The Last Of The Lox

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Open-pen fish farming has everyone angry, even Björk At Austurvöllur, discontented protesters dump dozens of dead fish on Alþingi’s doorstep….

Well You Asked: Out Of This World

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How is Icelandic Pizza Hut so much better than American Pizza Hut? I’ve been asking myself that one for almost…

Grapevine New Music Picks: VARNA, Mávar, Jadzia & More

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Here we are again, the final Friday of the month. Everyone’s been on holiday, including our higher-ups here at Grapevine…

Airplane Crash in East Iceland Leaves Three Dead

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Sunday July 9, an airplane carrying two passengers and a pilot sent out a distress call shortly after 17:00. Despite…

Best Of Reykjavík 2023: Best Hike

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Best Hike Glymur Waterfall Hvalfjörður After a scenic drive to the end of Hvalfjörður, you arrive at the foot of…

20 Years Of Grit, 20 Years Of The Grapevine

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Former editors look back on their time at The Reykjavík Grapevine From A Pagan Chief To Bobby Fischer It seems…

Movies On The Fjord: A Taste of Skjaldborg

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A couple in their seventies strolling towards the cinema, clutching a six-pack of beer. A steadfast group of 10-year-olds always…

The Foundation Of Sanity

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The past and present of psychiatric care in one building One of the most iconic scenes in Icelandic cinematic history…

The Identity of Us

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Meet four Icelanders changing the face of arts and culture The past 30 years have brought about the biggest demographic…

Paradise Found: Our First Day Of Summer Adventure

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Thursday, April 20 07:18 “Are we going somewhere?” — our phones buzz with a notification at dawn. It’s sumardagurinn fyrsti,…

Two Avalanches Fell on Neskaupstaður in East Iceland

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Two avalanches fell in the town of Neskaupstaður in East Iceland early this morning, with the first narrowly missing infrastructure…

What If… Icelanders Had Colonised North America?

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What if? It’s a pretty open-ended question and one friend of the Grapevine Valur Gunnarsson is applying to eight relevant-to-Iceland…

Grapevine New Music Picks: Xiupill, Sóðaskapur & More

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We celebrate this Friday with a brand new issue of The Reykjavík Grapevine and surprisingly warm weather. Who needs Tenerife?!…

How It’s Made: The Sense of Wonder in Fischersund No. 23

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“Smoke in the air and tarred telephone poles, tall freshly mowed grass, and tobacco leaves. Dead flowers bow to the…

In The Beginning Was The Word: Halldór Ragnarsson Searches For Meaning Through Repetition

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“Do you see a paintbrush here?” artist Halldór Ragnarsson asks. He is buzzing around his studio in Skeifan, seemingly fuelled…

Track By Track: ‘Ekki Treysta Fiskunum’ By Ólafur Kram

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Ólafur Kram consider their latest album release ‘Ekki treysta fiskunum’ to be a culmination of everything that followed their win…

Airwaves 2022 Saturday Super Review: All-Powerful Go_A, Comfortable Axel Flóvent, And Arlo Parks Brings Us Home

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Shed a tear, Airwaves 2022 is all over. Across the city, sleepy humans are slowly waking up and trying to…

Airwaves 2022 Friday Super Review: Transcendent Altın Gün, Metronomy Madness And The New Cult Of Marius DC

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OH BOY. Day two of Iceland Airwaves 2022 is already under our belts. Check out what our journalists had to…