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Writer Researching 1627 Ottoman Invasion Of Iceland Befriends Algerian Asylum Seeker
by Nico Borbely
“The Turkish Invasion really brought us together,” says writer Steinunn Jóhannesdóttir on her acquaintance with an Algerian woman who sought…
Capitalists, Celebrate: Your Guide To Merchants’ Weekend 2020
by Poppy Askham
Legend has it that every year on the first weekend of August a great and mighty Icelandic boat dude would…
Pride In A Pandemic: Reykjavík Pride Reshapes Itself For 2020
“Our first decision was that, no matter what, we weren’t going to cancel,” Vilhjálmur “Villi” Ingi Vilhjálmsson, the President of…
Travel Like A Tourist: Journeying Through Iceland Like An Icelander
by Hannah Jane Cohen and Valur Grettisson
Presenting: The Ultimate Grapevine Travel Iceland Guide. Scroll down for our favourite places in the north, east, south, west and…
The Grapevine Bookclub: Sperm Banks And Erotic Sheep
by John Rogers and Valur Grettisson
Driving the Ring Road means a lot of downtime in the car. Pick up one of these books to enrich…
Today Is Women’s Rights Day In Iceland
Today, there are at least two causes for celebration. In the United States, June 19th is also known as Juneteenth,…
Geysir Protected On Icelandic National Day
by Nico Borbely
Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson signed a decree protecting Geysir in Haukadalur on the 17th…
Iceland’s Goðafoss Waterfall Granted Protected Status
by Poppy Askham
Goðafoss, one of Iceland’s best-loved waterfalls, has been granted protected status by the Environmental Ministry. The waterfall’s new protected status…
Ghosts On The Wind: The Eerie Beauty Of Snæfellsnes
Snæfellsnes is often touted as “Iceland in miniature,” and not for nothing—in a single day’s drive north from Reykjavík, you…
Culture Pick: Sóttqueen – Postprent’s Exhibition Of Coronavirus-inspired Art
by Poppy Askham
Postprent brings you the very best of Icelandic art from the coronavirus era in an exhibition opening at Ásmundarsalur this Saturday,…
Art In The Time Of Corona: Can Inherently Social Art Survive Isolation?
In this current climate, artists of all mediums are facing difficulties. When stuck in social distancing, quarantining, or—God forbid—dealing with…
Ask An Historian: The Legacy Of Iceland’s Red Stocking Women
by Poppy Askham
We asked Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir from Iceland’s Women’s History Archives to fill us in on the legacy of some of Iceland’s…
Take Care Of Yourself, No One Else Will: The Grapevine’s “Guide” To Self-Care
If 2020 was a drink, it’d be Dasani. If it were a TV character, it’d be Georgina Sparks from Gossip…
Horror-Scopes: Guilty Pleasure Pisces
In Horror-Scopes, the Grapevine’s dedicated team of amateur single astrologists break down your upcoming weeks based on shit like leaves…
Dark Days For Icelandair: Layoffs, Losses, Possibility Of Government Takeover Floated
Icelandair, Iceland’s best-known airline and the lifeblood of the country’s tourism industry, is facing considerable challenges due to the coronavirus….
Stay Cultured While You Social Distance, Intellectuals
Well, thanks to questionable food choices in another part of the world, we’ve all got a lot of time on…
Horror-Scopes: Never Date A Leo… Seriously
by Hannah Jane Cohen and Poppy Askham
In Horror-Scopes, the Grapevine’s dedicated team of amateur single astrologists break down your upcoming weeks based on shit like Venus,…
Get Medieval With It: 1238 Museum Puts You In The Shoes Of A Viking
Far in the northern reaches of Iceland, nestled in between Mount Tindastóll and Laxárdalsfjöll Mountain, in a town called Sauðárkrókur,…
Tarantulas Coming To Laugardalur Zoo
The Environmental Agency recently granted the Family Park and Zoo in Laugardalur the right to import tarantulas, RÚV reports. An…
Hveragerði Honours The Couple Taken By COVID-19
A somber cloud hangs over the town of Hveragerði as residents remember the couple who became the first Icelandic victims…
Documenting COVID-19: Looking Forward To Looking Back On The Virus
by Poppy Askham
The word unprecedented has lost all impact in reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak, not a day seems to go by…