Author: Anna Andersen
Three Days In Ilulissat
Not for your average latté-drinker“What are all these people doing here?” a guy asked his mate in the fourth row….
Áfram Ísland!
If there’s one thing that really unites Icelanders, it’s probably the annual Eurovision Song Contest. On May 18, the whole…
4 Steps To Becoming A “Friend Of Iceland”
Iceland’s media has a curious habit of referring to certain people as “Íslandsvinir,” or “Friends of Iceland.” Curious to the…
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Iceland’s New “Anti-Incest App”
Iceland’s new “Íslendingabók” app–now better known around the world as “Ishlandibubok” or Iceland’s “Anti-Incest App”–featured yesterday on the Jimmy Kimmel…
Grapevine Election Guide 2013
An unprecedented number of political parties plan on running in the upcoming parliamentary elections. But who should we trust to…
VIDEO: ‘Vote for Pedro’ Reykjavík Grapevine Cover Shoot
A behind the scenes look at the making of our ‘Vote For Pedro’ cover featuring photographer Baldur Kristjáns and 13…
WELCOME TO OUR GARGANTUAN ELECTION GUIDE ISSUE!
Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into when we set out to make an “Election Guide” this…
Peaks Are Not For Conquering
Ari Trausti Guðmundsson is a prolific writer whose collection of short stories ‘Vegalínur’ (“Road Lines”) received the Halldór Laxness Literature…
VIDEO: An Interview With Aldrei Fór Ég Suður’s Rocker-In-Chief
The Grapevine flew to Ísafjörður last Monday to learn what’s in store for the tenth edition of Aldrei fór ég…
Ten People Share A Margarita At Harlem
Reykjavík’s watering holes primarily serve beer—lots and lots of run-of-the-mill beer from the tap—but not all of us are run-of-the-mill…
Bad Business Makes For Great Art
Once again we’ve dedicated our third issue of the year to the annual DesignMarch festival. Once again we’ve created a…
Getting The Show Back On The Road
“Iceland’s de facto bankruptcy—its currency (the krona) is kaput, its debt is 850 percent of G.D.P., its people are hoarding…
Is Iceland Still On Sale?
While Icelanders bemoaned the effects of the financial crisis in 2008, dollar- and euro-carrying tourists rejoiced that the notoriously expensive…
Are We Drinking The Kool-Aid, Iceland?
Icelanders breathed a collective sigh of relief this week when EFTA ruled in its favour in the long-disputed Icesave case….
First Solo Icelander Reaches South Pole
Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir arrived at the South Pole last night at 22:30 Iceland time, becoming the first solo Icelander to…
Tourist Of The Year
Every new year, publications reflect on the past, bundling up the last twelve months into various year-end lists. Some, like…
A True Icelandic Christmas Story
As I thought about what to write in this space, the typical things came to mind—reflections on 2012, hopes and…
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?
The Grapevine is looking for the woman who took part in the search for herself this summer. If you’re unfamiliar…
Is Reykjavík The Best City To Spend Christmas?
According to CNN it is. They’ve said so at least twice. In 2010 they put Reykjavík at the top of…
Life 101
My existence in Reykjavík is almost entirely confined to 101, the downtown postal code where I live, work, eat, drink,…
Shine A Light
A media organisation called Associated Whistle-blowing Press has just launched a site called Ljost.is (ljóst is Icelandic for “clear” or…
Whoops-a-daisy, I Fell Down!
You’ve probably noticed it too. Icelanders who go downtown after midnight on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night tend to…
Rafting On Hvíta River: If You’re Gonna Get Wet…
It was almost noon on a windy weekday at the end of August. A steady stream of Gortex-clad travellers filed…
Lost In Translation
This month marks the four-year anniversary of Iceland’s economic collapse of October 2008. In that time, as Sigrún Davíðsdóttir recounts…
Lost And Found
After an incredible summer with record hours of sunshine, autumn arrived quite abruptly last week with markedly colder temperatures and…