Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Articles by: Bart Cameron

Traditional Fish, Northern Style

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Across Iceland, there are dozens of legendary establishments that justify lengthy pilgrimages through the most imposing of driving conditions. The…

Things You Should Do in Iceland Before You Die… or Turn 31

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I’ve been in Iceland three years, and have published about 250,000 words on the culture and tourism industry here. You…

All Grown Up

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Okay, well, for the last time, welcome to Iceland. If this is your first time picking up our paper, or…

Perfectly Brutal Exports

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Last issue, the Grapevine’s own featured cartoonist, Hugleikur Dagsson, gave us an enormous map with Icelandic horses abusing each other…

The Icelandic Outlaw Sneaks into Beowulf

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In filming Beowulf and Grendel, the director had to deal with a series of hurricane force gales, a shrinking budget,…

Back to the Country

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The Grapevine offices have relocated, closer to the centre of downtown Reykjavík. We are also undergoing some staff changes. Still,…

Magni Surpasses Jesus Christ

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Religion comes to mind frequently when you watch Rockstar: Supernova, the reality television show that Icelandic country band singer Magni…

Concerts So Successful the Band Was Forgotten

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Sigur Rós are an experimental rock band from Mosfellsbær, essentially a suburb of Reykjavík, who have become international critical favourites…

451 Degrees of Colin Farrell

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At some point, years from now, scholars will look back in wonder at the cataclysmic effects of one Colin Farrell….

Happiest Nation on Earth

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This June, Iceland found out that it was, indubitably, the happiest place on Earth – fuck Disney World, Iceland blows…

Horrible Writing, Good Read, Great Eats

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There is a lot to laugh at in Delicious Iceland. Start with the dedication by former President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who…

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson – Dense Time

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We got this CD months ago, and we never put it on the stereo. It comes in a jewel case,…

At Least We’re Happy

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If bad things happened to you while you were visiting, you might have a hard time explaining how you weren’t…

Political Change through Celebration

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Most of the year, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender people are invisible to the population at large in Iceland. The Grapevine…

Deep Political Thoughts. Keanu Reeves Deep.

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As we were scanning the listings and PR statements on the atrocious movies being imported to this fair isle from…

From Newsman to Man on the News

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Paul Nikolov has been a writer for the Reykjavík Grapevine for coming up on three years. This July, he finishes…

“He Was Just Standing There”

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On Wednesday July 5th, the news in Iceland was full of Magni Ásgeirsson, who would be competing on the reality…

The Climax of All Our Hard Work – Inside Reykjavík: The Grapevine Guide

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The Grapevine can finally firmly recommend a guidebook for getting around our hometown of Reykjavík – our own guidebook, Inside…

Sushi Smiðjan

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The town of Reykjavík has been waiting for this for years, so there has been a certain amount of giddiness…

Nýhil Poetry Bookstore

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When you come to a nation that prides itself on maintaining almost 100% literacy for centuries, you expect poetry to…

Almost Infamous

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“I guess Frank, the guitarist, got too drunk and he passed out onstage and he landed on me. I thought…

Iceland Review

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Entering our fourth year, the Grapevine takes our collective hat off to Iceland Review, now in its 44th year of…

15 Great Minutes

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It was my deep respect for Palli, guitarist from the pop band Maus, that led me to restrain a section…

The Allen Iverson Election

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Welcome to Iceland. You are visiting the home of the oldest parliament in the world, of some of the oldest…

Reykjavik Gets Tropical

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The saxophonist for Zappa Plays Zappa provided us with one of the most surreal, and possibly precognizant, quotes in the…