Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Bart Cameron

ÍSBÚÐ VESTURBÆJAR

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The old joke about selling ice to the Eskimos gets a dose of reality in Iceland: Icelanders love ís, or…

Helgi ValurDemise of Faith

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I’m looking at the album photos and listening to the CD, I can’t understand how Joe Cocker crawled into the…

Even Monty Python Jokes Get Old

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It’s just a sad fact: you can only say “The knights of ni!” so many times. Garth Jennings’ (also known…

What did you do in New York?

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Grapevine designer and overall impressionable youth Jóhannes Kjartansson recently journeyed to the land of Vice Magazine. He came back grinning…

Four newspapers, twelve magazines, no press

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We made a difficult editorial decision here. Our planned feature on the repercussions of an oil scandal, in which the…

How to truly immerse yourself in the local works of art

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If you tuned in last issue, we told you were the beautiful people take off their clothes, and where the…

24-Hour Sunlight? Time for a Movie

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You’d think after a winter of perpetual darkness and cold, you couldn’t keep an Icelander indoors for another second come…

Sundhöll Reykjavíkur

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Reason we like it: In our opinion, this is one of the most beautiful buildings in Iceland. The pool was…

How We Get Our Drink On

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Icelandic Beer—Thule Icelandic beer has a heavy, extremely hoppy taste, similar to Carlsberg. Locals prefer Viking Gullfoss over Egill’s two…

Hotel Loftleiðir

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Reason we like it: The only indoor hotel pool in Reykjavík has been celebrated by locals for decades. With tasteful…

Rauðhetta og Úlfurinn

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I’ve been telling foreigners that the real thing to purchase during a visit, the ultimate souvenir, is the Icelandic haircut,…

Nauthólsvík

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Reason we like it: One of the more absurd beaches in the world, Nauthólsvík features imported yellow sand, hot water…

Hildur ValaSelf-titled

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The winner of this year’s Icelandic Idol competition… yes, like American Idol. And World Idol. You want us to stop…

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GraveslimeRoughness and Toughness

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Okay, so you don’t like bands with names like Graveslime. And you don’t like hard rock. Get over it. This…

Lucas Saves His Franchise and Reminds Us What’s Missing in Pop Cinema

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is imperfect and silly at times, but it still captures most of…

You May Not Want to Avoid Sin City

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From the director of Spy Kids 3D and the writer of Robocop 2 and 3 comes Sin City, a film…

THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE IN REYKJAVÍK WITH YOUR CLOTHES OFF

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What would be so fun that it would be worth shoving your wedding tackle about in front of a mass…

A Metaphor to Dwell On

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After about three weeks struggling with a cover to match Haukur Már Helgason’s feature, we finally had it. A cover…

BEST Í HEIMI: Argentína

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I can say without hesitation that Argentina is the best place in the world for a red meat-loving person to…

ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSYApril 27 Grand Rokk, supported by Brain Police

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But Alabama Thunderpussy, or The Pussy as we have taken to calling them, are well-travelled rockers, and they kept lock-step…

RANGÁ for a Night or Weekend

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If you’ve come to Iceland to relax and have found the Reykjavík nightlife a little overwhelming; or even if you…

Quarashi Guerilla Disco

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The best producer in Iceland, Sölvi B, went out and found an MC with the infectious tone and the rhythm…

Mystic One Distribution of Wealth

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“It’s MC Myst I got the craziest flow. I take it with me almost everywhere go. On the train on…

The Positives of Fischer

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In Fight Club, Tyler Durden holds a knife to an investigator’s genitalia and says, “We cook your meals, we haul…