Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Articles by: Bart Cameron

Walk North Until You Find Your True Sun Voyager

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There aren’t ten people on this island who would send a friend to look at Sun Voyager (Sólfar), the roadside…

The Mayor Left In The Cold: An Interview With Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir

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This New Year’s Eve, as the nation bonded over the annual comedy show Áramótaskaup, one skit caught particular attention: in…

Update: Flights Cancelled Or Delayed Due To Blizzard Conditions Forecast For Reykjavík Area With Orange Weather Alert Posted

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Update: Flights from Keflavík International Airport have been cancelled or delayed due to the severe weather forecast. The Icelandair notes…

Reminder To File Taxes In Iceland March 13, 2026

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Tax Day in Iceland is March 13, 2026. If you’ve got this all covered, congratulations. If you struggle with anxiety…

Celebrate The Future Like An Optimistic Farmer At The Reykjavík Library

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On a cold day in February, I met with two librarians at the Reykjavík Library (borgarbókasafn) to discuss a Future…

Stefán Svan And Team Design The 2026 Cancer Socks To Raise Awareness

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“I like the term,” Stefán Svan tells me when I use the awkward description ‘cancer socks’ for his Mottumars (moustache…

Humbling Moment For Community Journalism

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I received a phone call just before 9 AM from a local newspaperman, an experienced reporter doing his job. He’d…

Editorial: Following A Game Without Understanding The Rules

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And knowing when the game is over The locals here had another amazing athletic run this month, this time at…

Reykjavík Bakeries To Help You Celebrate Bolludagur

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Our city has an outstanding bakery tradition that only gets better, and, this February, Bolludagur, or bun day, gives these…

Editorial: We Didn’t Put Páll Óskar On The Cover Again

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Celebrating our previous cover person We simply don’t have a person-of-the-year category. Our colleagues at RÚV English generously hosted the…

Even Here, Donald Trump Controls The Narrative

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We planned to discuss Iceland in 2025 with three experts and got slapped in the face by current events The…

Iceland, We Have A Lifestyle Problem: The Bad News Keeps Coming

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Despite large amounts of clear-eyed data, no systemic solutions In December 2025, we published a news piece with the headline…

Know Your Yule Lad Basics: We Keep Getting Older, Yule Lads Stay The Same Age

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In 2005, we were a struggling publication, and we decided to take a leap and detail the unique Icelandic Christmas…

Víkin: A Cult Classic Spews Forth On Hornstrandir

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Víkin by Bragi Þór Hinriksson is a squirm-inducing delight “Honey, you need to see this,” I said this week, while…

Editorial: The Glory Of Christmas Without Amazon

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Life in a country unscathed by Jeff Bezos feels more and more miraculous My favourite goggles went on sale this…

Why We Light Fireworks: Remembering Sigurður Kristófer McQuillan Óskarsson

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The quiet selflessness of Search and Rescue On December 31, countries throughout the world will literally light money on fire…

George R.R. Martin Charms Iceland, Discusses Edda and Sagas

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Best-selling novelist and creator of the Game of Thrones empire George R.R. Martin has continued a charm offensive on Iceland…

The Arctic Circle, A Glittering Event For Science And Reason, Shows Up To A Changed World

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To enter Harpa during the Arctic Circle is to live in a temporary hallucination. For four remarkable days, brilliant, or…

Help? Call Grapevine! Iceland Airwaves, October Snow Storm, And Grýla

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We have a storied tradition of responding to requests for information in this magazine, usually relying on Charlie Winters, who…

Editorial: We Celebrated The Passionate Amateur For A Long Time

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We’re ready to move toward venerating the dedicated professional While Björk has been on the cover of The Grapevine eight…

Ring Road Closed At Two Locations In South Iceland Due To High Winds

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Per Vedur.is, the Ring Road is closed at two locations in southern Iceland today. The location of the current closures…

Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm Enjoy Two Weeks At Number One, Endure Two Hour Grapevine Podcast

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In the two weeks since releasing an album together, the Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm single “Eitt af blómunum”…

Gale Force Winds Prompt Road Warning In Southeast Iceland, Snow Prompts Warnings In East And Northeast

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The Icelandic Met Office has posted a yellow alert, or road warning, for Southeast Iceland from 06:00 October 22, to…

Cold-Resistant Mosquitoes Found In Iceland

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Having imported an American version of Halloween, Iceland has now imported actual bloodsuckers, as documented by Matthías Alfreðsson, an entomologist…

Editorial: In A Land Without Kings, Inspiration And Dignity

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Celebrating the truly exceptional people who caused change, and acknowledging the grace of accepting it This is the age when…