Author: Ben Smick - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Ben Smick

Just Out Of Plain Sight: Laugarvatn

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Exploring The Well Kept Secrets Of LaugarvatnI’m huddled over the steering wheel peering out from behind rapidly jerking windshield wipers…

A Craving For Caving In The Leitahraun Lava Field

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Exploring the Búri Cave with Fjallhalla AdventurersForty-five kilometres from downtown Reykjavík I’m standing on a snowy embankment surrounded by the…

Pay Per View

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Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here…

Where You Dream More Than You Sleep

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The Weight of Mountains film festival in SkagaströndSpákonufell mountain sits a small fishing village called Skagaströnd. On the edge of…

The Fuzzy Face of Iceland

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What do Icelandic men have to say about their facial hair? The silence of the barbershop is accentuated by the…

Not Your Usual Cup Of Tea

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I pop the translucent lime-coloured candy into my mouth and swish it back and forth from one cheek to the…

Humans of Reykjavík

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The Humans of Reykjavík, a group dedicated to unmasking the amazing individuals that bring life, culture and personality to our…

A Faroese Folk Fay

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Gamli Gaukurinn, February 12A cold, monotonous and tipsy Wednesday was on its way when I stepped into Gamli Gaukurinn to…

Know Thy Selfie

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The ‘Behind’ photography exhibition with Elo VázquezWhen Elo Vázquez first began displaying her photography on the internet in 2002, the…