Author: Catharine Fulton
Entrepreneurial Thinkers Unite!
There’s a whole lotta creativity oozing out of this little island. You can see it in the way people dress,…
Catharine’s 1st Editorial!
Ohmagawd you guys, I’m writing an editorial! That Haukur has been working too hard for too long not to take a…
Welcome To Gimli
Welcome to Gimli, where the Icelandic flag is as proudly raised at sunrise on the lawns of modest family homes…
Bed And (very basic) Breakfast
A search for a morning bite in Seyðisfjörður took my breakfast date and I to Hótel Aldan (Norðurgata 2), where…
Food And Culture
The Skaftfell Cultural Centre, Bistro and Café (Austurvegur 42) is the type of place that Iceland could use more of….
Ross Beaty’s Got a Proposal for Björk
Ross Beaty, CEO of Magma Energy, the Canadian geothermal pure play that has created a stir over the past year…
Love It Raw
It’s fitting that the restaurant sharing a building with the Rope Yoga studio in Laugardalur is called Gló—it seems to…
Lunch Time Retreat
From the makers of the NLFÍ Rehabilitation and Health Clinic in Hveragerði to the health-loving folk of Reykjavík, Krúska—the newest…
Yummi Yummi Is, Indeed, Yummy
First things first. The name Yummi Yummi makes me smile. It’s so jovial and sunny and happy, so it pleased…
Ermmm, Ummmm, Mmmmm
I’ve been meaning to stop by Mmmmm (Laugavegur 42) for some time now. Its name intrigued me, as did its…
The Guiding Light
Slightly off the beaten path, or at least off the path that I tend to beat, at the corner of…
See You At The Crossroads
Lighthouses And Crossroads Stígurs and the restaurants named for them If somebody were to name a restaurant after me, I’d…
Piri Piri Is Hot, But Is It Hot Enough?
Nestled down near the harbour (Geirsgata 9), Piri Piri is marked with a rooster as iconic to Portuguese eateries as…
Magma Energy Lied to Us
Let’s cut to the chase. The opacity of Icelandic business and politics has done the country, as a whole, no…
Brasilia Is Meaty, Hearty, Heavy
If you’ve walked past Brasilia (Skólavörðustíg 14) then you know it’s not shy about its ethnicity. Proudly engulfed inside and…
Pizza Pizza Everywhere So Let’s All Have a Slice!
Much like a glowing campfire and a hearty round of Kumbaya, pizza brings people together. Just look at how easily…
Start Of The Month Treats
Perched atop the Hotel Saga in Hagatorg, Grillið has been serving up fine-dining and hard-to-top panoramic views of the city,…
What Namibia and Iceland have in common
What do Iceland and Namibia have in common? Despite one’s first guess—likely of ‘nothing’—the nations share something other than Atlantic…
No, No, No Green Giant
A new offering from the owners of Rizzo Pizzeria, Græni Risinn, is rather unremarkable from the outside: a typical Skeifan…
Tandoori Is No Rip-Off
My eyes rolled somewhat when I saw the font Tandoori’s owners chose for the restaurant’s signage. It is glaringly similar…
Skólavörðustígur Shuffle
Noodle bars have taken over Skólavörðustigur, with Núðluskálin and the Noodle Station setting up shop within spitting distance of each…
Tres Foss
This country sure has a lot of water: trapped in glaciers, flowing from glaciers, trickling down mountainsides, raging through canyons….
Blame Canada?
One by one men in suits of varying shades of grey approached the podium in the pit of the Reykjavík…
You’ve got to hoooold on!
“Everything is live! No playbacks, no karaoke, great musicians and me in pink outfit with a lot of energy! It…
Strong Women with a Noble Cause
We all know the reigning gender stereotype on this little island: the men are the strongest in the world and…