Author: Catharine Fulton
Icelanders travelling less, tourism to Iceland decreases
The first half of 2009 has marked a significant decrease in the number of Icelanders travelling by plane. In comparison…
Majority of Althingi oppose Icesave deal
It has been alleged that the majority of the Althingi’s MP’s are opposed to the agreement the government has made…
Iceland to apply for EU membership July 27th
The Social Democratic government of Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurdardottir is planning to formally submit an application for inclusion in the…
Björk’s Voltaïc is Released
Björk’s Voltaïc, a collection of concert and music videos and bonus materials compiled from the tour supporting her seventh studio…
Best Place for Ice Cream
Ísbuð Vesturbæjar is quite a walk out of the city centre. And when you are finally getting near, with an…
Learn to Save Iceland
Saving Iceland wants to teach you to … save Iceland through discussing direct action July 11th at Kaffi Rót. Titled…
Best Place For A Drunken Slice
Anybody who has ventured out to 105 in the wee hours of the morning knows that Devito’s is the place…
Best Place for a Blue Cheese Burger
Have you ever eaten something particularly tasty and noticed a few hours down the road that you were still tasting…
Best Place To Look At Statues
In 1909, Iceland’s first sculptor, Einar Jónsson, offered his works as a gift to the nation in exchange for a…
Celebrating a Downtown Institution
If you are literate and have walked the length of Laugavegur it is likely that you have ventured into Bókabúð…
No More Blues: Animals Are Awesome!
Opened in 1990, Fjölskyldu- og húsdýragarðurinn is a family escape open year round, giving kids (and city folk) the chance…
Our Favourite Bar!
Karamba is a uniquely awesome place on Laugavegur: colourful, fun and completely free of pretensions. They’ve been keeping the good…
Dear Thieves: You’ll Rot In Hell
“Well, I can’t freeze your card unless you give me your card number.” “But I’m calling because my wallet was…
Stuff We Like!
Like many of you, we here at the Grapevine like free things and if those things are beer, then the…
Go To Nuuk, Do Things…Because Why Would You Go To Nuuk And Not Do Things?
Nuuk is, admittedly, not the most aesthetically pleasing of towns. Whatever impression of charm is instilled by the quaint and…
Nuuk By Sea – You Can’t Stop Me Motherf*cker, ‘Cause I’m On A Boat
The sun shone, and the water was calm and shimmering. Of the handful of days I spent in Nuuk, this…
Savoury Food and Sweet Views
In Kópavogur, high up on the nineteenth floor of the Deloitte building, is Nítjánda, the baby of swank chef Sigurður…
AIDS in Iceland
So, we discovered a couple of issues back that Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea, and the like are hilarious little STI’s – especially…
Go to Saffran – NOW!
My initial thought after dining at freshman healthy food joint Saffran was to write that single unintelligible line and leave…
Humanimal
I’m not entirely sure what I just witnessed, but I am sure that it was incredible, beautiful, powerful. Set against…
A Is For Anarchy
“I don’t like being interviewed,” said Njáll with a sceptical air about his furrowed brow. Shit, I thought. This isn’t…
We’re Number 1!
Icelandic conceptual artist, Kristján Guðmundsson, has been selected to receive the Carnegie Art Award in recognition of his sound-absorbing paintings….
World Traveler Rolls out of Iceland
Seventy-year-old world traveler Gunther Holtorf and his son Martin roll out of Iceland today in their Mercedes G-Class wagon. The…
In Limbo
“It is better that I kill myself than to be sent back and be killed by them” Last September, the…
The David Lynch Interview is Online! Huzzah!
The moment for which you have been anxiously waiting has finally arrived. The highly anticipated, overwhelmingly poignant interview with Mr….