Friday afternoon at The Reykjavík Grapevine offices. Waiters circulate with trays of Kir Royales and vol-au-vents. “We’ve done a lot for the masses lately, haven’t we?” someone says to general agreement. “We published Best of Reykjavík — a useful guide for the…

From Hlemmur to Selfoss, food halls owners are raking it in We’ve been reliably informed that in less literate households the child (who has gone to school to learn to read and write, add and subtract) is the one who declaims The…

Make big money from hot water I’ll be the first to say what we’re all thinking: these days you’re looking terrible. I know it’s hard to hear, but it’s not your fault. You simply don’t have enough money to keep up. The…

Get down to business this holiday season Occasionally, as we’re waiting for the driver to bring the car round, we run into our reading public. While these meetings are on the whole deeply unpleasant, they’ve given us a lot to think about.…

Make crime pay by skirting the edge of legality  The Reykjavík Grapevine, noting the threadbare jackets, unkempt hair, and haggard faces of our readership, has commissioned a series of free business ideas to raise you, our impoverished reader, out of the gutter…

1490-1894 — Those were the days! The Reykjavík Grapevine’s editorial meeting was nearing its conclusion and, as usual, the cigars were being lit and the snifters of brandy refilled. Lunch couldn’t come soon enough. After a light knock, the mahogany doors were…

Make money fast in true Icelandic fashion Money is a lot of things. Sometimes it’s no object. More often it is. It makes the world go round and it’s also the sinews of war, whatever that means. But most importantly, it can…