Author: Jess Distill - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Jess Distill

Well You Asked: Down With The Matriarchy!!!1!

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You asked. We answered. Reminder: You asked. We did not ask. You are the weirdo.  I’m a middle-aged white man…

Emmsjé Gauti Opens Up About Financial Struggles

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Rapper Emmsjé Gauti has opened up about his financial struggles, with a new song released last night, titled Hjálpum Mér…

Black Sandvík Wasteland: Finding Iceland On Your Doorstep At Reykjanes

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It turns out you don’t need to travel as far as Reynisfjara to kick off your shoes and luxuriate on…

Something Honest, Something Fresh: Hosiló, The Restaurant That Made It Through The Pandemic

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You’d be forgiven for thinking that opening a new restaurant in the middle of a global pandemic was a pretty…

Winter Tires Have Huge Impact On Air Pollution

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A recent study has shown that studded tires have the greatest effect on the formation of particulate matter caused by…

Boom In Export Of Icelandic Horses

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More Icelandic horses were sold abroad in 2020 than ever before, according to a report in Vísir. Gunnar Arnarsson and…

Health Inspectorate Wants To Ban Sale Of Fireworks

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The Health Inspectorate wants to ban the sale of large fireworks to the public and says that they should only…

Tax On Sweets May Be Raised By 20 Percent

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The working group for the Minister of Health has submitted a proposal for the raising of taxes on sweets, RUV…

Coast Guard Mechanics Reject Proposal; Justice Minister Bans Strike

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A proposal from the State Mediator was presented to the Coast Guard aircraft mechanics, with the hope of ending the…

New COVID-19 Cases Traced Back To Parties

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There are indications that the spread of COVID-19 in Iceland is on the rise again, with community infections being linked…

Yellow And Orange Storm Warnings Across Country

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The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued yellow and orange storm warnings across most of the country today and tomorrow. Páll…

Funding Will Keep Women’s Shelter Open Until Spring

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Funds have been secured to keep an emergency shelter open for homeless women throughout the winter, Fréttablaðið reports. The emergency…

People Acquire Fake Medical Certificates To Avoid Wearing Masks

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Members of a Facebook page have been advising each other on the best way to acquire a medical certificate so…

COVID-19 Roundup: 9 New Cases

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Nine new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed domestically yesterday. Five of them were already in quarantine at the time of…

Culture Pick: Jónsi – Sumarið sem aldrei kom

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Jónsi has dropped a new track today, accompanied by a video directed by Frosti Jón Runólfsson. Sumarið sem aldrei kom…

Stormy Weather Ahead

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The weather is set to take a turn for the worst this week, with yellow storm warnings being issued in…

Daði Freyr On Time Magazine’s Top Songs List

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Daði Freyr and his band, Gagnamagn, have made it onto Time Magazine’s coveted list of the ten best songs of…

Huge Strain On Hospital Staff Due To Group Infection

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The heads of the nursing departments at Landakot have spoken to Vísir about how hospital staff are coping with the…

There Is No Age Limit For The “Morning After” Pill

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Pharmacies have denied the emergency contraception pill to anyone under the age of eighteen despite there being no age limit…

Coast Guard Mechanics Strike Could Have Grave Consequences

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If no conclusion is reached to the wage dispute among the Coast Guard aircraft mechanics, it could be that no…

New Project Launched To Plant More Trees In Iceland

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A new ‘afforestation’ project is being launched in Iceland, to help repopulate the country with trees. The One Tree Planted…

No COVID-19 Found In Icelandic Mink

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The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) has taken samples from all the mink farms in Iceland, and all have…

Parliamentary Resolution Wants To Allow Farmers to Shoot Swans On Their Land

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A parliamentary resolution has been submitted that will allow farmers to kill swans on their land, and hunt geese outside…

MP Raises Questions About CIA Activity

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According to a report in Fréttablaðið, it has recently come to light that the Danish military’s intelligence service has given…

Prime Minister Says There Is Urgent Need For A New Hospital

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Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has spoken out about the Landakot group infection case, saying that the outbreak has made it…