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As It Happened: Iceland Vs. Croatia—A Battle For The Ages

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Well, shit. After a bold first foray into the wild rapids of the World Cup, Iceland were dumped out in…

Can Iceland Qualify From Group D? Here’s What Has To Happen To Make It So

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Iceland certainly never do things the easy way. After a memorable draw against Argentina in their first ever World Cup…

Gylfi: “Iceland Always Manage To Fight Back And Do The Almost-Impossible.”

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Star midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson has revealed his positive mindset after the team’s defeat to Nigeria in Group D—”The Group Of…

A Song Of The Sea: Norð Austur Takes Sushi In Iceland To The Next Level

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We cruise over the mountain pass into Seyðisfjörður—population 700—on a warm Sunday in May. The town in abuzz with activity—a…

Into Dust: A Road Trip To The Infamous Kárahnjúkar Dam

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Iceland’s wild Highland interior is a mysterious place. For a large part of the year it’s completely off limits unless…

#SmiteTheWorld Daily News: “Year Of The Underdog,” An Army Of ‘Ssons, Messi & Birkir, & More

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The games are coming thick and fast, and with them the usual circus of World Cup rumours, theories and upsets….

#SmiteTheWorld: Iceland World Cup News On The Day Of Reckoning

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The day of reckoning is here. As Iceland prepare for their historic showdown with Messi’s Argentina, here’s the latest news…

Meet The Smiters: Guardians Of The Bench

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Football is war. So if one of Iceland’s perfect eleven should accidentally lose a leg or a head (other than…

#SmiteTheWorld Interview: Aron Gunnarsson Leads Iceland Into The World Cup

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Aron Einar Gunnarsson is, to many, the face of Icelandic football. The talismanic captain of the national team, he’s an…

The Big Earth: Exploring The Giant Stones Of Stórurð

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“Stórurð” is a tricky word to translate. The “Stór” part is easy enough, meaning “big.” “Urð,” at first glance, seems…

#SmiteTheWorld: Aron Einar Explains Epic Iceland Tattoo

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After Euro 2016, an Instagram post by the team captain Aron Einar Gunnarsson got over 10,000 likes. It was a…

The #SmiteWagon Rolls On: Meet The Celebrities Supporting Iceland

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Iceland’s World Cup run has drawn a lot of attention from the media, the worldwide football punditry, and international supporters…

The Street Food Olympics: A Grapevine Guide To Grandi Mathöll

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Reykjavík food halls are, as it turns out, just like London buses: you wait around for one, and then two…

Iceland Goalkeeper Hannes Halldórsson Directs Rousing World Cup Ad

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As you may have noted if you’ve been following our Meet The Smiters series, Hannes “Wild Claws” Halldórsson—Iceland’s number one…

Interview: Gylfi Sigurðsson On Teamwork, Viking Spirit, And Iceland’s First World Cup

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Before Iceland boarded the longship to Russia, we went deep into the lava fields outside of Reykjavík to the horde’s…

#SmiteTheWorld: Iceland’s Road To Russia—A Smite News Recap

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Iceland’s World Cup qualification campaign came to a dramatic head in October of 2017, when they beat Kosovo to become…

The World Cup’s Group D Is The Group Of Death… For Everyone Else

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When Iceland was pulled in Group D of the World Cup alongside Argentina, Nigeria and previous-smited weaklings Croatia, many called…

Shoplifter To Represent Iceland At Venice Biennial 2019

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Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, who works under the nom-du-guerre Shoplifter, has been announced as Iceland’s representative at the 58th Venice Biennial art…

Moments Of Honest Joy: An English Perspective On Iceland’s World Cup Journey

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We at Grapevine have a colourful international horde of writers, editors, and interns who’ll be covering the World Cup. Ahead…

Dragons, Deities, Morphoclogs: Reykjavík Arts Festival’s Stellar Opening Day

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There’s something strange going on outside Iðnó. A cluster of tall, black, bipedal reptiles stand with their backs to the…

#SmiteTheWorld: The First Rule Of Smite Club? It’s Okay To Talk About Smite Club

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The longships are loaded, the sails are set, the blades are sharp, and the runes show fair winds for the…

Meet The Smiters: Jóhann Berg “The Berginator” Guðmundsson

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It is written that in the year of 1990, a strange iceberg drifted into Reykjavík’s smoky bay and washed ashore…

The Art Of Being Yourself: Daniel Lismore’s Inspired Nonconformity

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The doors of the elevator slide smoothly open, and Daniel Lismore emerges into the fractured sunlight of Harpa’s fifth floor….

Grapevine Playlist: Iceland’s New Lo-Fi Indie Wave, Dadykewl, Seint, Teitur & More

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Grapevine Playlist Teitur Magnusson – Hverra Manna? Probably the most chill musician in Iceland, Teitur Magnússon is back with a…

A Road Trip To The Weird & Wonderful Samúel Jónsson Museum

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It’s a surprising sight, after driving the snowed-in mountain passes and grey, rocky coastline of the southern Westfjords, to round…