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A Sonic Adventure: Mary Lattimore Leads The Line At Extreme Chill 2024

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Extreme Chill is an annual festival whose roots extend to coil around a certain set of underground sounds and vibes….

Culture Night Craziness: How To Spend Your Menningarnótt

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Have you been yearning for a day of free waffles, street parties, mylar balloons, candy floss and frightened dogs in…

Lesser Known Falls: A Short Hike To Helgufoss

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The valley of Mosfellsdalur is a 20 kilometre stretch of rolling farmland that sits just beyond the edge of Reykjavík….

The Haul: A Let’s-Get-Real Summer Shopping Guide

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If you’re a regular GV reader, then 1) you’re clearly very smart and tasteful, and 2) you may have noticed…

Do Shit: Have A Life Laundry

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I dunno about you guys, but I’m a bit of a hoarder. Not the living-in-a-junk-cave, stepping on plates, sleeping under…

Home On The Rangá: Friðrik Pálsson’s Oasis Of Countryside Luxury

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Hotel Rangá is one of southern Iceland’s travel institutions. Located in the southwest near the small town of Hella, it…

The Paint Witch: Caitlin Ffrench’s Earthy Art

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A single visit to Iceland can turn into something bigger. For some people, this country exerts a magnetic fascination that…

Editorial: Video Games Are Growing Up

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There’s a certain stigma attached to being a gamer. And I mean… I get it. For a lot of Gen…

Let The Games Begin: Inside Iceland’s Rising Video Game Development Scene

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It isn’t often that an entirely new cultural medium is born. But over the last few decades, video games have…

Risk Of Another Eruption In Reykjanes Increases

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Reports emerged today of an increased likelihood of further volcanic eruption on Reykjanes peninsula. Magma has apparently continued to gather…

Google And Microsoft Now Use More Electricity Than The Whole Of Iceland

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New research has surfaced that suggests Google and Microsoft now consume more electricity per year than the whole of Iceland….

Global IT Outage Hits Iceland, Affects Some Flights

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A global IT outage struck this morning, causing problems with ATM machines, bank services, and flights. Some services in Iceland…

Grapevine Events: Drag Comedy, Street Food, Indigenous Dance

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IT IS. THE FREAKIN. WEEKEND. And a lot of folks have packed off to LungA Festival on the Costa del…

Unknown Object Causes Small Explosion At Keflavík Airport

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A small explosion happened in Keflavík International Airport’s departure area today. The explosion occurred in the toilets, with the unidentified…

Covid-19 Surge Reported In Reykjavík Hospitals

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There’s been a resurgence of Covid-19 at the Landspítali hospital in Reykjavík for the third summer running, mbl reports today. …

Talk To The Skull: Aldin Dynamics aims to change the face of VR gaming

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Gaming offers players the chance to do the impossible: to roam fantastical worlds, defy gravity, use magic and travel between…

The Miniature Mountain: Hiking Up Úlfarsfell

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The number 15 bus roars away and I’m suddenly alone. To the north, Mount Esja rears up over the choppy…

Driving Down A Road To Nowhere

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Taking the high road to a curious backwater of the Reykjanes peninsula Reykjanesbraut is one of the most well-travelled roads…

Exploring The Island Of Winds

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Parity’s ambitious adventure game casts a distinctly Icelandic spell Iceland’s bleakly picturesque landscape has become a popular backdrop in the…

Enter The Bunkhouse: A new contender emerges in the Icelandic video game scene

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In a colourful wooden house on a Hafnarfjörður side-street, something exciting is brewing for the Icelandic video game scene. It’s…

Fringe Bangs Again: Gird your loins for a wild week at the 2024 RVK Fringe Festival

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There’s something creeping up on Reykjavík’s cultural scene this week. It lurks on the edges of the city’s nightlife, getting…

Chasing The Phantom Spark: The Iceland-made racing game that’s gathering real momentum

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You are an iridescent bug, skating at high velocity across a wide, glassy surface. You speed effortlessly forward, arcing smoothly…

The Grapevine Bookclub: Sperm Banks And Erotic Sheep

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Driving the Ring Road means a lot of downtime in the car. Pick up one of these books to enrich…

Strange Rewards: Cate Le Bon Dropped Out Of Music And Made A Mercury-Nominated Masterpiece

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At the start of the summer, talk of Cate Le Bon’s beautifully formed new LP ‘Reward’ spread like wildfire. Lauded…

The Vegan Food Guide: A Reykjavík ExtraVEGANza

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It wasn’t a million years ago that it was hard to come up with a reliable dinner recommendation for vegans…