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Ladies And Gents, Alvia Islandia
Alvia Islandia. She’s damn funky. Sure, you may have guessed it from her music video for “Sugar Complex,” in which a barroom cotton-candy machine features prominently. But it’s also evident in the way she speaks, her word choice and sentence structure. She’s…
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Reimagining The Golden Circle With Kexland
The “Golden Circle” is a 300-kilometre loop of road in southwestern Iceland, driveable in a day, that contains several of Iceland’s most popular sights. Lined up neatly along the mid-Atlantic ridge stand the Þingvellir national park, Iceland’s geysers (known simply as “Geysír,”…
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Happening Today: TEDxReykjavík at Austurbær
This independently organized TED Talk centres on the theme “local ideas on a global stage.” A series of speakers—including a comedian, cinematographer, cardiothoracic surgeon, trans and queer activist, and the first Icelandic explorer to ski solo from the coast of Antarctica to…
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Happening Today: Summer Party feat. Babies at Loft
It may be wishful thinking, but technically summer is upon us (just don’t check the actual temperature)! Loft commemorates the occasion with a party for the masses. All things summer will be out in full force: a grill on the balcony, and…
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Bíó Paradís: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Come on everybody, let’s do the Time Warp again! Bíó Paradís gifts us a screening of the 1975 cult classic ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’. And if you thought Tim Curry was good in ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’, just…
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Starting Today: RAFLOST Festival
Electronic arts and media, it’s so hot right now. Mengi plays host to the three-day festival of hackers, scientists, students, and artists alike, all coming together in the name of art technology and its influence in today’s culture. The celebrations have previously…
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The Penny-pincher’s Guide To Spending A Day In Reykjavík
So you want to see a bit of Iceland but also be able to afford your ticket back home? No, that’s not the most dramatic request we’ve ever heard. We’ll make it happen. Einar Jónsson’s Sculpture Garden What better way to start…
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VIDEO: The Drummer
“I gotta wait twenty-one more minutes,” says Paddy Hanna, checking the time on his phone. The Belfast-born street percussion artist has been temporarily silenced, after setting up shop earlier today on Austurstræti, across from Hressó. As it turns out, his spot was…
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Happening Today: ‘As You Like It’ At National Theatre Live
The Bard commands your attention on the 400th anniversary of his death. Not a fan of Shakespeare? Just get out, you philistine. We may not have a ticket to the Old Vic but we can watch the National Theatre’s take on his…
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Euro-what? A Newbie’s Guide To Eurovision
Eurovision. I’m new in town, so I don’t get it. But I’m an intern, so what I lack in skill and understanding, I make up tenfold in enthusiasm and desire to appreciate that which this country holds dear. To mark the occasion,…
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The People’s Prince
Prince went and did it again. Even in death the superstar is, in the words of crochet-extraordinaire and ultimate Prince fan, Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir, “playing with the cosmos.” You see, Linda received an email following a Grapevine article about her Prince yarn…
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Happening Today: International Jazz Day – Saturday, April 30th
This Saturday, Reykjavík is doing its fair share for the avid jazz fan in us all. What? Not an obsessive fan of Miles Davis and his ‘Blue Period’? No matter: with all the events in honour of the fifth International Jazz Day,…
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Nat.Kitchen’s Inaugural Month Lives Up To Name
The health food craze is alive and well in the city of Reykjavík and Nat.Kitchen, which opened its doors on Laugavegur last month, is one of the city’s newest representatives of the cult of green. The restaurant was a collaborative project which…
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Crochet Worthy Of A Prince
If there are two subjects Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir is passionate about – they’re knitting and Prince (not necessarily in that order). It stands to reason that when news of Prince’s passing broke, Linda decided to represent her admiration for the artist through…
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4/20 The International Holy Day Of Pot Smokers
A demonstration of young and old – both Icelanders and foreigners alike – came together under the banner of cannabis appreciation on the international holy day of pot smokers, 4/20. The celebration was a calm, intimate affair boasting less than a hundred…
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Puffins Gone Wild
Iceland is a must-visit place. Looking at the nature and the atmosphere of the country, we can see why that is. The weird thing is that something as unimportant as a puffin (no offense to pelagic seabirds) has become the country’s main…
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The Kardashians Have Landed
The Kardashian-West clan touched down in Reykjavík yesterday morning with their entourage in tow and we’ve been trying our best to keep up. Fans swarmed the group as they exited their accommodations at 101 Hótel. Birthday festivities for Kim’s sister, Kourtney, were…
