Author: Larissa Kyzer
Stranger Danger
Police were called to an apartment building in East Reykjavík on Sunday evening, after a strange man let himself into…
Pancakes And Petticoats
I’m sitting in a cosily cluttered sitting room in Breiðholt, a suburb of Reykjavík about twenty-five minutes from downtown. The…
Police Seek Public’s Assistance In Finding Birthday Money
Police in the capital area are seeking the public’s assistance in recovering a twelve year old boy’s birthday money, DV…
Take A Ride On The Poetry Bus
This Thursday, Reykjavík readers will get to experience poetry in motion, quite literally, on the City of Literature’s ljóðarúta, or…
Vinaborgir: Reykjavík’s BFFs Around The World
Positioned as it is smack dab in the middle of the North Atlantic, Iceland could potentially get a bit lonely….
On Top Of The World
Wherever, and pretty much whenever, you look around the world, things appear to be in a pretty constant state of…
Von Bismarck Refutes “Nature Terrorist” Accusations
German artist Julius von Bismarck once again denied that he was involved in the defacement of multiple natural sites in…
Polka-Dotted Sheep Discovered on Local Farm
Iceland’s only Dalmatian Sheep has been discovered on the farm Kaldárholt í Holtum, just outside of Rangárþing Ytra in Southern…
Yoko Ono Named Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík
Yoko Ono was named an honorary citizen of Reykjavík yesterday, RÚV reports. “It’s incredible,” she told reporters. “I was so…
Good Food Rewarded With A Smile
Bright Future MPs have submitted a parliamentary resolution to begin using smiley face symbols to indicate that a restaurant or…
Landsbankinn Execs Accused Of Fabricating Bank’s Financial Data
Former Landsbankinn executives have been accused of deliberately providing false information about the bank’s situation when they purchased management liability…
Gogoyoko In Trouble
Gogyoko, the online music store and streaming service which gives musicians “total control over the way their music is sold,”…
Shaping Family Policy Until 2020
Eygló Harðardóttir, the minister for Social Affairs and Housing, has appointed a working group to outline a new family policy…
Hafþór Continues To Be Epically Strong
Grapevine cover star and all-around epically strong dude Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson set the world record for throwing a washing machine…
New Proposals For Reducing Gender-Based Wage Differences in Reykjavík
Reykjavík mayor Jón Gnarr introduced eleven measures aimed at eliminating gender-specific compensation differences for municipal employees today, RÚV reports. The…
Kicked Out Of The Festival Of Hope
A young man in “corpse paint” was thrown out of Reykjavík’s “Festival of Hope” this weekend, after walking around the…
A Wealth of Walruses
There have been more total walrus sightings here in Iceland this year than there have been since the eighteenth century,…
Search Called Off For Missing Hiker
The search for missing American hiker Nathan Foley-Mendelssohn was called off by ICESAR, Iceland’s search and rescue division, last night,…
The Future In A Grain of Salt
Chemistry professor Þorfinnur Gunnlaugsson and his colleagues at Trinity College have been making headlines of late for discovering a rather…
Researchers Call For Investigation Into Health Effects Of Hydrogen Sulfide
Research findings presented at the Icelandic Association of Environmental Scientists conference yesterday show that Iceland emits more hydrogen sulfide than…
Got Milk?
National School-Milk Day is being celebrated in Iceland today, September 25, for the 14th year running. Each year on this…
Happiness Is A Warm Pig
Stefán Einar Stefánsson, the former director of VR, Iceland’s commercial and office worker’s trade union, received an unusual gift for…
Business Owners Unhappy With Continued Construction
Local business owners are unhappy with the continuing roadwork and construction on Hverfisgata, a main street in downtown Reykjavík, Vísir…
Construction Of New Mosque Approved
The Reykjavík City Council has approved the construction application for a mosque which will be built in Sogamýri, Vísir reports….
Coffee Prices On The Rise In Iceland
Although the world market price for coffee has dropped in the last two years, the price for a cup of…