Author: Nanna Árnadóttir
Giljagaur Doesn’t Understand How Monopolies Work, Still Has Opinions
Giljagaur (Gully Gawk), the second Yule Lad, took to Facebook last night, posting a controversial note about his opinions on…
PM Ditches Parliament To Go On Holiday, Doesn’t Tell Anyone
Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson did not turn up to participate in the second parliamentary session discussing the coming…
Icelandic Composer Nominated For Golden Globe
Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson has been nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on the film, Theory Of Everything,…
Sheep-Cote Clod Turns Down Össur Prosthetic
Stekkjastaur (Sheep-Cote Clod), the first of the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads, has turned down a generous offer from pioneering prosthetic…
The Yule Lads Start Arriving Tomorrow, Yay!
The Yule Lads are part of traditional Icelandic lore dating back over a hundred years. While some draw comparisons to…
Icelandic Kid Annoyed By Gender Roles In Comics
“This is a serious issue,” wrote 9 year old, María Hjörvar, in a letter to the publisher of a comic…
Tourist Takes Drone Footage Of Iceland
French Tourist, Alban Huillet, sent the Grapevine an email with some stellar drone footage of Iceland, taken while on holiday…
Iceland’s Showdown With Creditors Arrives
The Icelandic government will tell hedge funds and other creditors in its failed banks how their claims can be settled…
Reykjanesbær Deny ATP Festival Funding
Reykjanesbær City Council has turned down ATP festival organisers’ request for vital funding, throwing ATP’s future into uncertainty, reports Kjarninn….
Uber Coming To Reykjavík?
Rideshare company Uber has gotten enough signatures to offer its services and begin working on marketing itself in Reykjavík, reports…
Weather Warning: A Storm’s A Brewing
The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued a weather warning for an impending storm due to hit Southwest and West Iceland…
Icelandic Pig Farms Under Threat
Icelandic pig farms are under threat following a price crash due to excessive import of pork products, reports RÚV. According…
MP’s Christmas Pig Makes Run For It
A Member of Parliament’s pig, destined to become the main event at Christmas dinner, made a break for it yesterday…
Journalists: DV Insisted On Settling
The defamation case between the former Interior Minister’s assistant, Þórey Vilhjálmsdóttir and two DV journalists, Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and Jón…
Bus Passengers Rush To Help Accident Victims
After the bus driver of 57A in Akureyri stopped to call in a car accident on a rural road, the…
Toxic Vog Hits Höfn in Hornafjörður
A toxic vog from the Holuhraun eruption has rolled over Höfn in Hornafjörður in south-eastern Iceland, reports RÚV. The amount…
No New Editions Of Trivial Pursuit For Iceland
A new edition of popular board game Trivial Pursuit will most likely never be issued in Iceland again, reports Kjarninn….
BREAKING: Ólöf Nordal Will Be Interior Minister
Finance Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has announced that Ólöf Nordal is to be appointed Minister of the Interior, Vísir reports. Ólöf, who…
Almost A Million People Travel Through Iceland
Roughly 915.000 foreign visitors have travelled through Iceland via Keflavík airport so far this year, reports RÚV. That’s roughly a…
Happy Birthday Mr. Carter!
Queen Bey and Jay Z landed in Iceland earlier this week, as a part of Mr. Carter’s 45th birthday celebration,…
Dom Pérignon Appropriate Icelandic Nature For Rebrand
Champagne producer Dom Pérignon is modelling its new luxury champagne rebrand on Icelandic nature, reports The Chicago Tribune. “The wine…
NASA Saved! Sort Of
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has decreed that the hall inside former Icelandic club and community centre, NASA, is…
Icelanders’ Trust In Media Shrinking
Trust in almost all of Iceland’s news media has fallen over the last year, except for DV, reports RÚV. According…
Oslo Christmas Tree Disaster Narrowly Averted
Reykjavík’s yuletide pride, the Oslo Christmas tree, was destroyed by the epic storm that blew through the capital on Sunday….
Ageing Population Struggling For Jobs
Employers are reluctant to hire people over the age of 50, even when they fulfil every requirement for a job,…