Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Tomorrow’s Party

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The idea of Iceland as a music lover’s utopia is a recent one to surface, mostly inspired by an impressive…

Welcome To The Fall

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Fall founder Mark E. Smith: a fiend, a frontman, straight up punk or a living legend? Whatever your answer, you…

Grand Rokk – Saturday

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When I showed up at Grand rokk, I was dealing with some heavy repentance from the previous night. The final…

Things I Learned At The Gay History Walk

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When I first heard about the gay history walk, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. In all honesty…

LÓKAL

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Iceland’s first and only professional theatre festival, Lókal, will take place in Reykjavík for the second time at the start…

Scuba Diving + Jeeps = F-U-N

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Reykjavík Activity Center Tour This particular tour is very convenient for folks who don’t know their way around Reykjavík, as…

Lost in Berlin

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Composer Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir is certainly one of the most prominent Icelandic artists to emerge in a long time. Raised…

Dr. Spock

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Dr. Spock’s experimentation and unwillingness to have their music categorised makes them a hard thing catch on to right away….

Immigration Numbers Drop

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Recent statistics show a drop in the long growing increase of foreign citizens moving to Iceland. This is revealed in…

Reykjavík: Protests Continue

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This morning brought continued protest action to the streets of Reykjavík, where varyingly large groups of activists have been gathering…

Jón Ásgeir Gets a Taste of Frosty Retribution

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As Icelandic billionaire CEO of Baugur Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson exited out of a downtown Reykjavík Hotel 101 this Wednesday, he…

New Citizens Put to the Test

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New Law Requires Citizenship Seekers to Prove Icelandic Skills The Ministry of Justice has introduced a new law due to…

Women to the Rescue!

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Icelandic vocalist Björk Guðmundsdóttir and investment firm Auður Capital have founded a new venture fund that is to go by…

Hagkaup Saves Christmas For Some Reason

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In a move that serves to further blur the line between commerce and banking in Iceland, local Baugur-owned megastore Hagkaup…