Articles by: Ragnar Egilsson
SKRILLEX TRIED TO SIGN DIKTA, HEARTS BJÖRK, PROMISES A TIGHT SET
Skrillex should need no introduction. Except maybe to the jaded palates of the Grapevine’s music reviewers. Skrillex has been the…
Picks For Sónar 2015: JADED VETERAN EDITION
Look. We know. You’re young, dumb and full of cum. You can’t wait to dance your ass off to all…
STEP INTO THE LIGHT: 2014
Iceland’s latest food trendsA Shit Sandwich Of Gloom Lorded over by the most bumblingly inefficient government in recent memory, people…
Eight Inside Tips to Surviving the Icelandic Winter
DARK ICELAND can be a total fucker to deal with, all Northern Lights and magical elves aside. So guess what:…
Pagan Christmas
History lesson, pt. IThe idea of throwing a big celebration in honour of the birth of Christ is a relatively…
Orable Tradition
Pondering Icelanders’ love affair with questionable canned veggiesNostalgia marketing is big money but it is around the Holidays that it…
DESCENDING INTO FOOD-A-GEDDON
At Xmas, we stuff ourselves good ‘n’ bloated… The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of…
Icelandic Christmas Buffet at Skrúður
Skrúður at Hótel SagaSkrúður is an institution in family-friendly Christmas buffets. There are fancier buffets, there are more innovative buffets,…
What Icelanders Eat For The Holidays
Look, intrepid traveller! Here is a primer on the usual suspects and new additions to the ever-popular Icelandic Christmas buffets,…
Gothic Wolffish Cheeks in JaJaJaland
Emiliana Torrini and Chef Antto Melasniemi (formerly of HIM) made us dinnerA relentlessly cheerful Icelandic pop musician and a brooding…
Everybody Loves Ramen
This spring, Tsering Gyal and Kun Sung opened Ramen Momo, Iceland’s first Tibetan restaurant (although it should be noted that…
Rural Evolution
Conversation between Ragnar Egilsson and Ólafur Örn ÓlafssonThis summer saw the birth of two food markets. One of them, a…
New Nordic Cuisine Is Dead
With Chef Esben Holmboe Bang of Maaemo at DillMy lifelong hatred of dill makes me a terrible champion of New…
The Icelandic Restaurant Name Listicle
Before you can name your child in Iceland, you have to run the name by the highly conservative Icelandic Naming…
Krazy Katz
ZEBRA KATZ @HÚRRA, July 18Only in Iceland can you purposefully come an hour late and still be an hour early….
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Saturday!
by Bob Cluness, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Alda Kravec, Liam Harrison, Atli Bollason and Ragnar Egilsson
It’s the end… the Bitter End! 14:00 – Media Hotel – Bob Cluness (BC) It’s 2pm and at the hotel,…
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Friday!
by Bob Cluness, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Alda Kravec, Ragnar Egilsson, Atli Bollason and Liam Harrison
Our ATP Iceland Friday blogging starts…. NOW! 16:55 – Media Hotel, Keflavik – Bob Cluness (BC): Hi-De-Hi campers! i trust…
Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Thursday!
by Bob Cluness, Liam Harrison, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir, Atli Bollason, Ragnar Egilsson and Alda Kravec
Thursday Live Review of ATP Iceland in KeflavikW elcome to the Grapevine’s live blog action from ATP Iceland! Over the…
Mogwai: Les Revenants
Play ATP, talk music, like Iceland, fear SatanYou think of American indie and you think of whimsical art school kids…
An Abandoned Amusement Park With A One-Horse Carousel
The freezing gale spat us inside like chewed skoal. Past the yellow façade with the green palm tree silhouette and…
Into The Cave
I was so excited to visit Cava after browsing their menu that the drooling shorted out my keyboard. This review…
Spice Up Your Life
Nepal is home to mountains that are magnets for freeze-dried corpses, sky burials and the sticky hash that may have…
Aunt Flóra
A glass oasis in Reykjavík’s botanical garden. Perennial favourite of sewing circles and book clubs. Your aunt is sprinting over…
The Great Grillsby
Grillið is where casual meets grand hotel fine dining. It has incorporated certain elements of the new casual dining style,…
Crossroads
Vegamót is a hodgepodge of different cuisines. The name literally means “crossroads” and it fits like a patchwork glove. But…