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Grapevine New Music Picks: Inspector Spacetime, Atli Arnarsson & Eydís Evensen

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Happy New Music Friday! This week we’ve got a delightful selection of freshly-released Icelandic tracks for you, including a brilliant…

Video: Why Are The People Of Grindavík The Happiest People In Iceland?

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A new UN report puts Iceland in 4th place for the world’s happiest people, raising the question: who are the…

Reader’s Letter: Popcorn Lungs

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Hey Grapevine Editorial Team! My name is Phyllis and I am an independent writer. Currently, I specialise in drug rehab,…

Reader’s Letters: Your Icelandic Healthcare System Is Stupid

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I just skimmed an article written by Ms. Davidson in early 2016, lauding Iceland’s national healthcare system that she immigrated…

For & Against: Bonuses For Bankers

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FOR: If there’s one group of marginalised people who suffer constant persecution, it’s bankers. They’re the last minority over whom…

Happening This Weekend: Reykjavík Culture Night

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Saturday marks annual Culture Night Festival in Reykjavík. The streets downtown will be closed for traffic and instead they will…

Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: The Best Place To End The Night

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The Reykjavík Grapevine is proud to present: The Best Of Reykjavík 2016! Earlier this summer we published our Best Of…

Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: The Best Pizza

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The Reykjavík Grapevine is proud to present: The Best Of Reykjavík 2016! Earlier this summer we published our Best Of…

Hero of the Issue / Villain of the Issue

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The hero of this issue is lawyers. People like to speak ill of lawyers as blood-sucking parasites who prey upon…

The Hot Button: Early Elections

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The hot button issue of this issue is early elections. However anyone feels about the current government, this is an…

Reykjavíkurdætur’s Album Is Dropping Soon!

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The reputation of Reykjavíkurdætur, Iceland’s feminist rap phenomenon, has spread well beyond the borders of our small country. They recently…

PHOTOS: It Begins… Dunkin’ Donuts Hits 101 Reykjavík!

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Twenty two years after then-Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson took the first bite of the first McDonald’s burger served in Iceland,…