Author: Rex Beckett - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Rex Beckett

Where There Is Sand, There Is A Beach Party

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And they ‘Wish You Were Here’Today I walked onto a warm island shore. To my right I watched the gentle…

Meet The Venues

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So you’re browsing through the Airwaves schedule trying to get a feel for your evening and while you know some…

Party Fuel: Your Late Night Eating Guide!

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It’s Friday, 2:52 in the morning, you’re stumbling out of Hafnarhús after dancing your ass off to The Knife’s last…

Don Donuttio DiMaggio Of The County Fair

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Just as the infinitely self-deprecating Don of the Springfield mafia couldn’t resist a tiny bicycle trick, I’m a gal who…

Páll Óskar: In The Name Of Love

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Talking Pride with the king of the parade The front door is wide open. Giving a little tap on the…

Humble Brag

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Skrúður, Hótel Saga, Hagatorg, 107 ReykjavíkThere’s a great scene in the movie ‘Office Space’ where Jennifer Aniston’s character, who works…

Neil Young To Play Iceland For First Time

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The inimitable Canadian musician Neil Young is headed here in July to play his first ever concert in Iceland on…

Delicious Feet: A Day At A Fish Spa

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Some people find it disgusting to be licked by animals. I am not one of them. I am a disgusting…

On A Date With Úlfur

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It’s a bittersweet thing when a beloved local talent leaves our black shores. On the one hand, they’re usually going…

Lovers Come And Lovers Go

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Summer never really came to Iceland this year. Instead, the weather sort of skipped right from spring to autumn. For…

Breathing Into Dance

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In the cool dimness of KEX’s Gym & Tonic room, we stand in a large circle with eleven people, slowly…

Beware Of The Plastics

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Although environmentalists consider Iceland’s coastline to be one of the cleanest in the world, many of our rocky beaches are…

Hafþór Is The Mountain!

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Iceland’s strongest man, Hafþór “Thor” Björnsson, has been signed on to play the role of Ser Gregor Clegane, a.k.a. The…

Swimmers Sneaking Cameras Into Pool

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Despite the overwhelming presence of signs prohibiting cameras on pool grounds, people are caught sneaking cameras into the swimming area…

Final Airwaves Acts Announced – And This Time, WE MEAN IT!

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That’s it, folks! The Iceland Airwaves festival line-up is officially complete! The submission doors are closed, the IMX team has…

On A Date With Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson: The Vegan Sausage King Of Iceland

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A large glob of water keeps dripping out of someone’s rain-gutter onto my head as I huddle in a doorway,…

LET’S DANCE

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At the end of the month, our fair city will be inundated by performance. Since 2002, the Reykjavík Dance Festival…

The Guy In The Fur Coat Shitting His Pants

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Diederik Peeters rejects the notion of being a minor cult celebrity in Iceland. Despite the fact that the claim was…

The Wrong Kind Of Whale Watching

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“How mentally prepared for this should we be?” I asked our driver, Marvin Lee Dupree, as we approached the turn-off…

I Dream Of Cheeses

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Two years ago, I made a Seinfeldian pact with a friend to go the entire month of February without consuming…

12 Tónar Is The Number Two Record Store!

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The local record shop and label 12 Tónar has been named the number two record store to visit before you…

Scream

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After several years of trying different steps and shapes, the festival that unites Iceland’s freelance dance professionals has found a…

Reykjavík Shorts&Docs Up For Prize

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The Reykjavík Shorts&Docs Festival is on the shortlist of entries up for the title of MovieMaker Magazine’s Coolest Short Film…

Sigur Rós Make Rolling Stone’s List Of Greatest Live Acts

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Sigur Rós have come in at 47th place on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 50 Greatest Live Acts Right…

DJ Robbed Blind While Performing At Þjóðhátið

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Atli Már Gylfason had a nightmarish homecoming when he found his apartment ransacked and robbed blind after returning from performing…