Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

You have one more day in Reykjavík. Later in the night you plan on going out and getting drinks. You’ve…

Nine girls walk into a studio and improv for seven hours, using only their voices. What do you get? A…

Invasive species or non-native plants present a problem all over the world. For instance, the ragweed in Europe can cause…

Tómas Magnússon and his wife Tanya Pollock saw an area calling for help one day when walking their child through…

When Hilmar Magnússon decided to create the Reykjavík LGBT History & Culture Walk this summer, he admits that he wasn’t…

Afrocubism graced the stage at Harpa on June 28 to a packed theatre, and musically did not disappoint. Unfortunately, when…

With an hour and a half layover in Akureyri before a flight to Reykjavík, Grapevine’s photographer and I were frustrated….

Utter the word ‘Eyjafjallajökull’ to many non-Icelanders and you’ll get a cringe and a travel horror story as a response….

A trip to Grímsey—Iceland’s northernmost island—from Reykjavík seems less than appealing at first. In order to get there, you have…

A month of poetry and art outside of ReykjavíkThe international art festival Æringur opens on July 2 in Bolungarvík this…

Singing, dancing, poetry, instrumental music, movies, paintings…come see all or some of the above at the 29th Grapevine Grassroots. While…

The Noise Revival Orchestra seem to have moved away from their experimental orchestral work in the EP ‘Songs Of Forgiveness’….

Afrocubism is a project that began as a dream thirteen years ago. Nick Gold’s idea was to fuse the sounds…

Glacier hiking and ice climbing, like many things in Iceland, are once in a lifetime opportunities for most travellers. Many…

“Have you ever been to the Reykjanes Peninsula?” our tour guide asked. I thought to myself: “Of course, I took…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Krakow writer Stanislaw Lem’s novel ‘Solaris’, and this should be…