Author: Steinunn Jakobsdóttir
Putting Pop on the Priority List
How to support the Icelandic music industry and promote Icelandic music abroad has been an issue of debate year after…
Vitabar
On the corner of Vitastígur and Bergþórugata stands the legendary local bar Vitabar, a Reykjavík burger fan´s favorite. This is…
The Invasion of the Visual Artists
The first Sequences – Real Time Festival, an international cross-media art festival focusing on time-based art phenomena will kick off…
Best of Kárahnjúkar
As the Kárahnjúkar power plant inches closer to completion, opposition against the project increases. The Reykjavík Grapevine has compiled the…
La Primavera
For years, Italian restaurant La Primavera has been one of Reykjavík’s most popular dining spots. With a menu offering various…
Old Hunters Welcome a New World
“It’s really tasty. You should try it,” Edda said to me as I put a piece of grilled seal meat…
Pimped Up Party Mobiles
If you are the kind who has a PlayStation 2, flat screen TV and a million ISK sound system installed…
A Building As Honoured As Its Inhabitants
The oldest secondary school in Iceland, Menntaskólinn in Reykjavík (MR), which is perched on the small hill by Lækjargata, won’t…
A Cult Called KR
“I try to attend all games, it doesn’t matter who they are playing. You see, this place is my second…
Change In the House of Arts
Last September, Hafþór Yngvason was appointed the director of the Reykjavík Art Museum. This September however, he is truly taking…
Old Habits Die Hard
As Reykjavík’s oldest shopping street, Laugavegur, has evolved over the years; old shops have closed while new ones spring up…
The Upstart University Steals the Hearts of Young Iceland
Icelanders have long taken pride in their high level of education. With eight universities and an ever-growing student body, there…
We Have a Team, Now We Need Some Hooligans
“I just can’t believe we didn’t lose!” a satisfied football fan said to his friend when trying to walk through…
Matt Freakin’ Dillon! Doing Bukowski!
Matt Dillon’s and Marissa Tomei’s presence at the opening ceremony of the Iceland International Film Festival this year will be…
Flexible, Greased Up Comedy
“Where are my dirty, horny women!?!” a tanned and muscular man wearing only a black G-string, shoes and a collar…
Super Salaries for the Fortunate Few
The local tax lists are public in Iceland, and it has become an annual ritual in the country to closely…
No More Guerrilla Garments
With no mannequins, no large sign, and a location in the middle of an old industrial harbour, you’d be forgiven…
Midnight Golfing
“There are plenty of people who come here late at night after the clubs close, especially in the beginning of…
A Northern Take on Carnival, Without the Religion
Feel like going on a road trip and listening to pop bands play in front of gregariously drunk locals celebrating…
Men Have to Take Responsibility
By emphasising the role men play in rape crimes in society, the NEI campaign points its finger at men as…
“I Love Skólavörðustígur”
Stretching from Laugavegur all the way up to Hallgrímskirkja church, Skólavörðustígur is a street so familiar to locals they often…
A Great Place for Lobster, Ghosts, Giraffes and Friends of Foo
“This building used to be a freezing plant,” Viddi’s mom tells us while pouring us a cup of coffee after…
Let’s Take a Road Trip
For many years now I have spent hours at a time nagging about how boring it is to live in…
Organizing For the Future
The Framtíðarlandið (The Future Country) organisation was formally established at a big meeting held in Austurbær on Iceland’s Independence Day,…
The Why and What of Everything
If everyone in China jumped off a chair at the same time, would it cause an earthquake? There’s a question…