Author: Sveinn Birkir Björnsson
Garðurinn
The restaurant Garðurinn, or as it is called in English, Ecstasy’s Heart Garden, is a small and friendly family-operated vegetarian…
Who Needs Oxygen, Anyways?
The second annual Skullfest festival will likely be remembered as the year’s sweatiest show, which is a good thing. TÞM,…
The Cornell Challenge
As a live performer, Chris Cornell is an ontological challenge. By all accounts, he is a grunge-god, a member of…
Sink This Beer
Last April, Grapevine journalist Steinunn Jakobsdóttir visited Seyðisfjörður, a small and extremely charming fishing village on the East coast of…
Locating Iceland
Photographer Spessi (Sigurþór Hallbjörnsson) is a graduate of the Akademie Voor Beeldende Kunst, in Holland. Spessi’s photography has always focused…
From the Editor’s Chair
Every summer, the city of Reykjavík comes alive when tourists flood the streets, getting lost along Laugavegur and suffering from…
No Need to Panic
So, the first issue of Monitor should hit the streets by the end of this month, what can readers expect?…
Confessions of an Art-Terrorist
Let’s take it from the top. When did you start playing drums? That’s a story to tell. From a young…
Fish Market
The restaurant Fish Market is the latest addition to the Icelandic restaurant flora. Co-owner and head chef, Hrefna Rósa Sætran…
Peacekeeping and Ideas of Masculinity
Helga Björnsdóttir is working on her PhD thesis in Anthropology from the University of Iceland. Her research has been focused…
Passing the Test
Rumours about the imminent break-up of Mínus, Iceland’s biggest rock act, had circulated for weeks before second guitarist Frosti and…
From the Editor’s Chair
Issue number 61 is done, and I am off for a summer vacation. I will be back, hopefully, but at…
The Age of Global Protest
What brought you to Iceland? Springer: Well for the past two years, several communities in Trinidad and Tobago have been…
Thrash Revival
There’s still hope my friend,” bellowed I Adapt’s singer Birkir. The second band on stage, these hardcore mainstays pounded through…
Café Victor
Victor is one of the many places in Reykjavík that try to maintain balance on the fine line between being…
In Movies, Ignorance is Bliss
Silja Hauksdóttir is a 31-year old filmmaker from Reykjavík. She graduated with a B.A. degree in philosophy from the University…
The Strength of Street Knowledge
As I write this, we are putting the finishing touches on the issue you are now holding before shipping it…
The Paradox of Gender Pay Gap
Perhaps you could begin by telling us a little bit about your research? I am an economist and I received…
On The Lot: Iceland
It is hard to pinpoint with any accuracy when an Icelandic film industry emerged. It may not even be important…
The Strength of Street Knowledge
As I write this, we are putting the finishing touches on the issue you are now holding before shipping it…
Planning Reykjavík
Maybe you could start by telling me a bit about the Iceland studio and how that came about? Orri Gunnarsson…
Sjávarbarinn
One quiet Sunday evening I had the pleasure of finding out one of Reykjavík’s best-kept secrets, down by the old…
From the Editor’s Chair
Green is the catchphrase of the day. As PR firms bend over backwards in order to establish ecoconscious images for…
Kolviður: A Noble Idea Gone Wrong
On May 15th, the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, officially opened the Iceland Carbon Fund’s website at a prestigious…
A Loss for Democracy
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so it would seem, judging from the recent Parliamentary…