Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Brunch
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Place For A Fancy Meal
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Goddamn Restaurant
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Grapevine New Music Picks: Ólafur Arnalds, Krassasig, and Ari Árelíus
What is National Day without music from nationals, am I right? Hit that play button and celebrate everything this country…

Grapevine Events: Art, Benefit Screening, & EXPAT
The city is buzzing with cultural events! No need to overwhelm yourself though, we did that for you. We selected…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Bakery
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Chinese
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Coffeehouse
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Sushi
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Vegan Meal
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

RVK Newscast 190: Death At Reynisfjara, Iceland’s Black Beach
Reykjavík Grapevine’s editor-in-chief Valur Grettison is at the black sand beach, Reynisfjara, to discuss the tragic news of the second…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Traditional Icelandic Food
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Thai
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Vegan Burger
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Pizza
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Reykjavík Grapevine’s 19th ‘Ask Me Anything’ Online Now
Valur Grettisson (Editor-In-Chief), Andie Sophia Fontaine (News Editor) and Josie Anne Gaitens (Culture Editor) were joined by Youtube and High…

The Volcano: A Memoir – Part Three
On the 19th of March 2021 a new eruption started in the southwest corner of Iceland, on the Reykjanes peninsula….

RVK Newscast 189: Huge Drug Bust
In this beautifully sunny RVK Newscast, Reykjavík Grapevine editor-in-chief, Valur Grettisson, is at Kleifervatn to go over the latest news:…

The Icelandic Roundup: Death at Reynisfjara
Another death has occurred at ‘the black beach’, Reynisfjara, the 4th in recent years. With tourism numbers increasing again, who—if…

Best Of Reykjavík Dining 2022: Best Burger
They say that adversity breeds creativity; that adage has certainly held true for Reykjavík restaurants. When we first started to…

Grapevine New Music Picks: LadieLex, Svala and Love Guru & N3dek
Another sunny Friday?! What have we done to deserve such riches? Get out there and enjoy it and take these…

Grapevine Events: Passenger, Art, & The Magic Of Eiderdown
Passenger Sunday, June 12th, 20:00 Harpa, Eldborg It’s not often a multiple award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter comes over! You probably…

RVK Newscast 188: Murder In Reykjavík, And Icelandic Defamation Cases
Newscast is back! Reykjavík Grapevine editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson and his trusty sidekick Pollý are at Fjallkonan restaurant in downtown Reykjavík…

Grapevine’s 19th ‘Ask Me Anything’ This Friday
This Friday, June 10th, at 14:30 Icelandic time, the Reykjavík Grapevine will hold its nineteenth Ask Me Anything (AMA). You,…

Grapevine New Music Picks: Pale Moon, JóiPé, and Draumfarir
According to the weather forecast, we should have a super sunny day tomorrow (yes we’re still obsessed). According to experience,…