Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
The Monday Edit: What To Do This Week
After a weekend of snowstorms and Mardi-gras bollur filled with whipped cream, another Monday rolls in with the usual phlegm,…
Museums in Strange Places Podcast #6: Hveragerði Stone & Mineral Museum
Hey there. I’m Hannah. I’m an American museum professional and Fulbright Fellow living in Reykjavík, and I’m the host of…
Last Words: Iceland Loses A Wonda
The departure of Iceland’s favourite drag queen to England may just be the death of the queer culture renaissance in…
Reader’s Letters: Low Key Music Nights In Reykjavík
Hi there, Love your blog. Iceland has intrigued me for years. I am a fan of so many Icelandic artists…
Museums in Strange Places Podcast #10: Icelandic Museum of Rock’n Roll
Hey there. I’m Hannah. I’m an American museum professional and Fulbright Fellow living in Reykjavík, and I’m the host of…
Björk To Play Primavera Sound 2018; Six Other International Dates Announced
Björk has been unveiled as one of the headliners of the 2018 Primavera festival, where she’ll play alongside Nick Cave…
Track by Track: Iceland’s Goth Underground On New Myrkfælni Compilation
MYRKFÆLNI is a magazine about the Icelandic underground music scene. Their second compilation, available as a download and cassette, features…
Readers Write: Australian Seeks Beautiful Artists
Hi there, Love your blog. Iceland has intrigued me for years. I am a fan of so many Icelandic artists…
Silja Glømmi’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík: Brunch, Cats, Cooking, Vinyl
Silja Glømmi is a DJ often found spinning atmospheric tunes at various top downtown bars. Here’s how she’d spend a…
Making Of An Artist: Divas, Comics & RuPaul With Gógó Starr
Gógó Starr, the alter ego of Sigurður Heimir, is the reigning drag queen of Iceland and a founding member of…
Making Of An Artist: Jónas Reynir’s Cowboy Cannibals And Unruly Tóta
Writer Jónas Reynir Gunnarsson didn’t publish just one book in 2017, but three—all of which met with great praise from…
Steinunn Jónsdóttir’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Steinunn Jónsdóttir is a musician in Amabadama and RVKDTR. This is how she’d spend a perfect day in Reykjavík. First…
Readers Write: Is Donald Trump A “Skinka?”
Hi Grapevine, In Bjorn Halldorsson’s article about the Jolabokaflod (sorry, my keyboard doesn’t have Icelandic characters on it), he mentions…
Norður Og Niður Finishes In A Wistful Haze Of Ambient Sound
The fourth and final night of Norður og Niður dispensed once again with the party vibe as weary festival goers…
Total Wildness: Peaches And Dan Deacon Ignite Norður Og Niður
After a quiet and thoughtful start, Norður Og Niður festival turned the fun up to eleven for a spectacular, invigorating,…
Norður Og Niður Day Two: Verdant Sounds, Crystal Dreams & An Absence Of Dogs
After the grand opening ceremony and climactic Sigur Rós concert of Norður og Niður’s first night, the second day offered…
Wild Imagination, Screaming Butthole & Piano People: Inside Norður Og Niður
While one of our reviewers was being thoroughly wowed by the opening night Sigur Rós performance, the rest of our…
Yule Lad Suffers Existential Crisis On Skólavörðurstígur
It was a sad day for Yule Lads, as the last of Grýla and Leppalúði’s came face-to-face with a harsh…
Ketkrókur Talks Crossfit, Steals Meat In Laugardalur
Residents of Reykjavík’s Laugardalur neighbourhood were left rolling their eyes after one grating encounter after another with an obnoxious man…
Gáttaþefur Eschews Personal Boundaries, Sniffs His Way Down Laugavegur
Thrifty Reykjavíkings toting sack lunches to work this morning found themselves awkwardly confronted by an olfactorily endowed man sniffing his…
Gluggagægir Caught Peeping In Windows In The City Centre
The city is safe today after police apprehended a peeping tom spotted peering through windows throughout 101 Reykjavík. “I work…
Nation In Mourning As Bjúgnakrækir Absconds With Hot Dog Stand
Flags throughout the country are flying at half-mast today, following reports that the iconic Bæjarins Bestu hot dog stand in…
Skyrgámur Dashes Tourists’ Hopes For Authentic Icelandic Experience
Tourists throughout the country and sobbing in their Airbnbs today upon discovering the carton of skyr they picked up at…
Hurðaskellir The Most Obnoxious Yule Lad: Breiðholt Residents
Residents of apartment blocks in Reykjavík’s Breiðholt neighbourhood are exhausted today after being kept up all night by some lunatic…
Askasleikir On The Loose, No Bowl Safe
Chaos has erupted in several of Reykjavík’s noodle parlours today following reports of a quiet bearded man slurping up the…