Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
Music News: Final Airwaves Lineup + Kiasmos, Grísalappalísa & Björk Return
One of Iceland’s best live acts, the furiously energetic punk-poetry collective Grísalappalísa, has returned. They dropped a new video last…
Track By Track: Mammút’s ‘Kinder Versions’
Mystical and intimate post-rockers Mammút recently dropped their newest album, ‘Kinder Versions’. To get the meaning behind each emotional tune,…
Jono Duffy’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Jono Duffy is Iceland’s premier gay Australian comedian—the only one actually. Here’s his perfect Reykjavík day. Breakfast? I used to…
Monster of the Month: Kráki – Kraken
A fishing boat was sailing north of Iceland when it suddenly heeled, so that it was almost flooded, due to…
Readers Write: Tourist Stereotypes At The Pool
Dear Grapevine, Today while eating lunch and leafing through your publication, which I’m told is nothing but leftist propaganda and…
Icelandic Facebook Groups: The Drug Groups
DISCLAIMER: Drugs are illegal in Iceland and also stupid. That said… Let’s say you’re an aspiring drug dealer with no…
Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir is a 22 year old footballer, currently living in Malmö, Sweden, and playing professionally with FC Rosengård…
Monster of the Month: Skeljaskrímsli – Shell Monster
Hallgrímur the Strong lived at Vík in Flateyjardalur in the early 1800s. Grímur was his son. One moonlit winter night,…
Buy Shit: Independent People, YPSILON, Craft Beer & More
A puffin fridge magnet won’t get you drunk, or enlighten you to the Icelandic national character, will it? Independent People…
Ólafur Örn Ólafsson’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
TV Chef Ólafur Örn Ólafsson is a well-known face on the streets of Reykjavík and has appeared as a guest…
Laufey Elíasdóttir’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Laufey Elíasdóttir is a musician, photographer and actress. She has appeared in a number of notable Icelandic films, including Baltasar…
Reader’s Letter: Tourists, Tourists, Tourists
Hey, I am Greek. I love Icelandic nature and I have a lot of friends in Iceland. My boyfriend is…
Monster Of The Month: Sálir – Souls
Dark are the murky waters, The deep and stormy sea Where each and every evening This fisherman will be. –…
Readers Letter: How Dare You Demand Me To Be Naked?
Dear Grapevine, I’ve just returned back to Kansas after a wonderful stay in Iceland, except from one shocking and offending…
Cartoons: Lóa & Smjörfluga
Here are the latest offerings from our regular cartoonists Lóa and Smjörfluga, on a festival innipúkinn and Te Olde Puffin…
Making Of An Artist: Language, Creativity & Space Time With Tonik Ensemble
Anton Kaldal is the mind behind Tonik Ensemble, whose simmering, lush electronic album ‘Snapshots’ was named the Grapevine’s Album of…
Tanja Huld Levý Guðmundsdóttir’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
Tanja Levý is a fashion and textile designer you might remember from the recent Pull Up Your Socks sportswear project….
Buy Shit: Neptún Magazine, The Fish Company Book & Inklaw Hoodie
Neptún magazine https://www.neptun.is/info Neptún captures Reykjavík through compelling photography. It’s a biannual publication that bridges the gap between photography and…
Readers Write: Travel Booking Needed
Hi there, I would like an international flight booking, can you help me with it? If yes, I would also…
Monster Of The Month: Sækýr – Sea Cow
There once was a man named Bjarni, known as Bjarni the Strong, who lived in Breiðavík by Borgarfjörður in the…
Making Of An Artist: Satanic Paranoia & Galactic Conquest With Kolbeinn Hugi
Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson is a visual artist whose multimedia work has been exhibited widely in Iceland and internationally. Here, he…
Music News In Brief: Daði Freyr, Páll Ivan Frá Eiðum & Aron Can
Páll Ivan frá Eiðum is one of the more eccentric musicians in Iceland’s music scene. Also well known for his…
The National Gallery Of Iceland: A Burnt Down Nightclub And Two Artist Ateliers
The National Gallery is located in an old ice house turned nightclub that burnt down in the 1970s. Well, it…
Readers Write: Dear Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Dear Nuclear Weapon Scientists, I have some doubts that need to be addressed for the sake of science. In my…