Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
An Autodrone Shaped Bloodstain On Iceland
“Well we are Autodrone, we come from New York City and we make the only kind of music that we…
Your Handy Guide For Airwaves 2010
We are always hanging out in downtown Reykjavík (it’s where most of us work and live, you know), so we…
Spark
SPARK is a platform for various design projects with a focus on projects that involve collaboration between designers and other…
Árnesinga Folk Museum, Eyrarbakki
The museum is located in one of Iceland’s oldest buildings, built in 1765. Merchant families lived in the House for…
Akureyri Museum
The exhibitions provide the visitor with ample information concerning the history of the fjord from settlement era as well as…
ART67
ART67 is a small and colourful art gallery, offering a selection of modern art, paintings, ceramics and glass made by…
Jónas Viðar Gallery, Akureyri
Jónas Viðar Gallery was founded 2005 by Jónas Viðar, an artist in Akureyri. It´s located in the Cultural Center of…
Bíó Paradís
The old Regnboginn cinema was closed since June this year, but has reopened with a new program and a new…
Esja
This stylish bar is located in the centre of Reykjavíks party mile. If you like it elegant and chilled –…
Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell was founded in the year 1998 by a group of art enthusiasts in the town of Seyðisfjörður . The…
Faktorý
Faktorý is a colourful venue on two floors – music acts upstairs and a bar and DJ downstairs. Have fun!…
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
Hof is a cultural building designed for music and other performing arts. It has two auditoriums, one catering for 200…
Happy Up Here
They had me at “Alluu!”. With a burst of freshness not seen since the early days of spearmint gum, the…
Sour Grapes and stuff
Hey Guys, I’m new to the city and I’m searching for a bar with a good foosball table. My research…
Farewell, but not goodbye, to the House band from Hell…
I love free shit. If there is something that I can get for nothing, then my grasping mitts are all…
Calls PM’s Visit “Provocative”
Another Faeroese MP has spoken out against Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir’s visit to the Faeroe Islands, calling her traveling…
Classifed Iceland
It occurred to me recently that I was in serious withdrawal from one of the most entertaining and insane places…
Sour grapes and stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER: Dear Haukur, I am glad this is solved in your mind at least. Another topic : On…
ENTER THE HANGOVER
The summer of 2010 has been one of festivals and parties. Every goddamn weekend has been dominated by a three-day…
Geothermal Energy: Still Steaming Ahead
“Icelanders regard plentiful, cheap, guilt-free energy as part of their birthright.” —Daniel Gross, Newsweek, April 2008 A geothermal challenge At…
EIVÖR – LARVA
Why do people try to cover Kate Bush? Eivör fails as hard as Futureheads and Placebo ever did, but we’ll…
Grapevine Shows Some Love
Villa Reykjavík This crazy travelling art festival has brought an arty party hearty spirit to Reykjavík over the past…
Do Icelanders Believe in Elves? Really?
“Grönlænderstiv” is a Danish phrase which means essentially “drunk as a Greenlander.” However, recent research suggests that the Danes drink…
Empty Pockets, Full Imagination
Every summer for the past six years, Reykjavík’s local youth centre, Hitt Húsið, has offered support and assistance for art…
BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2010 – SHOPPING AND COMMERCE EDITION
Oh, us. We spent all that time compiling a nifty BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2010 list for our last issue. We…