Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
Grapevine Events: Christmas Markets, Repair Cafe, Gyða, The Women Who Plant Trees, and more!
Jóla Reddingakaffi December 18th at 14:00 – Hafnar.Haus – Free The Roaming Repair Cafe is back in town, this time…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Jónsi & co, amiina, and MariaLing
It’s Friyay! It’s been freezing outside and we can’t wait to wake up not having to brave the windy weather…
Grapevine Events: FUNdraiser, pop-up markets, and a SEEDS screening
FUNdraiser fyrir DJ flugvél og geimskip December 14th at 19:30 – KEX We recently reported that much-loved experimental musician, DJ…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Isafjørd and Baggalútur
HOW IS IT DECEMBER?! I mean… happy Friday. If you too are feeling overwhelmed by the final chapter of this…
Grapevine Events: Heavy Knife Presents, Geigengeist, and Unnur Ýrr Helgadóttir
Heavy Knife presents: Daniel Ness, Countess Malaise, Smjörvi and Drexler December 2nd at 21:00 – Húrra Heavy Knife–a record label…
Andie Sophia’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
by The Reykjavík Grapevine and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Andie Sophia Fontaine is a journalist, writer, and Trans Iceland board member living in Reykjavík. Originally from Baltimore, she has…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Jae Tyler, Árstíðir, and Emíliana Torrini
Yeah yeah yeah! We have a new gem by Emíliana Torrini, a Gary Newman “Cars”-like single by Jae Tyler, and…
RVK Newscast 225: This Is The End – Valur And Pollý Bid Farewell
Valur Grettisson is quitting as editor-in-chief at the Reykjavík Grapevine. This means that this is the last episode of The…
Grapevine Events: Karaoke, Snorri Helgason & Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, and Ólöf Arnalds
Loft Karaoke November 24th at 20:00 – Loft Hostel – Free Those who’ve been around for a while may remember…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Linus Orri, Dream Wife, gugusar
Linus Orri – Supine Linus offers us a really nice three minutes of serenity, beauty and a good melody in…
Grapevine Events: Climbing Iran, Iceland Noir, and NOTHING BREAKING
Screening: “Climbing Iran” November 17th at 19:00 – Bío Paradís – 2.500 ISK Tonight, the Icelandic Alpine Club (ÍSALP) and…
RVK Newscast 224: Icelanders Are Fewer Than We Thought
The biggest story of the decade is here! The national census in Iceland was wrong. It turns out that the…
RVK Newscast 223: Tourists Might Be Charged For Visiting Iceland’s Hotspots
Welcome back to RVK Newscast! Editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson is back with all of the latest Icelandic news. Read on for…
RVK Newscast 222: Prosecutor Appeals Case Against Sigur Rós Lead Singer
Welcome back to RVK Newscast! After a busy print week at Grapevine, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson is back with all of…
The Icelandic Roundup: Asylum Seekers, Politics And Iceland Airwaves
In this edition of the Icelandic Roundup, editor-in-chief Valur Grettison and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine talk about the controversy…
GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #3: Supersport!, Post-dreifing, Marius DC, Faroe Music Export, and Systur
It’s the 3rd and final episode of GRAPEWAVES, the official podcast of Iceland Airwaves music festival, and The Reykjavík Grapevine,…
Airwaves 2022 Saturday Super Review: All-Powerful Go_A, Comfortable Axel Flóvent, And Arlo Parks Brings Us Home
Shed a tear, Airwaves 2022 is all over. Across the city, sleepy humans are slowly waking up and trying to…
Airwaves 2022 Friday Super Review: Transcendent Altın Gün, Metronomy Madness And The New Cult Of Marius DC
OH BOY. Day two of Iceland Airwaves 2022 is already under our belts. Check out what our journalists had to…
GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #2: Lón, shesaid.so, Sandrayati, Haraldur Þorleifsson
Woo…we’re into our third and final day of Iceland Airwaves 2022, but if you’re still catching up on everything that…
Airwaves 2022 Thursday Super Review: Super-cool snny, Crowd-Pleasing gugusar, And Nation Of Language Divides Opinion
After being gently eased in by the pre-opening night‘s concerts, our super-review team hit it HARD last night and saw…
Airwaves 2022: Pre-Opening Night Review
Iceland Airwaves is here baby! Chances are high you’ll live off energy drinks and ginger shots to survive the next…
GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #1: BSÍ, snny, INNI Music, Sindri Már Sigfússon, Tara Mobee
It’s Day 1 of Iceland Airwaves 2022 and the first GRAPEWAVES 2022 episode! Tim Pogo is joined by Colm O’Herlihy,…
Grapevine Events: GRAPEWAVES, Daft Punk on Organ, & Screening
GRAPEWAVES Podcast (live) November 3, 4, 5 at 12:30 – Kólaportið & Spotify & Apple Podcasts – free We know…
Announcing GRAPEWAVES: Your Essential Iceland Airwaves Podcast Companion
Gin and tonic, coffee and crying in the bathroom at work, Iceland Airwaves and the Reykjavík Grapevine: some things are…
The Icelandic Roundup: Iceland Surprisingly Corrupt?
Atli Þór Fanndal, a representative of Transparency International in Iceland, says that systemic corruption in Iceland is a running theme…