Author: Valur Grettisson
Early Voting For Parliamentary Elections Has Begun
Early voting for the upcoming Parliamentary elections in Iceland began at 8:20 today at the Chief Legislative Office in each…
COVID-19 Numbers Up, Hospitalisation Numbers Down
At least 119 domestic cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed yesterday. Of those, 80 were not in quarantine—67% of those diagnosed….
Emirati Princess Latifa Visited The Volcano: Campaign To Free Her Disbanded
Emirati princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum visited the volcano in Geldingadalir a few days ago along with her uncle,…
RVK Newscast #123: Iceland At A Crossroad In The Pandemic
Icelanders are at odd crossroads in the COVID-19 pandemic. 93% of the nation is vaccinated, but we still have the…
RVK Newscast #117: The Volcano Begins Erupting Like A Geyser Again
The volcano has undergone a revival and is back to being a fire geyser—at least for the moment. Lava spitting…
RVK Newscast #116: Play On The Stock Market & The Metal CEO
A brand new Icelandic airline, Play, began operations last month and has just launched itself on the stock market. The…
RVK Newscast #115: The Odd Rhythm Of The Volcano & A Helicopter Dispute
The volcano has a new rhythm—meaning now we have to time our visits to see it in action. There’s also…
Just Sayings: The Devil’s Grandmother!
We know you love your grandmother and think she’s the world. And perhaps she is. But you haven’t met the…
Just Sayings: “Að gera garðinn frægan”
Do you want to be famous? Of course you do. But here’s the real question: Have you made your garden…
RVK Newscast #114: Pornshop To Be A Kindergarten & More Cancelled Musicians
Scott Estill, the lost American explained in a TV interview what happened when he got lost near the volcano. The…
RVK Newscast #113: Siggi The Hacker, Wikileaks And The Lost American
In this episode we report that the FBI’s star witness in the case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has admitted…
RVK Newscast #112: The Volcano Turns Three, And A Farm Is Doomed
Geldingadalsgos is now officially three months old, and in our latest newscast from the volcano site we look at what…
The Butterfly Effect In The North: Egill Bjarnason On How Iceland Changed The World
It’s not that Icelanders are full on megalomaniacs (we are though, in general), but our history and culture have shaped…
RVK Newscast #111: Katla’s Folklore Explained & The Last Of COVID-19
Iceland is doing very well with vaccinations, meaning that we are very close to abolishing all domestic restrictions in connection…
Just sayings: Að leika tveimur skjöldum
It doesn’t perhaps sound like a wise decision to go into battle armed only with two shields (unless you’re a…
RVK Newscast #110: Workers Try To Save Volcano Path
There was no public access to the volcano when we visited on June 15th, but viewing points have since been…
Books To Read Before The Endless Summer Days Rob Your Sanity
It’s that time of the year again—the time of maddening light and endless days that mess up your sense of…
RVK Newscast #106: Lava Is Closing Off The Path!
When we arrived at the volcano late on Sunday, we found out that the path to the mountain next to…
RVK Newscast #105: The New Lava Threatening The Highway
We visited Nátthagi, where the lava is now filling slowly. It’s obvious that the lava will go over the highway…
Don’t Despair, Skuggabaldur Is On The Prowl
“I’ve always wanted to open up a jazz bar,” Jón Mýrdal says. A stand-up comedian and TV personality turned bar…
Well, You Asked: OnlyFans & Coke
Apparently, you think we’re good at giving advice. Well, you’re right about that. I’m a 69-year-old man who just retired…
RVK Newscast #104: The “Lava-Wall” At Fagradalsfjall
Valur Grettisson, the editor-in-chief of the Reykjavík Grapevine, and his trusty cameraman, Art Bicnick, visited the volcano yesterday to check…
RVK Newscast #103: New Cold War Meeting In Iceland And COVID At Eurovision
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will meet American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Iceland on May 20th,…
The Icelandic Perspective #2: Brexit, Scotland and The Weird War Between Boris And Dominique
Valur Grettisson and Bjartmar Alexandersson discuss British politics in this second episode of The Icelandic Perspective. This time they decided…
RVK Newscast #102: The Fire Geyser Now Reach 300 Metres
According to the newest findings by Icelandic geologists, the fire geyser’s lava fountain, or number five as it’s called, reaches…