Author: Valur Grettisson
RVK Newscast #67: Horrible Car Accident In Ísafjörður & A Visit To Hallgrímskirkja
CORRECTION: Valur stated that the child who died in the accident was 11 years old, but in fact, the child…
RVK Newscast #66: 60 Billions In Covid Relief Actions & Privatisation Of A Bank
Iceland has toughened up the borders. It’s not optional anymore to choose between a 14 day quarantine and the test…
New In Town: Chickpea
Chickpea describes themselves as a small, family-run, street food style restaurant with nutritious and authentic food made from scratch, every…
Reading Too Much Into The Icelandic Book Prize Nominees 2021
In Iceland, you can be sure that two things happen every year in January: bad weather and the Icelandic Book…
Möller Records 10 Years Old: Electro Poets Of The 21st Century
Through almost 100 albums over a span of 10 years, Möller Records has delivered cutting-edge premium electronic music to a…
Get That Guitar (And Collagen-Infused Smoothie): Oscar Leone’s Perfect Day
Oscar Leone’s folk-inspired indie rock has that good ole’ guitar strumming and smooth harmonies that just make you want to…
Well You Asked: How to Plan A Coup
So, I’m really inspired by the coup thing in the US, but I live in Iceland. How exactly would one…
Editorial: Strong Year In Music
If you feel down because of the pandemic, the boring storms and the strong winds beating on you all the…
Just Sayings: ‘Dropinn holar harðan stein’
This saying is one of my all-time favourites and is still widely used today. Translated, “Dropinn holar harðan stein” literally…
Danes Trying To Squeeze Into An Icelandic Vaccine Deal
Negotiations between Iceland and Pfizer about additional vaccine and research in that relationship might be in danger according to the…
RVK Newscast #65: COVID, COVID & Some More COVID
Icelanders have relaxed the COVID-19 restrictions. The Gathering Ban is now 20. 100 can sit together at the theatre and…
Polarising In US Politics Not Going Anywhere, Icelandic Analyst Says
Icelanders, as well as other nations, are quite shocked after a mob incited by outgoing US President Donald Trump attacked…
RVK Newscast #64: Sweden In Trouble & A Good Year for Icelandic Musicians
Unofficial discussions have been underway between Sweden and other Nordic countries, including Iceland, about helping the country in its struggle…
COVID-Roundup: Five With COVID-19, Two In Quarantine
Five people were diagnosed with COVID-19 domestically yesterday. Two were in quarantine but three were not at the time of…
Immigrant Job-Seekers Keen For Education
Job-seekers that are not of Icelandic origin are very keen on starting school here, RÚV reports this morning. At the…
Sweden In Unofficial Talks With Other Nordic Countries About COVID-19 Relief
Unofficial discussions have been underway between Sweden and other Nordic countries, including Iceland, about helping the country in its struggle…
Icelandic Musicians Got 250 Million ISK From Streaming Last Year
Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times last year, RÚV reports, who asked the Icelandic Association of Record Publishing Companies to…
Alcohol Sales Went Through The Roof Last Year
The Icelandic government-run liquor store, Vínbúðin, has never sold as much alcohol as they did last year according to Morgunblaðið….
RVK Newscast #63: Crime Statistics In Iceland & The Catholic Church Violates The Gathering Ban
Iceland is doing well when it comes to COVID-19. Ten new cases of coronavirus were diagnosed domestically yesterday, and vaccines…
COVID Affected Criminal Behaviour – But Not The Statistics
It made national headlines when the police in Iceland asked criminals to take it easy at the beginning of the…
Catholic Church Breaks Gathering Ban…Again
A mass at the Catholic Church, Landakotskirkja, in downtown Reykjavík was stopped by the police on Sunday for violating the…
RVK Newscast #62: Happy New Year!
There has been no spike in COVID numbers so it seems that Icelanders were cautious over the Christmas holidays. In…
Our Favourite Scandals Of The Year
by Valur Grettisson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Iceland, like any modern nation, always has its share of scandals. Most of ours involve government officials, as they typically…
Our Editor-In-Chief’s Most Intriguing Icelandic Albums In 2020
The Icelandic music year was better than we expected at the beginning of the pandemic. Icelandic artists didn’t let it…
Just Sayings: Those White Ravens
This saying, ‘Sjaldséðir eru hvítir hrafnar’ is something that all Icelanders use at least once over their lifetime. It is…