Author: Virginia Zech
Icelandic Hockey Suffers for Lack of Ice
Forget everything you think you know about Icelandic hockey. For Icelanders this will mean accepting that hockey is at least…
Swim Naked and Sing Your Heart Out in Helsinki
Helsinki (Helsingfors) is in many ways the Nordic capital that tourism forgot: especially, for reasons of both light and weather,…
Trolls and Bubbling Mud Pits
Tourists who come to Iceland for culture, rather than nature, are likely to miss Lake Mývatn. Less than two hours’…
Guantánamo Detainees Released Into Captivity
After three years in military captivity, Rhuhel Ahmed and Asif Iqbal are touring the globe to present Michael Winterbottom’s documentary…
An Unnatural State Of Affairs
Magnús Þorkell Bernharðsson is a professor of history at Williams College, visiting his native country to teach a course at…
Icelandic Whaling: But Is It Science?
While the debate surrounding Iceland’s decision to persist in scientific whaling rages on, Iceland’s plans for commercial whale meat sales,…
RIFF Brings Darkness to Urban Youth
The annual Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) is approaching, and along with it a series of seminars, symposia, celebrities and…
Minnesota Vikings to Fight Way Out Of Jungle
Iceland enthusiast and frequent visitor (six times so far), Andy Saur is seeking to take a bit of the Viking…
Movie Reviews
The Libertine Look, we are all Johnny Depp fans. But let’s be honest, JD’s fanbase, magically doubling in the past…
Look Out, Reykjavík!
If you read the last issue of the Grapevine, well, you’re probably not alone. Ever since I arrived in Iceland…