Dear editor, Whilst I have some sympathy from the truck drivers and others who earn their living on the road, the high-jacking of the fuel price protests by the 4×4 travel club undermines the legitimate concerns of the professional drivers. The travel…

Dear ladies and gentlemen, a friend told me Iceland girls look like fairies. Do they? Kindest regards, Yacine Azzouz Dear Azzouz, Do you mean fairies as in gay, or fairies as in the tooth fairy? Editor Re: fairies as the nice little…

Dear Madam/Sir, I am a 49-year-old Sri Lankan bank employee interested in exchanging ideas through correspondence with a likeminded Icelander. With a view to having my pen pal request published I visited the websites of several leading Icelandic newspapers, but unfortunately, most…

Dear Editor, I moved to Iceland around 6 months ago from Birmingham, England. I moved here to be with my long distance boyfriend of almost 3 years, and after 2 and a half years of waiting i finally made the choice by…

Dear Iceland, As an American, I am as appalled to read of the treatment of Erla Ósk Arnardóttir as you are. Her minor offense does not justify the extreme and inhumane way in which she was treated. I can’t apologize on behalf…

Dear Madam, Sir, In the frame of making a filmed documentary for the Belgian television, we have started a worldwide search for individuals born on very specific dates. Our goal is to obtain the largest panel of people possible i.e. diversity of…

We were in Iceland last year for our 25th anniversary, and we LIVED on skyr. I am unable to find a domestic supplier of it in the States, and just now was unable to find an live online link to maybe order…

Hi Iceland, American Citizen leaves homeland until Bush leaves office Has passport but no place to live Auctioning himself to international bidders of the world You might think I’m crazy, but I’ve decided to leave America until George Bush leaves the Whitehouse.…

Re: Icelandic Referees Referees play an important role in any sport. Soccer is not the exception. They are in charge of justice on the pitch. However justice does not wear a blindfold on the soccer fields in Iceland. The men in black…

Dear Mr. E (Mr. E and Mr. F: so the Grapevine’s Editor and I use to call ourselves within professional contexts, in an unlikely crossover that echoes both American indie rock and espionage B-movies), As a long-time and devoted contributor, I feel…

Re: Myspace vs. Facebook I am an international student and an avid reader of the Grapevine, my only source to interesting icelandic news (or I should say news put in an interesting way) and quality English articles on paper, which I eagerly…

Now we all know that “the opinion of the columnists don’t” reflect the opinion of the Reykjavik grapevine” is a little legal disclaimer trick to get you out of moral defamation lawsuits. But it seems that any time columnists’ articles are criticized…

Re: On Advertisement When I was 18, I was a communist. I’m not really sure why, the whole thing just kind of resounded with my upbringing in Sweden, and I thought Che Guevara Tshirts were really cool. After a long argument with…

Dear Editor, As the genealogical consultant in summer residence here at the Icelandic Emigration Center at Hofs� s, I was very impresed with the article on genealogy that appeared recently in The Grapevine. It was especially well researched and balanced, and acknowledged…

The Grapevine has received this open letter to City Council member Gísli Marteinn Baldursson, regarding a story from our last issue on the current state of affairs in Reykjavík’s public transportation system. Dear Gisli Marteinn Baldursson The public transport system in Reykjavík…

Recently I read a review in the latest Grapevine covering the new album “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Happiness” by Hraun. I have been a fan of music all of my life and usually when I read a review I disagree with…

Dear all, Góðan dagin! My name is Augustin, I live here in Iceland and some of you know who I am. I found your e-mails from the cultural centre website and the purpose of my letter is to speak for those guests…

Dear writers, reading your comments on the Jyllandspostencartoons we are sure you in Iceland never had to deal with neofascism called islam. Hereby I would advise you to read the koran and specially sura 9 and after that the only conclusion you…

Dearest Ed & Grapevine, Allow me to apologize for my previous letter to Grapevine and its suggestion to alter your national treasure of undead 13th century grammatics. If was a respectless and misdirected act, brought out mostly of despair, and I will…

Dear Editor, Thanks for printing my letter in your Sour Grapes section. (I bitched about the local authorities taking their time or even ignoring the charges I filed when my Icelandic ex-boyfriend assaulted me.) I had no idea my letter was printed.…

An open letter to Páll Hilmarsson Dear sir, how dare you state that mighty BLACK-METAL is bad? You obviously have no taste in – nor knowledge of – music. Either that or you are the world’s biggest sissypants square/lame excuse for an…

Gabriele Gudbjartson writes “If you do say you are a believer, how well do your actions separate you from an unbeliever?” The arrogance is breathtaking. Show me one shred of evidence that believers are kinder, more generous or more willing to make…