Thank you very, very much Sveinn Birkir Björnsson for the article about the Sugarcubes reunion gig in November. I wasn’t aware it had happened and so was devastated to have missed it, but reading the article was great, at least now I…

Dear Grapevine Readers, The past weeks media reports have been overwhelmed by the immigration issue in Iceland. So far the only beneficiary of this talk is the “Liberal Party” which gained a noticeable rise of supporters in the recent poll conducted for…

Hello: My name is Ken Maxwell and I just finished reading the article that you wrote regarding the Mormon Missionaries serving in your area. My son Brennik (Elder Maxwell) was one of the Missionaries mentioned. I want you to know that I…

First off, we have two letters from this cat called Roy. Hi, Stefán Pálson is probably right.. Think about all of the money that was spent during World War II building tanks,airplanes,ships etc. just to defeat some misunderstood folks like the Germans…

Dear Reykjavík Grapevine editor/journalists. On the back page of Fréttablaðið on the 3rd of September Mr. Davíð Þór Jónsson writes an article which in my opinion he rightfully calls “Reykjavík Greip Væl” I’m very curious to learn about your reactions to this…

Dear Bart, Thanks to you and your colleagues for the listings in Grapevine’s last issue. It sure was a helpful guide in finding our way around Reykjavik although our introduction to Sirkus didn’t quite fit the description in The Grapevine… On Saturday August 5th…

Hello editor (Bart?) I would like to start off by telling you that you and your staff are doing a “orl korrect” job with your newspaper. Although I find every month’s paper exactly what I expect, mostly sufficient. But my acquaintances, all…

I gave you a quick glance on line before my visit to Iceland. I was planning on sending you a correction to one of your articles, I was going to haughtily inform you of your mistake: Quentin Tarantino does not OWN Marimax. My being…

If bad things happened to you while you were visiting, you might have a hard time explaining how you weren’t prepared. This isn’t Happyland, or Safeland, or even Moderatetemperatureland. No, you have chosen to visit, or live, or be born, in Iceland,…

Hi Grapevine Just wanted to send you few lines to tell you how much me and my husband love your magazine! We moved to Iceland almost two years ago from Cambridge, UK. We live in Keflavik but my husband works in Garðabær…

To the People of Iceland, I would like to take the time to say good-bye and thank you to the country of Iceland and its people. I have been a teacher at the elementary school on the military base in Keflavik and…

The Grapevine received this letter from Yulia Volkova of t.A.t.U Hi! A friend of mine told me there was this magazene in Iceland that was saying we were the greatest band in the world. I thought, wow, that’s pretty cool. I didn’t…

Subject: Kaffisetrid Cafe, Laugavegi 103 Dear Sir My wife and I have just returned from a week’s holiday in Reykjavik, and I would like to say how much we enjoyed our evening meals at the above cafe/pub/restaurant. The food (Asian and Icelandic) is substantial,…

Hello, Regarding your undated article in http://www.grapevine.is/undirflokkar.aspx?id=7 (REVERSING HISTORY, an interview with Salmann Timini, chairman of the Icelandic Muslim Association), I would like to refer you to the following quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank (Wikipedia). Prior to 1967, there was no full-fledged university in…

Hi Bart, Your website is really interesting and to be honest allowed my brain to survive up in the highlands for three long years. I’ve never understood why you don’t publish work advertisements (those from employment services for instance) translated into English.…

Sportacus Many thanks for bringing up the subject of the LazyTown invasion. I do realize that there are things out there that may have a more negative influence on my kids, but there are few things as eminent and persuasive for them…

Letter to the Editor, Comic books, cartoons can be powerful. Words are powerful. Drawings are powerful. Why? Look at the hoopla that some Danish political cartoons has caused among the Muslim population. To the Muslims, this was a powerful message. A message…

Dear Grapevine, 500 Million ISK is a Small Price to Pay While I must admit that much of the graffiti (tagging) in Reykjavik looks more like vandalism than art, there are much more serious art crimes being committed here that, if left…

I read your magazine, and have often commented on the high level of journalism within its pages. I am however, today, somewhat mortified by the rubbish you have allowed thru the editorial filter, regarding, specifically, the ‘album review’ of Kira Kira’s ‘Skotta’. In Grapevine,…

Hello, I was reading your magazine one of these days when I ran across a piece called “more reproduction needed in Iceland” by Stephen Taylor-Matthews where he discusses the birth rate in Iceland mong other things. I just wanted to make some…

Dear Bart, My name is Matthew Patton. I am a musician and I live in Canada, actually in Winnipeg near Gimli. I am a classical music composer and lived for several years in New York while studying at Juilliard and the Manhattan…

Dear Bart, At the risk of sounding like every other reader writing in to The Grapevine, I’d like to begin by congratulating you and the rest of the Grapevine team for producing a fun, varied and opinionated newspaper. It’s just one of…