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One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer: Bargain Boozing In Reykjavík
by Rex Beckett
You hear it everywhere you go every single day: “Iceland is so expensive!” Especially in relation to alcohol. No one…
Readers Write: On Doomed Partnerships
by Charley Ward
Dear Sir, I am in distillery/liquor co for last 35 years. I have worked in leading groups of india, burma-union…
The Grapevine GrapeWaves 2017 Festival Super Preview, Part One
Airwaves is upon us! The off-venues are running, the stages are warming up, and it’s time to download the festival…
FM Belfast’s Iceland Airwaves Survival Guide
Hello beautiful stranger. If you’re reading this, I’m going to take it as a sign you’ve never been to Airwaves…
Theatre Of The Absurd: Guð Blessi Ísland
In the wake of the October 2008 financial crash, the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) was tasked with trying to assess…
What’s New & Who’s Who #3: Elli Grill, Flóni, Fever Dream & More
by John Rogers and Hannah Jane Cohen
Get into the new skool: it’s part three of our epic festival debutantes guide to the freshest faces at Iceland…
Iceland’s Most Frivolous Legislation: The Laws That Would Have Been, But Weren’t
A lot of people think of parliament as a super serious place where super serious ideas are debated. This isn’t…
Alcohol Tax: Iceland Pay The Most In Europe
With the proposed 2018 government budget, alcohol taxes will become the highest in Europe, the Icelandic Federation of Trade wrote…
Lost Film Classics: In ‘Count Me Out’ The Kids Are Alright
In the ‘90s, the Icelandic film industry was churning out three films per year on average. With that sort of…
Mai Thai Bistro: The Rookie of the “Thai Triangle”
The Hlemmur area in downtown Reykjavík has for recent years been the supreme destination of Thai food lovers. It has…
Legalisation Of Cannabis Proposed In Parliament
Pawel Bartozek, an MP for the Reform Party, has put forth a bill for parliament, which would legalise the consumption…
Word Of The Issue: Örlagabytta
One of the things Icelanders do better than most is alcoholism, which is probably why we have 300 words for…
Sincere Punk-Drag: Skaði Turns Her Gender Into A Mythological Music Being
“My art has a lot of sexual energy,” says Skaði, the music producer and performer known for her punk-electro drag…
Reykjavík’s Cocaine Underworld Reawakens
So far this year, customs agents at Keflavík International Airport have intercepted 20.7 kg of cocaine coming into Iceland, which…
Bolungarvík Town Guide: Camping, Family Trees, and Maritime Museums
The northernmost village in the Westfjords, Bolungarvík, is a fishing village that is home to 900 residents. Despite the small…
Dark & Glittering Sips: Gaukurinn’s Vegan Cocktail Menu Impresses
While there are many options for vegan munchies around the city, it’s a bit more complicated for animal lovers to…
Last Words: Printed Cocaine for the Rich
More cocaine, please, and fewer books. That’s how we like it. Yes, let the good times roll. Decadence is hip…
Readers Write: Tourist Stereotypes At The Pool
Dear Grapevine, Today while eating lunch and leafing through your publication, which I’m told is nothing but leftist propaganda and…
Hour of The Wolf: Mysterious Silence At BSÍ
To people who have lived outside of Iceland their whole life, bus stations are generally associated with dirt, putrid bodily…
The Freaky Fringe Family Reunion Of Norðanpaunk
You’re in a dimly lit community center. It’s 14:00. On stage, a masked man bashes on a drum kit while…
A New Hope: Meet The Women Fighting Domestic Violence
Iceland: a utopia for women, forged by equality. In recent years, international surveys have consistently named the country as the…