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You Should Be Dancing: Iceland Dance Company’s Latest Production Celebrates The Joy Of Dance—For All
On a stage in the centre of Reykjavík, 15 strangers are dancing. They move to the music in exaltation, arms…
A Platform For Marginalised Women In Film
It’s 2022, yet, it’s predominantly white cishet men who make movies about marginalised women. “Things need to change,” says Sólrún…
Independence Party Offers “Freedom Burgers”; Art School Says No Thanks
With municipal elections coming up on May 14th, the different parties in the running in Reykjavík are trying different strategies…
Russian Blacklist Won’t Affect The Government’s Policy
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland, says that Russia’s move to put nine Icelanders on a…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Kvikindi, BSÍ and Sk-Ar
Friends, we have made it. It’s officially the last Friday of the month — a third of the year of…
Grapevine Picks: Posters, Pop… and Rock, Paper, Scissors
Don’t have plans for the long weekend? Now you do! Here’s Team Grapevine’s picks of what’s hip-hop-happening over the next…
Suð’s Indie Noise: Track By Track
Suð is an established Icelandic indie band seemingly on a mission to bring the guitar party back. They released their…
Strangers In The North: ‘Visitations’ Wins The Visual Arts Prize
Polar bear encounters in Iceland tend to take a predictable form: a bear, often weak and emaciated, is spotted by…
Beginner’s Guide to Skiing In Iceland
Ever wanted to go very fast down a hill with two sticks attached to your feet? Here’s how! Say what…
Grapevine Cover Wins The Magazine Photograph Of The Year Award
Blaðaljósmyndarafélag Íslands announced the winners of its annual “Photos of the Year” competition. The association received a total of 789…
Infrastructure Minister Makes Racist Remark; Denials, Apologies And Calls For Resignation Follow
An ugly remark made by Minister of Infrastructure Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson at a conference of the Icelandic Farmers’ Association (BÍ)…
The Reykjavík Burger Crawl: Part 1
by Valur Grettisson and Shruthi Basappa
Burgers: they’re everywhere. The deceptively simple shtick of meat and bread might have only recently made the jump from plate…
From Seaweed To Plastic Film
When I first came across Marea, an Icelandic startup developing a biodegradable packaging film from seaweed, I couldn’t get over…
Those Who Left And Those Who Stayed, Part 1: The Uncanny Proximity Of War
On the morning of February 24th, the world woke to the news that after weeks of sabre rattling, Russia had…
Flooding Across South Iceland
Elliðaár, the river situated in the outer Reykjavík area in the southwest Iceland, flooded its banks in several locations, RUV…
RVK Newscast 174: A War Of Words Against Russia
Hello and welcome to RVK Newscast! Editor-in-chief, Valur Grettisson, is joined by his Chief Morale Officer Pollý to bring you…
Pirate Party MP Seeks Answers, Wants Drugging Drinks To Be Criminalised
Lenya Rún Taha Karim, a deputy MP for the Pirate Party, was a guest on the radio show Reykjavík síðdegis…
Icelandic Naming Committee Approves New Names, Paradís Included
The Naming Committe has now approved the first names Nieljohníus, Diddi, Karna, Paradís, Amarie, Villiblóm, Hildís, Þórunnborg, Mattheó, Ivan and…
Company Aims To Hunt Whales This Summer
Despite reports that the commercial fin whaling enterprise in Iceland is drawing to a close, Morgunblaðið reports that Hvalur hf.,…
Iceland Airwaves Returns To Reykjavík On November 3-5
After the pandemic-related hiatus, Iceland Airwaves has just announced that the festival will return to Reykjavík on November 3-5. Iceland…
Infrastructure Minister In Row With Russian Embassy: “I’ll Apologise When The Invasion Stops”
Iceland’s Minister of Infrastructure and chair of the Progressive Party, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, has found himself in the midst of…