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‘Yes, a falling tree makes a sound (and it has a lot to say)’ Serves Up Feminist Queer Insect AI Fantasies

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Imagine a utopian world where gender roles are inconceivable, alien life forms live among us, interplanetary travel is dirt cheap…

Cuddling Cats, Preparing Pancakes and Whittling Wood: Margrét Rán’s Perfect Day

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Margrét Rán Magnúsdóttir is most often found fronting Vök, Iceland’s premier purveyors of lucid-dream pop, but she also makes music…

Falafel For The Soul: Chickpea Brings A Homey Touch To The Downtown Dining Scene

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Tucked in next to downtown’s Kronan supermarket lies Chickpea, a new bijoux vegetarian eatery. Walk by too fast and you…

Horse Owners Warned Of A Serious Disease

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A serious infectious disease caused by the equine herpes virus occurred in February at a major equestrian event held in…

Grapevine Playlist: Possimiste, EYJAA, Krummi, Magnús Jóhann & More!

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March has arrived—can you believe it? We don’t! But with a new month brings some new music. Therefore, here’s the…

Sprengidagur: As If We Needed Another Excuse To Stuff Our Faces

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Today is a special day in Iceland, known as Sprengidagur. Now before you ask Google Translate to mangle that word…

English Pub Suing State For Preventive Measures

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The owner of the English Pub in Reykjavik is suing the state for preventive measures, RÚV reports. The owner is…

Brunch, Darts & The CeaseTone Studio: Hafsteinn Þráinsson’s Perfect Day

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Hafsteinn Þráinsson, a.k.a. CeaseTone, creates the type of cinematic indie music that just makes you feel all the feelings at…

Students At Landakotsskóli Tell All: It’s Time To Hear What The Children Have To Say

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We at the Grapevine have often covered the difficulties of immigrating to Iceland, but we have never asked the children…

Two Girls vs 58 Bollur – Reykjavik’s Best Bollur

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It’s Bollurdagur! The only day of the year where stuffing your face with dough balls is completely acceptable. It’s an…

Hot Dogs, Dongs and Woolly Tongues: Ýrúrarí’s Quest To Create A Better Sweater

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Ýrúrarí certainly has a fascination with the squishier, more interesting parts of the human body. The textile designer first piqued…

Dreaming Dim Sum: Handmade Dumplings From Dragon Dim Sum, Reykjavik’s Only Dumpling House

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“If we did something well at school when I was a kid, we would get a dumpling,” Kunsang, pauses as…

First Shopping App That Understands Icelandic

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The first ever shopping app to understand Icelandic was released to the public today. Aha.is developed the app, which allows…

A Quarter Of Workers In Iceland Struggle To Makes Ends Meet

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Around a quarter of foreign nationals working in Iceland are struggling to make ends meet and just over a fifth…

Hold My Skyr: American Consumers Start Legal Fight Over Yankee Yogurt

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A storm in a skyr pot is brewing over the authenticity of an American version of Iceland’s traditional yogurt-esque foodstuff,…

Customs Charges On Birthday Food Parcel Cancelled

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A Spanish resident of Iceland has enforced her right to avoid import duties on a package of food sent as…

RVK Newscast #69: 90 Avalanches In 10 Days & Young Man Drowns

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Only four people tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, so we are still keeping the virus at bay. That said, there…

RVK Futurecast #5: Thor Sigfusson, Iceland Ocean Cluster

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The host, Bala Kamallakharan talks to Thor Sigfusson, the founder of Iceland Ocean Cluster. Thor is a visionary, and one…

Grapevine Music Awards 2021: Best Livestream – Live From Reykjavík & Post-Sessions

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For the 2021 iteration of our Grapevine Music Awards, we decided to forgo one of our usual categories—Best Live Band—and…

Nurse And Mother Criticises School Meal Policy In Akureyri

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Eyrún Gísladóttir, a nurse and mother in the north Iceland town of Akureyri, was very displeased to discover what preschool…

New In Town: Chickpea

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Chickpea describes themselves as a small, family-run, street food style restaurant with nutritious and authentic food made from scratch, every…