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Airwaves Day Two: Contrasts Aplenty
Reykjavík is so swollen with Airwavesgoers that just walking down Laugavegur can be difficult—there are so many conversations to listen…
Airwaves Day One: Terror In The Chest, Taking It In The Ass & Unexpected Horse Dick
by John Rogers
So I’m just back from a four day trip around the south of Iceland, when I wake up from a…
Soup Tuesday: Icelandic Hotdog Soup, THE ULTIMATE HANGOVER CURE
I love Icelandic hotdogs. I love their snap, their strange brown mustard, and their absurd addictive quality. I wanted to…
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 16, 2015
by You Guys!
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to: letters@grapevine.is. — This issue’s most awesome letter! A friend is…
Airwaves Dark Days: Five Rock And Metal Picks
Ah…Airwaves. That genre-less extravaganza of creativity and imagination. A time where indie-pop-ers and darkwave ambient-ers and rappers all get together,…
Famous Dicks & Nationalism: My Spa Date With Icelandic Rapper Bent
Many serious conversations have taken place in a hot tub here in Iceland. It’s the unofficial meeting place of businesspeople,…
SPARKS TURN TO FLAMES: A Conversation With Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir
Or: Fucking Around Can Make A Lot Of Difference, And It’s Important To Always Keep Trying And Not Give Up…
Jewelry Store Thief Now In Custody
The man responsible for a daring early-morning jewelry store robbery in the Fjörður shopping centre in Hafnarfjörður last month has…
Refugee Rights Group Wants Iceland To Drop Dublin Regulation
Ekki Fleiri Brottvísanir (“No More Deportations”) told Grapevine that Iceland could and should go a lot further where asylum seekers’…
For The Sake Of Memory: An Interview With Arch-Archivist Lára Hanna Einarsdóttir
Lára Hanna Einarsdóttir is not a journalist. In fact, the closest she’s come to journalism is doing subtitles for Stöð…
Kunstschlager: Young And Playfully Creative
These days, it’s not uncommon to see recent art school graduates finding strength in numbers and opening a studio together—it…
Meet Robert Barber, Obama’s Controversial Pick For US Ambassador
In October 2013, President Obama nominated Boston lawyer Robert Barber to succeed Luis Arreaga as US Ambassador to Iceland—a choice…
Avaaz Responds To Kristján Loftsson
Iceland’s chief whaler may consider online activist network Avaaz a “joke”, but they have their own opinions of him, too….
Icelanders In Search Of Neologisms For LGBTQAI+ Contexts
A contest has begun to create Icelandic words for concepts and identity types that have arisen from the LGBTQAI+ community….
So What’s This Crumbling Healthcare System I Keep Hearing About?
In recent years, a number of recurring news stories have appeared on the front pages of Icelandic newspapers, greeting the…
Guest Post: The Top 10 Reasons Icelanders Should Attend Manitoba’s ‘Íslendingadagurinn’ Party
The Icelandic Festival of Manitoba—Íslendingadagurinn—celebrates Icelandic culture and heritage through a fun, family-friendly four-day event, held every August long weekend…
Eistnaflug Saturday: Not A Fizzle But A Bang
On the final day of the three-day metal festival, I was determined to catch as many bands as I could….
2015 Best Of Reykjavík
Welcome, readers, to our 2015 BEST OF REYKJAVÍK issue. It’s that time in the midsummer when the days are long,…
Eistnaflug: The Past, Present And Future Of The World’s Friendliest Metal Festival
Since kicking off a decade ago, the Eistnaflug festival has slowly cemented its place as the most beloved, most important…
#ATP15 First Night: Not Too Stabby
by Ciarán Daly
On the festival itself: The layout and setting of ATP is pretty weird—I mean, if you’re like me and spend a…
A Visit To The Erpsstaðir Ice Cream Valley
The Erpsstaðir creamery has been building up a steady reputation for artisan ice cream and a range of other small-batch…