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Girl Left For 7 Hours In Transport Van For The Disabled
Bus company Strætó have issued an apology after a young girl with was left locked inside a transport van for…
Google Handed Journalists’ Private Emails To The FBI
As recently disclosed and widely reported, journalist and Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson is one of the three staff members at…
Selfie Nation
Inspired by Foreign Journalists, Part II“The untamed, distant and cool Iceland” “A few reasons why Iceland is the best place…
For The Record
Debates on Monday #19The Holocaust remains incomprehensible in its totality. The goose steps taken towards it, while horrendous on their…
Eight Inside Tips to Surviving the Icelandic Winter
DARK ICELAND can be a total fucker to deal with, all Northern Lights and magical elves aside. So guess what:…
Festival Season Forever!
by John Rogers
Sónar Reykjavík is back! We talked to them!After reading about all the SAD and darkness in this issue, are you…
Prime Minister Charlie The Coherent
Debates on Monday #18 “It is incorrect that I declined an invitation from the President of France to partake in…
Nothing Around Here Bears Any Relation To Fascism—Capisce?
—And if it did, I wouldn’t understand it, so why bother explain?—Weird Debates on Monday #17 This Sunday, DV.is published…
No. 2015
Google “When did we start counting years from christ’s birth”, ignore all the cultural presumptions involved, click on the first…
The Encyclopaedia of Icelandic Holidays
Aðfangadagur (Ath-founga-dager) December 24, Aðfangadagur, is the day Icelanders celebrate Christmas (as opposed to December 25 in most countries). The…
UN Expert Suggests Debt Relief For Renters
Urges founding Independent National Human Rights Institution — Highlights Renters, Foreigners And Children As Vulnerable GroupsCorrection: This story’s headline was…
Deep, Throated Passion
by Chris Sea
Taking all of Sun Kil Moon at FríkirkjanThe arsenic content of an apple could be something like .000000023 ppb*, I…
Happening This Weekend November 28-30
Friday Sun Kil Moon With everything that’s going on today, we don’t blame you for not realising that motherfucking Mark Kozelek is…
Police Officer Wants Limits On Immigrants’ Right To Privacy
“Biggi the cop”, famous through Youtube, also claims Christians are discriminated againstPolice officer Birgir Örn Guðjónsson, colloquially known as Biggi…
An Ornamental Resignation
Why Hanna Birna’s resignation might be cause for celebration, but is ultimately meaninglessToday, (now former) Minister of the Interior Hanna…
One Can Always Be Bothered To Dream
Teitur Magnússon, you are so great! Although the presence (and wobbly bass) of local reggae darlings Ojba Rasta is strongly…
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 17, 2014
by You Guys!
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to letters@grapevine.is Most Awesome Letter of the Issue: When I read…
Track Of The Issue: Kælan Mikla’s “Ekkert nema ég”
With its loud and gnarly thumping bass, “Ekkert nema ég” starts off filthy great. According to the band, the song’s…
We Care A Lot
Hey, check out the above photo. Who are those people? I’ll tell you: I’m in there, along with our designer…
Uxi = You x I
As Yet Another Iceland Airwaves Festival Looms On The Horizon, We Present The Tale Of Its Spiritual Predecessor, Iceland’s First…
Scrabble Society Board Member Resigns Over Compound Words
One board member of the Icelandic Scrabble Society has resigned over a disagreement on compound words. According to Vísir, he…