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It’s A Disinfectant, I Swear!
The Grapevine answers your most pressing questions The first time that I visited Iceland more than 40 years ago beer…
An Experimental Birthday Gift
Skelkur Í Bringu breaks from hibernation Welcome back to the filthiest interview column in Iceland. In this issue, we went…
If This Barn’s A-Rockin’, Please Do Come A-Knockin’
by Rex Beckett
The Eyvindartunga country venue keeps creativity alive When Stephanie Langridge left her life as an arts publicist behind in Australia…
Best Of Reykjavík 2023: Best Bar to Start the Night
by The Reykjavík Grapevine and Jóhannes Bjarkason
Best Bar to Start the Night 12 Tónar Skólavörðustígur 15, 101 Reykjavík 12 Tónar brings the concept of the duality…
Best Of Reykjavík 2023: Best Bar to End the Night
by The Reykjavík Grapevine and Jóhannes Bjarkason
Best Bar to End the Night Kiki Queer Bar Laugavegur 22, 101 Reykjavík No need to debate this one. Kiki…
Smell, swirl, sip and skál! The Reykjavík wine scene has never been livelier!
For much of the 20th century it was unpatriotic and illegal to drink beer. When full prohibition became law over…
The Rocky Foundation of Law and Order
Travel doesn’t have to entail hitting the road, hopping on a plane or lacing up your hiking boots to trek…
Grapevine Events: Food and Fun, Stelpur Rokka And The Mask
Two months down. Ten more to go. It’s the first week of a new month and you don’t know where…
The Hits and Misses of Dining in 2022
When I first started to think about what my annual end of the year food retrospective would look like for…
RVK Newscast 224: Icelanders Are Fewer Than We Thought
The biggest story of the decade is here! The national census in Iceland was wrong. It turns out that the…
Airwaves 2022 Thursday Super Review: Super-cool snny, Crowd-Pleasing gugusar, And Nation Of Language Divides Opinion
After being gently eased in by the pre-opening night‘s concerts, our super-review team hit it HARD last night and saw…
Grapevine New Music Picks: Gudfinnur, VÉVAKI, Kári, and krassasig
Another Friday, another round of new, recently mastered, tunes! We could list many reasons why you should dedicate some of…
Two Sixteen-Year-Olds Damaged Twelve Cars
Two sixteen-year-old boys were arrested last night on suspicion of having damaged twelve cars in Breiðholt, reports Vísir. Children’s protection…
Navigating Life Through Meaning: Auður Jónsdóttir Writes Her Own Self
Auður Jónsdóttir established herself as one of Iceland’s best writers of a new generation when her novel, ‘The people in…
Alcohol Consumption In Iceland Has Increased
Alcohol consumption in Iceland, measured between 1980 and 2020, increased from three liters to six liters per person aged 15…
Vínbúðin Might Expand Opening Hours
Vínbúðin could be allowed to be open on Sundays and other holidays if a bill that five members of the…
More Than Half Of Teenagers Drink Energy Drinks Daily
High school students drink many energy drinks daily and sleep less than seven hours, reports Fréttablaðið. Older adults rate their…
Culture Night Emergency Calls Exceed Previous Years
As many capital-area residents and visitors turned out for Culture Night (Menningarnótt) this weekend, a number of crimes and emergency…
SÁÁ To Host Alcohol-Free Family Festival During Merchant’s Holiday Weekend
The addiction resource centre SÁÁ has organised an alcohol-free family festival in Skógar during the upcoming Merchant’s Holiday Weekend. The…
Icelandic Beer Recalled From The Shelves
Cyclopath Pale Ale has been recalled from the shelves of ÁTVR, the company behind the country alcohol stores, Fréttablaðið reports….
Police Stop Over One Hundred Cars At Heiðmörk
Police stopped more than a hundred cars on Vesturlandsvegur by Heiðmörk on July 17, RÚV reports. According to the police,…