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Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 11, 2014

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The Most Awesome Letter Of The Issue SOUR GRAPES!!! We stopped in Við Höfnina today for the lunch buffet. We…

News In Brief Late July

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Reykjavík’s streets have seen a lot of marching in the last two weeks. An estimated 11,000 Icelanders participated in the…

Expecting Couple Struggle With Immigration Bureaucracy

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An Icelandic man’s pregnant American wife has still not received a verdict on her Icelandic residence permit application even though she applied…

Ungoo

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Part X: Time to Stage a Conclusion[Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and…

What Brings Face Hunter To Town?

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Yvan Rodic hasn’t been in the same place for more than two weeks in the last five years. He says…

Best Of Reykjavík 2014: Shopping & Commerce

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Once a year, we like to take a step back and celebrate our little city. It’s not that Reykjavík is…

Best Of Reykjavík 2014: Dining & Grubbing

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Once a year, we like to take a step back and celebrate our little city. It’s not that Reykjavík is…

Best Of The News

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In reviewing the past year in news, you will see certain patterns emerge: certain public figures, events and topics that…

Ungoo

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Part V: If Critics Cluck, Coffins Croonk[Continued from Ungoo IV] Granted, much of traditional paper-based publication is currently in crisis….

Completely Unthinkable

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Police Investigations of the Ministry of the Interior, and what they reveal (so far)As you read this, the State Prosecutor…

MP Learns Whole New Meaning Of “On The Record”

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Independence Party MP Vilhjálmur Árnason, after accusing a journalist of distorting parts of an interview with him, received a very…

The Dark Wingman

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Gender, Violence and Partying“You gotta fight for your right to paaaaaarty” is a line I often sang at the top…

The Death Of Ben Frost

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“Frosty and glacial and barren fucking… landscapes of Jökulsárlón. Fuck you. That’s so lazy.”First, some disclosure: I came to know…

So What’s This Naming Law I Keep Hearing About?

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Harriet Cardew, the adorable ten-year-old daughter of an Englishman and an Icelandic woman, has been in the world news lately…

5 Picks For ATP Iceland!

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This year’s line-up at ATP Iceland is definitely one of the best that the festival has had in the last…

Call Me Arne

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The tourist who occupied an Icelandic whaling shipOn the right side of the Old Harbour on June 5, Elding’s whale…

Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 9, 2014

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Most Awesome Letter of the IssueHi! I just finished reading the Grapevine’s Big Ass Bar Guide 2014 and was dismayed…

Iceland Is For Lovers

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David and AnnieIn early February, we here at the Grapevine—a notoriously amorous publication, as our readers well know—received an unexpected…

National Registry Denies Ten-Year-Old Girl Passport

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Harriet Cardew, a ten-year-old Icelandic girl from Kópavogur, was denied a passport because the National Registry will not recognize her…

The Latest Issue Of The Reykjavík Grapevine Explains Everything!

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Whether you’re a local or a tourist, we’ve got you covered! Last Friday, our latest issue hit the streets. Issue…

Jón Gnarr Is No Longer Mayor Of Reykjavík

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“SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH”As of yesterday, comedian Jón Gnarr is no longer mayor of Reykjavík. After…