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Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 11, 2014
by You Guys!
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
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
An Icelandic man’s pregnant American wife has still not received a verdict on her Icelandic residence permit application even though she applied…
Ungoo
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?
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
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
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
In reviewing the past year in news, you will see certain patterns emerge: certain public figures, events and topics that…
Ungoo
Part V: If Critics Cluck, Coffins Croonk[Continued from Ungoo IV] Granted, much of traditional paper-based publication is currently in crisis….
Completely Unthinkable
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”
Independence Party MP Vilhjálmur Árnason, after accusing a journalist of distorting parts of an interview with him, received a very…
The Dark Wingman
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
“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?
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!
by Bob Cluness
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
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
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
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!
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
“SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH”As of yesterday, comedian Jón Gnarr is no longer mayor of Reykjavík. After…