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Ministry Makes Whale Beer For Sale Again
After being deemed illegal only two weeks previous, Hvalbjór, an Icelandic beer which uses powdered whale bones, is now back…
What We Featured
Every year, The Grapevine prints 18 issues that get distributed around Iceland and uploaded to the web. Looking through the…
The Lovable Drunk
Although his acting in Iceland—with the Vesturport theatre group and in popular films and TV series such as ‘101 Reykjavík,’…
Insurance Company Warns People To Be Careful With Fireworks
by grapevine
It is legal to purchase and ignite fireworks in Iceland, and an insurance company is offering tips on how to…
Prices Of Alcohol And Tobacco On The Rise Again
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Levy on tobacco and alcohol will increase at the beginning of the New Year, for the seventh time since the…
Believes Alcohol Bill Is Illegal
by grapevine
The Society of Business Owners (FA) believes part of a new alcohol bill might itself be illegal. Vísir reports that…
Snuff’s Ingredients A Mystery
by grapevine
No one seems to know what is in snuff, and the law does not require that the ingredients be printed…
A Moss Interesting Tipple…
by Bob Cluness
We at Grapevine towers believe ourselves to be experts at many things, be they food, culture or mixed martial arts….
Giving Life To The Walking Dead
In order to raise the dead, wait until midnight on a Friday or Saturday, preferably on the 18th, 19th, 28th…
The Friendliest Little Crime Fest In Reykjavík
Going into its first year, Iceland Noir, the first ever Icelandic literary festival dedicated exclusively to crime fiction, has already…
Christmas Beer And Football = Record Sales
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Icelanders bought nearly 183 thousand litres of alcohol for the play-off match on Friday, thereof 86 thousand litres of Christmas…
Sigfús Sigurðsson Admits To Selling Silver Medal
Sigfús Sigurðsson, a member of the Icelandic men’s handball team which won the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,…
Drunken Behaviour: Then And Now
(Compiled by Hjördís Erna Þorgeirsdóttir, translated by Tómas Gabríel Benjamin) I the undersigned Þórður Magnússon from Auðsholt deem the ill…
Alcohol Now For Sale At Nursing Home
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At long last, the nursing home Hrafnista in Hafnarfjörður has begun selling beer and wine to its residents. RÚV reports…
Hair Of The Dog That Bit Me
by Árni Árnason
In order to nurse the wounds of Airwaves weekend, I went on a Tuesday afternoon hunt for the elusive Icelandic…
Rehab Nation
In the United States, drug and alcohol rehab is closely tied to celebrity culture. It’s thought to be for people…
Welcome To Our Hangover Issue
Welcome to The Reykjavík Grapevine’s first and maybe last “Hangover Issue.” Unfortunately, this issue had to go to the printers…
Getting To Know Tiernan Douieb
The Icelandic Comedy Festival will take place in Reykjavík and parts of Western and Southern Iceland between November 6 and…
Too Much Polish, Not Enough Passion – Iðnó pt. 2
No, you don’t need hand gestures to accompany each vocal flourish, and no, you don’t need to tell the crowd to move closer to the stage (pet peeve of mine, that one). And you might want to consider spitting your gum out before you take the stage.
This Was Special For Mykki Blanco
One of the most notable shows of Airwaves 2013 was about to begin, featuring Nolo, Ghostigital, Mykki Blanco, Gold Panda,…
Come And Meet The Members Of The Brand
After being hailed as the world’s radical wunderkind for a few years, Iceland left observers perplexed when the parties evidently…