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The Great Reykjavík Beer Heist Of 2014
by Yasmin Nowak
Take our word for it, you don’t want to learn this lesson the hard way…Iceland is not known for having…
News In Brief
We’re #1! We’re #1! At what, you ask? Did Iceland finally win Eurovision? No—that hasn’t happened yet (and honestly, our…
“A Gallery Is Nothing More Than The Group Of Artists Represented There”
While art aficionados and those familiar with the Icelandic art scene may have their own ideas about work that is…
Icelandic Art, If There Is Such A Thing
by John Rogers
On the ground floor of a grey apartment building, across from Reykjavík’s old harbour, around the corner from the Reykjavík…
Pay Per View
by Jonathan Pattishall, Anna Andersen, Ben Smick, Gabríel Benjamin, Yasmin Nowak and Larissa Kyzer
Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here…
Serial Catnappings Alleged In Mosfellsbær
A disturbing trend of cat disappearances in the town of Mosfellsbær may actually be the work of serial catnappers according…
Serial Catnappings Alleged In Mosfellsbær
A disturbing trend of cat disappearances in the town of Mosfellsbær may actually be the work of serial catnappers according…
Ram’s Balls, And Sheep’s Heads, And Smoked Horse, Oh My!
Getting a taste for Icelandic traditions at an Ásatrú ÞorrablótAt the end of January, mere weeks after most Icelanders have…
So Who’s This Tony Omos I Keep Hearing About?
He is a Nigerian who applied for asylum in Iceland two years ago. Late last year he was escorted out…
Search For Sinking Ship Stopped
The Icelandic Coast Guard has called off the search for the sinking ship which gave out a distress call Sunday…
Meet Iceland’s Pinball Wizard
As it is for many hobbyists and collectors, it was inevitably a love of Star Wars that spurred Þröstur Höskuldsson…
You Can’t Hurry Love
Einar Ben is one of those restaurants in Reykjavík that seems to be a permanent fixture in the city. They’ve…
Police Ask Public For Help Regarding Hoax
The police have asked the public for help identifying the person who made the supposedly fake distress call that launched…
What We Featured
Every year, The Grapevine prints 18 issues that get distributed around Iceland and uploaded to the web. Looking through the…
Icelandic Cuisine Complimented In The Telegraph
Icelandic cuisine received rave reviews from The Telegraph’s Diana Henry yesterday. After deciding on a culinary journey to Iceland, Henry…
Police Tell Asylum Seekers “Go Home”
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
An asylum seeker from Afghanistan was told by police “Go home, you don’t belong here” when he was arrested during…
The 2013 Christmas Comes Straight From The Farm
by Ingibjörg Rósa Björnsdóttir
Icelanders seem to have ditched the supermarkets for this Christmas, as there’s never been more demand for direct-from-farm food products….
Leak Within Ministry?
by grapevine
The story of missing asylum seeker Tony Omos – and the Ministry of the Interior’s treatment of his case –…
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…
The Pheasant Returns!
by grapevine
Eggert the Pheasant, who has been missing for most of 2013, has finally returned to his owner. RÚV reports that…
Airwords: Poets Bring Voice to the Party
The Airwords event offered an interesting new angle to Airwaves ’13 by bringing, some of Iceland’s most notable writers to…