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A School For The Beer-Curious
In a small lecture hall doubling as a private bar, twenty men raise their glasses and have a big gulp…
The Bartender’s Guide to Airwaves
As Airwaves grows nearer, it’s time to ask for advice about what to do, what to drink and where to…
Nobody Likes A Balanced Budget
In the coalition’s first few days of government, Minister of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson and Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson proclaimed…
It’s Funny Because It’s True
Icelandic comedy films from the 1980s are a staple of Iceland’s cultural life. Most Icelanders have not only seen these…
Tobacco Consumption Drops While Taxes Rise
by grapevine
Raising taxes on tobacco products appears to be connected to a 10% drop in consumption, and taxes may be raised…
Shaping Family Policy Until 2020
Eygló Harðardóttir, the minister for Social Affairs and Housing, has appointed a working group to outline a new family policy…
Budget Round-Up!
by grapevine
The government has submitted their omnibus budget bill to parliament, increasing spending by 23%. Below are some of the proposed…
The Secret History Of The Collapse
by Sam Knight
The world has changed significantly since 2008, and it owes a great deal to Iceland for this shift, but not…
Iceland Is Gloomy
by Carol Devine
I’m exploring Iceland with my daughter. Veronica is in her ninth winter, as age is measured in Egil’s Saga. While…
Spontaneous Combustion
“Flott fjörd!” announced our driver as we pull into Stöðvarfjörður. It was the first exchange of words we had the…
Top Tips for Driving Safely in Iceland
Visiting Iceland and renting a vehicle? Here are some tips to keep you and your travelling partners safe on the…
Crashing The US Embassy Party With Anti-American Propaganda
I was invited to perform at the annual 4th of July party hosted by the US Embassy in Reykjavík. Naturally,…
ALI
Grísalappalísa’s debut LP is a romper stomper of an album, a high-pitched scream of youthful existential male angst meditated through…
Farmyard Frolics At Pólar Hestar
I don’t remember Bjartur of Summerhouses pulling wedged-in poo out of a lamb’s bottom whilst a nail perforated his welly-boots…
Best of Reykjavík 2013: Shopping and Commerce
Best Place to Shop for Touristy Stuff: Geysir Skólavörðustígur 16 There are polar bears and puffins in every other store…
Increased Credit Card Sales In Past Year
Credit card usage has increased by 7.5% from June 2012 to June 2013, primarily because of an increase in grocery…
Fast Food Preferences Of Icelanders Revealed
Pizza is the fast food of choice for Icelanders, with twice as many people saying they would opt for a…
Money For Nothing
An unsteady, elderly man spends the better part of a minute dismounting from his stool. He hobbles over to the…
So What’s This State-Run Liquor Store I Keep Hearing About?
The Icelandic government, like governments in most of the Nordic countries, several US states and some other countries around the…
Grapevine Milestones
by Jón Trausti Sigurðarson, Oddur Óskar Kjartansson, Valur Gunnarsson and Haukur S. Magnússon
FIRST SUMMER The first issue was published on June 13, 2003. As the reader should know by now, we publish…
It Wouldn’t Be A Grapevine Party Without…Some Music Of Course!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
It’s been ten years since the first copy of Grapevine saw the Icelandic midnight sun and that certainly calls for…