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South By Southwest: Nature, Culture And Fine Dining In The Westman Islands
by Kelley Rees
Iceland seems fantastical so much of the time. Travelling around the country, I’m always reminded of novels and films of…
The Saga Of Icelandic Cinema: ‘Rokk í Reykjavík’
by Mark Asch
A legendary document of 101 cool in the pre-Inspired by Iceland era, rockumentary ‘Rokk í Reykjavík’ (1982) captures the ascendancy…
Premiering Tonight: The Greatest Show in Iceland Starring Björk Guðmundsdóttir*
“It’s sort of like reality TV on stage, exaggerated and eye-catching,” says Vilhelm Neto, one of the actors in The…
Happening Today: Húrrahús With Kasper Bjørke, The Mansisters and Sexy Lazer
Húrra knows how to throw a party, and this is no exception. At Húrrahús, witness a meeting of Danish and…
Bára Gísladóttir’s Five Favourite Albums
Bára Gísladóttir is a young Icelandic composer. Her album “Different Rooftops” was released earlier this year and she has been…
ICELAND SMITE HUNGARY, SCORING TWICE IN 2-0 DRAW
by John Rogers
Iceland’s second game on the road to their certain victory at Euro 2016 was, of course, another dramatic battle, this…
Track By Track: Samaris Singer Jófríður Tells The Story Of Black Light
by John Rogers
Samaris are one of the bright lights of the Reykjavík music scene. Famed for 90s-inflected breaks, sonorous clarinet and the…
Why Now? Iceland’s football insiders on the Euro breakthrough
by John Rogers
As you may have noticed, something big is going on in the world of Icelandic football this summer. Since the…
Ladies And Gents, Alvia Islandia
by Kelley Rees
Alvia Islandia. She’s damn funky. Sure, you may have guessed it from her music video for “Sugar Complex,” in which…
DJ Of The Week: DJ Katla
When did you start DJ’ing? As soon as I got my first two deck cassette player/radio, which was around the…
Presenting KÍTÓN: Women In Music
Three years ago, the nominees for the Icelandic Music Awards were only about 10% female. It was very clear that…
Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Music Festivals
Nanna, I want to visit Iceland this year and attend a festival, which is better, Iceland Airwaves or Secret Solstice? …
Music History on Display on New Walking Tour
From Harpa to Hitt Húsið, Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen knows his way around Reykjavík’s music scene. As Arnar describes it, Iceland’s…
Gavin Evans: On Photographing Björk, Iggy Pop & David Bowie
by John Rogers
In 1995, photographer Gavin Evans was commissioned by Time Out magazine in London to shoot David Bowie during the recording…
The People’s Prince
by Kelley Rees
Prince went and did it again. Even in death the superstar is, in the words of crochet-extraordinaire and ultimate Prince…
Crochet Worthy Of A Prince
by Kelley Rees
If there are two subjects Linda Björk Eiríksdóttir is passionate about – they’re knitting and Prince (not necessarily in that…
Iceland Was Always Too Good To Be True
by Clemens Bomsdorf and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Listen to the hype and you start to understand why Iceland, this island in the middle of the North Atlantic,…
Do Winter & Summer “Freeze Together?” Weather Myth EXPOSED
by John Rogers
Each year in Iceland, the first Thursday after the 18th April each year is the official beginning of the summer,…
Gavin Evans On Photographing Björk, Iggy Pop & David Bowie
by John Rogers
In 1995, photographer Gavin Evans was commissioned by Time Out magazine in London to shoot David Bowie, during the recording…
Shark Population Grows By 400% Around Reynisfjara
Many Icelanders have spent quite a bit of time on social media decrying the impending ecological collapse of the shark…
ATP Iceland Add Goblin, Dirty Three, And More
by John Rogers
ATP Iceland festival, held each year in Keflavik’s ÁSBRÚ area, has today announced some new lineup additions. In addition to…