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Minke Whale Hunting An Industry In Decline
More than half the minke whale hunting companies in Iceland have either quit the business or gone bankrupt since 2007….
Glacier Lightbulbs & Art Carpets: DesignMarch Hits Seltjarnarnes
The sixth annual DesignMarch has stormed into town, drawing local and foreign artists to the capital city to show their…
Numerous Orgs Join Call To Make Highlands A State Park
More people have joined up with the crusade to make the Icelandic Highlands into a protected national park. Artist Björk…
Winners Of The The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2016 Revealed
As you may have noticed from our DesignMarch special in our new issue, Icelandic design is thriving. With this in…
Three Weird Tricks To Ensure An Elf-blessed Time In Iceland
by Eli Petzold
Get yourself a Northern Lights timetable: If you’ve ever had one of those days where everyone is going on and…
Samaris Unveil First English-Language Song ‘Wanted 2 Say’
by John Rogers
Icelandic electronica trio Samaris have unveiled a new song today via their Bandcamp. The band have have been an Icelandic…
Artist Documents Seagoing Life Aboard Icelandic Cargo Ship
by John Rogers
After a visit to Iceland in 2014, American artist Justin Levesque was surprised one day to see that Iceland had…
What Went Down: Sónar Thursday Capsule Reviews
Angel Haze’s powerful rapping, Milkywhale’s triumphant pop, Ellen Allien’s teutonic techno, Páll Oskar’s golden armour—it’s hard to call what our…
Grapevine Says: Our Team’s Picks For Sónar Reykjavík
With Sónar Reykjavík kicking off in style with a packed Thursday night bill, we asked our team to outline their…
Authorities Have Seized Valuables From Foreigners Multiple Times
The police have seized money and plane tickets from foreigners over two dozen times in just the past nine years,…
When Has Iceland Seized Valuables From Refugees?, MP Asks
An alternate MP wants to know how often Iceland has used an existing law similar to the one recently passed…
Björk And Teitur Magnússon Nominated For Nordic Music Prize
The nominees for the Nordic Music Prize have been announced, and the two seminal Icelandic artists are amongst them. According…
Police Chief Agrees: Independent Supervisory Office Needed
The Chief of the Reykjavík Police said in a new interview that she supports the idea of an external supervisory…
Presenting: The Year 2015 In #Hashtags, #Gates & #Thrones
by John Rogers
Wow, 2015 went by FAST, huh. There was so much going on! The real world continued to turn, and to…
Nipples & Facials – Icelandic Art In 2016
If one were to try and summarize the main Icelandic debates of 2015 in a magazine article, Nipples & Facials…
Call It Magic: Enter The World of Kira Kira
by John Rogers
Kira Kira, aka Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, stands at the front of a low-lit lecture theatre. As music students file in,…
James Merry Embroiders Designer Clothing For Highlands Campaign
by John Rogers
Rapidly up ‘n’ coming embroidery artist James Merry—well known for his work with Björk, as both an assistant and collaborator—has…
Höfnin Hljómar – Electronic Music From Iceland
by Nathan Hall
Released for a recent Airwaves, ‘Höfnin Hljómar’ (or ‘Harbor Sounds’) is a sampler of some of Iceland’s experimental electronic musicians….
A Boy Becomes Less Of A Boy In Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows
Much buzz surrounded the Reykjavík International Film Festival premiere of ‘Sparrows’ (‘Þrestir’), director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s second feature film. It begins…
Björk Clarifies “Redneck” Statement
by John Rogers
Björk has clarified her use of the pejorative term “redneck” in interviews with Sky News and Rolling Stone last week….
Björk To Sky News: Redneck Politicians Want To Erase The Highlands
by John Rogers
Björk has appeared on Sky News speaking out about industrialisation, climate change and the Protect The Park campaign (learn more…