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Looking Back At The Euros With Our Greatest Football Experts
One is the elder statesman of football, the other the commentator who lost his mind at the Euros. Together they…
Saga Spots: Gunnarshólmi – I’ll Ride Home and I Won’t Depart
by Eli Petzold
“Lovely are the slopes—never have they seemed lovelier—the pale cornfields and mown meadows.” So proclaims Gunnar, gazing upon his hillside…
Don’t Ask Nanna: About The Mountain
Dear Nanna, I read an article in Iceland Magazine and Fréttablaðið about how the police just responded to the third…
We Need To Talk About Vikingification
“Viking is not an ethnicity; it was a profession!” an Icelandic friend of mine recently lamented on Facebook. “You are…
Reykjavík Crime Walk: A Tale Of Blood And Murder
For the first time in my life, I find myself wishing it were a cold winter evening. The sun is…
Ragnar’s Secret Solstice Hangover Diary
Thursday: The madness begins It’s that Solstice time again! Whoop whoop (family!) Thursday was as soft segway into a festival…
Go Native: The Secret Icelandic Acts At The Solstice Festival
by Elías Þórsson and Hannah Jane Cohen
Secret Solstice, the biggest music festival in Iceland, returns this weekend. If you’re dropping in from abroad, you’ll know Foo…
Show Me The Money: Hot Dogs And Independence
by Joanna Smith
Until the mid-to-late 19th century, most financial transactions in Iceland were conducted in vaðmál (homespun wool). However, since 1922, Iceland…
New Nordic Cuisine On The Floodplains Of South Iceland
It’s been over a decade now since René Redzepi and the crew sat down to dish out the Manifesto for…
Hypernature: Shoplifter Showers The World With Colour
by John Rogers
In the airy entrance hall of Iceland’s National Gallery, the institutional silence is broken suddenly by the echo of raucous…
Iceland’s First Train Line Feasible Due To Number Of Tourists
The number of tourists who visit the country annually has reached levels that make it sustainable to run a train…
The Influencers: Snapchat Sovereigns With Iceland At Their Fingertips
Technology has changed the way we consume culture, and social media platforms like Snapchat have provided the everyman with access…
Strangers In A Strange Land: The Female German Farmer Invasion Of 1949
It’s strange to think that refugees and economic migrants used to come to Iceland in search of a better life…
NÝLÓ Captures Iceland’s Mercurial Art Scene
by John Rogers
It’s often noted that Iceland has a vibrant and thriving arts culture for a country of 330,000 people. In music,…
Endangered Language
by Halldór Armand and Andie Sophia Fontaine
They’re saying you’re killing our language. What do you think about that? You and the smartphones. You don’t understand us,…
Alt Golden Circle: Lesser Known Spots On The Tourist Trail
by John Rogers
The Golden Circle wasn’t always known as such. The first recorded mention of the Icelandic-language term “Gullni Hringurinn” was in…
Get Your Read On: Jar City & Dreamland
If you want the joy of reading a piece of Icelandic literature without the hassle of learning Icelandic, here are…
The Poet of Capital’s Artistic Mastery
by Halldór Armand and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Am I just a version of the end of days? Am I just an effect of a modern phase? Am…
Making of an Artist: Milkywhale’s Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir
In “Making of an Artist,” we ask noteable members of Reykjavík’s arts scene to tell us about the formative works…
Track by Track: Úlfur Eldjárn’s ‘Aristókrasía Project’
by John Rogers
Úlfur Eldjárn is an Icelandic composer, a member of the Apparat Organ Quartet, and now, a solo artist too. “The…
Book Review: ‘Land of Love and Ruins’ by Oddný Eir
by John Rogers
Oddný Eir’s ‘Land of Love and Ruins’ has been translated into English and published by Restless Books, after winning the…