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Laugardalslaug Pool Open All Night This Week
by Rex Beckett
The City of Reykjavík is trying out a new idea this week and keeping Laugardalslaug pool open 24 hours a…
Mystery Art In Nowhereland
We are sitting in a pile of hay in Vogar, near Keflavík, drinking wine and watching hipsters lying about in…
Shabbiness And Bankruptcy
by Dr. Gunni
Obviously I have no first-hand experience of clubs before I started playing in 1980, but from what I’ve heard there…
Hammertime!
by Rex Beckett
Clearly we at the Grapevine know how to get our drink on. We are after all young, abrasive, foul-mouthed party…
Sour Grapes and Stuff
by You Guys!
A buncha POLAR BEER for your thoughts We’re not gonna lie to you: we really love us some beers. Some…
I Am Never Drinking Again!
by Rex Beckett
You’ve said it. I’ve said it. We’ve all fucking said it. But let’s face it; we are both drinking a…
Ghosts Of Pompeii
God Returns To Iceland pt. 2The Lord thought about Pompeii and wondered why he did not do this more often….
ÁTVR (Liquor store)
In Iceland, alcohol isn’t sold in the grocery shops. You can only buy alcohol in the state-owned liquor stores named…
What Are You Voting For, Reykjavík?
Here at the Grapevine, we are all big fans of Jón Gnarr and his comedic stylings. We were amused when…
The Moonshine Salesgirl Next Door
If you’re like me, the stereotype that comes to mind when you think of a moonshine seller is a red-faced…
Raised Alcohol Tax Does Not Decrease Consumption
by grapevine
Raising the price of alcohol by 20% with taxes is still not enough to deter Icelanders from buying it in…
Proportionately Greater Amount of Icelandic Women Report Rapes and Domestic Violence
by grapevine
A proportionately greater number of Icelandic women seek medical attention for rape and domestic violence than in other Nordic countries,…
Davíð Oddsson On The Warpath
In the summer of 2000 I met then leader of the British Conservative Party William Hague. The party was doing…
Iceland’s Post-Crash Sale – 30% OFF!*
*For Tourists ONLYTourists have been flocking to Iceland in greater numbers ever since October 2008 when Iceland’s economy crashed and…
Morgunblaðið And The American Satanist
by Bart Cameron
Not too many Americans wanted to hear about Amanda Knox as her year long trial played out. Accused of murdering…
The Foghorns: A Diamond As Big As The Motel 6 (2009)
by Joe Shooman
The boy Bart Cameron and friends return with an album that manages to simultaneously inhabit a Midwestern, dusty landscape and…
Whooping It Up In 2009
by Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson
For Icelanders, 2009 was in many ways a god-awful year. Still, there seems to be a hidden link between grim…
Looking Back On Another Fine Year Of Music
We sorta abhor year-end lists over here at Grapevine HQ. At least when it comes to making them. That has…
Letters from 1st issue
MOST AWESOME LETTER Hello Haukur, As a person interested in the financial fate of Iceland, as we all are, may…
The Death Of A Poem
Poetry is a culture heavily impregnated with the idolisation of poets. Popular knowledge of poetry stops where the anecdotes about…
Cleaning Up The Mess
Noted political and social commentator Egill Helgason has hosted Iceland’s main political debate Show, Silfur Egils (now showing on RÚV,…