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Swimming Pools In Iceland: The Formula For Water

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Iceland is “all about the water” my mum said when she came to visit. She was referring to the dual…

Reykjavík Needs Henrik Björnsson And His Music

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Singapore Sling are one of the finer constants of Icelandic music. Throughout the last decade, the band has consistently released…

Ghosts Of Pompeii

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God Returns To Iceland pt. 2The Lord thought about Pompeii and wondered why he did not do this more often….

Grapevine’s Fancy Eurovision Liveblog! UPDATE 22:20

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17:00… I´m not a religious man but the verse Proverbs 26:11 states. “As a dog returns to its vomit, so…

SIC Report: What The Locals Think

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Vigdís M. Sveinbjörnsdóttir Farmer, Egilsstaðir Has the economic crash changed your day-to-day life? No, no change in my life. Our…

We Are Drowning In Ash

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Your trusty Grapevine team ventured once again to the foot of the now-dying down Eyjafjallajökull eruption. The scenery was devastating…

Fashion Distraction

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These are some designed, fashionable times we’re living in. Everyone seems to be looking their absolute best these days, what…

Why North Africa Is Our New Culinary Friend

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I know we Icelanders tend to think of Muslims as the people who only came here to steal our Westman…

To The Rescue!

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It’s 5:45am, Saturday morning. The aftermath of a night of partying is apparent while passing the streets of downtown Reykjavík….

Outmooring Michael: Maybe I Should have

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After the disaster that was Guð blessi Ísland, one could be forgiven for approaching the latest disaster movie with some…

Mýrdalsjökull: Scary Adventures On A Glacier

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As most Icelandic adventures, this one starts at eight-thirty in the morning at Reykjavík’s central bus terminal, BSÍ. Grapevine’s photographer…

A Year Of Waiting, Undercurrent, Countdown, Festivals And No Revolution

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The 2009 artworld discussed, somewhatThe Grapevine somehow managed to convince two of its favourite people from the local artworld –…

The Case of the Missing Ambassador

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Without a sitting ambassador the halls of the US Embassy in Reykjavík aren’t as glamorous as they once were; the…

When The Sun Stops Shining

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Iceland is not the best place in the world to visit during the winter. Especially if you crave long, sunny…

Sour Grapes and Stuff

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MOST AWESOME LETTER: Hello Grapevine, As a concerned citizen who has had the displeasure of reading your rag of a…

Jacobsen – Saturday

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To be honest, as more of a rockpig enthusiast I feel even more at a disadvantage reviewing DJs than Icelandic…

You: Why are you wearing these dorky running shoes at Airwaves, man? Me: Because my feet hurt from watching all your shitty bands.

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I was going to be the human iPod-shuffle last night, going from venue to venue regardless of if it was…

NASA – Saturday

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I have no idea why I missed Jónas Sigurðsson & Malbikið Svífur’s set. OK. I know. I overslept. A lot….

Grand Rokk – Saturday

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When I showed up at Grand rokk, I was dealing with some heavy repentance from the previous night. The final…

GHOSTIGITAL

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1) Who are you? What can we expect from your Airwaves appearance, and what can we expect of you in…

FM Belfast

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What can we expect from your Airwaves appearance, and what can we expect of you in general? General nonsense, civil…