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Drangey Music Festival: Beautiful Scenery, Beautiful Music
A music festival on Drangey? In Skagafjörður? Yep, later this month, Drangey will host the first ever Drangey Music Festival…
Searching For New Iceland Part 1: Celebrating June 17 In Toronto
Maybe it’s the friendliness of the bus driver, or perhaps just the scorching heat, but it’s pretty clear I’m not…
Iceland: One Of The World’s Best Places To Have A Pussy
Yes, Iceland is one of the best places on the planet to have a pussy. Or, I should say, one…
THE GRAPEVINE’S BIG-ASS BAR GUIDE 2015!
Wow, can you believe our bar guide is five years old already? That means, in just 15 years, it will…
From Cannes To The Westfjords, And Back: We Chat With Grímur Hákonarson, the director of ‘Rams’
I first met Grímur Hákonarson in 2012 at Skjaldborg, a documentary festival in the Westfjords. I was reporting on the…
Life Imitating Art: Iceland’s “Mosque” Installation In Venice
On Friday May 22, Venetian police closed Iceland’s contribution to the Venice Biennale, a functioning mosque installed in a deconsecrated…
Women Have Always Made Waves Here: Unearthing The History of Iceland’s Female Sea Workers
Born in 1777 and out to sea by 1788, Captain Þuríður was a legend among Iceland’s seafarers. Þuríður brought in…
12 Hours In Akureyri: Swimming, Culture, Nature & Nightlife
by John Rogers
Akureyri, the self styled “capital of the North,” is Iceland’s second-largest settlement. Often called Iceland’s ‘second city’, the 18,000-strong population…
The Right Gender: Composer Karólína Eiríksdóttir on making ‘Magnus-Maria’
by Nathan Hall
‘Magnus-Maria’, a progressive new opera from Icelandic composer Karólína Eiríksdóttir and Swedish director Suzanne Osten, will make its Iceland debut…
Every Icelandic Hotdog Condiment Combination, Rated — Part 2; With Analysis!
by York Underwood and Jón Benediktsson
Welcome back. If you are just joining us on this treatise on taste, read the first part of our review…
Is The Future Bright For Iceland’s Bright Future Party?
It’s a chilly winter afternoon when I check into the front desk of the parliament building in downtown Reykjavík. After…
Kaleo Are Privileged And Fortunate, Play The Blues, Have Escaped Iceland
In just three years, Kaleo went from playing small venues in Reykjavík to signing with Atlantic Records, legendary home to…
Happening This Weekend: Kiasmos, The Vixen & The Victim, & More
This weekend seems so packed with exciting events that it threatens to come apart at the seams. Here is a…
Dunkin’ Donuts Coming: Mmmmm, Forbidden Donut
I love donuts. My favourite donut place is probably Peter Pan in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (google “Peter Pan Bakery: A Documentary…
Reykjavík Arts Festival Is Kicking Off! Cool Stuff Happening Today!
by Anna Manning and John Rogers
Readers! Hello. As you may have noticed in our new issue, today is the opening of this year’s Reykjavík Arts…
Arts Fest Artistic Director Speaks On Gender Equality
by John Rogers
Sitting in the Reykjavík Arts Festival’s sunny downtown white-cube offices, Hanna Styrmisdóttir, the festival’s artistic director, is in a relaxed…
Markús Þór Andrésson On Curating ‘Points of View’ At The Culture House
The Culture House (Safnahúsið) may have just been restored to its original 1906 name, but it has reopened to new…
Triumph At Tribeca: Dagur Kári’s Advent Into Adulthood
When news came through late one Sunday night in April that filmmaker Dagur Kári Pétursson’s latest film ‘Fúsi’ (AKA ‘Virgin…
Don’t Ask Nanna: Why Icelanders Eat Shark
I WAS STATIONED IN ICELAND FROM ’67-’69. I ENJOYED EATING AT A REYKJAVIK RESTAURANT BY THE NAME OF HRESSINGAR SKAULIN….
Iceland-Made Mosque In Venice A Threat To Public Safety, Says Police
Iceland’s contribution to this year’s Venice Biennale has come under fire for being what the police call a security threat, reports…
So You Decided To Open A Gastropub!
The advent of the gastropub began at that revolutionary moment when an enterprising Brit thought to combine the words “pub”…