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The War On Drugs, The War On You

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Short and to the point is the word. Here is some common sense: With an economic deathblow being dealt to…

Sour Grapes and Stuff

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Sour grape of the month A case of POLAR BEER for your thoughts. We’re not gonna lie to you: we…

Sex Crimes In Iceland

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Sexual violence seems to be somewhat of an epidemic in Iceland. The fact of the matter is that, aside from…

Davíð Oddsson’s 1st Editorial!

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Greetings, nation, It is with great pleasure that I address you all today (all y’all tourists, travelers and others our…

Sour Grapes and Stuff

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Sour grape of the month A case of POLAR BEER for your thoughts. We’re not gonna lie to you: we…

The Metaphysical Art Of Sailing The North Atlantic. Sailing From The West Fjords To The Faroese Islands; There And Back Again In One Piece

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The Sea, the Sea, the Unending Sea There is something elemental that happens when you face an unbridled ocean. It’s…

Sour grapes and stuff

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Sour grape of the month A case of POLAR BEER for your thoughts. We’re not gonna lie to you: we…

Sour Grapes and Stuff

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Sour grape of the month A case of POLAR BEER for your thoughts. We’re not gonna lie to you: we…

Will Iceland Swing Itself Out Of The Economic Depression?

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Somewhat fittingly, the dance of the big depression years, the Lindy hop, has finally made it to Iceland. This month,…

Haukur’s 11th Editorial

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We haven’t really been covering ECONOMIC COLLAPSE in Grapevine as of late. Not since we did the whole IceSave issue,…

Get Up – Stand Up!

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It was a Saturday much like any other in Greenwich Village, New York. Business as usual on a balmy night…

Sour grapes and stuff

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MOST AWESOME LETTER: Greetings Reykjavik Grapevine, It has been a while since we’ve corresponded. We have been quite busy with…

Sunlit Halls

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Eistnaflug (translated ‘Flight of the Testicles’, ‘TestFest’, or, worst of all, ‘Flight of the Testes’) is a metal festival held…

Haukur´s 10th Editorial!

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So we got this letter: Dear editor, Like all ordinary, decent visitors (and potential visitors) to your beautiful country, we…

Sour grapes and stuff

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MOST AWESOME LETTER: Dear Scumbag who stole my scooter from the garden behind my house last friday night, If I…

Sour Grapes and Stuff

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Iceland has become a poor wild courageous island for the diehards. Most of foreign residents are gone, some Icelanders are…

Fishy Tales

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According to genetic scientist Einar Árnason at the University of Reykjavík, unless there are significant changes in Icelandic fishing practices,…

Most Awesome Letter

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Dear Sir, I picked up a copy of your newspaper at the domestic airport in Reykjavik. No doubt it is…

Broke, Busted, Disgusted

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In front of the Icelandic parliament, protesters bang on drums, blow whistles, chant and yell while police stand by, watching….

Girls Just Wanna Have RIGHTS

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June 19, 1915. Icelandic women had struggled for years, pleading their case for suffrage, pleading their case for some semblance…

We Want You

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Diligent readers of the Reykjavik Grapevine, as well as Reykjavík art enthusiasts, must have witnessed the get-up-and-go attitude at the…