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The War On Drugs, The War On You
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
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!
Greetings, nation, It is with great pleasure that I address you all today (all y’all tourists, travelers and others our…
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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
by Marc Vincenz
The Sea, the Sea, the Unending Sea There is something elemental that happens when you face an unbridled ocean. It’s…
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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…
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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?
Somewhat fittingly, the dance of the big depression years, the Lindy hop, has finally made it to Iceland. This month,…
Haukur’s 11th Editorial
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!
It was a Saturday much like any other in Greenwich Village, New York. Business as usual on a balmy night…
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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
by Sindri Eldon
Eistnaflug (translated ‘Flight of the Testicles’, ‘TestFest’, or, worst of all, ‘Flight of the Testes’) is a metal festival held…
Haukur´s 10th Editorial!
So we got this letter: Dear editor, Like all ordinary, decent visitors (and potential visitors) to your beautiful country, we…
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MOST AWESOME LETTER: Dear Scumbag who stole my scooter from the garden behind my house last friday night, If I…
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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
by Marc Vincenz
According to genetic scientist Einar Árnason at the University of Reykjavík, unless there are significant changes in Icelandic fishing practices,…
Most Awesome Letter
Dear Sir, I picked up a copy of your newspaper at the domestic airport in Reykjavik. No doubt it is…
Broke, Busted, Disgusted
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
June 19, 1915. Icelandic women had struggled for years, pleading their case for suffrage, pleading their case for some semblance…
We Want You
by Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson
Diligent readers of the Reykjavik Grapevine, as well as Reykjavík art enthusiasts, must have witnessed the get-up-and-go attitude at the…