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Art and Ice – A Difficult Combination?
Pretty people, money and the weather – ask most people about Iceland and they’ll usually weave you a story around…
The Image of Iceland
Luckily most nations were named before the existence of nation-branding. If people would have been as business-minded in medieval times…
Deafening Silence
Sigur Rós, despite their success, is a band that is still on it’s way out of Iceland. In a way,…
The Ambassador
When I was packing my bags to come to Iceland, one criterion stood out in particular: “Don’t look like an American…
The Machine is Deaf
June 17, 1944, the greatest minds in Iceland convened on the banks of Lake Þingvallavatn to declare independence. From this…
Sour Grapes Issue 04 2008
Dear ladies and gentlemen, a friend told me Iceland girls look like fairies. Do they? Kindest regards, Yacine Azzouz Dear…
Remembering Bobby Fisher – II
The Circus Comes to Town The arrival of Bobby Fischer as an Icelandic citizen on March 24th 2005 was a…
City Hall: Theatre of the Absurd
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small…
Icelanders Don’t Care About Satan
Stulli and Gauti sit opposite me and sip their coffee. Black coffee. Stulli is in the midst of outlining the…
From the Editor’s Chair
The longest month of my professional life has just passed, figuratively speaking. This is the fifth issue we put out…
One Little Nigger
“We never [were] niggers, that is a word used to describe our own wretchedness. And we perpetuate it now.”(1) Who…
The Last Days of the Labels
The music industry is facing some troubled waters. To be precise, the business side of the music industry is in…
Sour Grapes
Hi Iceland, American Citizen leaves homeland until Bush leaves office Has passport but no place to live Auctioning himself to…
Vegan Iceland?
As regular Grapevine readers will know, Iceland is not the best place for vegetarians. But newcomers and old Reykjavík hangabouts…
Can We Do This Indefinitely?
You are a teacher, and a civil engineer, and an artist, and a designer… How did you come to think…
Mínus – Reinventing the Formula
Following the release of their fourth album last spring, rock outfit Mínus came close to breaking up as the band…
Awakening the Couch Potatoes
In retrospect Iceland has never lacked activism, and many prideful moments of Icelandic history are examples of social disobedience. In…
Kjölur by Bike – Part Two
I wake up in this sublime world worrying. I can’t help it. I keep looking to the sky for signs…
New Icelanders Build on Language
In the past three or four years, the influx of immigrants in Iceland has increased steadily. According to a study…
All Things in Life – Not for All Though
The town of Akureyri, considered to be the northern capital of Iceland, is known for its charm and calm beauty….
Sour Grapes
Now we all know that “the opinion of the columnists don’t” reflect the opinion of the Reykjavik grapevine” is a…