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If you think Icelandic nightlife begins and ends in 101 Reykjavík, you’re missing a celebrated and notorious section of the…

The immigration problem looks to be extremely difficult and threatening in the way all things evil are difficult and threatening:…

How Fischer Played his Part in Political Disputes But not between the countries you think Getting Bobby Fischer to Iceland…

Rúrí represented Iceland at the 50th Venice Biennale 2003 with the multimedia installation Archive – endangered waters. The work is…

A nightmare scenario? Well, yes, and also the subject of a new play, American Diplomacy, written and directed by aspiring…

Tickets for the well over 2000 playhouse seats cost on average 1,700 krónur, and the last pan-European survey showed that…

by Valur Gunnarsson TAKE 1: The Vikings “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” Easily the best…

It was clear that these people had something in common that strongly bound them together and they were happy to…

In watching Rokk í Reykjavík, I got the impression that this film was a lot of fun to make. “It…

It seems that this prolific young man–singer, songwriter, festival organizer, and now film scorer–has his fingers in a lot of…

Iceland has no army. But Icelanders are carrying arms in Afghanistan. “Are you going to call the documentary ‘The Secret…

The museum itself has primarily been a venue for exhibitions and various creative events, but it is becoming increasingly focused…

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It is common practice to start drinking in the car on the way. Somebody gets to be the designated driver…

“The reality is,” he explained, “that there are four parties acting in the development of any city planning project: architects,…

“How much more respectable is the woman who earns her own bread by fulfilling any duty than the most accomplished…

It was supposed to be just another hangover day at Vitabarinn. I was in the process of ordering up a…