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All Our Yesterdays: Guns N’ Roses Take Reykjavik
Guns N’ Roses take to the stage like a lumbering Apatosaurus, crushing everything in their path and in constant danger…
Inspiring: Ice Cream Sales Not Influenced By Bad Weather
by Noemi Ehrat
You might remember the sweet, promising sound of the approaching ice cream truck from blissful childhood days, when you would…
The Grapevine Interns Present: The Official Summer 2018 Playlist
by Noemi Ehrat and Christine Engel Snitkjær
Even though this year, with its lack of warmth and sunshine, the Icelandic summer has been anything but summery, we,…
Chaotic Weather Misers Unveil Forecast For Holiday Weekend
The least popular group of people in iceland, those mean people at the Icelandic Weather Office, have deemed that this…
Nature And Music At Bræðslan Festival
by Noemi Ehrat
The small town of Borgarfjörður, which is located in the remote Eastfjords is hosting the 14th annual Bræðslan festival, including…
Island Life: News From The Icelandic Countryside
People in northeast Iceland simply cannot shut up about their warm and sunny weather. Campers in Atlavík and Höfðavík for…
What Are Icelanders Talking About?: Weather, Wages, All We Need Is A Little Patience!
As we all know, Iceland is currently in the midst of the worst summer ever recorded. But in the last…
Your Merchants Weekend Bulletin: Party With The Punks, Couch Potatoes, Country Folk And Christians
The first weekend in August is known to Icelanders as Merchants’ Weekend. It’s a bank holiday—for Icelanders, a phrase synonymous…
Ask A Sociologist: Does Iceland’s Weather Spur Creativity?
Iceland is as known worldwide for its creativity as its amazingly bad weather. But is there some sort of relationship…
Cloud Island: A Drive Around The South Faroese Outpost Of Suðuroy
by John Rogers
The Faroe Islands appear suddenly, a jutting interruption in an endless carpet of rolling clouds. The plane circles the islands…
Word Of The Issue: Útlandarigning
While Iceland is known worldwide for its unpredictable and horrendous weather, things weren’t always so wet here. In fact, back…
What Are Icelanders Talking About? : The Latest Talking Points From Social Media
If there’s one topic that is always red hot amongst Icelanders, especially on social media, it’s tourism and its inevitable…
Island Life: Heat Waves, Landslides, And Hitting Sheep With Cars
We’ve done a lot of whining about the cold, rainy weather here in Reykjavík, which had its worst June in…
Songs Of The Dammed: Hvalárvirkjun And The Future Of Árneshreppur
When people talk about Iceland’s economic boom days, they are largely referring to the greater Reykjavík area. Roads are repaired…
Horsin’ Around at Landsmót Hestamanna
by Noemi Ehrat
Over the week of July 1st to 8th, thousands of people from Iceland and abroad gathered on a grassy hill…
Polar Bear Spotted In North Iceland
by Noemi Ehrat
Yesterday, Fréttablaðið reported that three foreign hunters spotted a white thing that uncannily resembled a polar bear near Melrakkaslétta in…
England To Blame For Icelandic Weather
The Icelandic weather continues to be bad as Iceland experiences its greyest and wettest summer since 1914. Icelandic meteorologist Trausti…
Road To Nowhere: Snowmobiling On Langjökull Glacier
“Time to drive everyone!,” says our mountain guide for the day, pointing at a bunch of snowmobiles parked in an…
Best of South Iceland 2018: Best Bar
Southern Iceland is home to most of the most popular tourist routes in Iceland—with good reason. The coastal Ring Road…
Best Of South Iceland 2018: Best Road Trip
Southern Iceland is home to most of the most popular tourist routes in Iceland—with good reason. The coastal Ring Road…
Best Of East Iceland 2018: Best Hike
The Eastfjords of Iceland are, geographically, one of the oldest areas of the country, and the furthest from the capital….