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The Foundation Of Sanity
The past and present of psychiatric care in one building One of the most iconic scenes in Icelandic cinematic history…
What If… Iceland Had Joined The British Empire?
What if? It’s a pretty open-ended question and one friend of the Grapevine Valur Gunnarsson is applying to eight relevant-to-Iceland…
The Identity of Us
Meet four Icelanders changing the face of arts and culture The past 30 years have brought about the biggest demographic…
What If… Iceland Had Been Wiped Out By A Volcano?
What if? It’s a pretty open-ended question and one friend of the Grapevine Valur Gunnarsson is applying to eight relevant-to-Iceland…
Grapevine Events: Eurovision, Kári, Kink, Gardening & More
Oh boy, we are busy over here at Grapevine HQ (insert spiral-eyes emoji.) We just barely dropped an issue on…
Marko Svart Closes Reykjavík Store
It’s the end of an era on Týsgata. After four years in business, Marko Svart’s boutique and creative space, Svartbysvart,…
Grapevine Events: Prins Póló, MSEA, Ýrúrarí & So Much More
Last week’s events roundup was deployed on the first day of summer here in Iceland and today’s is coming at…
It’s off to Bessastaðir We Go: Getting a glimpse at the life of President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
by Krakkaveldi
Words: Benóný Ingi Þorsteinsson & Eldlilja Kaja Heimisdóttir When driving to Bessastaðir we were very nervous that we were going…
Grapevine Events: Wacken Metal Battle, Children’s Culture, Fucking Genius & More
We’re coming at you with another events roundup — and on the first day of summer, no less! To be…
Going Down: The Lava Tunnel and Its Deep Secrets
by Lea Dörschel
Let me take you on a journey back in time — about 5,000 years back, to be precise. We find…
Smell, swirl, sip and skál! The Reykjavík wine scene has never been livelier!
For much of the 20th century it was unpatriotic and illegal to drink beer. When full prohibition became law over…
Grapevine Events: Halldór Eldjárn, FLÆÐI’s Re-opening & Films by Iranian Female Directors
We know what you’re thinking: there’s nothing I’d love more than a weekend so jam packed with can’t-miss cultural and…
The Rocky Foundation of Law and Order
Travel doesn’t have to entail hitting the road, hopping on a plane or lacing up your hiking boots to trek…
What If… Icelanders Had Colonised North America?
What if? It’s a pretty open-ended question and one friend of the Grapevine Valur Gunnarsson is applying to eight relevant-to-Iceland…
The Unforgiving Island: Hlynur Pálmason’s “Godland” explores an intense but conflicted journey to Iceland
Hlynur Pálmason postponed our interview at least four times. I knew he was busy travelling to festivals with his new…
Learning When To Clap at Tertulia x Reykjavík
by Josie Gaitens and Shruthi Basappa
Music and dining bring to mind bored jazz bands playing to an equally uninterested audience — or worse, solo crooners…
Grapevine Events: Ólöf Arnalds, Book Party And BLACK MARROW
We’ve once again reached that point in the week where we order you what to do and where to go…
What If… The Vikings Had Conquered The World?
What if? It’s a pretty open-ended question and one friend of the Grapevine Valur Gunnarsson is applying to eight relevant-to-Iceland…
The Sometimes Unbelievable, Always Remarkable Story of Hotel Borg
Travel doesn’t have to entail hitting the road, hopping on a plane or lacing up your hiking boots to trek…
Iceland Disconnected: What if our submarine cables went bust?
It’s something out of a Hollywood blockbuster, or at least a symptom of some global crisis more central to the…
Grapevine Events: Christmas Markets, Repair Cafe, Gyða, The Women Who Plant Trees, and more!
Jóla Reddingakaffi December 18th at 14:00 – Hafnar.Haus – Free The Roaming Repair Cafe is back in town, this time…