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What’s Cooler Than Being Cool? Extreme Chill Festival Is A Celebration Of Subculture Specificity
Extreme Chill Festival co-founder Pan Thorarensen sure has a lot of plates spinning. Sitting in latest venture, Space Odyssey—a record…
Iceland (The Country) In Court Against Iceland (The Store) Again
Oral arguments are being heard today in the case of the Icelandic government against the British store chain Iceland, RÚV…
Business Leaders Want Government To Make It Easier For Non-EEA Citizens To Immigrate
Unemployment was at 3.2% in July, according to the Directorate of Labour, and there is a distinct labour shortage in…
Björk Releases New Single ‘Atopos’
Björk has just released a new single titled ‘Atopos.’ This is the first single from her upcoming 10th studio album…
Björk Critises Prime Minister, Claims She Backed Out Of Supporting Climate Emergency
Björk has been an avid supporter of the environmentalist perspective. From interviewing David Attenborough to protesting against dam and power…
Love Will Win (If We Want It): Fighting Transphobia In Iceland
On June 25th, a man walked into the London Pub in Oslo, Norway, pulled out a gun, and started shooting….
RVK Newscast 200: Attacks on LGBTQ+, Bomb Scare and Swimming For Charity
IT’S OUR 200TH EPISODE! Sure, we almost forgot, but we’d like to take the opportunity to thank you all for…
RVK Newscast 199: Culture In Iceland
For this episode of RVK Newscast, Culture Editor Josie Anne is joined by Reykjavík Grapevine’s Listings and Events Coordinator Kim…
Best Of Reykjavík Shopping 2022: Best Jewellery Shop
Let’s be real: there are few things that could temper our love for shopping. Thankfully, our delightful city has kept…
Words To Live By: “Dagatal”, By Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir
Learners of Icelandic have a notoriously rough time. Not only is Icelandic supposedly one of the hardest languages to master…
Get Your Summer Read On
by Valur Grettisson, Andie Sophia Fontaine and Josie Gaitens
The books to read while travelling around Iceland Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was Author: SJÓN Sjón is hands down…
Track By Track: Lemon Street With Pale Moon
Pale Moon is an intriguing psychedelic rock band comprised of husband-wife duo Árni Guðjónsson and Natalia Sushchenko and signed to…
Study Finds Google Translate Is Sexist
A study finds that using Google translate for English to Icelandic translations has gender bias, reports Frettablaðið. Given a pair…
The Equaliser: Haraldur Þorleifsson On Power, Misinformation, And Leveling The Playing Field
Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson wears many hats. While ostensibly an entrepreneur and businessman who founded the creative technology services company Ueno…
Icelandic Horse “Blood Farms” Will Be Able To Continue
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture will continue to allow the collection of blood from pregnant mares under strict regulations,…
The Literary Mystery Of The Icelandic Dracula
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a book that needs no introduction. The vampire’s cultural impact on the world is immense and…
Learning Icelandic? Despair No Longer, LingQ Is Here!
by Alice Poggio
Rökkvi Vésteinsson is an Icelandic comedian who brings good news for the non-native residents who, despite being well-intentioned and eager…
Space Mama Piggy: “An Imperfect Individual In An Imperfect World”
by Alice Poggio
Sólveig Eva Magnúsdóttir is an Icelandic storyteller living in New York and Reykjavik. Sólveig writes, paints, acts, directs, illustrates, and…
Farmers Association Head Accepts Minister’s Apology, But The Matter Isn’t Over, Lawyer Says
Following a racist remark made by Infrastructure Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson at a conference of the Icelandic Farmers’ Association (BÍ)…
Creating New Pockets: Ewa’s Debut Book Confronts Trauma And Immigration
Ewa Marcinek is a Polish-born Icelander and a writer. Her new book has been receiving a lot of attention in…
Infrastructure Minister Makes Racist Remark; Denials, Apologies And Calls For Resignation Follow
An ugly remark made by Minister of Infrastructure Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson at a conference of the Icelandic Farmers’ Association (BÍ)…