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President Refuses To Discuss Campaign Remarks
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson will not comment on whether he will leave his office before his term is up, as…
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 10, 2014
by You Guys!
Most Awesome Letter of the Issue Hello Grapevine! I am a wedding photographer from Richmond, Virginia, and I’m travelling to…
The Death Of Ben Frost
“Frosty and glacial and barren fucking… landscapes of Jökulsárlón. Fuck you. That’s so lazy.”First, some disclosure: I came to know…
The Last Emperor Of Atlantis Was An Icelander
Karl Kerulf Einarsson, aka Dunganon, aka the Duke of St. Kilda, aka Emperor Cormorant XII of Atlantis, was both an…
Experts: Katla Not Erupting But Stay Away
Geologists flew over Mýrdalsjökull glacier, which covers the active volcano Katla, yesterday to investigate sudden glacial flooding in Múlakvísl river and…
Fire In Reykjavík: Millions In Damage, And Not The First Time
It is estimated that last night’s fire in Reykjavík did hundreds of millions in damage, while locals in the area…
Cool Off With Cool Cuts
The best of Icelandic cinema with English subtitlesIn the four years since Bíó Paradís opened, the cinema has become a…
Don’t Take Hiking Lightly
Always prepare, think… and enjoyHiking is a popular recreational sport in Iceland. People by the thousands are on the move…
Iceland Is For Lovers
David and AnnieIn early February, we here at the Grapevine—a notoriously amorous publication, as our readers well know—received an unexpected…
Into The Abyss: Þríhnúkagígur’s Magma Cave
We follow in the footsteps of Professor Otto Lidenbrock…“It’s a good thing you’re going underground,” our bus driver calls out…
A Bunch Of Great People Doing Great Stuff
Q&A’s With Artists At The Reykjavík Art Festival Guðrún Lilja Gunnlaugsdóttir In Your Hands: three-dimensional creation and technique The theme…
American Awareness Of Iceland At All Time High
A new study reveals that every second American thinks of Iceland as a highly appealing place to visit, reports Kastljós.“Back in…
Icelandic Art, If There Is Such A Thing
by John Rogers
On the ground floor of a grey apartment building, across from Reykjavík’s old harbour, around the corner from the Reykjavík…
UK Gov’t: Icelandic Volcano As Great A Threat As Nuclear Terrorism
Academics and scientists in Britain have concluded that the eruption of an Icelandic “supervolcano” is as great a threat to…
A Craving For Caving In The Leitahraun Lava Field
by Ben Smick
Exploring the Búri Cave with Fjallhalla AdventurersForty-five kilometres from downtown Reykjavík I’m standing on a snowy embankment surrounded by the…
Pay Per View
by Jonathan Pattishall, Anna Andersen, Ben Smick, Gabríel Benjamin, Yasmin Nowak and Larissa Kyzer
Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here…
They Are Coming
Aliens in Iceland in 1993. Newspaper articles from the time do not agree on whether the event was “full of…
Bring Your Mobile To Hekla In Case Of Eruption
Police are asking people hiking Hekla to bring their mobile phones so that they can be forewarned in the event…
Happening This Weekend Feb 21-23
If you thought winter was over, think again. February is in full swing, with howling winds and freezing temperatures. So…
Riding With Fire, Tölting On Ice To Ingólfsfjall
Rule number one when riding an Icelandic horse: do not use your leg. Or at least, do not use as…
City Councilperson Objects To “Military-Free” Reykjavík
A Reykjavík city councilperson for the Independence Party called Mayor Jón Gnarr’s vision of a military-free Reykjavík “confusing apples and…