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THE BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2011
Our annual BEST OF REYKJAVÍK LIST, 2K11 EDITION is finally here in all it’s listy listness. For the third year…
Bolungarvík Is The Bird Nerd’s Paradise
by grapevine
When most visitors to Iceland—or really, most people living the capital area—think of the Westfjords, Ísafjörður is usually the first…
The Best Of Reykjavík : The Anarchist’s Edition
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
An anarchist interested in history might want to take an ‘oppression tour’ around the city, checking out important power-symbols like…
Things They Like About Reykjavík
by Anna Andersen and Haukur S. Magnússon
While compiling our BEST OF REYKJAVÍK list, we consulted with a large group of people from all around town. Some…
Mackerel Mayhem And The Unholy Triangle
Forty years ago, Iceland saw its last real spell of hard times before the crash of 2008. In 1968 it…
THE PEN WIELDER, THE POET AND THE ROGUE
On June 17, Jón Sigurðsson will be the man of the day. This is Iceland’s ‘Independence Day’ with festivities all…
FM Belfast: “It’s Incredibly Boring to Be Cool”
Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson and Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir are surprisingly fresh, considering that the day before they flew into Iceland after…
A Day In The Life Of Nanna Árnadóttir
What’s up, Nanna? Workin’ my merkin to the ground, man (disclaimer: I don’t have a merkin). Got my day job,…
Icelandic Volcanism: Where, Why & How?
Iceland sure has been in the global news a lot this past year or so and a lot of that…
OH NO! IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN!
Farmer Erlendur Björnsson and his wife Þórunn Júlíusdóttir were in Reykjavík celebrating their son’s high school graduation when the subglacial…
Killer Volcanoes: A Comparative History
Which country starting with the letter ‘I’ has caused the most international havoc due to volcanic eruptions in the modern…
THE CONSUMER’S REPUBLIC OF ICELAND
The newspaper DV recently made considerable hay out of the fact that from 2005–2008 Iceland was the second largest market…
Racist? You Misunderstand
Since May 8, when 53-year-old Iranian Medhi Kavyanpoor attempted self-immolation in the Icelandic Red Cross offices, intending to give up…
THE MASTER BUILDER, THE MINISTER AND THE CHURCH WE USED TO THINK WAS UGLY
The idea of building a church on the hill called Skólavörðuholt was first broached as early as 1916. Architect Guðjón…
Sour Grapes And Stuff
by You Guys!
MOST AWESOME LETTER: Dear editor I travelled across the world in search of TARGETS FOR DEREGULTION. And in 2009 i…
Whom To Blame?
by David Howden
Icelanders are upset. That may be an understatement, and it’s also unfortunate. The real unfortunate part is that they’re a…
Whale Watching Tourists Eating Whale
Whale watching attracts more tourists than any other tourist activity in Reykjavík. Tourists who go whale watching are mostly against…
The Troubled History Of The Harp
For many centuries Iceland was a country without music. There were no musical instruments; dancing was banned by the church,…
The Three Stages Of Integration
I’ve lived in Iceland for nearly 12 years now, and have been a citizen for the last four. Along the…
WOULD-BE ICELANDERS
THE SITUATION Stop me if you’ve heard this one: North American billionaires apply to Alþingi for instant Icelandic citizenship. They’re…
IS HARPA JUST A FAÇADE?
The house Ólafur Elíasson built Like it or not, HARPA, Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre, is now open for…