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Damien Rice, Hafdís Huld, Pondus Added To Iceland Inspires Bill – Update! Free Bus Rides!
by Rex Beckett
Three new acts have been added to the Iceland Inspires concert line up, taking place July 1 in Hamragarðar near…
Sour Grapes and Stuff
by You Guys!
A buncha POLAR BEER for your thoughts We’re not gonna lie to you: we really love us some beers. Some…
Tourists On The Street
by Stephanie Orford and Alexandra Young
We stopped to interview some lucky tourists on the street to see why they chose to visit Iceland. The following…
Westman Islands: More Like ‘Best Man Islands’
Three weeks ago on the Westman Islands there was one day when Eyjafjallajökull’s ash fell so thick that everything outdoors…
Red Cross Revolution
“I can go crazy over an old coat,” laughs Helga Pálsdóttir. “If they fit and they’re of a nice fabric,…
Four Spirits
God Returns To Iceland Part 3The Lord thought of Pompeii, and wondered why he had let it go at that….
Ghosts Of Pompeii
God Returns To Iceland pt. 2The Lord thought about Pompeii and wondered why he did not do this more often….
Honeywell to Study Effects of Volcanic Ash on Jet Engines
While all of Europe grounded their planes during the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, Honeywell was purposefully flying jets through the ash cloud…
Grapevine’s Fancy Eurovision Liveblog! UPDATE 22:20
17:00… I´m not a religious man but the verse Proverbs 26:11 states. “As a dog returns to its vomit, so…
Goodnight, Sweet Prince!
And, as with the loss of an old friend, my heart is filled with sadness. Our pet volcano appears to…
The Unusual Suspects
With the current eruption at Eyjafjallajökull rumbling on relatively steadily, producing an ash cloud that continues to wreak havoc with…
It’s Over
Everyone’s favorite ash-belching machine appears to have reached a conclusion. A cessation of volcanic activity was first given greater attention…
Sour Grapes And Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER A buncha POLAR BEER for your thoughts We’re not gonna lie to you: we really love us…
Exporting Our Disasters
The twofold catastrophes of financial collapse and volcanic eruption: When I was young, Iceland didn’t make world news a lot….
Hot Air And Solar Flares
by Marc Vincenz
In a recent New Scientist article, “Get ready for decades of Icelandic fireworks,” volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson speculates this next active…
Grapevine Takes A Tour On Icelandic Horseback
You’d think from the looks of these dwarfen beasts that they’d be meek and mild, happy to carry a hobbit…
Ashfall Reaches Reykjavík
by grapevine
After showering Hvolsvöllur with black rain and making things generally unpleasant throughout the southwest, the Eyjafjallajökull eruption has once again…
Eyjafjallajökull: Who’s Laughing Now, Europe?
You are probably aware of the spectacular (if small) volcanic eruption on Fimmvörðuháls, the ridge next to Eyjafjallajökull glacier. We…
Kreppa In The International Eye: April
by Marc Vincenz
A Google news search on April 29 reveals over 22,000 hits on Iceland, 90%, of course, had to do with…
SIC Report: What The Locals Think
Vigdís M. Sveinbjörnsdóttir Farmer, Egilsstaðir Has the economic crash changed your day-to-day life? No, no change in my life. Our…
Eyjafjallajökull Raves On
As those European airport slumber parties wind down and guests return to the humdrum of sleeping in real beds, taking…