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The Year of the Ox
God Returns To Iceland Part 4The Lord had his heart set on destroying first Iceland, then the world, in punishment…
Joke Party Wins Elections in Reykjavík
In the weeks leading up to the municipal elections, it seemed no one was interested. The media took almost no…
Best Backyard Ever
by Rex Beckett
“He is Árni Plúseinn and I am Árni Sveins. We made a film together.” The former, Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, is…
City Elections: Holy Wow What Just Happened?
by grapevine
Not everyone was chugging beer and watching Eurovision during the last Saturday of May, you know. Some of us were…
Art Love-In
Villa Reykjavík to host galleries from all over EuropeIn July, the art world will come to Reykjavík, and some musicians…
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…
Grapevine’s Super-Duper Professional Municipal Election Liveblog! FINAL NUMBERS
15:28: The final results of Reykjavík city elections are in. Of a possible 15 seats on city council, Jón Gnarr’s…
Terrified Politicians
Icelanders are heading into their second elections since the economic collapse of October 2008. In April of last year, we…
The Unusual Suspects
With the current eruption at Eyjafjallajökull rumbling on relatively steadily, producing an ash cloud that continues to wreak havoc with…
Dr Gunni History of Icelandic Music Rock Part 18
by Dr. Gunni
Ahh… 1981. The best year in Iceland’s rock history. At least for me, a 15 year old whose life music…
What Are You Voting For, Reykjavík?
Here at the Grapevine, we are all big fans of Jón Gnarr and his comedic stylings. We were amused when…
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…
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…
From New Year To New Mountain
It is 1 AM. My phone is going crazy. Emails and Facebook messages are flying around. Why? A volcano is…
Tourist Eruption Takes Heat Off Government
Through the foreign media we learned that there was an emergency in Iceland. True, the main airports were closed, the…
Cannon Fodder
I regularly read poetry to Aram, my infant son. He doesn’t “get it,” of course—no matter how I try to…
Fashion Distraction
These are some designed, fashionable times we’re living in. Everyone seems to be looking their absolute best these days, what…
President of Maldives Visits Iceland Today
by grapevine
Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed will visit Iceland today and Saturday. Nasheed will be acquainting himself with Iceland’s renewable energy and…
Davíð Oddsson On The Warpath
In the summer of 2000 I met then leader of the British Conservative Party William Hague. The party was doing…
Dr. Gunni’s History Of Icelandic Rock Part 16
by Dr. Gunni
Punk and new wave came late to Iceland. In 1979, all Icelandic records were still either disco, foamy pop or…
Letters from 3rd issue
MOST AWESOME LETTER Dear grapevine I’ve been living in Iceland for seven months and I am having the time of…