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GRAPEVINE’S PURCHASES THAT JUSTIFY EXISTENCE
Pocket knives at Friða Frænka 450 ISK. Pocket knives for healthy young boys. Available at Friða Frænka. If you don’t…
The Local Specialities of Mývatn
by Bart Cameron
Last spring, the Grapevine attempted to pass through Mývatn. We ended up staying for a weekend, visiting Dimmuborgir, Krafla, the…
Letters
Hey Bart – I’m rather new to the Grapevine as an Icelandic friend just introduced it to me the other…
Talarðu íslensku?
COURSES: Taking a class is the most popular way of getting an introduction to the language (it’s also a great…
A Few Brave Extras: The Dirt on Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers
However, a few brave extras have given the Grapevine a unique insight into what it has been like to be…
Government Intervention Works. The Libertarians Proved It.
by Bart Cameron
According to some, Iceland is the dream model for a conservative government. The former prime minister and key member of…
THEY KILLED KENNY! – Or was it the Vikings?
Offensive humour is on the rise. Things that once were considered taboo are now a laughing stock in television shows…
Cheap Way to Work or a Big Damn Hassle?
by Eliza Reid
The sun is already high in the sky as I board the number S2 bus at Hlemmur, just after 8am….
The Violent Outburst of Graphic Design
Liberal economist Thorvaldur Gylfason recently mentioned that once upon a time, and until quite late, history had been saturated with…
Come, Thou Divine Mistake!:
Despite its name, Verslunarmannahelgin, Merchants’ weekend, is not really like Christmas. It dates back to around 1900 as a benevolent…
Two-Person Play “How Do You Like Iceland?”
by grapevine
If you’ve been in Iceland for more than 24 hours, someone probably has, by now, already asked you, “How do…
Not a Rational Decision
by Bart Cameron
A couple of American emigrants stopped by The Grapevine office this week to discuss their move, our paper, and the…
Professor Hydrogen, Dr. Bragi Árnason
I meet Professor Bragi Árnason at his small office in the basement of the chemistry building at the University of…
Letters
Hi Bart, I was in Iceland until yesterday doing my journo-ing bit looking at a new product made by an…
Mired in TraditionIceland’s Courts and Sexual Assault Law
This example is, unfortunately, one of many. A visit to the Icelandic Supreme Court’s website (http://www.haestirettur.is/control/index?pid=333) outlines one ruling after…
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden was formed in 1976, the brainchild of bass player and chief songwriter Steve Harris. After three years of…
Screaming Viking, Ignoring the Volcano
by Bart Cameron
That their majesties the Beckhams did not turn out was only the first of the ominous signs of the evening….
The Grapevine Presents A Spoken Word Creation Written for, But Not Performed by, the President of Iceland During the 61st Celebration of Iceland’s Independence, at Austurvöllur, Reykjavík, June 17th 2005.
Fellow citizens. It was on a rainy day 61 years ago that the youthful visionaries of an old nation came…
Dark Horse: Boy Meets Girl Raises the Stakes in Icelandic Cinema
Boy meets girl. How liberating can the formula be in 2005? Very. The film, titled Voksne mannesker in Danish (Grown-up…
Four newspapers, twelve magazines, no press
by Bart Cameron
We made a difficult editorial decision here. Our planned feature on the repercussions of an oil scandal, in which the…
Pride or Prejudice?
by grapevine
What led you to study this part of Iceland’s history? When I was doing my doctorate in England, I interviewed…