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Memories Of War: An Interview With Booker Nominee Mazen Maarouf
The first feeling Mazen Maarouf felt when he learned he was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize was panic….
Information Is Never Neutral: The Editor Of Wikileaks Breaks His Silence
“If you’re not a radical journalist, you’re not a journalist,” Kristinn tells us near the beginning of our interview. “You’re…
Best Of Reykjavík 2019: Best Day Trip
So, you’ve shopped in the shops, drank the drinks, and eaten all the foods. And whilst those things are all…
Best Of Reykjavík 2019: Best People-Watching Spot
So, you’ve shopped in the shops, drank the drinks, and eaten all the foods. And whilst those things are all…
Without A Trace: The Strange Case Of Jón Þröstur Jónsson
For over two weeks at the time of this writing, Jón Þröstur Jónsson has been missing. Disappearances in Iceland are…
Best Of Reykjavik 2019: Best Cinema
So, you’ve shopped in the shops, drank the drinks, and eaten all the foods. And whilst those things are all…
Best Of Reykjavik 2019: Best Pool
So, you’ve shopped in the shops, drank the drinks, and eaten all the foods. And whilst those things are all…
Icelander Missing In Ireland
41-year-old Jón Þröstur Jónsson went missing in Whitehall, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, February 9th. He is described…
Happening This Weekend: Our Picks!
The beginning of February means what? We’re close to the Chinese New Year? Valentine’s Day? The Super Bowl? Naw, it…
The Frozen Wave: Warm Welcomes & Cold Glaciers In Borgarfjörður
by John Rogers
“Drive past Reykholt and continue to a farm called Stóri Ás,” read the directions to Borgarfjörður’s Lava Lodge. “Cross the…
The Grapevine Music Awards 2019: The Winners Are Here!
by John Rogers
One of the most common questions asked about Iceland—right up there alongside volcano stuff, the ‘incest app’ and the pissy…
Hip, Hip, Húrra: NYE with Jon Hopkins and Kiasmos
British electronic superstar Jon Hopkins teamed up with Iceland’s most prominent DJ duo Kiasmos to throw a sold-out party at…
Our Most And Least Favourite News Stories Of 2018
2018 feels like it has lasted about five years, mostly due to the never-ending news cycle of madness coming out…
Iceland Has Three Composers On Top 25 NYT List For Best Classical Tracks
Iceland has no less than three artists on the New York Times 25 best classical tracks of the year. The…
13 Days Of Grapemas: Dillon Whiskey Bar
In Iceland, Christmas is a little wacky. Instead of one Santa, we have thirteen. And rather than being a jolly…
A Witness Of Life: Haraldur Jónsson Reveals His Expansive Artistic Spectrum
I am standing in Kjarvalsstaðir museum, where Haraldur Jónsson, one of Iceland’s most renowned visual artists, celebrated the opening of…
From Eurovision to Bloody Murder: The Iceland Noir Festival Braces for a Storm
Reykjavík in late November sounds like the perfect setting for a crime story, and has no doubt often been used…
Accidental Ghosts: ‘Mihkel’ Is A Film Dramatisation Of A Grisly True-Crime Tale
by Mulan
In 2004, a body was found weighted down in an abandoned harbour near the east Iceland town of Neskaupstaður. The…
#IcelandSmites: Horde In Hamrén-induced Hypersleep; Glory Abounds Anyway
by John Rogers and Greig Robertson
After the end of their injury-smited, ignominious UEFA Nation’s League campaign, the horde has dispersed back to their day jobs,…
The Architect For The Barbershop-Conference Openly Misogynist
The former Foreign Minister of Iceland, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, and former Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, have been entangled into…
Recording Of Icelandic Male MPs Speaking Misogynistically About Women Colleagues Leaked
A recording taken at a local bar, wherein male parliamentarians can be heard demeaning and dismissing their female colleagues, was…