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Editorial: Don’t Hold Your Breath For The Housing Market
Everything is too damned expensive in this country. It’s a fact that is reportedly dissuading some would-be tourists from flying…
Word Of The Issue: What The Fokk Are You Looking At?
by Derek Allen
The Grapevine’s Guide To Sounding Icelandic, One Word At A Time Unless you don’t go outside, you will hear tons…
A Slow Motion Firework: The Story Of Emilíana Torrini’s ‘Miss Flower’
Emilíana Torrini is on a family holiday in Wales when she speaks with The Reykjavík Grapevine. She radiates joy and…
Inside Hátíðni: The Post-Dreifing Kids’ Annual Hurrah
On a Friday night in early July, the campsite in Borðeyri is buzzing with activity. Having made the two-hour trip…
Covid-19 Surge Reported In Reykjavík Hospitals
by John Rogers
There’s been a resurgence of Covid-19 at the Landspítali hospital in Reykjavík for the third summer running, mbl reports today. …
Speedrunning Therapy: Charlie Is Thera-pissed
You’ve been sitting in this ugly room for roughly an hour. You’ve rambled about your problems at work and personal…
Festival Picks: IceDocs
The Iceland Documentary Film Festival returns to Akranes for the sixth time on July 17-21 There are only a handful…
Folklorist Offers A Course On Cannibalism At The University Of Iceland
Starting in October, folklorist Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir will lead a course at the University of Iceland’s Continuing Education program on…
Do Shit: Figuring Out Labour Unions
The Útlendingur’s ongoing guide to getting shit done If you are working in Iceland you’re likely aware of the existence…
Fire Up Your Lightsaber and Become One With the Force!
The local force wielders present their Saber Academy for enthusiastic Padawans Do me a favor and imagine this intro flying…
Word Of The Issue: The Infinite Uses Of Jæja
The Grapevine’s guide to sounding Icelandic, one word at a time Jæja. Have you ever met a more versatile word?…
The Edda Or Whatever: It All Began In Turkey
A prologue that will literally leave you gagged Welcome to The Edda or Whatever, where I’m spilling the tea on…
This One’s For The Horse Girlies!
Saddle Up and Enjoy the Ride at Hestasnilld Giddyup and take the reins, it’s time to talk about horses! Iceland…
Fungal Magic, Narrated By Björk
With a superstar narrator, biophilia meets mycophilia in the new documentary Fungi: Web of Life “I can’t actually take credit…
Too Little, Too Late: Iceland’s Shambolic Housing Market
In the afternoon of June 25, 2020, a house on Bræðraborgarstígur in Reykjavík’s Miðbær neighbourhood was set ablaze. Smoke engulfed…
KEX Port ’24: Entertainment In The Front, Grilling In The Back
KEX Hostel’s block party KEX Port sees its final iteration Kex Hostel’s block party KEX Port, a regular fixture of…
Grapevine Events: KEX Port, PIKKNIKK & More
Very few places in Reykjavík have endured or garnered such a unique reputation as downtown institution Prikið. Known today as…
The Good’Ol Golden Circle: Taking another spin on the classic travel route
Whether you live in Iceland, you’ve visited Iceland before, or you’re simply Googled “Iceland” in anticipation of one day travelling…
Cocktail-Hopping in Reykjavík
A whirlwind tour of Reykjavík’s cocktail scene in four easy steps Cocktails have never been as elite as they’re made…
Word Of The Issue: Don’t Be Such A Buttface
The Grapevine’s guide to sounding Icelandic, one word at a time If you spend any time around a leikskóli, you’re…