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Bíó Paradís Will Be Closed For 6 Weeks Due To Maintenance
The Reykjavík only art-house cinema, Bíó Paradís, will be closed for maintenance for 6 weeks, starting from May 16th to June 30th. [su_pullquote]It’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) time, this Friday, May 13th! You can get in on the fun by joining one…
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New In Town: Kastrup
[su_pullquote]What are the Icelandic classics that just stay on the market despite the ever changing world around them? We made a discount box with Icelandic products that have survived through the decades! Take a look![/su_pullquote] After testing two pop-up restaurants, Kastrup RVK…
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Future Look Of Lækjartorg Square Revealed
Lækjartorg square, at the center of Reykjavík, will get a new look in the coming years, Vísir reports. The winner of a design contest that included a project for the square and the adjacent streets has been announced on March 4. The…
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Mixed Opinions On Car-Free Streets, Most In Favour
Residents of Vesturbær are the happiest with the city centre’s pedestrian streets, whilst residents of Grafarvogur are the most negative, Vísir revealed this morning. In general, satisfaction with pedestrian streets increases year on year, with people who frequently use the streets being…
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Culture Pick: Sóttqueen – Postprent’s Exhibition Of Coronavirus-inspired Art
Postprent brings you the very best of Icelandic art from the coronavirus era in an exhibition opening at Ásmundarsalur this Saturday, May 23rd. Back in March, Postprent issued an open call to local artists for works inspired by the pandemic, posting all submissions…
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Eight Icelandic Films: Naked Farmers, Equine Sex, And Yes, There’s An Elf
Each summer, Bíó Paradís mounts a programme of Icelandic films with English subtitles. This year, there are eight films on offer, featuring everything from farmer nudity to eco-terrorism to a Viking spaghetti Western. Do you only have time to see one? From…
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The World of Yesterday : 101 Reykjavík Revisited
The ‘90s were another country. The late ‘80s had given us malls, pizza delivery, even more TV and, most important, beer. One could smoke indoors and comfortably wear leather jackets. All of this made it a good time to be young. And…
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The Tjörnin Pond Mermaid Hides Underwater
The mermaid statue “Hafmeyjan” by Nína Sæmundsson left her foundation in the pond Tjörnin at the beginning of November and now lies at the pond’s bottom. As of now, it remains unknown what she’s doing there, but experts claim she swam to…
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Tourists In Iceland Spending With Credit Cards Like Never Before
Tourists in Iceland are spending more with their credit cards than ever before, reports Mbl.is. Credit card turnover during the first eight months of the year was around 188 billion Isk, which averages out to around 23.5 billion a month. This represents…
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Know Your Rights: The Reykjavík Housing Market
It is a well known fact that the Reykjavík housing market is a cruel mess meant to make you hurt. For instance, last month we reported on the 3 immigrants who were paying 210 thousand for shared 8 m2 room and the…
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The Clock Is Ticking: New Sundhöllin Is Coming
The locals have waited for what seems like an eternity for the oldest swimming pool in Reykjavík, Sundhöll Reykjavíkur to reopen its doors following extensive renovations and now we are almost there. An unknown individual has founded the website Hvenær opnar Sundhöllin,…
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Highest Earning Icelandic Airbnber Made 236 Million ISK
According to figures from the newly launched tourism fact database Mælaborði ferðaþjónustunnar, the individual who made the most from renting out apartments through Airbnb profited 236 million ISK over the past 12 months. During the period five individuals made over 100 million…
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Welcome To Theme Park 101: Impossible Prices, Citizen Flight And The Audacity Of Hope
101 Reykjavík has always been the beating cultural heart of Iceland; it is where Björk became a star, where Iceland Airwaves is held and where you go for a Bæjarins Beztu hot dog. But in recent years it has undergone dramatic changes,…
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Tourist Busses Banned From Reykjavík City Centre
From the beginning of June, tourist busses with a capacity above eight passengers and jeeps specifically kitted out for off road driving will be banned from a large area of the city centre and the old part of Vesturbærinn. Two years ago,…
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The Hardest Day Of The Year: Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘101 Reykjavík’
“Christmas—the hardest day of the year.” Hlýnur (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) is dreading the traditional Icelandic Christmas dinner, rendered in Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘101 Reykjavík’ (2000) as a soul-sucking trip out of the downtown bubble and into the heart of bourgeois darkness: a new…
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Let Them Eat Lobster & Stuff
It’s technically langoustine, not lobster, but Langoustine & Stuff doesn’t sound right. It misses the fricative soft rhyme of “ster” and “stuff.” That’s the type of linguistic gymnastics marketing wordsmiths simply die for–and, if their product is a living creature, it’s what…
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The Saga of Icelandic Cinema: ‘Sódóma Reykjavík’
That this boring fishing town could be any kind of Sin City is very much the joke. “Ó borg mín borg,” sings Björk over the end credits of 1992’s ‘Sódóma Reykjavík’—“Oh city, my city.” The film’s end credits play over a helicopter…
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Happening Now: Bíó Paradís Icelandic Film Summer Series
Icelandic cinema is having a bit of a moment. This summer, everyone can feel like they’re part of the country’s ascending film industry as Bíó Paradís screens the best of Icelandic cinema, new and old. All films will also be subtitled in…
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PHOTOS: Tweed Ride Reykjavík
The fourth Tweed Ride in Reykjavík took place on the weekend with almost 100 people participating. The tradition of the Tweed Ride originally started in London and but as now become an annual event in Iceland as well. The participants got dressed…
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Potential Closure Of Downtown’s Music Venues: It’s About More Than Music
It’s Faktorý all over again. The buildings that house downtown’s booming music scene—venues like Húrra, Gaukurinn, Paloma and Dubliner—will likely be renovated into “tourism-related businesses.” The news is reminiscent to the sad fate of Faktorý, a popular Reykjavík music venue that was…
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VIDEO: The Essence Of Icelandic Christmas
Like most decent Reykjavikings, Grapevine’s friend Kormákur Arthursson hung out in 101 Reykjavík on December 23rd. His trusty smartphone in hand, the rascal managed to catch the essence of what being an (non-empoverished-diseased-or-otherwise-troubled) Icelander at that particular time of year. Seeing this,…
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Inspired By Iceland. For Real
In Southsea, Portsmouth, UK, where Castle Road meets Kent Road, you’ll find 101 Reykjavík, a cosy Icelandic café. Huh? An Icelandic café? Yup. There is such a thing. 101 Reykjavík (the café, not the postal code, novel or film) is indeed an…
