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Beer Ban Years: Why Was Beer Banned For 74 Years?
And why was hard liquor allowed? It’s hard to believe now, with ale flowing from every tap and with beer being brewed in every township, but until 1989 you couldn’t walk into a bar in Iceland and ask for a beer to…
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Help? Call Charlie: Pollý, Grapevine In 2050, Biggest Band Coming Out Of Iceland & More
Charlie’s here to answer your questions — big or small! As a graduate of the Help Academy founded by Gregory Shmon Help himself, I, Charlie Winters, am here on behalf of The Grapevine to help you with your questions! Seeking advice about…
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Online Alcohol Merchants Closed By Police
The capital area police closed the operations of various alcohol merchants on December 26, RÚV and Vísir report. According to Icelandic alcohol laws, distribution and sale of liquor is prohibited during national holidays. The National Church’s official holidays during Christmas are December…
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Hagkaup To Start Alcohol Sales
Hagkaup supermarket is nearing the launch of its online alcohol sales platform, with the service expected to begin within the next two weeks, according to CEO Sigurður Reynaldsson, as reported Vísir. “We hope to start testing this week,” says Sigurður Reynaldsson, CEO…
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Storm in a Pint Glass: The Uncertain Future Of Alcohol Sales In Iceland
Now that cigarettes have gone the way of bear baiting and emptying your chamber pot out the window, alcohol is one of the last of the classic vices that still enjoys relative popularity. But the landscape is changing and the future of…
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Alcohol Consumption In Iceland Has Increased
Alcohol consumption in Iceland, measured between 1980 and 2020, increased from three liters to six liters per person aged 15 and over, reports Fréttablaðið. [su_pullquote]Titans of Icelandic photography combine in this discount box in the Grapevine Store: signed copies of both Faces…
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RVK Newscast 173: Volcano Anniversary and Alcohol Battle
Welcome back to RVK Newscast! Join editor-in-chief, Valur Grettisson, in beautiful Hafnafjördur for all the latest in Icelandic news: dental care for children, an important court case for alcohol laws, and a high-profile victim of sexual violence presses charges. [su_pullquote]It’s the one…
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Alcohol Sales Went Through The Roof Last Year
The Icelandic government-run liquor store, Vínbúðin, has never sold as much alcohol as they did last year according to Morgunblaðið. The biggest single sales day of the year was the 30th of December when 43,700 customers stopped by the liquor store and…
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Alcohol Tax To Increase
According to the budget proposal released this morning, excise duties on petrol, alcohol, tobacco and oil will increase by 2.5% next year. This was reported by Fréttablaðið this morning. The alcohol tax is expected to return 20.25 billion ISK to the Treasury…
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Alcohol Sales On The Rise In Iceland As COVID-19 Outbreak Worsens
Many Icelanders are turning to an age-old solution in these anxiety-inducing times: alcohol. But as COVID-19 has tightened its grip on Iceland, noisy crowds gathered outside downtown bars have been replaced with solemn two-metre-spaced queues outside Vínbúðin stores. Figures released last week…
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Mail Order Alcohol In The Works
Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir intends to submit a bill to Parliament in March next year, permitting the sale of alcohol in online stores without the involvement of the government. Currently, people are only allowed to purchase alcohol in foreign online…
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Proposed Changes To Alcohol Laws Based On Misunderstanding Of EU Rules
The head of European Policy and leader of the Brussels office of IOGT-NTO, Kalle Dramstad, says that a recent bill due to be submitted to Icelandic Parliament on the online sale of alcohol is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the very…
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Food Of Iceland: Landi
Is vodka not doing it for you anymore? Feel like your blackouts should be at least ten hours longer? Well, Icelanders found the solution. “Landi,” or “The fellow countrymen,” as is its direct translation, is the roughest moonshine you’ll find in Northern…
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First Act As New Justice Minister: A Bill Allowing Sale Of Alcohol In Private Shops
In her first proposed legislative act as the new Minister of Justice, Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir intends to submit a bill to Parliament, likely next March, that if made law would allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages in private shops, RÚV reports.…
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Man Arrested For Drunk Sailing Was Conducting Ferry
Update: The source for this news has updated its information to say that the man in question was conducting the ferry between Reykjavík harbour and Viðey; not a whale watching tour as previously reported. Last night, police reported they had arrested a…
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Capri Suns Found To Have Alcohol In Them, Pulled From Shelves
Some packets of Capri Sun from a local Hagkaup have been found to have alcohol in them, Vísir reports, prompting the product to be pulled from the shelves. The matter was first brought up in a closed Facebook group specifically for residents…
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More Icelanders For Than Against Beer & Wine In Shops, Still Opposed To Spirits
A greater share of Icelanders support the sale of beer and wine in private shops than those who oppose it, but the vast majority of Icelanders still object to spirits leaving state-run stores, a new poll from Maskína shows. For the unfamiliar:…
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Health Directorate: Icelandic Women Smoke And Drink Less, Vape As Often As Men
A new study from the Directorate of Health shows that Icelandic women typically smoke less, drink to drunkenness less, and use mouth tobacco less often than Icelandic men. At the same time, young Icelandic women vape just as often as young Icelandic…
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Ask a Historian: The Origins of Brennivín
Where did brennivín come from and how did it become the nation’s drink? In an effort to dispel rumours surrounding brennivín, the drink of Iceland, we asked historian Stefán Pálsson to clarify the origins of this fiery schnapps. “When the alcohol prohibition…
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Bill To Legalise Alcohol Sales In Icelandic Shops: Fifth Time’s The Charm?
Þorsteinn Víglundsson, the vice chair of the Reform Party, has submitted a bill to Parliament that, if passed, would legalise the sale of alcohol in private shops, RÚV reports. The bill has the support of six other MPs from the Reform Party,…
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Iceland’s Most Frivolous Legislation: The Laws That Would Have Been, But Weren’t
A lot of people think of parliament as a super serious place where super serious ideas are debated. This isn’t really entirely so. Most of the debating happens in closed committees, and the MPs you see grandstanding and shouting from behind the…
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Alcohol Tax: Iceland Pay The Most In Europe
With the proposed 2018 government budget, alcohol taxes will become the highest in Europe, the Icelandic Federation of Trade wrote in a press release. According to figures from Spirits Europe white and red wine sold in Iceland is the heaviest taxed in…
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Word Of The Issue: Örlagabytta
One of the things Icelanders do better than most is alcoholism, which is probably why we have 300 words for drunks. While the availability of good words is extensive, one word beats them all–örlagabytta. It is poetic, magical and laced with Brennivín.…