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Hidden Countryside Tax: Bolungarvík Resident Charded 20.000 ISK For Shipping
A resident of Bolungarvík ordered a dollhouse from a toy store in Reykjavík, but was asked to pay over 20.000 ISK for shipping, reports Vísir. He says this amounts to a hidden countryside tax, since a resident of the capital area would…
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If This Barn’s A-Rockin’, Please Do Come A-Knockin’
The Eyvindartunga country venue keeps creativity alive When Stephanie Langridge left her life as an arts publicist behind in Australia and came to Iceland, she had no idea she’d eventually end up managing a countryside venue in a renovated barn. None of…
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The Grapevine’s Country Cuisine Handbook
So you’ve been to Dill, Bæjarins Bestu, Grillmarket and Hlölli. You think you’re the King of Icelandic cuisine. Well slow down champ, there’s a lot of goodies to be found outside the capital around the island. So expand your palate—and your mileage.…
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Island Life: News From The Icelandic Countryside
People in northeast Iceland simply cannot shut up about their warm and sunny weather. Campers in Atlavík and Höfðavík for the month of June numbered 4,430 in June, compared to just 1,300 during the same month last year. A large portion of…
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Island Life: Fox Hunting, A New Winery, And Tourist Rescue
If you’re a fan of the Arctic fox (and honestly, who isn’t?), you may be pleased to learn that the East Iceland Nature Research Centre has concluded that fox hunting makes no sense in the area around Neskaupstaður. Foxes in the area…
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Island Life: Nightclubs, Public Transport And A Cat-Related Power Cut In Iceland
Legendary Reykjavík nightclub Sirkus, which practically invented the bohemian 101 scene you love or hate today, will re-open in Seyðisfjörður, East of Iceland. Quite a fitting location, actually, considering how many displaced Reykjavík artists have settled there in recent years. The car-less of the Westfjörds will soon become…
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Island Life: Malnourished Lambs & A Mouse Lottery In Iceland
58 lambs on a farm in east Iceland needed to be put down because they were malnourished. Authorities have reportedly made repeated complaints about conditions at the farm, although the location of the farm was not revealed, and no word has been…
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Island Life: Ski Season, Privacy Laws And Iceland’s Beloved Plover
A little-known ruling for the Data Protection Authority (DPA) could have far-reaching consequences for Iceland. Last month, they ruled that a labour union taking pictures of work conditions at Móðir Jörð, an organic farm near Egilsstaðir, and subsequently publishing those photos in…
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Angry Reacts Only: The Latest Geysers Of Rage On Icelandic Social Media
What pissed people off? Iceland recently welcomed another group of refugees to the country, and they were summarily split up amongst towns and villages in the countryside. This prompted television personality and former conservative politician Gísli Marteinn to ask genuinely on Twitter…
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Weather Warning: More Storms To Come!
Don’t get too used to today’s beautiful sunshine. Wind, rain and snow are about to make a comeback and it’s going to be painful. The Icelandic Met Office expects that tomorrow will bring dangerously strong winds in the capital area as well…
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Island Life – News From The Countryside
To address the lack of tourist accommodation in the countryside, a new shiny hotel is being built in the proximity of Geysir in Haukadalur. Designed by Leifur Welding to interfere minimally with the surrounding nature, the building looks more like a sustainable,…
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Island Life: Cold Fronts, Vegetables, Norwegian Aircraft
The appearance of odd writings on the moss in the countryside around Nesjavellir has infuriated everyone in equal measure. It’s still unknown whether this act of vandalism has been carried out by tourists or locals, but the fact that the fragile moss…
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Flúðir Town Guide: Tomatoes, Ethiopian Food And Soccer Golf
A half an hour’s drive inland from the ring road, Flúðir is a tiny town often overlooked by those looking to circle the island in their limited time in the country. The municipal area is home to 800 people, smack dab in…
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Island Life: News From The Countryside – West Iceland Edition
As temperatures warm and the sun shows its face more often now, it’s that time of year again: time for spontaneous grass fires. Farmers conduct controlled grass fires on their property at times, but they can also happen out of the blue,…
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Bus Company Hopes To Get More Tourists Into The Countryside
One bus company has started offering direct routes from Keflavík to Akureyri, in part to get more tourists into the countryside. A great many tourists who arrive at Keflavík International Airport proceed from there by bus to the capital area. However, RÚV…
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Photos: Winter Roads Of Southern Iceland
Grapevine’s trusty in-house photographer Art Bicnick took a drive around the south coast recently to visit the Vatnajökull ice cave. Along the way, he encountered some extreme wintery conditions, which you can see below. “These were taken on the way to the…
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Sea Change
Angelica Aquino moved from the Philippines to the East Iceland fishing hamlet of Djúpivogur over a decade ago. Enticed by a job in a factory owned by a fishing and fish processing firm called Vísir, Angelica, whose name has been changed for…