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What Might Grow: ‘In The Undergrowth’ Rethinks Our Relationship To Nature
Life in the age of climate catastrophe isn’t easy. As we watch things unfold around us — in the news, then edging ever closer, until they’re in our backyard — it can feel overwhelming. It’s a weight too big to be carried;…
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Grapevine Events: Daniil, SAMPL 2, Fundraiser For Palestine
It’s Friday, and it looks like the weekend might be a rainy one. Our advice? Plan where you want to go out this weekend in advance, and we’ve got some opinions on where we think you should be going below. Currently ongoing…
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Djúpivogur Urination Station To Be Moved
In East Iceland, the municipal council of Múlasýsla county has decided to move the facilities of the N1 gas station in Djúpivogur. With a lack of public sanitation facilities in town, tourists have taken to urinating by the station, causing inconvenience for…
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A Life, Curated: At 80 Sigurður Guðmundsson Is Just Getting Started
The artist Sigurður Guðmundsson is preoccupied with pouring a bottle of beer into a glass. He watches the rim intently, anticipating how much he can add before the point of no return. I comment that I will have to drink it directly…
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Tourist Dies In Djúpivogur, Safety Measures Reviewed
A foreign tourist died in the coast of Gleðivík in Djúpivogur last night, RÚV reports. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear a T-shirt outdoors for about 2 months of the year here in…
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Town Guide: Giant Eggs, Bones, Cake, And The Future In Djúpivogur
Just off Route 1 in the East Fjords, the buildings of Djúpivogur fill the interstices between a network of crumbling cliff walls. With about 500 residents and its own liquor store, Djúpivogur is a relative metropolis in the remote east. A member…
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Antediluvian Architecture And Vegetarian Sausage: A Day In Berufjörður
The more miles I log on Iceland’s country roads, absorbing each landscape as it melts into the next, the more I find myself grasping for a vocabulary, an idiom, a metaphor to convey how each mountain, cliff, and waterfall fits into the…
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Have Some Havarí: On Leaving Reykjavík For The Far East
It would be easy to miss Havarí if you weren’t looking out for it. Along the Ring Road between Djúpivogur and Breiðdalvsík, a simple roadside sign points away from the water towards the cluster of buildings of the Karlsstaðir farm, nestled deep…
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Djúpivogur: Slowing Down In The East Fjords
Sometimes we all need a reminder to slow down. As we enter the East Iceland town of Djúpivogur, after a full day of driving from Reykjavík, we see a large snail painted onto the pavement, with the word “SLOW” in bright orange…
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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…
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Djúpivogur, A Foggy Heaven
Djúpivogur is reportedly one of Iceland’s most beautiful small towns. We spent sixteen hours there, and we have no idea if that assertion is true. For Djúpivogur is also reportedly one of Iceland’s foggiest towns, with popular myth claiming that it sees…
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Road Trip To The East: East Winds Blow Good
There is a very small window of time between the winter and summer seasons when hitting the road in a sketchy vehicle is ideal in this country. Winter driving is a nightmare with the ever-changing and unpredictable weather conditions. Summer can feel…