The Reykjavík Grapevine


Erla Björnsdóttir

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  • Wintern Diaries #1: SADwatch

    Wintern Diaries #1: SADwatch

    Winter is kind of scary, especially on this ungodly windy, hella random rock in the middle of the ocean. And it’s even scarier when the sun all but vanishes from the heavens above. So after hearing and sharing horror stories about three-hour…

  • SAD Times: The Effects Of Winter—And How To Fight Back

    SAD Times: The Effects Of Winter—And How To Fight Back

    When I meet working psychologist and PhD student Erla Björnsdóttir, it’s already dark outside. Reykjavík’s streets are becoming treacherous as compacted snow freezes into sheets of slippery ice, and the streetlights have been lit for a couple of hours already, throughout the…