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  • Machine Gun Etiquette

    Machine Gun Etiquette

    Trailblazers HAM and Apparat Organ Quartet Melt Into HAMPARAT On March 21, members of HAM and Apparat Organ Quartet join forces as Iceland’s newest supergroup: HAMPARAT.  When two cult collectives unite, the effect might be akin to a suddenly occurring natural phenomenon.…

  • Man Dies Following Group Assault, Eight Arrested

    Man Dies Following Group Assault, Eight Arrested

    On March 11, the police arrested eight people suspected of killing a man. The victim, who was in his 60s, was discovered in Reykjavík’s Grafarvogur neighbourhood and transported to hospital, where he subsequently died, Vísir reports. On the evening of March 10,…

  • Making Mischief And Playing, Seriously

    Making Mischief And Playing, Seriously

    Dr. angela snæfellsjökuls rawlings opens an exhibition at Slökkvistöðin exploring colour, climate and much more Opening on January 10, “Motion to Change Colour Names to Reflect Planetary Boundary Tipping Points” is Dr. angela snæfellsjökuls rawlings’ exhibition exploring exactly what the title tells…

  • Gufunes Neighborhood Receives Transformation Plans

    Gufunes Neighborhood Receives Transformation Plans

    Sea baths, a swimming pool, a kindergarten, a packaging-free store and an underwater restaurant will soon be built in Gufunes, RÚV reports. The Reykjavík City Council has approved the Þorpið-Vistfélag proposal that has recently won the competition to design the Gufunes pier.…

  • Fúsk It! Iceland’s Burgeoning Creative Hub

    Fúsk It! Iceland’s Burgeoning Creative Hub

    An ideal driven laboratory, a creative platform, a community hub, a playground for creatives, an organic and living concept that is difficult to reduce to one meagre sentence. However, its name goes a long way. Fúsk, in Icelandic, means ‘doing something even…