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Stay Home! Read A Book! SNOWMAGEDDON Is Here!
Question: are you reading this at whatever place you intend to spend most of today? If not, here are some bad news: It doesn’t look like you’re going anywhere for the next few hours. See, there’s this storm raging outside, and it’s…
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Police Estimate 30.000 Unregistered Weapons In Iceland
A policeman estimates that around 30.000 unregistered weapons are in circulation in Iceland reports Vísir. Additionally he believes that AK-47’s have been smuggled into the country in Russian trawlers. “In Iceland there are about 73.000 registered weapons,” policeman Runólfur Þórhallsson wrote in a…
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This Very Website’s Most Read Articles of 2014!
Recently, I was analysing the behaviour of Grapevine’s internet readership and I found myself in a strange position. For the first time in my life, I empathised with the US government. Of course they want to track you. Of course they want to…
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VIDEO: The Essence Of Icelandic Christmas
Like most decent Reykjavikings, Grapevine’s friend Kormákur Arthursson hung out in 101 Reykjavík on December 23rd. His trusty smartphone in hand, the rascal managed to catch the essence of what being an (non-empoverished-diseased-or-otherwise-troubled) Icelander at that particular time of year. Seeing this,…
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Who Are GANGLY And Why Are They So Great?
Earlier today, long-time Grapevine contributors Straumur premiered a song/music video by a new, apparently “local” band that calls itself GANGLY. Now, this in itself wouldn’t be that interesting (lord knows there are plenty of bands out there making songs and videos), except for the…
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Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 18, 2014
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to letters@grapevine.is Most Awesome Letter of the Issue: In the last couple of days I witnessed how Biggi Lögga degraded from being sort of a mascot of the Icelandic police force, with his…
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Christmas: Already In Ísafjörður
According to Ísafjörður locals, the month of November was “rather tropical,” in terms of the climate, with unusually high temperatures and a notable lack of unpleasant windstorms. Indeed, the Icelandic Met Office reports the average area temperature for last month at a whopping…
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Weather Expected To Get Cold, Surprises No One
In a unsurprising turn of events, the weather will be getting much colder in Iceland in the coming days. RÚV reports that dropping temperatures are expected to cause icy road conditions and black ice. The Icelandic Met Office has stipulated that this…