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  • Best Of Reykjavík 2025: ​​Best Place To See The Northern Lights

    Best Of Reykjavík 2025: ​​Best Place To See The Northern Lights

    There’s a lot to do and see in Reykjavík — how do you pick which pool to hit up from the dozens of options just in the capital area? Which mountain gets your hiking boots? And let’s be real — where do…

  • Best Of Reykjavík Activities 2024: Best Place to See Northern Lights

    Best Of Reykjavík Activities 2024: Best Place to See Northern Lights

    You’ve had your five a day (veggies/beers/panic attacks), now you gotta stay active. Whether it’s to get a dose of culture, hopping on a day tour or splashing around in your municipal pool, you can’t go wrong with our picks for Best…

  • Momentous Moments: Where To Watch The World Cup In Reykjavík

    Momentous Moments: Where To Watch The World Cup In Reykjavík

    Iceland has already made history by becoming the smallest country (340,000 people) to participate in the World Cup, while big footballing names like Italy didn’t even qualify. You can imagine the anticipation of the country to go out and smite the entire…

  • Have A Picnic In Reykjavík

    Have A Picnic In Reykjavík

    “All good things…” mutters my friend after many of the late nights this summer, “…must come to an end.” If Icelandic winter is long and dark, then Icelandic summer is short and bright—a flash. You can hear the frustration in someone’s voice…

  • Iceland To Open Björk Amusement Park

    Iceland To Open Björk Amusement Park

    Plans are underway to open an experimental Björk amusement park in Hljómskálagarðurinn. According to a press release from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs the park will be a joint venture between the Icelandic government and a number of corporate sponsors such as…

  • The Feminine Ways

    The Feminine Ways

    At the beginning of a new year, it is absolutely necessary to take an honest inventory of the preceding one’s victories and mishaps in the field of the fine arts. The Reykjavík Grapevine is not the right platform for an honest and…