Guðmundur Ragnar Guðmundsson is the type of guy who gets bored easily. This drive to always be doing something new…

To the editor of the Reykjavik Grapevine, My name is Marjorie and I live in Texas. I am learning Icelandic…

If you find it too tedious and time consuming to actually learn Icelandic, consider watching this video where we teach…

Iceland may be on everyone’s bucket list, but did you know that it’s also a firm favourite with migratory birds?…

Words often give us insight on past traditions. “Brúðkaup,” for instance, the Icelandic word for “wedding,” refers to the old…

Ever wanted to convince someone you’re Icelandic without putting in the work to learn the language? Consider checking out this…

Literally translated as “mother of light,” “ljósmóðir” is the Icelandic word for “midwife,” and it’s considered by many to be…

They’re saying you’re killing our language. What do you think about that? You and the smartphones. You don’t understand us,…

What a lot of newcomers to Iceland may notice, when listening to Icelanders speak with each other, is that they…

Forget speeches, foreign tours and bureaucratic preamble. Iceland’s president, Guðni Th. Jóhannnesson, is now addressing the nation through his socks….

The word of the issue this issue is legkaka. Normally, this space is reserved for Icelandic words that have no…

Hey girl, let me tell you about the Icelandic word of 2016, hrútskýring. It’s a portmanteau of the words hrútur…