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Police Quarantine Hunt: Visitors Have Already Left Iceland
Four men wanted by police on suspicion of breaking pandemic law appear to have left the country, Vísir reports. Two days ago Vísir stated that the police were looking for two American men regarding this infringement, following a report from staff of…
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Bar Owners Issue Urgent Plea To Allow Re-openings On May 25th
Pressure is mounting on officials to permit bars to reopen on May 25th. Several bar owners warn that financial realities may be force them to reopen on this date, with or without the government’s sanction, RÚV reports. A group of owners of…
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Welcome To Geekjavík: Where To Release Your Inner Nerd
Being into something is hip and being passionate about something is attractive—so being geeky is the new showing no emotions and having a ‘resting bitch face’. If you thought that Reykjavík only has bars and souvenir shops, well, get ready to be…
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Best Of Reykjavík 2018: Best Place To Watch Sports
There is one thing abundantly clear from our very scientific drinking research, Hverfisgata is one hot little street right now. After getting massive internal road surgery a couple of years ago, it has come out thriving with a great bunch of watering…
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Reader Letters: What Do Icelanders Eat?
Hey Grapevine! I visited Iceland last month and really enjoyed the nature and the city. But when we ate it seemed like there were loads of burger joints like back home—Lebowski and Chuck Norris, and even a Dunkin’ Donuts! What!? We wanted…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Place To Watch Sports Over A Beer
Once again we come to the time in the year where we do the hard task of assessing which bars and clubs are worthy of a place in the limelight. Reykjavík’s bar culture is quite vast and diverse, ranging from the smallest…
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STEP INTO THE LIGHT: 2014
A Shit Sandwich Of Gloom Lorded over by the most bumblingly inefficient government in recent memory, people found it increasingly harder to feed themselves. For instance: at the start of 2015, Icelanders saw rising food prices, along with a tiny drop in…
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Workers Unite!
Earlier this month, a news story broke in the Icelandic media that a young Icelandic woman working at Lebowski Bar was fired after she asked to be paid minimum wage—effectively a pay rise over what she was getting. The story sparked shock…
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So What’s This Unfair Treatment Of Young Employees I Keep Hearing About?
In Iceland, labour unions and employers’ organizations negotiate to establish parameters for pay and other benefits. Earlier this month, a 22-year-old new hire of Lebowski Bar made the not unreasonable demand of being paid according to the general wage contract. Apparently, her…
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Demanded Fair Wage And Got Fired
A former employee of Lebowski Bar, after asking to be paid according to the law, was fired from her position. Trade union Efling says the exploitation of restaurant workers is common, and that there is little they can do about it. MBL…
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A Guide To Watching The World Cup In Reykjavík
World Cup season is finally upon us. Every four years, football fanaticism surges during a month-long period before reaching its apex in the tournament final, this year scheduled for July 13. The World Cup is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event,…