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Opinion: Reality Is Not Black Or White
Let us move away from “for or against” debates The world is suffering the consequences of unresolved trauma with terrifying outcomes — outcomes that don’t have to be terrifying because it is possible to work through them with love and kindness. The…
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Residents Of Vogar Celebrate Love
Residents of Vogar are encouraged to celebrate love during the month of September, reports RÚV. They hope it will increase the number of children being born next spring. Children, born in Vogar at that time, will receive free admission to the sports…
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Love In The Time Of Corona: Icelandic Dating App Adapts To COVID-19
The dating scene is hard enough to negotiate at the best of times, but the current COVID-19 pandemic has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘love-sick.’ Despite the challenging circumstances, the Icelanders behind dating app The One are determined not…
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Last Words: To The Nazi In The Café
Thank you for so publicly displaying your hate in the form of a sizeable decal on your otherwise standard issue MacBook. Standing behind you in line, you spoke with such congeniality to the barista (who is most certainly not Nordic… why didn’t…
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Interest In Polyamorous Relationships Increases Among Icelanders
The idea of polyamorous relationships seems to have recently been gaining traction among young Icelanders. In a country where “if you can think it, there is a Facebook group about it,” the polyamorous of Iceland have indeed created two online platforms to…
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Readers Write: Seeking A Wife
I know this is not necessarily the “right” place to make such request. However, I am compelled to do so. I go by the name Ihekuna Chimezie Benedict. I am 33 years of age and still single, born and bred in Lagos,…
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Björk Announces New Single For September
Today, Björk announced that on September 22 she will release the Single “The Gate”. The song will be released on a limited edition 12” vinyl–very limited. She has said that the track is mainly a love song–about love as an over encompassing…
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THIRST_GAMES
Italian men wear wifebeaters and are passionate lovers. French men are skinny and smoke after sex. Brazilian men can dance and are carnal and generous in bed. But now that we’ve gotten racist generalizations out of the way, what about Icelandic men?…
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First Lambs Of Spring Arrive
A collective welcome to the first lambs born in Iceland this spring. The two little floofy black ram lambs were born at the farm in Fagraneskot and mark the arrival of spring in Iceland. The angel babies are doing great and more…
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Last Words: Die Before You Die
Death is everywhere on New Year’s Eve. This is the time we choose to purify ourselves. The death of time, the death of memories, the death of ideas. Champagne, fireworks, masks. Look to the sky and think about the things that were…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Commitmentphobia
Hey Nanna, I can’t be the only one of your readers with this problem, I’m an exchange student and though I finished my term in the spring I’d like to stay in the country. To do so I need to get married but every…
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Love In This Week’s #GVPics Competition
Love is all around in this week’s Instagram competition! It’s never an easy job but we try our best to pick out ten pictures as our runners-up and then of course, a #GVPics winner. This week we chose a very affectionate winner…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Gift Ideas For Your Girlfriend
Hey Nanna, What should I get my girlfriend for her birthday? She loves Iceland so I want it to be “Iceland themed.” Boyfriend Brownie Points Hey Boyfriend Brownie Points, How about the heart of a puffin in a vial on a chain?…
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Airwaves, DAY THREE: Ten Perspectives!
The best show of the night was hands-down Ho99o9—the punked-out dark hip-hop performance turned the heat up and kept it at a feverish high throughout the wild ride. It had the whole nine yards, and then some: costume changes, leaping performers, massive…
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Icelandic Priests Cannot Deny Gay Marriage
The National Church Of Iceland completed talks yesterday which concluded that “priests in Iceland cannot deny two people of marriage based on sexual orientation,” according to Pressan. Gay rights were on the agenda during the talks–especially the concept of “freedom of conscience.”…
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Fall In Love With Emmsjé Gauti
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a set of 36 questions, created by psychologist Arthur Aron, that were designed to make you fall in love. We at the Grapevine decided to put it to the test with notorious local…
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It’s Alright, Martin!
“Festivities are known to have occurred at Sæból by fjord Dýrafjörður, at Flankastaðir on Reykjanes, in Reykjavík and Árnessýsla county. They dwindled throughout the 18th century and seem to have fully vanished in its last decades. Since then, no dancing took place…
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Icelandic Foxes Looking For Love In Norway
Reykjavík Zoo and Family Park have sent five fox cubs born last spring to couple Frosti and Flandra to Norway and Sweden to help repopulate their fox stocks, reports RÚV. Importing Icelandic foxes should help prevent inbreeding and bolster the Arctic fox…
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Hallgrímskirkja Will Not Tolerate “Love Locks”
Love padlocks will not be tolerated in the church tower of Hallgrímskirkja. On Saturday, Mbl.is reported that the first “love lock” had been installed on the fence securing visitors in the tower: a padlock, that is, with the names of two persons,…
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This Feels Relevant Now
Hi. Happy New Year. Right now, at this very moment, you could certainly argue that shit is fucked up and bullshit. For all sorts of reasons. But, it feels sort of important that we don’t. That we retain hope. That we strive…
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Found Lost Wedding Ring After 64 Years
Óskar Jónsson of Dalvík was reunited with his wedding ring over the weekend, it had been missing for 64 years, reports Vísir. The ring was found in the debris of an old mechanics garage following a fire. Brynjar Aðalsteinsson was assessing the…
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Former PM Opens Reykjavík Pride
Former Prime Minister and “Power Lesbian”, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, gave a memorable speech at this year’s Reykjavík Pride Opening Ceremony when she called for international leaders and organisations to address LGBT rights by battling stereotypes and harmful myths about the LGBT community. Myths that she believes are…
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Scouts Join Pride Parade
The Federation of Icelandic Scouts will be marching in this year’s Pride Parade on Saturday, reports Vísir. “Scouts are known for marching but we’d like to show our happy and colourful side, maybe dance a little,” said scout Inga Auðbjörg Kristjánsdóttir. “Media hasn’t helped us…