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Menningarnótt: Our Final Day Of Summer Mania
Where you might find the Grapevine staff on this upcoming Culture Night I’ve heard many describe Menningarnótt as the final day of summer, and, despite what the calendar says, I’d say that’s a spot-on assessment. But it’s also the epitome of the…
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Menningarnótt Murderer Convicted
The person who killed the 17-year-old Bryndís Klara Birgisdóttir on Menningarnótt last August has been convicted of murder. In addition to the murder charge, he is convicted of two cases of attempted murder. On Menningarnótt, the 16-year old convict assaulted a group…
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Menningarnótt Is Getting Messy: Is It Spiralling Out Of Control?
My very first visit to Reykjavík fell on Menningarnótt. I landed here without a clue how to pronounce that word correctly, or what it actually meant. But I was immediately drawn to the city. There was so much happening for its size.…
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Culture Night Craziness: How To Spend Your Menningarnótt
Have you been yearning for a day of free waffles, street parties, mylar balloons, candy floss and frightened dogs in crowds all over town? You’re in luck pal, because Saturday August 24th is once again time for Menningarnótt (“Culture Night”), Reykjavík’s de…
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Grapevine Events: Culture Night, Swim-in Cinema & So Much More
Can you believe what date it is? How are we already more than halfway through 2023? It seems like yesterday that August still felt like a holiday, the lazy hazy days just lolling away with not a care in the world. But…
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Street Closures On Reykjavík Culture Night
Reykjavík Culture Night (Menningarnótt) will happen for the 28th time this Saturday, August 19. Pomp and circumstance can be expected in Reykjavík from Saturday morning, with events unfolding around town, beginning at 8:10 when the crack of starting pistol of the annual…
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The Icelandic Roundup: The Volcano Is Dead!
She dead! On this week’s episode of the podcast, culture editor Josie Anne and writer Emma Ledbetter discuss the sad demise of the short-lived Meradalir volcano, as well as Culture Night and how to drive in Iceland! Before travelling in Iceland please…
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Culture Night Emergency Calls Exceed Previous Years
As many capital-area residents and visitors turned out for Culture Night (Menningarnótt) this weekend, a number of crimes and emergency calls were reported—including a suspected drugging, two stabbings, and a record high number of fire calls. [su_pullquote]To celebrate reaching 200 RVK Newscast…
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Reykjavik City Cancels Menningarnótt
In light of the recent COVID wave in Iceland, Menningarnótt (Culture Night) has been cancelled. The decision was reached at an emergency meeting of the Reykjavik city council yesterday, August 4th. Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir, chairman of the city council, stated: “We made…
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Culture Night Will Be A 10-Day Long Festival
The celebration of Culture Night will be spread out over ten days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RÚV reports. It will be held from the 13th to the 23rd of August. The City of Reykjavik stated in an announcement that the change…
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Party Time! Our Guide To Iceland’s Summer Festivals
Summer is here, and with it comes festival season. So pack your tent, suncream and your poison of choice: here’s everything you need to know. JUNE Reykjavík Midsummer Music 2016 Dates: June 16 until June 19 Headliners: Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson, Kristinn Sigmundsson…
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Weather-Changing Machine Used During Culture Night
The cloud seeding machine that was used earlier this summer was also used during last weekend’s Culture Night celebrations. Nútíminn reports that a cloud seeding machine was brought to Iceland from Britain for the express purpose of keeping last Saturday’s Culture Night…
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Culture Night: No Cars, Free Late-Running Buses
A large swath of downtown Reykjavík will closed to car traffic during this weekend’s Culture Night, but buses will drive later, and for free. As with every year, summer in Reykjavík comes to a semi-official close with Culture Night, a day of…
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1000 Parking Fines On Culture Night
Over 1000 parking tickets were issued on Reykjavík’s annual Culture Night (Menningarnótt) Saturday, reports DV. Culture Night- which saw roughly 100,000 people flock to the city centre to enjoy music, dance and art events – turned out to be a busy night for…
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QUIT BEING SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE ALREADY, YOU GODDAMN COCK!
Ah. It was a wonderful Menningarnótt. It could have been any night, but it was Menningarnótt. Fresh from seeing Ólafur Elíasson reveal his grand light-show façade thing down by Harpa and also fresh from drinking several gallons of beer, I decided to…