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Grapevine Events: Emma, Nýló Party, Steina Closing Weekend
Our first issue of 2026 is being distributed around the country as we type this! Yay! We’re looking out our office window, and can see some sunshine. Double yay! Along with that, there are some great events and openings to be attended…
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Grapevine Events: Nýló Birthday, Night Of Improvised Music & More
Hello, 2025! If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to catch more concerts, see more exhibitions, and generally stay in the loop with what life in Reykjavík and Iceland has to offer, we’ve got you covered. This week’s lineup: an improvised…
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Grapevine Events: Happy Beer Day
Three words: Happy Beer Day! Go get yourself a pint and celebrate having the choice to drink it. It wasn’t accessible in this country 35 years ago. For those who don’t celebrate, this weekend brings concerts, exhibitions and so much more. Beer…
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Grapevine Events: Víkingur Ólafsson, Upp og Kommandi II & More
After a freezing few weeks in the capital, we finally got some sunshine. You can hear occasional birds chirping outside, the snow is melting and — as cringe as it sounds — so are the hearts of the locals. Reykjavík is finally…
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Grapevine Events: dreymandi hundur, Örvar Smárason, Sakaris & So Much More
It’s that time of the week again! Events aplenty! We just passed the longest day of the year yesterday, the summer solstice, and all we can say is we’re very happy we were up here on dry land, looking at that gorgeous…
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Grapevine Events: Opera Dinner, Silent Disco, Halldór Ragnarsson, and Children’s Film Festival
Opera Dinner in IÐNÓ October 27th at 19:00 – IÐNÓ – 13.900 to 14.900 ISK We can’t think of a better place for this event than at the beautiful IÐNÓ for the very first production of the newly founded music company Kammeroperan.…
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Grapevine Picks: Dieter Roth, Winter Lights And Jazzy Nights
Every week we take you, gentle reader, by the hand and lead you out of your cosy accommodation into the frosty Reykjavík air. There’s a whole world of Icelandic culture out there which doesn’t involve puffin shops, pylsa stands or penis museums,…
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Best Of Reykjavík Activities 2020: Best Art Museum
So, you finally checked one off the bucket list and arrived in Iceland. Velkomin! But what now? Reykjavík is bustling with activities, from steamy swimming pools to world-renowned galleries to more historical sites than you can name. And the city’s diversity has…
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NÝLÓ For Life: The Living Art Museum’s 40th Anniversary Show
This June, Nýlistasafnið (also know as NÝLÓ, or The Living Art Museum) opened its 40th birthday exhibition, ‘The Pressure of the Deep.’ The show is a cultural snapshot that brings us into the contemporaneity of the present, simultaneously looking all the way…
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Public Service Announcement: Free Shit To Do On International Museums Day
Before you start binge drinking this festival season, make yourself feel better by doing something a little more wholesome. Here’s a roundup of the free activities happening on International Museums Day in Reykjavík, which takes place tomorrow May 18. Who knows, you…
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NÝLÓ Captures Iceland’s Mercurial Art Scene
It’s often noted that Iceland has a vibrant and thriving arts culture for a country of 330,000 people. In music, literature and visual art, Iceland punches far above its weight, producing an impressive amount of world class artists, in various disciplines. But…
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Get Bored With Baldessari At Nýló
John Baldessari is a revered conceptual artist who has inspired dozens of other big names. Now, his touch will be felt all the way here in Iceland at the opening of Nýló’s exhibition ‘Being Boring’ on Friday, April 8. Three students from…
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Opening Today: ‘Double Bind’ At Nýló
This exhibition’s purpose is to restore a sense of political freedom in private psychological practises on personal failure. The artists put themselves in vulnerable positions, embracing failure and exploring how to present depression and other emotions through art. The nine artists involved…
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Beauty And Its Discontents
Rather than summarise 2014’s debates in brief, as the end of the year approaches, I want to pay due attention to one particular dispute ignored by this column until now. It actually started in 2011 and has to do with, as it…