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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Driving
Dear Nanna, Why are Icelandic drivers so fucking insane? Best, You Dear Me, I don’t know! No one indicates, no one parks well, it’s chaos bleeding into daily life, moving from one moment of terror to the next. YOU KNOW, WE’RE LIVING…
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CONFLICT, STRIFE, TURMOIL, MAJESTIC WATERFALLS & CUTE PUFFINS: An Editorial
Lately, we at Grapevine often find ourselves in a somewhat difficult position when it comes to reporting on life in Iceland. On one hand, we are clearly and proudly a tourist publication, one that has the stated aim of serving visitors to…
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Puffins Numbers Promising
Puffins around Iceland have been increasing their numbers, but it is still too soon to say if the population is making a recovery. RÚV reports that the increase has been seen in all popular puffin nesting areas except for the Westman Islands,…
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Unwise To Hunt Puffins This Year
Puffin populations have shrank so much that even a 3-day hunting season is “unwise”, says an ornithologist for the South Iceland Nature Research Centre. RÚV reports that ornithologist Erpur Snær Hansen has made it clear, in no uncertain terms, that hunting puffins…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Ask Guðmundur
Dear Nanna, What is the deepest ravine in Iceland? – Spelunker Dear Spelunker, The Prime Minister’s approval ratings! ZING! – Nanna Dear Nanna, I read in the news this week that Inspired by Iceland has launched a human search engine called Ask…
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Puffin Hunting “Unsustainable And Unethical”
Iceland’s puffin population has hit such low numbers that hunting the birds has sparked strong criticism. The Nature Office of South Iceland has released their findings of a detailed puffin census conducted around the country. Of the dozen nestings areas that were…
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Puffin Populations Falling
A biologist contends that Icelandic puffin populations are reaching dangerously low levels. Vísir reports that Erpur Snær Hansen, a doctor of biology, has been examining the populations of young puffins at different nesting grounds around Iceland, and has come to some grim…
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Whales Are Cool, Seagulls Are Not
As the Life of Whales ship passes by the illustrious facade of the immaculate Harpa, its glass panes shimmer a multitude of colours. The intensive labour (not to mention the 27 billion ISK) expended in its construction is nothing short of breath-taking,…
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Exploring Borgarfjörður Eystri: Where Elves And Puffins Play Hide And Seek
Upon arriving in Egilsstaðir, I am greeted by Magnfríður Ólöf Pétursdóttir, better known as Magga, who promises to take me on a tour to discover elves, puffins and perhaps even some reindeer that are hiding in the area. We head east on…
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Iceland: A Love Affair – Part 2
Most people seem to end up here by accident. Some of them are transit-ting, some of them just have a bad sense of direction.
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Breiðavík: When You Really, Really Need To Get Away From It All
The next time you hear someone say that they “really want to get away from it all”, you can now recommend to them the ideal location: Hótel Breiðavík at Látrabjarg. Located on the westernmost point of Europe (although technically on the North…
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Ingólfshöfði: Into The Ocean
My gloveless hands clutched the cold metal railing of the tractor-drawn hay cart as we drove into the sea towards Ingólfshöfði, an isolated cape located south of the Vatnajökull glacier. From a distance, a vast ocean seemed to separate us from our…