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On Why One Founds The Reykjavík Grapevine
Sometime over the past 20 years, the reason became clear Remember boredom? That thing that could happen to you before Steve Jobs gave us all an iPhone to stare at all day? The origins of this magazine stem from that. Boredom. I…
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Grapevine’s 17th ‘Ask Me Anything’ This Friday
This Friday, April 8th, at 14:30 Icelandic time, the Reykjavík Grapevine will hold its seventeenth Ask Me Anything (AMA). You, dear readers, are invited to participate in the video call itself—either by asking questions during the call, or even appearing on camera…
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Valur Wants You! Join The Grapevine’s YouTube Channel
We at Grapevine Towers have been so touched by your support so far—truly, our readers and viewers are the best folk! We’ve grown so much over the last few months, and now we are developing our YouTube channel to bring exciting new…
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Greetings, Grapevine Nation! Become A Member Of Our YouTube Channel
We at Grapevine Towers have been so touched by your support so far—truly, our readers and viewers are the best folk. We’ve grown so much over the last few months and now we are looking towards developing our YouTube channel to bring…
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Grapevine’s 11th ‘Ask Me Anything’ Session Now Online
Here at last is the Reykjavík Grapevine’s 11th ‘Ask Me Anything’ session. Here, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine answer questions asked by those readers who are in our High Five Club (Secret Handshake or Elbow High Five) or…
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YouTube Membership: What’s All This Then?
Since we launched our YouTube membership scheme earlier this month, we’ve been bowled over by your support and kindness. So far we’ve been delighted to have many of you join us aboard the good ship Grapevine, and it’s been a pleasure to…
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Grapevine’s 11th ‘Ask Me Anything’ This Friday!
This Friday, October 15th, at 14:30 Icelandic time, the Reykjavík Grapevine will hold its eleventh Ask Me Anything (AMA). [su_pullquote]GREETINGS GRAPEVINE NATION: our Youtube Membership scheme is LIVE! Don’t know what we’re talking about? Check out our introduction video here for all…
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Grapevine’s 10th ‘Ask Me Anything’ This Friday!
This Friday, September 17th, at 14:30 Icelandic time, the Reykjavík Grapevine will hold its tenth Ask Me Anything (AMA). You, dear readers, are invited to send your questions to ama@grapevine.is. Your questions will then be answered by editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson and news…
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Lost In Google Translation: Save Our… Rhinos?
In what may be a bizarre surprise to many of you, Iceland now has rhinos! This completely blew us away at Grapevine HQ! We were ready to go on safari. Our photographer was fiddling around with his lens’ trying to figure out…
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Are You A Proofreader? The Grapevine Needs YOU!
Do you know your em-dash from your hyphen, centre from center, and Seyðisfjörður from Seydisfjordur? Do you have feelings about the Oxford comma? Have you successfully channelled your OCD into a career as a proofreader? If so, you may be the person…
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Finding The Heartbeat: Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir On Design & Environment
Sitting on a low wooden panel that runs along half the perimeter of Kjarvalsstaðir’s Idea Lab, I draw my legs inward and I look around me, my eyes wandering over the aquamarine décor, reminiscent of arabesque tiles. Designer Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir lounges…
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Your Weekly Postcard From Reykjavík – Special Nipple Themed Edition!
Wow! Did you catch that crazy nipple kerfuffle that’s been taking social media by storm over the past couple of days, snowballing from a couple of posts to Iceland’s lonely corner of Twitter to a full-fledged “trending topic” (whatever that is). The…
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WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOING ON
After damn near revolutionizing Reykjavík drinking culture via the beloved Appy Hour app, The Reykjavík Grapevine team has created a new thingamajig that will hopefully prove just as useful for the denizens of Reykjavík and their guests. The new app is called Craving, and…
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The Latest Issue Of The Reykjavík Grapevine Explains Everything!
Last Friday, our latest issue hit the streets. Issue eight, two thousand fourteen. We put great care towards making each and every one of our issues, and this one is no exception. It has a lot of articles and opinion columns and…
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A U R O R A
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/139548386″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true”/] At the end of April, Ben Frost held a concert in a packed Kaffibarinn to premiere the music from his new album ‘A U R O R A.’ To say that the atmosphere was intense…
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Pylsuspjall: Iceland’s Bar Scene
What’s your name? Dean Where are you from? Fairbanks, Alaska (USA) What do you think makes these hot dogs so good? Maybe the sauce? There’s a sweet sauce to it that seems pretty unique to here. The hot dogs we make are…
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Kaleo
If you think Kings of Leon, the Black Keys and the White Stripes are all purveyors of derivative trash, then there’s a new purveyor on the scene for you to hate. If, on the other hand, you think they’re refreshingly straightforward examples…
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Candidates Feel The Heat on Whaling
Candidates running for mayor of Reykjavík from every political party received a loud and clear message from attendees at a meeting held at Harpa yesterday.Vísir reports that the meeting centred around whale watching and the future of tourism in Iceland. Grímur Sæmundsen, the…
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More Cops On Bicycles
Capital area police have pledged more cops on bicycles this summer.RÚV reports that Reykjavík police have introduced a new police bicycle (not shown above) to be introduced this summer. Capital area police also announced that they intend to increase the number of cops…
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Government Passes Law Making Airline Strike Illegal
A new law will put striking workers in violation of the law, although the law itself is not without its detractors – even from within management.The law in question, introduced by Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir, would make any kind of interrupting…
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No School Today
Elementary School Teachers have gone on strike and therefore schools are closed today, reports RÚV. After a failed last minute attempt to reach a collective bargaining agreement last night, teachers went ahead with the strike. According to the negotiator working on behalf of the Union…
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Activists May File Charges Against Press
An activist group that focuses on asylum seeker issues may file charges against Stöð 2 with the Journalists’ Ethics Committee, over their coverage of a protest demonstration at the Ministry of the Interior yesterday.DV reports that the group, No Borders, believes they and…
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Company With Shady Past Coming To Iceland
A company that has been involved with the Contras and the Mujahedeen is coming to Iceland to give a lecture on foreign policy.Creative Associates International (CAII), DV reports, intend to visit Iceland soon. They hope to hold a lecture for young academics and politicians…