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Having Fun And Making Tattoos
IsTattFest returns in honour of a local legend Atli Fjölnisson remembers spending his summers differently than other teens. When they were getting jobs with the municipalities, sentenced to long days spent pulling weeds in public gardens, he was working the front desk…
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38% Of Reform, Pirate And People’s Party Supporters Have Tattoos
The popularity of tattoos continues to grow in Iceland. Up to three out of ten adult Icelanders have tattoos, with the number being higher among young people and women, in particular, reports RÚV. [su_pullquote]Titans of Icelandic photography combine in this discount box in the…
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The Reykjavík Tattoo Guide a.k.a. Where To Get Your Grapevine Tattoo
The last few years have seen a boom of tattoo parlours around Reykjavík. In fact, there’s now so many that we literally don’t have the space to feature them all here, which we sincerely apologise for. That said, here’s a diverse selection…
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Best In Show: The Icelandic Tattoo Expo Brings Some Motorised Needles To Laugardalsvöllur
“A tattoo convention is a gathering of artists who are passionate about the art behind tattoos,” Málfríður Sverrisdóttir explains. “So when you’re visiting a tattoo expo,” she continues, “you’re actually going into a really big art show.” The tattoo artist, who is…
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#SmiteTheWorld: Aron Einar Explains Epic Iceland Tattoo
After Euro 2016, an Instagram post by the team captain Aron Einar Gunnarsson got over 10,000 likes. It was a giant back tattoo featuring the national flag, and the country’s coat of arms, which shows the four guardians of Iceland. The bull…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: Grapevine’s “Best Of” Tattooing
Reykjavík is a relatively small city, but even so, sometimes you need a bit of local advice to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s a good people-watching spot, somewhere to see some contemporary art, or the best place to catch an…
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The Iceland Tattoo Expo: Back In Black (And Grey)
“There are already a hundred people waiting to get in,” organiser Andrés Hallgrímsson tells me excitedly, as we sit down to talk. “We’re already booked out for next year.” He’s discussing, of course, the fourth annual Icelandic Tattoo Expo, which will, on…
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A Brief History Of The Traveller’s Tattoo (In Iceland, At Least)
With the burgeoning population of Icelandophiles and ever-increasing popularity of tattoos, it should come as no surprise that souvenir tattoos are becoming trendy among tourists to Iceland. Of course, it’s not a new phenomenon. Fjölnir Bragason of The Icelandic Tattoo Corporation says…
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Icelandic Man Gets Rune Tattoo, Feels Regret
An Icelandic man feels cheated after getting a rune tattoo that – it turns out – is not composed of actual runes. Vísir reports that the tattoo artist informed Haukur Unnar Þorkelsson that the symbols were called “Valhalla Runes” and were a variety…
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Poet Tattoos Demand That Minister Resigns
Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Poet Bragi Páll Sigurðarson just disclosed his new tattoo. It is situated on his right thigh, just above the knee. Unlike most tattoos, this one is written in Times New Roman. One sentence, split in two lines, it…