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Here’s A New Word For You, Dummy!
The Grapevine’s guide to sounding Icelandic, one word at a time As you’ve gathered from our beautiful cover photo by Timothée Lambrecq (and our Editorial and On The Cover, which we’re sure you’ve diligently read), we’re talking about travelling the Ring Road this…
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Well, You Asked: Huldufólk Hit Me Up
Do the Huldufólk watch TV? Do they use smartphones? Drive SUVs? Shop at Ikea and Costco? How about Elves and Trolls? –asking for a friend Dear friend, I know you’re asking for yourself, and that’s okay. Own your question. It’s good. The…
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Iceland Trolls At Biennale
Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson knows how to steal the show. His repertoire features bodily fluids and phallic objects, so it’s no surprise that when chosen to represent Iceland this year at the world famous Venice Biennale, he decided to handover his position…
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Volcano Island: A Weekend In Vestmannaeyjar
The tiny propellor plane descends into the clouds, buffeted by the ferocious wind. Along with my twelve or so fellow passengers, I’m jolted left and right as a tiny sea stack appears in the round window through a blanket of fog. A…
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RECAP: The Tale of Jökull Búason
I know we’re all pretty sick of trolls in 2016, but trolls were way funnier in 1260. So this recap is gonna revisit a character from last issue’s recap, The Saga of the People of Kjalarnes. While much of the accuracy of…
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RECAP: Saga of the People of Kjalarnes
If you’ve ever stopped along Reykjavík’s waterfront to ogle the magnificent mountainess known as Esja, you’ve probably seen some little buildings scattered about her feet. That is Kjalarnes, the site of the only Saga to take place within sight of our modern…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Obama
Dear Nanna, It seems Icelanders were in an uproar over Obama proclaiming Leif Erikson Day while honouring Norway. But he was Norwegian right? Seems like a stupid thing to get upset over. History Heretic Dear History Heretic, Not only does one of our…
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Do Icelanders Believe in Elves? Really?
“Grönlænderstiv” is a Danish phrase which means essentially “drunk as a Greenlander.” However, recent research suggests that the Danes drink at least as much as the Greenlanders, and teenagers in Denmark drink even more than their counterparts in Greenland do. When it…