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  • Cannabis Production Takes Over Reykjavík

    Cannabis Production Takes Over Reykjavík

    Thanks to a new reportage that explored the extent of the cannabis network in the capital area, RÚV reporters found out that cannabis growth and production carried out in the city has now almost completely overtaken foreign imports. According to data provided…

  • Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Music Festivals

    Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Music Festivals

    Nanna,  I want to visit Iceland this year and attend a festival, which is better, Iceland Airwaves or Secret Solstice?  On That Note On That Note, Iceland Airwaves and Secret Solstice is so passé! I say that instead you should consider attending the…

  • Sanitation Manager Wants Weed Growers To Recycle Better

    Sanitation Manager Wants Weed Growers To Recycle Better

    The manager of a recycling centre in Akureyri has had enough of marijuana growers disposing of items in the wrong bins. A statement posted on the official website of Gámaþjónusta Norðurlands ehf, the North Iceland waste management company, takes aim at marijuana…

  • 4/20 The International Holy Day Of Pot Smokers

    4/20 The International Holy Day Of Pot Smokers

    A demonstration of young and old – both Icelanders and foreigners alike – came together under the banner of cannabis appreciation on the international holy day of pot smokers, 4/20. The celebration was a calm, intimate affair boasting less than a hundred…

  • Weed Seller Posts Ad In Wrong Facebook Group

    Weed Seller Posts Ad In Wrong Facebook Group

    A would-be purveyor of marijuana has attracted the attention of police after posting an ad for their wares on Facebook. Suðurnes Police posted a status on the state of “the worldwide web”, as they put it, which they say can be “hazardous”.…

  • Some Tourists To Iceland Order Weed In Advance

    Some Tourists To Iceland Order Weed In Advance

    Some visitors to Iceland ensure there will be marijuana waiting for them upon touchdown. MBL reports that some tourists to Iceland are using travel sites to find contacts in Iceland for procuring marijuana, and to have a quantity waiting for them at…

  • Mystery Of Weed-Stuffed “Dildo” Solved

    Mystery Of Weed-Stuffed “Dildo” Solved

    The owner of the weed-filled “dildo” found by customs last month got in touch with the Grapevine to give us the full story on what really happened and why (read her full letter at the bottom of this post). As reported last month, customs…

  • Weed-Stuffed Dildo Confiscated From Norræna Ferry

    Weed-Stuffed Dildo Confiscated From Norræna Ferry

    Customs officials in the northeast village of Seyðisfjörður confiscated a mysterious dildo filled with marijuana, which they have since handed over to police. Árni Elísson, a customs official in the village where the Norræna Ferry from Denmark and the Faroe Islands docks,…

  • UN: Icelanders Smoke The Most Pot

    UN: Icelanders Smoke The Most Pot

    According to the UN’s annual World Drug Report Icelanders smoke the most pot, per capita. The report estimates that approximately 18.3% of Icelanders aged 15-65 smoke cannabis, the highest per capita percentage in the world followed by the United States at 14.8% and…