God is Corruption Funny
Brace yourself: the cast of Spaugstofan (the Joke Office) is up there with the Goons, the Monty Python Crew, and the original Saturday Night Live cast. The five-member cast has [&h
Bónus
When it comes to your daily staples, Bónus is the cheapest supermarket in the country. You probably won’t be able to find any of the finer imported goods that Hagkaup […]
Trabant Emotional
“Nasty Boy”, the single from Trabant’s new album, has been making the rounds of local clubs for almost a year, a catchy; lo-fi techno-pop tune, it suggested Trabant would be
Westfjord Wisdom
It all began on an uneventful morn. Last weekend of July, Verslunarmannahelgin, 1999 and I was working as a handy-man in an afterschool in Starreklinte, Denmark. My work there most
KLINK & BANK’S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY: Relevant as Ever
You had to find it at random, but I wandered into one small room to find a menu hanging on the wall was different songs you could order from the […]
If God Were a Poet, He Would Have Created This World
Walking between the massive mountains of concrete in the dark, spotting small colourful glass creatures between them, looking as if they were crawling slower than snails towards th
Comics: Closer than First-Person
I have always had a weakness for comics. My newest favourites are graphic novels that recite history. Just read three books on this subject. They have a common thread, life [&helli
CAPPUCCINO CHANGE-UP: Iceland’s 2005 Barista Competition
But when the sixth annual national barista competition was held from 11-13th of March in Iceland’s biggest mall, Smáralind, I did get a show. On top of that, with continuous [&h
Pizza King: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Created by the family that, by introducing the authentic and cheap pizza store DeVito’s, single-handedly remade the Hlemmur area into the cultural capital of Reykjavík, Pizza Ki
Hótel Holt Offers Classic French Cuisine for Peanuts
“We don’t do fusion cooking here,” says chef Birgir Karl Ólafsson. “We have a framework for our menu. It’s alright to put one step out of the frame, but we […]
Lækjarbrekka
The oldest house in Reykjavik, built in 1854 by a wealthy Danish merchant is also one of its oldest restaurants, going from house to bakery to disrepair to historical landmark [&he
Angelo
This quiet modish bistro adjacent to the discreet Hotel Fron seems miles away from Reykjavík’s thumping party central while being right smack in the centre. Owner Hanna Magnúsd
Kaffi Sólon
Location, location, location. Kaffi Sólon is a big, friendly space with a big upstairs bar and possibly the best window for people watching in Reykjavík. Originally a paint store
BUY SHIT
Smekkleysa (Bad Taste) was originally an art collective that came together to produce the works of a group of local artists. They are responsible for helping spread the word on [&h
Letters
From: White Iceland Iceland4whites@yahoo.com I’m frankly offended that Bobby Fischer is getting all this attention when hard-working Icelandic antisemites have been try to get th