Iceland Airwaves: It’s ON!
Ticket sales for the 11th Iceland Airwaves music festival starts today. There is a special early bird ticket price for only €50 (8900kr). The ticket admits access to all venu
Iceland Loses Domestic Economic Competitiveness
The level of competitiveness within Iceland’s market has dropped in recent years, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Iceland is now 26th in the worl
Iceland Spends Most on Education
Iceland spends proportionately more than any other OECD country, according to a report newly released by the organization. According to the report, Education at a Glance 2009: OECD
Deep Down Dirty: Mýrarbolti Matures
The spectacle of it—just outside the picturesque town of Ísafjörður in the West Fjords, there are hundreds of locals dressed up in Halloween style outfits covered in mud, shiv
The Longest Poem in the World
Three hundred and fifty thousand, seven hundred and fourteen verses. Twenty lines per verse, and every line rhymes with the following one. That’s how long Andrei Gheorghe’s poe
Amnesty International Urges Government to Sign Treaty
The Icelandic Branch of Amnesty International has sent an open letter to numerous ministries encouraging them to sign an international treaty of economic, social and cultural right
Icelanders Could Lead the Way in CO2 Binding
Ongoing research that began in 2007 in the field of CO2 binding could put Iceland on the map as a leader in the field. The process of CO2 binding would, […]
Tourists Take Advantage of Cheap Crown
This summer has by all accounts broken records in terms of the number of tourists who visited Iceland, as travellers from abroad take advantage of the weakened crown. The Icelandic
Helgi Hóseasson – Iceland’s original protestor – dead at 89
Helgi Hóseasson, often credited as being the “first protestor in Iceland”, passed away today at a home for the elderly. He was 89 years of age. Hóseasson first came t
Prisons To Be Privatized?
Morgunblaðið reports an idea is currently circulating that a new prison could be built be a private company, which the Prison and Probation Administration would then rent. The pr
Apparat Organ Quartet Reunite For Reykjavik Round Up!
Good news everyone! The one and only Apparat Organ Quartet have announced that they will perform at the Reykjavík Round Up festival, scheduled for September 23-26. This is sure to
Come to Daddi’s! The Lake Mývatn Region Explored Via A Pizza Menu. Yes, A Pizza Menu.
“Out of the 500.000 tourists that give Icelanders the honour of their presence every year, 80 percent visit this mind-blowing natural treasure hidden in the North called Mývatn,
An Open Letter to the Guy Who Tried to Run Me Over
Dear guy in the black SUV, Maybe you missed the memo, but it is fairly common knowledge that the order of movement at an intersection is pedestrian-car-pedestrian-car. It might hav
Things I Learned At The Gay History Walk
When I first heard about the gay history walk, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. In all honesty I didn’t really think there were that many places relevant […]
Troll’s Cathedral
Trolls´Cathedral (original Icelandic title Tröllakirkja) is the first part of an acclaimed trilogy by author Ólafur Gunnarsson (the two other being Potter´s Field and Winter Jo
Skátar’s Self Inflicted Death Blow
Talk about leaving a gap in the Icelandic independent music landscape. Skátar have decided to throw in the towel and I’m not too stoked about that. I could always count [&he
The Lunch Patrol
Catharine Fulton: Hey Louder! What should we have for lunch today? Rebecca Louder: Hey Fulton! Let’s go to Nonnabiti! Fulton got the prawn sub, substituting mushrooms for green p
Scenes From Menningarnótt
At the Grapevine, we love us some culture and arts and music and poetry and literature and waffles and intoxication and vomiting and drunken stumbling. So naturally, we are quite [
Stuff We Like!
Just thought we’d draw your attention to the very awesome concert we’ve got going on Friday. Number nine in our gogoyoko presents: Grapevine Grand Rock series, this one
Blönduós, Mother Of All Confusion
I do not know what it is about Blönduós that brings on confusion. If I did, I could bottle it and sell it as bottled misunderstanding. I would become very […]
Skelkur í Bringu
Discordant and diverse, in a cool way Irony is definitely my cup of tea. If it’s discordant, I’ll usually like it. If it’s homogeneous, I generally won’t. There