Esja
This stylish bar is located in the centre of Reykjavíks party mile. If you like it elegant and chilled – this is your place. There is a dress code and […]
Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell was founded in the year 1998 by a group of art enthusiasts in the town of Seyðisfjörður . The centre is situated in a grand old house, built in […]
Faktorý
Faktorý is a colourful venue on two floors – music acts upstairs and a bar and DJ downstairs. Have fun! Address: Smiðjustígur 6, 101 Reykjavík Phone: 865-2360 Show On M
Leftist-Green Chairman Defends Committee
In an exclusive interview with Grapevine, Leftist-Green chairman Steingrímur J. Sigfússon defended the work of the committee that recommended four former ministers face charges o
Hof Menningarhús, Akureyri
Hof is a cultural building designed for music and other performing arts. It has two auditoriums, one catering for 200 spectators and one for 500. The cultural centre recently opene
Other Ideas About Charging Ministers
The proposal to charge four former government ministers with negligence and mismanagement that contributed to the 2008 economic collapse has been countered with other proposed meas
Iceland and Russia Draw Closer
The governments of Iceland and Russia appear to be building a stronger relationship with each other, upon a foundation of mutual interests. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who w
Prime Minister Addresses UN
Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir addressed the United Nations yesterday, delivering a speech that put its emphasis on gender equality and children’s rights. “Te
Conservatives Back in Power?
Great divisiveness between the Social Democrats and the Leftist-Greens over whether or not former ministers should stand trial for negligence has brought up talk of new elections,
Despite Unemployment, No Icelander Wants to Work in a Fish Factory
Despite a lack of available work in the area, only one person has responded to an ad for work in a fish factory, and the owner believes he may have […]
Private Hospital Reaches Dead End
The project to build a private hospital in Iceland has reached a stand-still, to where it is believed that the project has officially failed. Last September, a company was interest
Atli Gíslason wants new elections if MPs don’t press charges
Left Green MP Atli Gíslason bids Alþingi to press charges against four former ministers implicated for their role in Iceland’s financial crisis. If they cannot take responsibil
Haffi Haff: Freak
Haffi Haff the man is probably a decent chap. However, Haffi Haff the stage character, with his overbearing, hypersexual “you can’t handle me. I’m on the edge of human experi
Examining the Start-Up Culture
Sesselja Vilhjálmsdóttir and Valgerður Halldórsdóttir are two young successful entrepreneurs, currently in the midst of making a film about their own kind: young successful en
Prime Minister with Doubts About Charging Former Ministers
Addressing parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir said she doubted that it would be right to press charges of negligence and mismanagement against four form
Halal Slaughtering Dropped
SS, a major chain of Icelandic slaughterhouses, has decided to drop the use of halal slaughtering not one week after announcing that they would adopt the practice to expand the [&h
Denies That Roma Children are Mistreated
Visiting Slovakian president Ivan Gašparovič has been getting an earful from Amnesty International and numerous Icelandic politicians over what they allege is institutionalized d
The Seven-Year Itch?
This year, from September 23rd to October 3rd, the Reykjavík International Film Festival will be held for the seventh time. The seventh year is known to be a tricky one. […
Halal Slaughtering Makes Icelandic Conservative Christians Rage
The decision of a number of Iceland’s sheep slaughterhouses to go with the halal method has sparked outrage from some of Iceland’s fringe conservative Christians. As th
Making Perfect Sense
Poetry is the art of the illogical, or even anti-intellectual, performed with the tools of logic and intellectual zealotry: language. Poetry is an invoker of feeling, or more corre
Momentum: Fixation At Rest
On Fixation at Rest Momentum offer more athmosphere than all of the sky combined along with a dozen LSD tabs of psychadelia and devastating slabs of wicked heaviness. The tracks [&