Last Day To Purchase Discounted Airwaves Tickets
Today is the last day to purchase discounted tickets to Iceland Airwaves 2011. The so-called early bird tickets, which cost 13.500 ISK (a 3000 ISK savings), can be purchased throug
Svartidauði: Temple of Deformation
Svartidauði have made unpleasantries their business for some time now. But despite a loyal cult following, they’ve hardly been prolific. In times when a large number of black me
Racist? You Misunderstand
Since May 8, when 53-year-old Iranian Medhi Kavyanpoor attempted self-immolation in the Icelandic Red Cross offices, intending to give up his own life to draw attention to the inhu
Iron Maiden Singer To Pilot Iceland Express Flights
Bruce Dickinson, perhaps best known as the lead singer of classic heavy metal band Iron Maiden, will be piloting some Iceland Express flights. The National Post reports that the fl
Further Restrictions On Tobacco Proposed
A parliamentary proposal could ban the smoking of cigarettes on apartment balconies, and make tobacco only legal for sale from pharmacies. The proposal in question is a parliamenta
Named Daughter After “Alien” Protagonist
An Icelander has named his daughter Ripley, after the hero of the Alien movie series. The Icelandic Name Committee has subsequently approved the name as legal. Iceland has fairly s
New Reykjavík Tourism Platform Announced
Reykjavík city council has announced an ambitious tourism platform that extends to the year 2020, and hopes to add some imagination to the attractions made available to tourists.
Steve Sampling: The Optimist
Steve Sampling’s trip-tastic journey through his magical adventure world of drum patterns, random delay effects, airtight compression and—you guessed it—oodles upon oodles of
THE MASTER BUILDER, THE MINISTER AND THE CHURCH WE USED TO THINK WAS UGLY
The idea of building a church on the hill called Skólavörðuholt was first broached as early as 1916. Architect Guðjón Samúelsson started making sketches for the church in 193
The First Step Away From Segregation
Words are weapons. Controlling language—the meaning of words, which words exist and which do not—is the ruling powers’ fundamental premise to keep society stagnant or swa
Asylum Seeker On Hunger Strike Being Monitored
A Palestinian asylum seeker who began a hunger strike earlier this week, and attempted suicide on Wednesday, is being monitored by healthy authorities. However, his is not the firs
City Council Minority Wonders When Investigation Will Begin
Members of the opposition parties of Reykjavík city council have raised questions as to when a proposed investigation of Reykjavík Energy (OR) is supposed to begin. Two months ag
Icelandic Sign Language Officially Recognised
Yesterday, the Icelandic parliament signed into law a bill that makes Icelandic sign language the official mother language of the country’s hearing impaired. Icelandic sign l
Aldrei Fór Ég Suður: All About The Love
In the salty, arctic air of Ísafjörður, a small fishing town cradled in the northwest corner of Iceland, an omnipresent warmth lingers. A sense of community radiates from the to
Sour Grapes And Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER: Dear editor I travelled across the world in search of TARGETS FOR DEREGULTION. And in 2009 i arrived in northeast iceland, and found a perfect target for [&hel
South Cleans Up Ash, Camping Opens Again
With the Grímsvötn eruption pretty much over, clean up of farmland goes into high gear, and campgrounds have opened again at Skaftafell. As Grapevine reported, geologists stated
Asylum Seeker Attempts Suicide
An asylum seeker who fears for his life and started a hunger strike has now attempted suicide. Mousa Sharif Al Jaradat, originally from the West Bank in Palestine, spoke briefly [&
Progressives Speak Out Against Chairman’s Perceived Xenophobia
Members of the Progressive Party have sent out a strongly worded statement against party chairman Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson’s recent remarks about foreigners in Iceland.
Constitutional Committee Wants To Strengthen Checks And Balances
The constitutional committee has put forward a proposal that would calibrate the checks and balances between the three branches of government, employing a radical change to the cur
VIDEO: Driving Into Öskumyrkur
Living in one of the most volcanically active areas in the world, Icelanders not surprisingly have a number of words that derive meaning from eruptions. One such word, ‘öskumyr