Piles Of Trash And Pigs In Traffic
Since the beginning of the year, garbage in Reykjavík has been collected once every ten days, rather than once a week as it was before the city council voted for […]
Discovering The Saga Valley
Crossing a river, touching Hekla’s ashes, finding a huge crater lake, and contemplating waterfalls—these are just a few of the adventures that you will experience on the ‘Lan
Walking In The Shadows Of Giants
There are many sculptures and attempts at public art strewn over Reykjavík. Most of the time we don’t notice them, blinded by the familiar surroundings of our day to day. [&hell
Zoo Animals On The Way To The Slaughterhouse
As autumn nears, many of the young animals at the Reykjavík zoo are on their way to the slaughterhouse. However, they will not be eaten by the public. Þorkell Heiðarsson, [&hell
Icelanders On The Anarchy In The U.K.
Riots and looting have spread across London City over the last few days, with copycats spilling over into Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol on Monday night. What began as a peacefu
Full Metal Racket!
The annual sweaty moshfest that is the Eistnaflug metal festival descended upon the tiny Eastfjords village of Neskaupstaður like a bearded raven of the Apocalypse. As Eistnaflug
Sour Grapes and Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER It is ridiculous that Don Freeman gets to write in this paper. [https://grapevine.nhdev.is/Home/ReadArticle/WHALING-IN-ICELAND] First of all, he is nothing more
Revoked: License to Kill
007 is pissed off with Iceland—that’s right, James Bond, with his license to kill. In his capacity as ‘goodwill ambassador’ of the US National Resources Defense Coun
High Streets And Piss Pots
An introduction to Einar Már Guðmundsson’s new book ‘Bankastræti Núll’Before the authorities plugged them up in 2006, there used to be underground, public toilets on the
Who Are Our Übermenschen?
It wasn’t until two weeks ago when we decided to print a walking tour of some of Einar Jónsson’s statues that I started to pay attention to the various statues […]
Czech Tour Company Responds To Criticism
Adventura, the Czech tour company that contracts Tatrabus for tours in Iceland, has responded to criticism the company has received in the wake of an accident which caused environm
MP Calls Opposition To Whaling “Religion”
A conservative MP contends that opponents to whaling are “irrational and persistent”, because opposing whaling is “a religion”. Although the Icelandic gover
Charges Dropped Against Skapofsi Suspect
The man police suspected of being “Skapofsi” – a self-styled activist who would splash the homes of the wealthy with red paint – has had all charges dropped
Updated Economic Status Report Released
An updated version of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce Economic Status Report has just been released in English. According to the report authors: Since October 2008 the Icelandic ec
Wants Lower Beer Prices For Pubs
The Society of Pub Owners has issued a proposal calling for pubs and restaurants to be sold beer and wine at a lower price, so that they can sell it […]
Authorities Confront Czech Tour Company
Various Icelandic authorities are considering how to prevent incidents such as though recently caused by the tour bus company Tatrabus, which was recently discovered to be engaging
Never More Tourists In July
Last July broke all records in terms of the number of tourists in Iceland. According to numbers from the tourist board, about 100,000 tourists visited Iceland in July, more than [&
If You Worship Nature, Svartifoss Will Be Your Altar
Park ranger Auður Hafstað jokingly told us that the biggest part of her job is telling tourists how to get to the Svartifoss waterfall (“Black Falls”). We all shared a [&hell
In Consideration of the Icelandic Vegetable
Reminiscing with Fungi I recall once, while living in Zurich—where every Friday morning behind the Hauptbahnhof, vegetable vendors and their allies, cheese makers, sauce stirrers
Hjartatorgið
Tómas Magnússon and his wife Tanya Pollock saw an area calling for help one day when walking their child through the Hjartatorgið park. “I brought my kid over there and [&hell