As Yet Unnamed Party Announced
The political party founded by former Progressive Guðmundur Steingrímsson made its formal introduction to the public today, and is asking for help in coming up with a name. Guðm
Can The 99% Really Defrost A Scrawny Icelandic Chicken?
It looks good on the plate, but something simply doesn’t taste right. Much of the international media is hailing Iceland as an example of how to squeeze through the crisis [&hell
Björk: Biophilia
As most people on Grapevine’s Facebook will know, I recently had the misfortune of losing my cat. True, in the grand scheme of disasters from war and genocide, to massive [&helli
Our New Neighbours, The Johnsons
The Johnsons just moved to town! One thousand ISK and a sense of humour grants you entrance to the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which relocated from the north of Iceland to [&he
No Evidence Of Wrongdoing In US Embassy Surveillance Case
The state prosecutor’s office has concluded that the US embassy in Iceland broke no Icelandic laws when conducting a Surveillance Detection Unit (SDU) that aroused controvers
Landsbanki Makes First Icesave Payment
Landsbanki has made its first payment to depositors in the now-defunct Icesave online bank, although it may be several years before the full amount is paid back. Icesave was an [&h
Gender Wage Gap Grows, PM Vows Action
The wage difference between the sexes has moved in opposite directions in at least one field, and the Prime Minister has promised that the government will respond. As is the [&hell
Price Of Drugs Decreasing
While the price of alcohol has raised over the past three years, street drugs have gotten cheaper, the National Centre of Addiction Medicine (SÁÁ) reports. SÁÁ conducts a month
Voodoo Economics
Most bibliophiles have bookstores that mean a great deal to them, places where they have spent hundreds, thousands of hours. For many of Iceland’s bookworms, me included, tha
Good Chances For A White Christmas
There is a very good possibility that Iceland will have a snowy Christmas, although some regions of the country have better chances than others. As reported, Iceland has been in [&
Banks Laying Off Employees Despite High Reported Profits
Iceland’s major banks have been laying off employees in the hundreds, even though their profits can be measured in billions of crowns. In an article written for Fréttablaði
Volcanoes Bad For Your Health
Results of research done in the wake of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption show that the effects of living near a volcano are damaging for both physical and mental health. Shortly afte
Cold Spell One Of The Worst In Decades
The cold weather that has Iceland in its grip is breaking records across the country, in some places reaching temperatures not seen in decades. Our readers in the capital area [&he
Celebrating December
For those of you visiting Reykjavík over the holidays who want to attend a Christmas mass, there are a couple options available to you. When thinking of witnessing a Lutheran [&he
Reykjavík Christmas City
If there’s one cause to which the perpetual dusk of Icelandic winter is sympathetic, it’s that of Christmas decorations. Indeed, no lights are quite as lustrous as those delica
Holiday Opening Hours
Since many of you reading this may be tourists stranded in Iceland over the coming Holiday season, we decided to compile a little list for you detailing what’s open, and [&hellip
Snorri Helgason: Winter Sun
´Winter Sun’ is a jukebox of starry warmth, nostalgic romance, and carefree fun. The album is acoustic simplicity mixed with reverb and celestial twinkles in a way that fe
Corruption In Iceland Grows
Iceland’s levels of corruption continue their upswing, according to the latest data from Transparency International (TI), and the hard data points mostly to distrust of Icela
Could Huang Nubo Rent Land?
While the doors appear to be firmly shut on the prospect of Chinese investor Huang Nubo being able to buy land in Iceland to develop a luxury hotel and golf […]
Germans Most Numerous Tourists
The latest data from Statistics Iceland indicates that in the Westfjords, not only do tourists outnumber Icelanders at hotels; Germans outnumber them all. As Bæjarins Bestu report
Akureyri Bans Roosters
A town ordinance takes a hard line when it comes to owning a rooster as a pet, drafted in response to numerous residential complaints. Akureyri, while being the most populated [&he