Eight Inside Tips to Surviving the Icelandic Winter
DARK ICELAND can be a total fucker to deal with, all Northern Lights and magical elves aside. So guess what: our man Ragnar put together a bit of a “listicle” […]
2015 Calendar With Poop In It
Hugleikur Dagsson made this sweet January calendar for us, and it’s filled with poop. Also check out this other comic that Lóa made for us for the same issue, it’s a
Former Minister Misappropriated Public Funds
Former Minister of Commerce, Björgvin G. Sigurðsson, who served between 2007-2009 has misappropriated hundreds of thousands of ISK while serving as the head of Ásahreppur munici
Woman In Critical Condition After Driving Into Harbour
An unnamed woman rescued from her sunken car in Reykjavík harbour is in critical condition after spending nearly half an hour in the water, reports RÚV. The police, fire departme
Hope In Dangerous Times
María Lilja Þrastardóttir, journalist/provocateurThe year 2014 has left me asking what it really means to be Icelandic, and whether that might be something I should feel embarra
Icelandic Muslims Experience Growing Prejudice
Receive hate messages and verbal abuse on a daily basis, according to Nadia TamimiIcelandic Muslims have experienced stronger prejudices against them after the terrorist attack aga
We Need 1,000,000 Humans, Stat
Dr. Gunni, writer, musicianAt the end of 2014, we find ourselves inhabiting a Western welfare state, a pretty good one thank you very much. However, we need about a million [&helli
Shattered Conceptions
Atli Bollason, DJ, writer, scholar, flâneurIn 2014, we saw that politicians are not afraid to attack institutions and ideals that some of us had—naïvely, I admit—come to take
No Authority
Svandís Svavarsdóttir, MP, Left-Green Party Unfortunately, I fear that 2014 will be remembered as the year when Iceland took a turn from being a Nordic welfare state, towards bec
We Are Entering A Great Year
Stefán Magnússon, founder, Eistnaflug FestivalThe year 2014 was really dramatic: personally, in Icelandic politics, and with Eistnaflug. It was absolutely the biggest Eistnaflug
Hope And Change
Kristján Hrannar, musicianThe year that just passed was insane for both me and my family. My battle with alcoholism and (at the time unbeknownst to me) co-dependency continued. I
A Bottom Line For Culture, Nature And Life Itself
Ragnhildur Sverrisdóttir, communications officer, Novator2014 was the year of the Excel spreadsheet. Not in business, where it belongs, but in politics. It‘s all about the botto
We Need A Revolution
Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir, MP, Left-Green PartyNature was generous to Icelanders in 2014: the ocean provided, the land was fruitful and we were visited by an unprecedented amount
Growth
Alexander Dan, author There is something growing on my back. I can’t see it, but I know it’s there. At first I thought it was a zit, oozing viscous fluid, […]
Three Lessons From 2014
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, chair of the Left-Green PartyI think of 2014 as the year in which we learned three important things about our society and the world we live in. First, [&hell
Is This What You Wanted?
Karen Pease, programmerI find our race to the bottom unbelievable, along with the velocity at which we’re moving. I would have never imagined that Iceland could turn into the
The Idiots Had Their Way
Grímur Atlason, head of Iceland AirwavesIcelanders are amongst the privileged few. Our problems are typical first world problems. But we tend to whine, complain and feel sorry for
Years Of Strife
Þórður Snær Júlíusson, Editor, KjarninnWe are in many respects at a better place by the end of 2014 than we were at the year’s beginning. Inflation is negligible, the GDP [
The Bearable Lightness Of Being
Sigurður Mar Jónsson, Government Press SecretaryIceland is not devoid of problems. However, when the situation elsewhere is examined, the Icelandic problems seem rather trivial.
Ultra Modern Fairy Tale
Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Pirate Party MP, Poetician, chair of IMMII LOVE crisis. It is the only time where we as individuals, and we as a society, get the power boost to […]