Dagur Kári’s 4th Feature Premieres In Berlin
Dagur Kári’s film, Virgin Mountain (Icelandic: Fúsi) has been selected for a “special gala” world premiere at the Berlinale film festival. According to information
DeCode’s CEO Denounces Taxation Serving The Rich
Kári Stefánsson, founding CEO of DeCode Genetics has stated his opposition to the currently unequal taxation of wages and capital gains, from which the upper classes of society c
An Autistic Eleven-Year-Old Is Building The World’s Biggest Lego Ship
We dropped in at the workshop of one of Iceland’s youngest shipbuilders.Last summer, eleven year old Brynjar Karl set out to build the biggest Lego ship the world has seen—a [&
Festival Season Forever!
Sónar Reykjavík is back! We talked to them!After reading about all the SAD and darkness in this issue, are you now dreading the dark and icy stretch of February? Well […]
To “Just Want A Discussion” About Islam
If you’ve been following the news in Iceland over the past few days, or even if you’ve just passed through Facebook, you’ve probably seen the storm that erupted o
Eight Reindeer Run Over In Last 24 Hours
In the last 24 hours eight reindeer have been run over on the stretch of road between Hvalneskriður and Berufjörður in East Iceland, reports RÚV. Guide Skúli Benediktsson repo
New U.S Ambassador To Iceland Practices Icelandic
The new U.S Ambassador to Iceland, Robert C. Barber, has published a video explaining a little bit about himself in anticipation of his arrival to Iceland, reports RÚV. Barber wil
Ásmundur Willing To Have “A Meeting With Muslims”
Member of Alþingi who proposed an investigation of Icelandic muslims, interviewedÁsmundur Friðriksson, the member of Alþingi who last Saturday proposed, informally, via Faceboo
Reykjavík International Games Start Tomorrow!
Whoa! An international sporting event! In Reykjavík! Whoa!The Reykjavík International Games, RIG for short, will commence tomorrow and promise to be just the thing for local and
Minister Not Yet Authorised To Relocate Fiskistofa
Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurður Ingi Jóhansson, does not have a clear legal authorisation to relocate institutes within the ministry’s scope of affairs, and did
Northern Sights
A regular column of inaccurate observations and outright liesI moved to Iceland to get away from my friends and family. I don’t hate them, but I was beginning to think […]
The Barbaric Attack On Charlie Hebdo Has Nothing In Common With Islam
It was an attack on humanity, and on Islam itselfWednesday’s brazen attack in the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo has left many people the world over shocked, saddened a
Pegida Reaches Iceland
More than 500 people have liked the anti-islamist group Pegida’s Icelandic Facebook page PEGIDA Iceland, reports Vísir. Pegida (Patriotische Europaer Gegen die Islamisierung
Policeman Convicted Of Brutality May Still Have Job
Police Chief, Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, has told RÚV that the future of the policeman convicted of brutality last year remains uncertain, meaning it is still not clear w
Björk’s New Album Vulnicura Out In March
Björk has announced that her new album, Vulnicura, will come out in March this year. The Icelandic singer posted a picture on her Facebook page confirming the album’s name a
Fox Hunter Finds Mysterious Trail In Snow
An animal seems to have left an unusual trail in the snow by Hólmavík, RÚV reports. Þorvaldur Garðar Helgason, identified by RÚV as a fox hunter, has shared photographs and [
In Retrospect, Someone Should Have Gone To Paris, Says PM
The Prime Ministry has issued a statement in response to media coverage of Sunday’s solidarity march in Paris, at which no Icelandic high official was present. According to the s
Independence Party Against Islamophobic “Idiocy”
On Tuesday, multiple prominent members of the Independency Party (IP) distanced themselves from their fellow-party member and member of Alþingi Ásmundur Friðriksson’s suggesti
Rauðasandur Hiatus 2015
Much to the disappointment of countless music fans, the Rauðasandur Festival will not be held again this year. Rauðasandur has been an annual fixture for the past four years, but
Tourist of the Year 2014
Wow, tourism really did dominate the landscape of debate here in 2014, didn’t it? We here at Grapevine have spent more time experiencing, arguing, analysing and pondering the
Stray Cigarette Butt Causes Fireworks To Go Off In Car
A driver and three passengers escaped unscathed but with frayed nerves after a firework went off in their car last night, reports RÚV. At roughly 01:45 am police were alerted [&he