First Shipment Of Vaccines Due To Arrive In The Country On December 28th
RÚV reports that the first shipment of vaccines is due to arrive in the country on December 28th. Ásta Valdimarsdóttir, the ministerial manager of the Ministry of Health, spoke
Iceland Abstains From Voting On Anti-Nazism UN Resolution
Iceland was amongst 51 countries that abstained from voting on a resolution, put forward to the United Nations by 24 countries, which condemns Nazism and other far-right ideologies
COVID-19 Round-Up: Six Cases Yesterday, Only One In Quarantine
Six new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed domestically yesterday, with only one of the infected already in quarantine at the time of diagnosis. 28 people are currently hospitalised
Viðey Peace Tower Will Be Lit Until Spring Equinox
The Reykjavík Art Museum has made the decision that Viðey Peace Tower will be lit until the spring equinox, Vísir reports. This decision had been made “in light of world [
Despite Disaster, Seyðisfjörður Residents Adorn Town For The Holidays
Residents of the northeast Iceland village of Seyðisfjörður—or the ones who’ve been able to return after last week’s landslides demolished over a dozen houses—ar
RVK Newscast #59: Mudslides, Misleading Vaccine Information, The Winter Solstice
There was a huge mudslide in Seyðisfjörður, which destroyed several homes. Fortunately, and perhaps miraculously, no one was hurt. In other news, COVID-19 is still a thing in Ic
The Pandemic Holiday Diaries #1: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir & Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir
How does one approach the holiday season in the midst of gathering bans and social distancing? To learn, we’re sitting down with families all over Reykjavík to find out how
Horror-Scopes: The Gifts We Really Deserve (i.e. Nothing For Geminis)
The Grapevine’s dedicated team of amateur astrologists are known worldwide for their superior taste. To this date, they have never revealed their secrets but after a near-death e
305 Seyðisfjörður Residents Allowed To Return Home
305 Seyðisfjörður residents have been allowed to return to their homes, RÚV reports. This is after the entire town was evacuated on Friday due to landslides. These residents we
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir’s Katla Brings Sustainability To The Forefront Of Fashion
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir wears a lot of hats. When she talks, she’ll transform from a shrewd businesswoman to a staunch activist to a forward-thinking consultant to a good old fash
Icelandic Government Corrects Bloomberg On Vaccine Numbers
Iceland’s Ministry of Health has issued a correction to Bloomsberg over the latter’s reporting on what percentage of Icelanders are ensured vaccination against the coro
COVID-19 Round-Up: 13 Cases Saturday, Seven Yesterday, Most In Quarantine
Seven new cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed domestically yesterday. Five of the infected were already in quarantine at the time of diagnosis. On Saturday, 13 new cases were reported
Happy Grapemas! Win Two Tickets To FlyOver Iceland!
It’s Christmas! And what does that mean? It means it’s time to give YOU, our readers, some goodies! Tag a friend in this Facebook status that you’d want to bring
Limitless, Effortless, Genreless: Magnús Jóhann Refuses To Be Defined
“Basically, the whole beginning of this whole album process was not a single note of music, it was the cover,” Magnús Jóhann states. He’s referring to his recently released
SUPPORT THE HOLIDAY ECONOMY!: The Grapevine’s Last-Minute Gift Guide
We get it: You’ve got a lot on your mind. You forgot to get gifts. It’s December 21st. So let us lighten your metaphorical holiday load with the official Grapevine [&hellip
The Father Of Icelandic Christmas: Brian Pilkington Brings The Yule Lads To Life
When you ask a child in Iceland what the Yule Lads look like, you might expect them to show you an old, Icelandic book–something as old and ancient as the […]
Track By Track: ‘What Love Is’ By Rex Pistols
Goth isn’t dead, people. It’s alive and thriving in downtown Reykjavík in the form of Rex Pistols, who recently dropped ‘What Love Is,’ a soundtrack for the lace-gown-wear
Sigur Rós Survives: Endings, Eddas And ‘Odin’s Raven Magic’
The end is nigh. You feel it in your bones. Each time you read the news, each time your phone beeps with fresh tidings of another catastrophe, there’s a sense […]
Ultraflex Just Wanna Have Fun: The Group Talks Debut Album, Fashion, And What The Future Holds
[pullquote]”You’ve never seem someone swim sarcastically in a lake until now.”[/pullquote] Inspired by soviet aerobics videos, Ultraflex’s debut album ‘Vision
Ice Flow, Nowhere To Go: Exploring The Ice Caves Of the Vatnajökull Glacier
“Are you underwater!?” my mum’s Whatsapp pings through on the last wisp of 3G available in the Sapphire Ice Cave. I’m not–but she’s right, I could be. Carved into dimpl
Iceland On The World’s Biggest Comedy Stage: Ari Eldjárn Has A Netflix Special
I’m just going to say it and I know that this might result in the stand-up community in Iceland (and maybe one eccentric historian) disowning me—and maybe I deserve that—but