Happening Tonight: ‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy Screening
Anyone who spends their time scrolling through social media when they should be working might get deja-vu right about now. The “today is the day that Marty McFly arrives when
ROAD TRIP: Reading The Grapevine All Over Iceland
Whilst the Reykjavík Grapevine is mostly written — and printed — in Reykjavík, you know, it’s actually kind of about the whole of Iceland. People pick it up in gas [&he
New London-Egilsstaðir Flight Route Announced for Summer 2016
An English company called Discover The World has announced they’ll be running international flights from London Gatwick to Egilsstaðir Airport during summer 2016. Flights wi
Airwaves Homework: 5 New Tracks By Battles, Beach House, SOPHIE And More
As Airwaves ’15 closes in, we’ve been keeping a watchful eye on some of the incoming bands you might be interested in seeing. They keep releasing new music like there&#
Iceland’s Best Tree Of 2015 Award Announced
Of all the things Iceland is famous for, its trees are not among them. Most Icelandic trees are shivering, skinny little things, with branches close to the trunk, and not […
Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16
Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show from Iceland’s much-admired Apparat Org
Ongoing Now: ‘Looking in – Sculptures and Models’ by Katrín Sigurðardóttir
Katrín Sigurðardóttir is one of Iceland’s most successful and well-known contemporary artists. Her works often play on scale, shrinking down buildings, rooms or landscapes
The Future (Brown) Of Rap Washes Over Iceland Airwaves
Something that might come as as surpsrise to many Björk-loving, Sigur Rós-adoring, Ásgeir-fancying Airwaves newcomers is that Iceland loves hip-hop. From the rapid rise of local
Úlfur Eldjárn Is Composing Futuristic, Emotional Utopias For All Of Us
Smartly dressed, long-bearded, bespectacled Icelandic composer Úlfur Eldjárn bustled into Harpa’s cafe, dodging cstomers and pushing a trolley piled high with flight cases
How Do Beach House Like Iceland? Plus Surprise New Album Next Week!
Baltimore dreampop merchants Beach House were in the news yesterday after they surprised the world with the announcement of a new album, ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’, comin
Airwaves Brings Lyrical Wall Art Series To Reykjavík
Airwaves has announced a new public art element as part of the 2015 festival. In collaboration with Urban Nation Berlin, the Wall Poetry project paired a selection of Icelandic mus
The Golden Puffin Goes To Iran
If you haven’t been following the Reykjavík International Film Festival (aka RIFF), the title of this news article might have lured you here under false pretences. Because r
Airwaves To-Do List: Join A Snake Cult
Icelandic acid-pop duo Just Another Snake Cult dropped a new video today, in which band leader Þórir Bogason runs through a Tron-like analogue 3D world, also multiplying into a b
Breathing Space: Yoga In The Icelandic Wilderness
For all of Reykjavík’s obvious charms, ask anyone who’s lived in the city for a while, and they’ll tell you that they need to escape sometimes. In sharp contrast
It’s Planny-Plan Time! Airwaves Release Schedule!
Iceland Airwaves today released the schedule for the 2015 festival, prompting a ripple of anticipation amongst ticket-holders. To the uninitiated, a music festival releasing its sc
PHOTOS: Looking Into Landmannalaugar
This August, photographer Anna Domnick went to Landmannalaugar — the starting point of Iceland’s most famous hiking trail, rated amongst the most beautiful in the world. In
A Walk In The Clouds: A Rare Summer’s Day In Seyðisfjörður
Summer was a mercurial season in east Iceland this year. The region often has a natural low cloud ceiling—an oppressive grey nothing that drifts over the Eastfjords, hanging just
Treading New Ground: Swimming At Iceland’s New Lava Field
There are few things more exciting than waking up in Iceland with a full day of travel ahead. As I pull open the blinds of a bedroom at Akureyri Backpackers—lodgings […]
VIDEO: A Road Trip Around Iceland’s Route One
Here’s the latest film by Timothée Lambrecq, the French videographer who spent the summer with us here at Grapevine. Taken on a road trip around the country’s Route On
The All-New Travel Adventures Of The Reykjavík Grapevine
Hello, reader, and welcome to the brand new—and extremely FANCY— Reykjavík Grapevine travel site! We’ve been working on this thing for freakin’ ages—especially o
Meet The Ninja Team
As Bryndís’s Facebook event snowballed, the “Kæra Eygló” initiative received a wave of attention from various groups. Along with heightened positive interest from concerne