Welcome To Our Sixth Annual Best Of Issue
Anna’s 45th EditorialAs we were accenting the í’s and crossing the ð’s of our annual ‘Best of Reykjavík’ issue, a Facebook friend of Reykjavík Grapevine’s threw a b
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Part V: If Critics Cluck, Coffins Croonk[Continued from Ungoo IV] Granted, much of traditional paper-based publication is currently in crisis. Yet, most of Morgunblaðið, heavily
Completely Unthinkable
Police Investigations of the Ministry of the Interior, and what they reveal (so far)As you read this, the State Prosecutor is reviewing the latest findings of a months-long police
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Part IV: Vital Irritation[Continued from Ungoo III] Until the advent of Iceland’s economic crisis, anno 2008, the conservative-liberal daily newspaper Morgunblaðið publishe
It Doesn’t Matter What You’re Wearing
Organiser María Lilja Þrastardóttir gears up for another Reykjavík SlutWalkOn April 3, 2011, the people of Toronto, Ontario, rose up in protest of Constable Michael Sanguinetti
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Part III: You Don't ROFL Alone[Continued from Ungoo, Part II] Recently, scientists published the results of an experiment wherein they tested people’s reaction to sitting sti
Pylsuspjall: Whaling In Iceland
1. Hot Dog Chat 2. A Brief Conversation Held With Strangers Holding SausagesToday’s Topic: Whaling In Iceland Welcome to our fifth edition of Pylsuspjall, a feature in which we a
The Dark Wingman
Gender, Violence and Partying“You gotta fight for your right to paaaaaarty” is a line I often sang at the top of my lungs as a teenager partying in Reykjavík. The […]
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Part II: The Hypothetical Ship of Fools Massacre[Continued from Ungoo, Part I] This joke used to circulate among philosophy departments, that if all the world’s philosophers
A Personal Account From The Big City
On 'dating' in ReykjavíkI accept the date request after doing some Facebook reconnaissance and looking into our mutual friends. As soon as we walk into the restaurant, I spot thre
Searching For Ido
A reconstruction of a fatal ordeal on the Laugavegur trailIn the summer of 2004, exactly 10 years ago, a tragic accident happened on Laugavegur, Iceland’s most popular hiking
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Part IAt times, everyone involved in Icelandic culture seems to regard him or herself as its outsider. This appears to be true about the country’s most celebrated and acknowl
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall…
Or more precisely: in the rat's eyeIn a world where size certainly matters, David doesn’t defeat Goliath so often. But so he did—and in great style—one recent Reykjavík
Raccoons In Iceland: A Sad History
As visitors to Iceland will no doubt soon realise, Iceland’s fauna is not particularly diverse. Several attempts have been made to remedy this fact by importing exotic (at le
The Death Of Ben Frost
"Frosty and glacial and barren fucking... landscapes of Jökulsárlón. Fuck you. That’s so lazy."First, some disclosure: I came to know Australian-born musician Ben Frost almost
So What’s This Naming Law I Keep Hearing About?
Harriet Cardew, the adorable ten-year-old daughter of an Englishman and an Icelandic woman, has been in the world news lately because the Icelandic National Registry refused to app
The Last Emperor Of Atlantis Was An Icelander
Karl Kerulf Einarsson, aka Dunganon, aka the Duke of St. Kilda, aka Emperor Cormorant XII of Atlantis, was both an artist and a poet, but his most remarkable creation was […
We’re Here, We’re Skyr
Yogurt warmongering in the StatesThis summer, as we mark the centennial of a war that entangled many of the world’s countries in horrific bloodshed, the world’s most pe
News In Brief: Late June, 2014
Former prime minister and first openly gay head of state Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir delivered a moving speech about LGBT rights at Toronto’s WorldPride Human Rights Conference las
The Risks of Importing Fresh Meat
In 1985, Áramótaskaupið, the annual New Year’s revue on RÚV, included this sketch, about a toll guard’s ambition to combat smuggling of fresh meat into the country,
The Toll On Nature
While the State and private land-owners argue about admission fees, nature continues to sufferFor centuries, Icelanders have enjoyed the right to see first-hand all of Iceland’s