Top Hits At Grapevine.is
The following are the most viewed stories at grapevine.is since we started keeping track in 2009. It’s clear. Our readers want Björk, eruptions, and a mixed bag of quirky “onl
Grapevine Milestones
FIRST SUMMER The first issue was published on June 13, 2003. As the reader should know by now, we publish on Fridays, so the first issue went onto the streets […]
Lighthouse Recordings
María recalls setting up at the base of the lighthouse while visitors were scattered up six flights of stairs all the way to the top. Thanks to the natural acoustics […]
Magnús Þór Who?
It’s perhaps not surprising that the top 12 keyword searches leading people to our website are variations of “The Reykjavík Grapevine.” That includes “grapewine” of cour
THE GRAPEVINE TURNS 10!
On the cover this issue are 10 people who have appeared on the cover of a past Grapevine issue in each of the last 10 years. They are significant for […]
Some Things Just Don’t Change
The day this paper hits the streets, it will be ten years since the first one did on Friday, June the 13th, 2003. Apparently the young twenty-something-year-old guys, who decided [
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 7, 2013
Waiting for your urgent response. With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I make this contact with you as I believe that you can be of […]
Welcome To The Book Cave
A door slams shut with a finality that could only mean closing time. Seconds later the opening guitar tones to Roxy Music’s ‘Avalon’ and hushed, heavily accented, out-of-time
How Do You Respond When The Norm Has Become A State Of Madness?
Hi Andri! Your stunning ‘Wild Boys’ article on the previous spread is an update of a piece called ‘In the land of the Mad Men,’ originally published in Fré
Icelandic Literature Goes Global
The Icelandic parliament passed a law at the end of last year combining two key institutions—The Icelandic Literature Fund and Fabulous Iceland—to make the Icelandic Literature
Preserving The Laxá Explosion
It’s dark and silent—nothing unusual around midnight by the river Laxá and lake Mývatn in the north of Iceland. But somewhere behind the darkness, beneath the silence, so
Precession Of Hipsters
The ever-growing number of tourists has brought economic prosperity and a whole lot of fun or dullness to town, depending on who you ask. But what is the new face […]
Entrepreneurs: Iceland’s New Rock Stars?
Haukur Guðjónsson has just finished painting his office bright red, the colour of his company logo. That is, he’s painted a single wall in his nook of the shared workspace [&he
So What’s This Hunting Of Endangered Whales I Keep Hearing About?
Hvalur hf., an Icelandic whaling company, has announced that this summer it will resume hunting fin whales, an endangered species. Icelandic whalers also hunt minke whales, which a
Spring Isn’t All About Cleaning
When I emerged into the unwelcome exposure of 4:30 AM light on Sunday morning (a continuation of Saturday evening), I should have been ashamed of myself. My tights were torn, [&hel
News In Brief: Late May
The month of May swept in with bad weather and grizzly news, as whale hunting resumed and the first minke whale of the season was shot. International animal welfare groups [&hellip
Back To Normal
“I haven’t smoked a cigarette since 1995, but I am going to have one now,” says a woman at an election party held by the Icelandic expat community in Berlin. […]
In The Land Of The Wild Boys
After the election, we see the old parties of economic mass destruction are coming back to power. Giving enormous promises of easy money to be wrestled from evil vulture funds, [&h
The Hair Of The Dog
It didn’t really come as a surprise when our new Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson decided to form a coalition government with The Independence Party. That is, after
Come To The Dark Side
Whilst most of the city is still asleep on a cold Saturday morning, a handful of loyal fans have already set up camp outside of Nexus. Undeterred by the elements, […]
The Simpsons Go Iceland (feat. Sigur Rós) almost-LIVEBLOG!
As a nation, Iceland has suffered some hardship over the past few years (after a few pretty sweet ones, oh, those cruelly luscious bubble years, when we collectively renewed our [&