The Pictures In Our Heads
With stardust in our eyes and worthless fluff on our minds it’s difficult to perceive reality. The glamorous shine is too bright, the din too distracting, to even see the [&helli
Final Count Down
Without a number you’re nobody. Potheads have 420, Satanists claim 666 and now a group of environmentalists have some digits of their own: 350. Three hundred and fifty isn
Dr. Gunni Lists Iceland
There’s not a lot to know about Iceland, right? It’s a small island. Not a lot of folks there. And its ‘city’ of Reykjavík is smaller still. You ought to […]
Sour Grapes and Stuff
Sour grape of the month A case of POLAR BEER for your thoughts. We’re not gonna lie to you: we really love us some beers. Some folks would call it […]
Documentaries to Change the World
The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival is held annually in Greece every spring, and has gradually become one of the most important documentary film festivals out there in its e
Sex Crimes In Iceland
Sexual violence seems to be somewhat of an epidemic in Iceland. The fact of the matter is that, aside from Greenland, Iceland holds the record for sex crimes in the […]
Davíð Oddsson’s 1st Editorial!
Greetings, nation, It is with great pleasure that I address you all today (all y’all tourists, travelers and others our fine system does not recognize as being Icelandic, I greet
“There is life with HIV”
There are 158 HIV positive men and women and 23 persons diagnosed with AIDS living in Iceland right now. Thirty-seven people in Iceland have died of the virus. HIV and […]
Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy
“What stays inside you all your life, but leaves only when you’re dead?” ‘What is this? A riddle?’ I ask the elderly gentleman sitting before me whose empty glass urgentl
Skin and bones
These past few years Scandinavians have been busy re-examining their history on screen. The Finns have given us the masterpiece Border 1918, which looks at the very founding of the
Passion For The Bean
Kaffismiðja Íslands is Reykjavík’s Mecca for coffee enthusiasts. September 16–19, they will be bringing home the cream of the international crop as they co-host the Nordic B
Rounding Up the Musical Herds
After one of the most creatively prolific summers Reykjavík has seen in ages, we are now approaching fall festival madness. There’s a brand spanking new concert series on the me
That First Year Of Grapevines
Issue 01 2003 – “Jackboots on Ice” Notable: The fist issue, the only issue at the time. The only issue to be 28 pages, ever. Jóndi: The first publication date [&
The Editors Speak
Valur The first editor My career as editor of Grapevine ended the way it started, being shouted at by ancient men with grey beards. I had written the cover story […]
Reflecting on The Grapevine’s First 100 Issues
The Reykjavík Grapevine has for some reason managed to stay in business for over six years and a hundred issues now. This is interesting for several reasons. More than anything, [
Why We Aren’t Really Covering That Whole “Iceland Fashion Week Fiasco” Now But Might At Some Point
Apparently, something called Iceland Fashion Week was supposed to happen in Reykjanesbær last weekend. Apparently, a bunch of participating designers and their entourage got trés
