Denial and Ignorance
Not long ago, the word anarchism was almost meaningless in Icelandic. It hardly existed. But now it seems that it has received a seat in the language and better yet—it […]
I’m Not Stupid!
You gotta love us Icelanders. We take everything to the extreme. Two of our girls were voted Miss World in the 80s and we decided that ALL our women were […]
The End of Neo-Liberal Neverland
The Meaning of Success ‘How to succeed in Modern Business: Lessons from the Icelandic Voyage’ is the title of an address given by Iceland’s president Ólafur R. Grím
Haukur’s 4th Editorial
I’m not gonna lie to you – this fourth editorial of mine will be a bland, run-of the mill one. See, my brain stopped working a few hours back – […]
The Left Green Movement
The Left Green Movement – In Their Own Words The Left-Green Movement seeks to promote radical social improvements for the public benefit, to promote respect and protection of
The Alliance Party
The Alliance Party – In Their Own Words: The Alliance Party is Iceland’s social-democratic party, a representative of the political ideology that has built the powerful wel
The Democracy Movement
The Democracy Movement – In Their Own Words: Most political scientists agree that democracy now needs to seek its roots and that the current representative system is outdated
The Citizen Movement
The Citizen Movement – In Their Own Words: One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -Plato The [&hell
L For Icelandic Autonomy
(NOTE: As of 4 April, L-listinn has withdrawn their candidacy from this year’s elections. Part of the reason was that they did not garner the support they were hoping to [&he
The Liberal Party
The Liberal Party – In Their Own Words The Liberal Party was originally founded to fight the unjust fishing quota system law that was passed by Alþingi (parliament) in 1991
The Independence Party
The Indipendence Party – In Their Own Words The Independence Party is the biggest mass movement in Iceland. Registered members are close to 50 thousand. Yearly, a great numbe
The Progressive Party
The Progressive Party – In Their Own Words. The Progressive Party is a liberal socialist party constantly working for societal reforms and finding solutions to its many share
A Chance To Restore Some Pride On An International Stage?
Scotland, Iceland’s opponents in this week’s round of international games, possess a rare thing – a 90% success rate in their last ten international fixtures. Tha
Stuff We Like!
We’ve grown very, very fond of the daily updated news here at Grapevine.is (look to your left!).We’ve never been averse to tooting our own horn, and we won’t shy away [&helli
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Today marks the official start of ‘DesignMarch‘, a nifty new concept from the good folks of Iceland Design Centre. Poised to become an annual event, DesignMarch aspires
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Those crazy kids of Retro Stefson sure turned in some awesome deck-work at freshly opened hotspot Karamba last Saturday night. Their almighty DJ set had sweat leaking from the wall
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Much like other bandwagon-hoppers and trend-jumpers, your friends at the Grapevine have now set up an awesome Twitter feed, where you can follow our latest news and score some nice
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Jonathan Richman is a living legend – and he’s playing a show here, April 1st (and that’s no joke)! Mr. Richman chose to perform at the very limited capacity Rós
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We’re really, really into our new issue that we released yesterday. It’s got all sorts of articles and stuff, and it’s got real nice photos too. And the layout is
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What ever you do, remember to come for this AWESOME one night only event that is at GRAND ROKK AT TONIGHT. 9pm/21.00/twenty one hundred hours. If there would be a […]
