Kirsuberjatréð
A lovely gallery/gift shop run by ten artists and designers where they sell their products. Click on image to view bigger map. Address: Vesturgata 4, 101 Reykjavík Phone: +354 562
Blue Lagoon Shop
The geothermal seawater spa The Blue Lagoon is a world famous healing spot as the water is rich with silica and sulfur that are extremely good for the skin. The […]
12 Tónar
A record label as well as a store, all the best new Icelandic music on CDs or live on Fridays at 5 PM. Click on image to see bigger map! […]
Art and Ice – A Difficult Combination?
Pretty people, money and the weather – ask most people about Iceland and they’ll usually weave you a story around these three topics, touching on the freezing-but-beautiful env
“There’s no Pressure”
The hardcore punk band Gavin Portland surprised many with their debut album, Views of Distant Towns, released last year to much critical acclaim. The album scored favourably among
Great Moments In Icelandic History: Iceland gets its first Olympic Medal
While many right now are cheering on Iceland’s Olympians competing in Beijing, there still remains great national pride and honour in remembering that unforgettable moment in tim
Please Yourself with an Elf
Elves are hard to find, but a few years ago elves found Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir. These encounters led to some of the most wonderful sexual experiences of her life. Keen to [&
Eat Burgers, Bathe and be Merry
Welcome to yet another instalment of Cheap Reykjavík, where the Grapevine’s resident misers share some of their patented money saving tricks and tips. If you’ve got some miser
Where to Find Necro-Pants
If you’re like me, a new arrival to Reykjavík, the free walking tour that leaves from the tourist info centre on Aðalstræti is worth the time. It helped me get […]
An Ode to Marijuana
The battle between Icelandic dir-ectors is getting more and more fierce everyday but this August the half-Icelandic Parisian Sólveig Anspach defies the patriarchy prevailing in th
Black Flag and the Art of Meditation
Meditation, basically, is the act of ordering your conscious mind to shut the fuck up. It drops the mental engine down a gear and allows for complete focus or simple […]
Staying Focused
Concert promoter, bass player, social pedagogue and recently instated mayor of Dalabyggð Grímur Atlason is a true jack of all trades and has recently become a powerful spokesman
The Great Wall of Iceland
When I first came to Iceland as a tourist two years ago, I was astonished at how friendly everyone was, especially at dawn when liquor bottles had vanished into seeping […]
Marriage of Mystery
Country Wedding, a new film directed by BAFTA award-winning Icelander Valdís Óskarsdóttir, is set to be released later this summer, but the seemingly straight-forward title hide
How to Survive Móðuharðindin
On June 8, 1783, a volcanic explosion began in volcano Lakagígar in south Iceland, accompanied with earthquakes and noxious gases. The eruption continued until 1785 and is still c
Never Underestimate the Power of Play
Reykjavík based game developing company CCP was founded in June, 1997. In May 2003, the company launched its first Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMO), EVE Onlin
Lost in Iceland?
Google and others struggle to map IcelandGoogle has mapped the moon, Mars and the sky, yet amazingly cannot provide a roadmap for Iceland. While every other European country has be
Páll Óskar is On
Reykjavík’s LBGT community is rapidly readying the 2008 GayPride extravaganza. Pop star extraordinaire Páll Óskar took time out of his busy, busy schedule to divulge some tric
Another Icelandic Monster: Nykur
Fearsome water horse of yore: These guys are way evilThe creature we feature this month, for all your learning pleasures, is the horse-like amphibian Nykur. Try saying that slowly:
Great Moments in Icelandic History: Iceland get the beer back
Bottoms Up!Imagining Reykjavík without beer is like imagining Amsterdam without hash brownies. However, only nineteen years ago (!) it was against the law to sell and buy beer in
The Biggest Little Pride in the World
As the controversy over gay rights continues to seethe over heatedly and caustically in the United States, like freshly expulsed volcanic lava from Mt. Hekla, here in Iceland coole