So What’s This Support For Scottish Independence I Keep Hearing About?
A number of prominent Icelanders cheered on the Scottish independence movement during the run-up to the September 18 referendum deciding whether Scotland should leave the United Ki
World-Historical Monuments Recycled As Furniture
In The Name Of Peace And Freedom: Jonni & The Equator Memorial Projecthttps://vimeo.com/107443264 Jóhann Sigmarsson has been some sort of a legend since at least the early nin
Owning it
Icelandic Rappers Stamp Their Personality Onto Hip HopIn a crumbling old building on the outskirts of central Reykjavík, a dust-covered, semi-abandoned workspace is coming to life
Back To Basics
Brynja Pétursdóttir And Natasha Monay Royal Bring Street Dance To Iceland, One Step At A TimeAlthough contemporary hip hop culture is undeniably global in its scope, most people
‘You’ve Got To Be Firm With These People’
Variations On Tough Love —Debates on Monday #3Against Container-Prejudices Eygló Harðardóttir, Welfare Minister on behalf of the Progressive party, wrote a blog post last week
Comic by Hugleikur Dagsson
Renowned Icelandic comic artist Hugleikur Dagsson has yet another black-humoured comic for you all to enjoy.
Holuhraun Continues To Erupt
It’s been almost a month since the Holuhraun eruption started, and there doesn’t seem to be any indication of it stopping soon. Meanwhile, the Bárðarbunga caldera continues t
Which Way The Wind Blows
The story of how we didn’t see the eruption“This is what we call a ‘washing board,’” our guide Kormákur Hermannsson says, his voice barely intelligible as we jostle viol
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 15, 2014
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to letters@grapevine.is Most Awesome Letter of the Issue Hello The Reykjavik Grapevine Editor, I just saw a Facebook post on B
You Probably Just Want To Read About The Eruption, Huh?
Anna’s 48th EditorialThe biggest news from Iceland these days is undoubtedly the eruption. Of course it’s not everyday that a volcano erupts. But it’s hardly a once-in-a-life
One Man’s Miracle
Möðrudalur, one of the most isolated farms in Iceland, lies under the icy nipple of Mt. Herðubreið in the northeastern part of the island. In 1919, a man named Jón […
Project: Overload
Exploring the outskirts of Mexico with karlssonwilkerWhen we profiled New York design firm karlssonwilker for our 2012 DesignMarch issue, one of the things we discussed was the nee
Mexicans: They’re Everywhere!
Part 2: The Naked TruthWhen I began my search for Mexicans in Iceland, I was prepared to hear fantastic stories about cultural polarity. And that’s exactly what I got. From [
Höfði-San: Shrimp Salesman Built A Replica Of A Reykjavík Landmark
Iceland became the focus of world attention when US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavík in October 1986 to discuss nuclear disarmament. Th
Hello! I Must Be Going!
The Debates on Monday #2To forge a synthesis: Last week, as evident in what follows, citizens of the volcano-plagued republic seem to have mainly wondered which things should be al
Letter To UNESCO
Dear UNESCO, It was a great honour when Reykjavik became a UNESCO City of Literature in 2011 and we Icelanders are very proud to be counted as one amongst seven […]
Everything Counts
Calculating crime’s contribution to Iceland’s economy Statistics Iceland (SI) raised a few eyebrows when the institution announced that it would as of September include estimat
Independence Is Not A Disaster:
Scotland Teeters On Independence And Looks NorthAfter decades of discussion on the political and economic details of a theoretically independent Scotland, the Scottish citizens fin
Funding Dries Up at the Library of Water
This year marks the first and only year since its opening in 2007 that VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER has been unable to fund a writer-in-residence. While one writer, American architec
Images Make Music More Tangible
Daníel Ágúst on the importance of the visualHow important is the visual aspect to how a band or artists presents itself? Is it a necessary factor, or more of an […]
Didaskophilia
We talked to Björk about her education programme breaking into the Nordic curriculumThe Biophilia project has extended its tendrils into many unexpected areas. Its accompanying ed