Honouring The Fallen
For the last few years, the only full sized Viking festival has been held in Hafnafjörður by Rimmugýgur society, but now their Reykjavík counterparts, Einherjar, have stepped u
The Data Narrative
Over the last several years, there has been a lot of interest in marketing Iceland as a good place for storing data. The logic is simple—to operate a data centre […]
Graph Searching Iceland With Facebook
In July of this year, Facebook added a “graph search” feature for English users in the US, however, this change affects every Facebook user (including Icelanders) as all public
I Can, Will And Shall
Right beside the Tjarnarbíó theatre, you’ll find a café called GÆS. The brand new café sits by the pond and offers refuge from the ever-present Reykjavík rain (what the loc
Our New Government: Uniting The Left?
At least our new government is wasting no time. You have to give them that. First, destroy public radio and television as independent media sources by making their heads politicall
Keep Your Secrets Secret
Oliver Schneider was wearing a green t-shirt with yellow print that read: Just because you aren’t paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you! I told him I might need a [&hel
Walk A Mile In Their Skirt
Last December I was at a wedding in Wales, and I enjoyed the opportunity to wear a kilt. Having nothing but good experience of doing so previously at a dear […]
Pobody’s Nerfect
After reading our “Best Of Reykjavík” issue, you may be wondering if there is anything Reykjavík, or Iceland at large, isn’t “The Best” at. “Average Iceland,” a Tum
They Said What? (issue 10 2013)
“If you don’t like gay people you must really hate straight people—because they make them.” – Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr on his public Facebook page, July 12 Mayor J
Cold War Espionage In Iceland
“Wire-tapping has commenced,” stated a front-page headline in socialist newspaper Þjóðviljinn (“The People’s Will”) on March 27, 1949. The paper claimed to possess con
Bar Etiquette And Beer Ignorance
Dramatis Personæ: SIGGI: Generic twenty-something Icelandic male. SIGGI has never lived outside Iceland. ASSISTANT: Nondescript shop assistant. ASSISTANT has never worked in a sto
America’s NPR Thinks We Should ‘Put A Björk In It’
Björk and Iceland are inextricably bound in the minds of foreigners. In fact Björk, which also mean birch, is often the first Icelandic word musically inclined foreigners learn h
Paradise Lost?
“My predisposition is to seek asylum in a country with shared values. The nation that most encompasses this is Iceland. They stood up for people over internet freedom,” America
Innovation And The Future Ahead
A few years ago, industrial designer Pálmi Einarsson looked around at the world and his two young boys and thought to himself: “What state will this planet be in when […]
News In Brief: Early July 2013
RYAN GOSLING. There, we got that out of our systems. EDWARD SNOWDEN. Okay, that one’s out too. Well, to be honest, Snowden was never really allowed in the system, as [&hellip
This Is The Dragnet
Smári McCarthy is a twenty-nine year old information activist, developer, founding member of Iceland’s Pirate Party, executive director of the International Modern Media Institu
Sour Grapes & Stuff
Most awesome letter of the issue Hey people – I’m from the US about to go to school in Iceland, so naturally I posted an ad on your website to […]
Europe Needs To Radically Rethink Crisis Management
In Europe, the seemingly endless debate on how to tackle the financial crisis—which is in its fifth year—continues. But as time moves on, the need for a frank discussion of [&h
The Sexy, Exciting Fishing Fees Saga
Last week was significant in Iceland’s political history. President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson decided to sign a bill into law that had caused so much controversy that more than 35
Adrian Lamo vs. Siggi
On June 2010, threat analyst Adrian Lamo, in recent years most famous for participating in (and publishing logs of) chats with Bradley Manning, which resulted in Manning being deta