It Stirs!
Firstly I should apologise for the lack of updates recently – I’ve been quite busy elsewhere, and besides the eruption had been largely stable. But much like my schedul
Social Dem MP: Parody Party “Joke Gone Too Far”
Social Democrat MP Ólína Þorvarðardóttir, writing on Eyjan.is, warns voters that voting for The Best Party – a joke party created by Jón Gnarr to parody Icelandic polit
Most Want Current Mayor to Stay On
Most Reykjavík residents want current mayor Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir to remain mayor, but her support is dropping, while support for Dagur Eggertsson and Jón Gnarr increases
Mayor Race Takes Dramatic Turn
The results of the most recent Gallup poll show conservatives taking a painful hit, while Social Democrats, Leftist-Greens and The Best Party – a joke party created by comedi
Ash Cloud Heading West and South West
State news channel RÚV reports that the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud is now moving in a west and southwesterly direction. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has predicted rain for
Raiders With Oval Balls!
“Keep moving! Use the ball with both hands. Don’t throw it away like that. NEXT GROUP UP NOW!!” A large man with an impressive beard is giving out instructions, but […
Attention World: Reykjavík is NOT Covered in Ash
We’ve been getting a number of concerned e-mails and phone calls from friends and family about the volcano in Iceland. This I’m used to – the Hekla eruption in 20
This Effing Guy!
So, the Special Investigative Commission dropped their report last week on the events leading up to Shitstorm Bank-Collapse 2008. Needless to say, everyone who got name dropped in
Believe In Jesus. Now Give Me My Free Shit!
For many years during my childhood, I was a fully committed Christian. Stop laughing, it’s absolutely true! I attended church very, well, religiously. I read large parts of the B
Icelandic President: Amateur Volcano Expert
Icelandic president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has once again spoken to the BBC about the dangers of the volcano Katla, only with a considerably more reserved assessment. The preside
Poll: More Want Social-Dems for Mayorship Than Conservatives
According to a new Capacent poll, more people want Social Democrat city councilman Dagur B. Eggertsson to be mayor of Reykjavík again than want the current conservative mayor, Han
We Are Drowning In Ash
Your trusty Grapevine team ventured once again to the foot of the now-dying down Eyjafjallajökull eruption. The scenery was devastating and awe-inspiring; looking over a landscape
The Politics Of Destruction
Now that the Icelandic people have overwhelmingly rejected the IceSave bill, we have to ask ourselves: what have we accomplished? Certainly, the Icelandic negotiators are in a stro
Ch-ch-ch-changes!
As so often happens with volcanoes, a lot has changed in the past day or so, so I will try to sum up the recent activity as of Tuesday afternoon. […]
Eruption Aye-ya fyah-dla jow-kudl
Since news of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption hit the international press, it has been pretty clear that Icelandic is quite the tongue twister. Many of its sounds probably had to be
The President is Not a Geologist
President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson said many things to the BBC last night with regards to the volcanic eruption. Things that have apparently been reprinted across numero
Tourist Eruption Takes Heat Off Government
Through the foreign media we learned that there was an emergency in Iceland. True, the main airports were closed, the inhabitants of a whole region in the south of the […]
The Erupting Insurrection
By one swift, decisive act, it has paralyzed Europe’s airline industries for almost a week, delayed 64 thousand flights (and counting), affecting millions of travellers, remindin
Hekla Has NOT Started Erupting
Despite what many tweets would have, Mt. Hekla has not started erupting.This has been confirmed by Grapevine representatives on location, and the whole of the Icelandic media.
You Weren’t There, Man
As I write this, I am honestly still trying to comprehend what we experienced yesterday, when Grapevine’s plucky band of explorers-cum-journalists entered the restricted zone
Amazing New Eruption Pics!
Grapevine’s dedicated team of eruption enthusiasts just returned from a lengthy sojourn down to the explosive area down south. Some high-level connections enabled them to t