On a cold day in February, I met with two librarians at the Reykjavík Library (borgarbókasafn) to discuss a Future Festival. While my entire life consuming culture had prepared me for a Blade Runner ...

“I like the term,” Stefán Svan tells me when I use the awkward description ‘cancer socks’ for his Mottumars (moustache March) special socks for the Icelandic Cancer Society. These socks are something ...

In early 2003, Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson and Foreign Minister Halldór Ásgrímsson added Iceland to George W. Bush’s Coalition of the Willing, giving whatever minor support this country would muster ...

Iceland (the country) has won a decade-long trademark war over Iceland (the store) over the supermarket’s exclusive rights to the “Iceland” name. The trademark disagreement culminated this week when ...

The Reykjavík Grapevine was in the local news in late February due to our layoffs. This is a devastating and demoralising action to take, but done to ensure the continued existence of The Grapevine.

“I worry about the public’s declining trust in politics in general. That was my sense when I first went into politics. One of the first things I did was to travel the country on my own, meet people at ...

Want to deepen your relationship with Icelandic literature in English translation but don’t know where to start? We’ve asked US-based professor of literature, Jenna Grace Sciuto, what she’d suggest, ...

A record store in Odense, Denmark, has removed Björk’s music from its shelves, reports the Danish broadcaster TV 2. This comes days after Björk’s comments about Greenland. “From tomorrow, it will no ...

What is the Reykjavik Grapevine? Your essential guide to life, travel and entertainment in Iceland. The Reykavík Grapevine is Iceland's biggest, best and most widely read English-language publication.

At around 6:25 on January 16, 1995, a massive avalanche struck the fishing village of Súðavík in the Westfjords, claiming the lives of 14 people, including eight children aged between one and fourteen ...

Arriving at Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s house just before noon on Friday, I find a note on the door: “Anna, please wait! I’m on my way,” signed “ViFi.” I go back to the car and nervously watch the clock.

It isn’t often that an entirely new cultural medium is born. But over the last few decades, video games have taken over the world. With over three billion active players, games have emerged as both a ...