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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.