Making this issue of your Reykjavík Grapevine was a whirlwind. At the same time, we were having conversations and photoshoots with many great people in Iceland’s flourishing arts scene. We talked to ...

On Monday, September 16, police in South Iceland initiated a search for Illes Benedek Incze, a Vík resident last seen in the town at 3am on Monday morning. Landsbjörg search and rescue teams were ...

This week we were graced with not a day, but a whole streak of sunny weather. With temperatures continuing to drop, and the news that venomous spiders might be swarming through Grafarvogur, you could ...

The last week of August 2024 saw several natural hazards that significantly affected tourism in Iceland. First, 1.300 people were evacuated from the Blue Lagoon within 40 mins in response to the ...

Back in 2020 a group of pole dance students and instructors came together with a newly awakened thirst for performance. The resulting troupe performs pole arts and dance live on stage, using the pole, ...

From the fine aromas of Fischer, to earthy scents of up-and-coming perfumier Ilmur og Sjor, to the pungent reek of a freshly opened bag of hardfiskur, this week’s shopping bag is particularly whiffy.

Welcome to The Edda or Whatever, where I’m spilling the tea on Norse mythology. We’re breaking down the Prose Edda, a Medieval Icelandic textbook that also low-key recaps most of what we know about ...

What you are looking at here is Pósthustræti 2 — one of the relatively few buildings in Reykjavík that has simply stood, more or less unaltered, since 1919. The building was designed by Iceland’s ...

An Icelandic man is in police custody on suspicion of killing his young daughter, according to RÚV. The arrest occurred last night on the Krýsuvík road, north of Kleifarvatn. Details are scarce, but ...

Since the discovery of a Northern Black Widow spider in a bunch of grapes last week, Grafarvogur has become known in some quarters as the “Black Widow Capital of Iceland.” But now, a surprising twist ...

A seriously ill Palestinian 11-year-old had his deportation halted today after public protests. Yazan Tamimi, who needs a wheelchair and constant medical attention due to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ...

Welcome to The Edda or Whatever, where I’m spilling the tea on Norse mythology. We’re breaking down the Prose Edda, a Medieval Icelandic textbook that also low-key recaps most of what we know about ...