Plantan has been open for a few months now, but we couldn’t just pass by without telling you about it.... The post New In Town: Plantan appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Margeir Pétursson has certainly lived an extraordinary life. A chess grandmaster, Icelandic Chess Champion, trainer of the Icelandic national chess... The post The Islanders: Margeir Pétursson, A Chessplayer Turned Businessman appeared first on The...

Ólafur Kram consider their latest album release ‘Ekki treysta fiskunum’ to be a culmination of everything that followed their win... The post Track By Track: ‘Ekki Treysta Fiskunum’ By Ólafur Kram appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

In this edition of the Icelandic Roundup, editor-in-chief Valur Grettison and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine talk about the controversy... The post The Icelandic Roundup: Asylum Seekers, Politics And Iceland Airwaves appeared first on The Reykjavi...

Busy between soundchecking and the upcoming gig in Helsinki, Kjartan Sveinsson finds time for a brief call. These days, he’s... The post The Sigur Rós Machine: Kjartan Sveinsson On Rejoining The Band, New Music, Touring, And Adulting appeared firs...

The landowners of Kirkjufell, Háls and Búðá have decided to ban all walks on Kirkjufell from today until mid-June, reports... The post Hiking Mt. Kirkjufell Is Now Prohibited appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Some more developments have arisen in the wake of a mass deportation of people seeking international protection in Iceland, which... The post MP Speaks Mistruths About Asylum Seekers, Deportee Might Return To Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik G...

Hundreds of Icelanders gathered in front of Parliament yesterday to protest against the deportation of over a dozen people seeking... The post PHOTOS: Icelanders Protest Against Deportations appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Iceland Airwaves 2022 is over, baby! It’s been quite a few intense days for our team and most likely for... The post A Look Back At Our Most Memorable Moments From Iceland Airwaves 2022 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

It’s the 3rd and final episode of GRAPEWAVES, the official podcast of Iceland Airwaves music festival, and The Reykjavík Grapevine,... The post GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #3: Supersport!, Post-dreifing, Marius DC, Faroe Music Export, and Systur a...

Decadent, indulgent, topped with marshmallows or whipped cream… There’s nothing like a cup of steaming hot chocolate on a cold... The post Reykjavík Hot Chocolate Crawl appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Shed a tear, Airwaves 2022 is all over. Across the city, sleepy humans are slowly waking up and trying to... The post Airwaves 2022 Saturday Super Review: All-Powerful Go_A, Comfortable Axel Flóvent, And Arlo Parks Brings Us Home appeared first on ...

OH BOY. Day two of Iceland Airwaves 2022 is already under our belts. Check out what our journalists had to... The post Airwaves 2022 Friday Super Review: Transcendent Altın Gün, Metronomy Madness And The New Cult Of Marius DC appeared first on The ...

Woo…we’re into our third and final day of Iceland Airwaves 2022, but if you’re still catching up on everything that... The post GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #2: Lón, shesaid.so, Sandrayati, Haraldur Þorleifsson appeared first on The Re...

After being gently eased in by the pre-opening night‘s concerts, our super-review team hit it HARD last night and saw... The post Airwaves 2022 Thursday Super Review: Super-cool snny, Crowd-Pleasing gugusar, And Nation Of Language Divides Opini...

We’ve all been there. Waking up after a night at a festival, feeling like absolute crap. The headache, the dizziness,... The post Airwaves 2022: Where To Cure Your Festival Hangover appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

“The Finns have their saunas, the British have their pubs, the French have their cafes. We Icelanders have our swimming... The post Pool Stories: Director Jón Karl Helgason Explores Icelandic Bathing Culture In A New Documentary appeared first on ...

Vaka Agnarsdóttir is a member of Inspector Spacetime, the band that has quickly become a dance music phenomenon in Iceland.... The post Perfect Day: Vaka Agnarsdóttir appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Hekla Magnúsdóttir welcomes us into her charming home in Reykjavík, where we are immediately greeted by an adorable (albeit bitey)... The post Drawing Voices In The Air: Hekla Magnúsdóttir On Her New Album, The Theremin, And The Future appeared ...

Iceland Airwaves is here baby! Chances are high you’ll live off energy drinks and ginger shots to survive the next... The post Airwaves 2022: Pre-Opening Night Review appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

It’s Day 1 of Iceland Airwaves 2022 and the first GRAPEWAVES 2022 episode! Tim Pogo is joined by Colm O’Herlihy,... The post GRAPEWAVES 2022 Episode #1: BSÍ, snny, INNI Music, Sindri Már Sigfússon, Tara Mobee appeared first on The Reyk...

GRAPEWAVES Podcast (live) November 3, 4, 5 at 12:30 – Kólaportið & Spotify & Apple Podcasts – free We know... The post Grapevine Events: GRAPEWAVES, Daft Punk on Organ, & Screening appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevin...

A new poll from Þjóðarpúls Gallup shows that the parties in the ruling coalition–the Left-Greens, the Independence Party and the... The post Government Would Fall If Elections Were Held Today appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Iceland Airwaves festival kicks off today. It’s the first time since 2019 the festival is happening in a 100% in-person... The post Iceland Airwaves Sells Out For The First Time In Over A Decade appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

A group of asylum seekers from Iraq and Palestine were arrested en masse, three of them placed in custody at... The post Asylum Seekers Rounded Up, Arrested En Masse, And Deported To Greece appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir spoke with National Geographic in a lengthy feature article about whaling in Iceland,... The post Whaling “A Part Of Our Past Rather Than Our Future” Says Fisheries Minister ap...

Gin and tonic, coffee and crying in the bathroom at work, Iceland Airwaves and the Reykjavík Grapevine: some things are... The post Announcing GRAPEWAVES: Your Essential Iceland Airwaves Podcast Companion appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Guðjón Valdimarsson, the father of National Commissioner of the Police Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, is reported to have made and sold... The post Father Of National Police Commissioner Reportedly Sold Illegal Firearms appeared first on The R...

It’s that time of year again: the yearly sheep roundup, where sheep farmers and other locals all over Iceland head... The post Icelandic Sheep Farmers Using GPS And Drones For Yearly Roundup appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Atli Þór Fanndal, a representative of Transparency International in Iceland, says that systemic corruption in Iceland is a running theme... The post The Icelandic Roundup: Iceland Surprisingly Corrupt? appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Shesaid.so is an international community for women and gender-based minorities with the goal of connecting and empowering those groups that... The post Shesaid.so Community For Women In Music Launches In Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapev...

Registered overnight stays in the first nine months of the year equalled 7,144,438. This is the first time that the... The post Over 7 Million Overnight Stays Registered In Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Mysterious messages could be seen on billboards at the intersection of Suðurlandsbraut and Kringlumýrbraut this morning, reports Fréttablaðið. One of... The post Mysterious Messages On Billboards At Suðurlandsbraut A Marketing Campaign appeared...

The Fischer Random Chess World Championship is now taking place in Iceland on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of... The post Spassky Wished To Be Buried Next To Fischer In Laugardæla Cemetery appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

A housecat who went missing was recently found dead in a mink trap placed in the small boats harbour in... The post Cats Getting Trapped In Mink Traps All Over Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

This episode was filmed in February and June 2022. On the 19th of March 2021 a new eruption started in... The post The Volcano: A Memoir – Part Four appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Another Friday, another round of new, recently mastered, tunes! We could list many reasons why you should dedicate some of... The post Grapevine New Music Picks: Gudfinnur, VÉVAKI, Kári, and krassasig appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

At about half past two in the afternoon yesterday, pretty much anyone outside near Akranes or even in the greater... The post Pile Of Junked Cars Catch Fire In Akranes appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

It’s sunny, and we’re back with a new RVK Newscast! Today, Reykjavík Grapevine Editor-In-Chief Valur Grettisson, and Chief Morale Officer... The post RVK Newscast 221: Covid-19 and Climate Emergency Controversy appeared first on The Reyk...

Opera Dinner in IÐNÓ October 27th at 19:00 – IÐNÓ – 13.900 to 14.900 ISK We can’t think of a... The post Grapevine Events: Opera Dinner, Silent Disco, Halldór Ragnarsson, and Children’s Film Festival appeared first on The Rey...

Early on the morning of October 27th, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred about 30 km east-southeast of Grímsey, an island... The post Another 4.0 Earthquake Shakes Grímsey appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

174 people in Iceland have died due to complications from the coronavirus in the first seven month of 2022, RÚV... The post 174 COVID Deaths In First Seven Months Of 2022 appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic party, has requested a written answer from the Prime Minister... The post MP Wants Written Answers From Prime Minister On Her Communications With Björk and Greta Thunberg appe...

The Celtic influence might be more significant in Icelandic culture than previously suspected, reports RÚV. Geographic names and some words... The post Celtic Influence In Iceland Might Be Stronger Than Believed Before appeared first on The Reykjavi...

Previously, we reported on an organisation called No Borders that had been calling on musicians to boycott the Iceland Airwaves... The post No Borders Continues To Apply Pressure On Iceland Airwaves appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Laufey’s star is rising so fast we can barely keep up. From being lauded by Billie Eilish to performing on... The post Track by Track: ‘Everything I Know About Love’ by Laufey appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

The artist Sigurður Guðmundsson is preoccupied with pouring a bottle of beer into a glass. He watches the rim intently,... The post A Life, Curated: At 80 Sigurður Guðmundsson Is Just Getting Started appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

The Reykjavík City Theatre has postponed performances of the play ‘Snake’ because the actors from the show were deported, reports... The post Theatre Postpones Shows As Actors Are Deported appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

Welcome back to RVK Newscast! In this episode, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson is in his hometown of Hafnarfjörður to bring you... The post RVK Newscast 220: Magnus Carlsen At Icelandic Chess Tournament appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.

The Reykjavík Health Authority has sent two entertainment venues in the city centre a message from the residents of Grjótathorpin... The post Two More Venues Might Close Due To Noise Complaints appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine.