To mark Iceland’s swimming pool culture being added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage in December, the National Museum of Iceland, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education, called for grant ...

Björg Magnúsdóttir, leader of the Liberal Reform Party in Reykjavík, sharply criticizes the Social Democratic Alliance in a Facebook post.

The minority of the Parliamentary Constitutional and Supervisory Committee has proposed postponing the national referendum scheduled for August until October. Both the minority and the majority of the committee have also proposed changing the word...

Depth measurements were carried out in Landeyjahöfn harbor last night. Considerable dredging is still needed before it will be possible to sail there except under ideal conditions at high tide.

Iceland’s swimming pool culture has caught the attention of The New York Times, which recently published an in-depth article on the role of pools in Icelandic society.

For the April issue of the Grapevine, we held a photo shoot with Mayor Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir. The shoot itself was a scramble, as we wanted a chance to show the mayor in the elements of Reykjavik, and we had limited time and budget. We scrapped...

From hemp houses to sustainable fashion, DesignMarch 2026 connects disciplines, materials, and people Despite it being May on the calendar, DesignMarch is back, once again ignoring its own name and sprawling across Reykjavík and even beyond May 6 to...

Six years after a sale to South Korean company Pearl Abyss, CCP has reached an agreement to bring control of the company back to Iceland. Originally sold to Pearl Abyss for 26 billion ISK, management has reported that they were able to buy control ba...

Sigur Rós are among the musical acts performing at Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday celebration, slated May 8. In honour of the natural historian’s centenary, Royal Albert Hall will play host to the festivities.  Sigur Rós is claimed to...

Iceland Innovation Week runs from 27 to 30 April, and, if opening day is any indication, the organisers are not messing around. The event has been going for a few years now. Its premise is simple enough: bring Iceland’s startup and investment c...