No matter how hard you try not to compare a country you’re visiting to what you already know, it’s inevitable that comparisons creep up. When I spontaneously ended up in the Faroe Islands one weekend ...

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.

Many trees that had leafed out during the warm May weather were badly affected by the cold spell at the beginning of June, reports RÚV. The leaves facing north have now withered, while those in ...

The police have seized a knife in connection with the investigation into the deaths of two French tourists at the Edition Hotel on Saturday, reports RÚV.. The investigation is still in its early ...

On June 18, one person was transported to a hospital when a car collided into the side of a bus at the intersection between Hverfisgata and Klapparstígur in Reykjavík, RÚV reports. Bus number 2 was ...

Sódóma Reykjavík: A lost remote, teenage moonshine, iconic pop stars and a damn good soundtrack When I first heard the premise of Óskar Jónasson’s debut feature Sódóma Reykjavík, I thought there ...

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.

For the cover, we asked renowned Icelandic visual artist Baldur Helgason to render the cover feature’s concept visually. The result: a contemporary depiction of the shoulder angel and demon. Here, ...

Cornucopia, the film, is the grand finale of the artist’s 45-city tour, captured in a single night in Lisbon.It’s the realisation of her vision to “take 21st-century VR into a 19th-century theatre.” A ...

Scandinavianism became fashionable in the 1840s among students in Copenhagen and Uppsala. At the time, the Nordics were divided into two kingdoms: Sweden-Norway on one side and Denmark on the other, ...

If this wasn’t adventurous enough, Antoine asked us if we were up for something crazy. He was mum on the details, but after another 10 minutes of trekking along the ice Antoine came to a stop and ...

A cruise with the advertised destination of Greenland ended up traveling to Norway due to poor weather conditions, reports RÚV. We are having a summer sale on all our Icelandic soaps, scrubs, face ...