There are guides and there are guides. Longevity sets us apart and for 20-plus-years we have dined, wined, ordered takeaways and visited spots once, twice, a dozen times in our quest to find the ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the ...

Reykjavík is no stranger to Jelena Ćirić’s voice; she’s been nominated at the Kraumur Music Awards and Icelandic Music Awards, and won Icelandic Folk Album of the Year at the latter in 2021. Now, ...

In a rare twist of fate, famed Icelandic musicians Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson and Benedikt Hermann Hermannsson marry their talents for their latest creation Alveg, out September 26. Positively optimistic, ...

“I worry about the public’s declining trust in politics in general. That was my sense when I first went into politics. One of the first things I did was to travel the country on my own, meet people at ...

Every day, I check the forecast for the cooling signs of autumn. Still, the oracle manages to surprise me with double-digit temperature, leaving us all in a state of desperation for that crispy air.

Grapevine is hot off the press, and so are these single reviews! Check out musician, and now Grapevine contributor, Sævar Andri Sigurðarson’s reviews of these three songs below.

“My sister and I went to school on the opposite side of the mountain,” says Héðinn Birnir Ásbjörnsson, pointing across the fjord. “When the roads closed in October or November, we stayed there for a ...

In total, 218 foreign nationals began their prison sentence or detention in 2024. Number of Icelandic detainees also increased between years, as 90 Icelanders were sentenced to detention in 2024, ...

Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children’s Affairs, Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir, resigned earlier this year amidst a scandal that made headlines here in Iceland and notably around the entire world.

Dr. Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir will assume office as the new rector of the University of Iceland, following a victory in the recent university elections. Silja won against candidate Magnús Karl Magnússon ...

When this magazine finds its way into the shops, cafés and cultural institutions of Reykjavík, it will have been a mere 46 days since the inauguration of President of the United States of America ...