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The Reykjavík Grapevine is your essential guide to Icelandic life, culture, music, travel and more.

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Latin for the act of speaking in tongues, Glossolalia continues multi-hyphenate artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir’s years-long exploration of language as a means of artistic expression.

Jóhannes Bjarkason caught...
https://grapevine.is/music/2025/01/17/speaking-in-tongues-asta-fanneys-glossolalia/
January 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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“We were all kids in the 80s when [Vigdís Finnbogadóttir] was president. She was very influential on our generation — on my generation,” director and actor Björn Hlynur Haraldsson told Ir...
https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/movies-theatre/2025/01/15/vigdis-the-making-of-the-nations-role-model/
January 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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"There is a world of microbes around us that is very different from one place to another." Brewers Kjartan Óli Guðmundsson and Sveinn Steinar Benediktsson are capturing the wild tastes of Iceland in every bottle of the...
https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2025/01/14/your-favourite-place-in-a-glass/
January 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Kópavogur has everything resident Pétur Eggertsson wants — except concerts. Ish Sveinsson Houle caught up with the curator of Kátt á línunni bout bringing more music to local haunt Catalína.
https://grapevine.is/music/2025/01/13/just-outside-the-city-limits/
January 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Have you visited Ásmundarsafn? This new exhibition might be just the excuse you've been waiting for to take a trip to the Laugardalur landmark.
https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2025/01/10/the-ever-changing-wonderland-new-exhibition-opens-at-asmundarsafn/
January 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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“Art making, for me, has a lot to do with subverting conventional systems or making strange or estranging what we know all the time,” angela explains of the project 10 years in the making.

Read all about it...
https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2025/01/10/making-mischief-and-playing-seriously/
January 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Learning Icelandic is as easy as 2 + 2 ... or, in the case of this Word of the Issue, Mann + Orð.
https://grapevine.is/mag/2024/12/25/word-of-the-issue-welcome-to-our-reputation-era/
January 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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This is it. This is the year you'll finally write that novel you've had rattling around inside your noggin for the past few years (or as long as it took you to read this post).

If you're an aspiring writer, but you don't want...
https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2024/12/24/beating-the-blank-page/
January 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Oh, to be a tree farmer. Tending to your growing woodland and zipping around on the back of your ATV. What a life!

Iryna Zubenko caught up with tree farmer Guðmundur Sigurðsson to l...
https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2024/12/17/a-life-in-the-trees-meet-christmas-tree-farmer-gudmundur-sigurdsson/
December 31, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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What did you fill your belly with over the holidays? If you feasted at an Icelandic household, it may very well have been some of these culinary delights that made our list.
https://grapevine.is/food-main/2024/12/19/feast-like-an-icelander-holiday-edition/
December 31, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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"How can a Bónus in a place like Klaksvík have the latest Lego sets, while my local Bónus on Laugavegur struggles to stock fresh (if any) vegetables?"

There's a lot you're probably wondering about the Faroe Islan...
https://grapevine.is/travel/2024/12/18/a-first-timers-journey-to-the-faroe-islands/
December 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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In addition to being the person for whom Reykjavík's most photographed building is named, Hallgrímur Pétursson was also a pretty big deal in poetry circles. Now a collection of his secular poe...
https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/books/2024/12/20/the-tipsy-tittle-tattle-of-hallgrimur-petursson/
December 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Winter in Reykjavík can be downright miserable. First it snows, then it rains, then everything is a sheet of solid ice. Wash, rinse, repeat.

We compiled some tips for getting through it all.
https://grapevine.is/news/2024/12/23/do-shit-survive-icelandic-winter/
December 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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“We’re just best friends that meet up and have fun. Everything else is a bonus.” We recently caught up with punk outfit Tófa and you should, too.
https://grapevine.is/music/2024/12/16/getting-mauled-by-tofa/
December 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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In his latest series for the Grapevine, author and historian Valur Gunnarsson explores the Saga of the Greenlanders, starting with the bloody tale of Erik the Red.
https://grapevine.is/news/2024/12/14/how-to-get-away-with-murder-the-tale-of-erik-the-reds-discovery-of-greenland/
December 14, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Milkywhale became an instant fan favourite when the duo emerged in 2015. And it all started with a lie.
https://grapevine.is/music/2024/12/11/a-duet-of-dancers-milkywhale-on-music-mirrors-and-making-a-comeback/
December 14, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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Have you listened to Amor Vincit Omnia's debut EP "brb babe"? What are you waiting for? The duo was kind enough to walk us through the release, track by track.
https://grapevine.is/music/2024/12/13/track-by-track-brb-babe-by-amor-vincit-omnia/
December 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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It turns out being an election worker is good for democracy and for your bank account. Ahead of the Nov. 30 election, Iryna Zubenko caught up with Sverrir Páll Sverrisson to find out what the one-day gig entails.
https://grapevine.is/mag/2024/12/10/side-hustle-the-election-worker/
December 13, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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It's been 11 years since the Grapevine first invited Retro Stefson on a date. After pining for them all these years, Unnsteinn, Hermigervill and Logi Pedro agreed to a second date.

https://grapevine.is/music/2024/12/11/scoring-a-second-date-with-retro-stefson/
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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“Welcome to the Hollywood Bowl! Thank you for selling this show out!”

Laufey played the iconic venue back in August and director Sam Wrench was there to transfer all the musical magic to the silver screen. Iryna Zub...
https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2024/12/06/laufeys-dream-for-all-to-see/
December 6, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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In the eternal battle of fire versus water, water has once again claimed victory. Check out the latest on lava cooling efforts on the Reykjanes peninsula. https://grapevine.is/news/2024/11/28/lava-cooling-completed-gas-pollution-in-grindavik/
November 28, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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Icelanders will elect a new government on November 30, presenting an opportunity for Iceland's sizeable immigrant population to have their voices heard.

In an opinion article, Pao...
https://grapevine.is/mag/column-opinion/2024/11/25/opinion-immigrants-in-iceland-must-exercise-their-right-to-vote/
November 25, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Did you ventured off on any day trips while celebrating Iceland Airwaves this year? Whether you want to revel in FOMO or get a jump on planning for Airwaves 2025, here are some ideas.
https://grapevine.is/travel/2024/11/20/touching-moss/
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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As Austur-Indíafjelagið marks 30 years with a menu of its greatest hits, Shruthi Basappa spoke with Chandrika Gunnarsson about the restaurant's early days and the responsibility she feels to represen...
https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2024/11/19/three-decades-of-decadence-at-austur-indiafjelagid/
November 19, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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Mayor Einar Þorsteinsson lived out his wildest lumberjack fantasies in the name of bringing more Christmas cheer to Reykjavík. Here's everything you've been dying to know about this year' Oslo Tree.
https://grapevine.is/news/2024/11/18/reykjaviks-oslo-tree-felled-in-heidmork/
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 PM