The San Francisco transplant has called Iceland home for more than six years now and has, like many immigrants who move for the love of Iceland, never really lived in Reykjavík.   “As a graphic ...

The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist ...

After the results of the country’s largest national grant for visual artists — Listamannalaun (the Artist Salary) — were announced, a discussion sparked on social media among artists who had not ...

For the first time, police used a taser during an operation involving an armed individual who they say was exhibiting threatening behaviour, reports RÚV. According to a statement, the police and the ...

On December 21, the leaders of the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylking), Liberal Reform Party (Viðreisn) and the People’s Party (Flokkur Fólksins) presented the makeup of their coalition government ...

For some, Christmas isn’t complete without snow, but for me there’s no festive season without a Christmas tree. In my quest to find an authentic, Iceland-grown Christmas tree, I reached out to ...

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 ...

Among the previous winners of Kraumur throughout the years are Ásgeir, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, Elín Hall, GDRN, Hildur GUðnadóttir, JFDR, Kælan Mikla, and more. The panel of judges consisted of people ...

Woooooho! We’re almost done with this year. Here’s the last batch of Reykjavík events, before we say “bless bless” to 2024. There are always more events at events.grapevine.is. Got an event? Add it to ...

A new town is set to be built in Fljótsdalshérað in East Iceland, RÚV reports. The first building lots are scheduled to be allotted early next year, with construction starting in the summer of 2025.

You know the Sagas. They’re about Icelanders, right? Well, there’s also the Grænlendinga saga (the Saga of the Greenlanders), which tells the tales of the Viking settlement of — you guessed it — ...

The lack of daycare availability in Reykjavík has led to two private companies establishing their own daycare centres for children of employees. In November, 2024, Arion Bank announced the ...