The Reykjavík Grapevine

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

"When I founded this magazine in 2003, I didn't think we'd make it through the first year. After I left it in 2009, I ne...
16/08/2025

"When I founded this magazine in 2003, I didn't think we'd make it through the first year. After I left it in 2009, I never thought I'd return to it again."

Read Jón Trausti Sigurðarson's publisher's note via the link in the first comment.

Hugi Kjartansson, Stirnir Kjartansson, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir, and Eyrún Úa organise "Feluleikur" (Icelandic for hide an...
16/08/2025

Hugi Kjartansson, Stirnir Kjartansson, Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir, and Eyrún Úa organise "Feluleikur" (Icelandic for hide and seek), a series bringing music and art to unexpected spots around the capital region to help combat the ever-increasing venue shortage in Reykjavík.

Feluleikur #5 takes place on Sunday, August 17, at 20:00, featuring artists Salóme Katrín, Iðunn Einars, Stirnir & Lindy, and the MÚKK collective.

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Just in time for a new semester, the University of Iceland (HÍ) will introduce parking fees on campus, starting August 1...
15/08/2025

Just in time for a new semester, the University of Iceland (HÍ) will introduce parking fees on campus, starting August 18, 2025. The decision comes as part of efforts to "improve traffic flow and environmental impact."

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The City of Reykjavík and the owners of Götubiti ehf. have signed an agreement for the operation of Kolaportið for the n...
15/08/2025

The City of Reykjavík and the owners of Götubiti ehf. have signed an agreement for the operation of Kolaportið for the next five years.

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We're hiding in the Grapevine office from the rain at the moment — god, this is awful. Our editor's kid nearly got struc...
15/08/2025

We're hiding in the Grapevine office from the rain at the moment — god, this is awful. Our editor's kid nearly got struck by lightning, and two of us are hoping we can get a ride to our staff party later (or hey, if anyone can drive us to Laugardalur around 17:00 tonight).

But, nevertheless, there are still events. Events we will go to.

🔗 Click the link in the first comment for more.

Reynisfjara – the black sand beach – in the south of Iceland, saw almost half a million visitors last year. Just 25 year...
15/08/2025

Reynisfjara – the black sand beach – in the south of Iceland, saw almost half a million visitors last year. Just 25 years ago, it was just a beach, hardly visited. Now, there is a large parking area, a cafeteria and other facilities. The locals know its dangers: sneaker waves, heavy undertow. To visitors, it just looks like another beach. In the past decade, six tourists have drowned there. On August 2, tragedy struck again when a 9-year-old girl was pulled out to sea and drowned. This has, finally, prompted the Icelandic authorities to act.

Bart Cameron tries to understand what happened at Reynisjara via the link in the first comment.

Photo: Art Bicnick

Seminal electronic duo Autechre spoke with writer Ish Sveinsson Houle ahead of their performance in Harpa on Friday. In ...
13/08/2025

Seminal electronic duo Autechre spoke with writer Ish Sveinsson Houle ahead of their performance in Harpa on Friday. In this wide-ranging conversation, the duo discussed their thoughts on modern streaming services, why they perform in total darkness, and the time they performed at an Icelandic secondary school in 1999.

Read more via the link in the first comment, and tickets are still available on https://tix.is/event/19048/autechre

Photo by Morgunblaðið/Jón Svavarsson

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"N***s are funny, until they are not." In his latest opinion piece, Valur Gunnarsson responds to Skjöldur Íslands, a vig...
13/08/2025

"N***s are funny, until they are not." In his latest opinion piece, Valur Gunnarsson responds to Skjöldur Íslands, a vigilante group claiming to be fed up with the lack of government action toward asylum seekers.

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"For a town of 2,000 people to suddenly have a luxury spa on their doorstep is surely a good thing."Countering our contr...
12/08/2025

"For a town of 2,000 people to suddenly have a luxury spa on their doorstep is surely a good thing."

Countering our contributor's municipal-pool purism, John Rogers makes the case for enjoying the benefits of newer, pool-inspired lagoons and spas.

What team are you on — public pool or fancy spa?

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In July this year, 302,000 foreign passengers passed through Keflavík Airport, according to new figures from the Iceland...
12/08/2025

In July this year, 302,000 foreign passengers passed through Keflavík Airport, according to new figures from the Icelandic Tourist Board. Three out of every 10 foreign travellers came from the United States.

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"More often than not, the sublime vistas Iceland has to offer unfortunately come with a few too many selfie sticks."Ciar...
12/08/2025

"More often than not, the sublime vistas Iceland has to offer unfortunately come with a few too many selfie sticks."

Ciarán Daly tries to escape the crowds in Ásbyrgi.

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A few years back, our writer watched Jón Karl Helgason’s “Sundlaugasögur,” a documentary on Iceland’s bathing culture, ...
11/08/2025

A few years back, our writer watched Jón Karl Helgason’s “Sundlaugasögur,” a documentary on Iceland’s bathing culture, and set her sights on Krossneslaug — a pool on the edge of the world, in one of the furthest corners of Strandir. This summer, she finally made it.

Read the full story and find out what else she got up to in the area via the link in in the first comment.

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