The Reykjavík Grapevine

11/10/2025

What's in the shopping bag of stylist and Wasteland Reykjavík owner Rakel Unnur Thorlacius?

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10/10/2025

Recently announced performer wants to tell you about three new tracks you should listen to:

🥂“Botnlaus bröns & búbblur” by
🌊 “Oceanic Mirror” by
💌 “I love you” by

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10/10/2025

Happy Friday! Not sure what to do this weekend? We've got you covered!

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10/10/2025

Today marks the beginning of the biennial art festival Sequences. In their twelfth iteration, themed Pása/Pause, curator Daría Sól Andrews presents a festival centred on slow art.

"I started thinking about time, and slowness, and slowing down. That felt quite relevant to our current state of the world," she explains. With exhibitions and events sprawling across The Living Art Museum, Kling & Bang, The Nordic House, Ásmundarsalur, the National Gallery of Iceland, the Reykjavík Art Museum, and Hvammsvík Nature Resort, this festival is not to be missed.

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10/10/2025

On October 24, 1975, 90 percent of Icelandic women went on strike from paid and unpaid work — a day that stopped the country. Today, Iceland leads international gender-equality rankings, but there is still work to be done.

In our newest cover feature, Iryna Zubenko looks back at the 1975 strike and the progress that has been made since.

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09/10/2025

Grapevine’s crossword creators, and , here 👀 Announcing the winner of last issue’s crossword raffle before the new issue hits the streets tomorrow! Last crossword, we did a shout out to some of the local galleries. Have you guessed which? 👀

If you haven’t tried our crossword yet, give it a go — you could win a free hot dog and soda from our friends next door at

08/10/2025

Björk expressed her support for Magga Stína, who was kidnapped by the Israeli Army in international waters.

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07/10/2025

This issue, we reached out to some friends of the Grapevine to ask a question that's been in the news lately: should summer breaks for elementary schools be shorter? Here are some of the responses.

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06/10/2025

"When a festival has a quirkiness through it, there's this chance of experiencing something totally unique and exciting. And State of the Art has that potential."

State of the Art begins tomorrow, and opens with the Singer-Songwriter Relay. Writer Ish Sveinsson Houle spoke to some of the participants — such as Mugison, who is quoted above — as they were preparing their new works for the event.

The festival runs from October 7 to 12, with many events in various unconventional venues around town.

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05/10/2025

There's a lot to see, do and eat in Akureyri. Here's what Shruthi Basappa got up to on her visit last summer:

What happens when you send a food writer to write a travel piece in Akureyri? A whole lot of noshing between cultural activities in Iceland's north.

04/10/2025

"We wanted it to be a storytelling show in a way. The objective was never for people to know my story when they walk out."

Catch Juliette Louste's autobiographical show "Flækt" tonight at Tjarnarbíó.

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04/10/2025

Jón Trausti Sigurðarson on Hlemmur's trip from the periphery to the centre.

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