A resident of Bolungarvík ordered a dollhouse from a toy store in Reykjavík, but was asked to pay over 20.000 ISK for shipping, reports Vísir. He says this amounts to a hidden countryside tax, since a ...

Lucky for you, this Word Of The Issue focuses on some of the many ways Icelandic has for saying “one moment.” Why do they need so many ways of saying this? Maybe it’s that þetta reddast mentality, ...

“Sorry, we’ve been soundchecking,” says musician and composer Sindri Már Sigfússon, perhaps better known as Sin Fang, as he greets me at the door of his ...

At this very moment, a German tourist is hiking alone at the foot of Vatnajökull and livestreaming his journey on the Twitch platform, reports mbl.is. Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue ...

Vesturbæjarlaug was closed for two months this summer as they underwent extensive renovations and repairs, and the pool reopened on July 19. However, on August 18, around 20:00, the pool closed its ...

This issue, we reached out to some friends of the Grapevine to ask a simple question: where is Icelandic culture in 2025? Here are some of the responses. “The past few years I’ve been living in Oslo, ...

I’ve heard many describe Menningarnótt as the final day of summer, and, despite what the calendar says, I’d say that’s a spot-on assessment. But it’s also the epitome of the Icelandic summer: ...

What is the Reykjavik Grapevine? Your essential guide to life, travel and entertainment in Iceland. The Reykavík Grapevine is Iceland's biggest, best and most widely read English-language publication.

This year, applications for student visas in Iceland were up by 40% from 2024, according to the Directorate of Immigration (Útlendingastofnun). The Grapevine has been contacted by phone and email ...

On September 1, Vísir reported that the Michelin restaurant Brút and café Kaffi Ó-le have been closed. The two businesses were managed together. Chef and owner Ragnar Eiríksson confirmed the closing ...

Coming from a culture where a vegetable market is never more than a few streets away — where summers burst with fresh produce and flowers, and walking past a street market at the end of the day can ...

For a country of its size, Iceland boasts quite a few film festivals, perhaps even the highest number of film festivals per capita. A brand-new festival, the Icelandic Queer Film Festival, is about to ...