“Ooof!” I let out a loud sigh as the first iteration of the Reykjavík International Film Festival programme lands in my hands. At a mere 112 pages, navigating the festival’s schedule feels like trying ...

According to the UN’s 2024 World Happiness Report Iceland is the third happiest country in the world. It has maintained that rank for three consecutive years. The score is calculated, according to the ...

From the fine aromas of Fischer, to earthy scents of up-and-coming perfumier Ilmur og Sjor, to the pungent reek of a freshly opened bag of hardfiskur, this week’s shopping bag is particularly whiffy.

They say that you’re a New Yorker once you lived there long enough to remember what was in that spot before the new business opened there. The same thing won’t make you a Reykjavík local — it will ...

Welcome to The Edda or Whatever, where I’m spilling the tea on Norse mythology. We’re breaking down the Prose Edda, a Medieval Icelandic textbook that also low-key recaps most of what we know about ...

Back in 2020 a group of pole dance students and instructors came together with a newly awakened thirst for performance. The resulting troupe performs pole arts and dance live on stage, using the pole, ...

This week we were graced with not a day, but a whole streak of sunny weather. With temperatures continuing to drop, and the news that venomous spiders might be swarming through Grafarvogur, you could ...

What you are looking at here is Pósthustræti 2 — one of the relatively few buildings in Reykjavík that has simply stood, more or less unaltered, since 1919. The building was designed by Iceland’s ...

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.

Dear Grapevine reader, there’s a new issue of your favourite magazine out on the streets of Reykjavík today. The issue’s cover feature profiles the quiet yet massive success of Reykjavík-based label, ...

On Monday, September 16, police in South Iceland initiated a search for Illes Benedek Incze, a Vík resident last seen in the town at 3am on Monday morning. Landsbjörg search and rescue teams were ...

Before I start sharing my story, I would like to tell you about a very different girl. She comes from a very small, underdeveloped city in a developing country. It’s a city that’s so small, 99% of ...