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.

On May 26, a small airplane conducted an emergency landing on Suðurlandsvegur, east of Hólmsheiði. The plane had stopped at Reykjavík airport before its journey to Britain, according to deputy police ...

Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir is returning to Alþingi today, after having been on leave since resigning as Minister of Children and Education on March 23. Her resignation was submitted following reports ...

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.

When explaining why the Icelandic language has remained somewhat unaltered for a millennium it is often said that it is because that for centuries, Icelanders had nothing new to talk about because ...

On May 19, a new walkway was installed over Sæbraut by Súðavogur and Kleppsmýrarvegur. The 28-metre long bridge is meant for pedestrians and cyclists crossing over the road, and is supposed to improve ...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir believes that Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest should be scrutinised, RÚV reports. According to Þorgerður’s claim, the ...

Welcome to our revival of Pylsuspjall, a Grapevine feature in which we accost strangers at the Bæjarins Beztu hot dog stand and ask them questions. This time we hit the town late on a Saturday night, ...

A dog died of heatstroke in the capital area on Saturday, May 17, while another was taken to an animal hospital in critical condition, reports Vísir, citing the post by the volunteer organisation ...

“Why frogs? That’s easy,” says Halldór Heiðberg, smiling broadly. “I lived in Sweden as a kid, and I used to collect frogs from the backyard and bring them into the house. My mom would be so mad. I’ve ...

On May 8, white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of a new Pope. Icelandic has its own spelling of the word Pope, páfi, which, like its English ...

Far off the beaten path, in a valley caressed by rolling hills, right at the lip of Iceland’s second-largest glacier Langjökull, you will find a little forest and a little forest clearing. In that ...