On March 21, members of HAM and Apparat Organ Quartet join forces as Iceland’s newest supergroup: HAMPARAT. When two cult collectives unite, the effect might be akin to a suddenly occurring natural ...
As reported by RÚV, the government has appointed a task force to prepare financing for the Sundabraut highway project. The program has been in the works for years and is set to be the single largest ...
Jelena Ciric has been a definitive namestay in Reykjavík’s folk scene for years. In February, she released her first follow-up to her critically-acclaimed EP Shelters Two, the wonderfully crafted ...
On March 11, the police arrested eight people suspected of killing a man. The victim, who was in his 60s, was discovered in Reykjavík’s Grafarvogur neighbourhood and transported to hospital, where he ...
The new Mayor of Reykjavík, Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, is still employed as the chairperson of the Icelandic Association of Local Authorities (SÍS). According to Vísir, she has not decided whether ...
Visitors to Iceland will soon be able to observe seals in their natural habitat without disturbing them — through virtual reality, reports RÚV. The Icelandic Seal Centre is developing a VR ...
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On March 13, the government published a drafted bill to limit short-term rentals exclusively to individuals’ legal residences. With the bill, the government aims to better ensure equilibrium in the ...
The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist ...
An eruption on the Sundhnúkur crater row could begin within three days, according to a volcanologist, reports RÚV. Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson believes the earthquake swarm that started near ...
Örnefnanefnd (the Committee for Toponyms) has instructed the City of Reykjavík to rename the streets Bjargargata and Bjarkargata, RÚV reports. The committee reasoned that the street names are too ...
When this magazine finds its way into the shops, cafés and cultural institutions of Reykjavík, it will have been a mere 46 days since the inauguration of President of the United States of America ...