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9.2.2010

Iceland Tops Environmental Index

Iceland tops the list of the world's most environmentallly friendly countries, according to a joint study from Columbia and Yale universities.

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8.2.2010

Iceland And Its Founding Myths: Isolation or openness

The founding myth of Iceland goes something like this: A bunch of hardy people from the West coast of Norway escaped the terror—and high taxes—of a king called Harald the Fairhaired.

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The sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson was a 20th century man shaped by the 19th century. He took on various subjects in his art; at times looking ... More »
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The Reykjavik Grand Excursion is a detailed and comprehensive introduction to Reykjavik's past and present. During this tour Reykjavik’s main attractions are highlighted on foot ... More »
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5.2.2010

Adrenaline Surges At 3 PM

It was that time again, the time of a big handball feast. Whatever it’s called — European Championship, World Cup, Olympics — ever since the Iceland’s national handball team brought the silver medal back from Beijing in 2008...
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Editorial and Columns:

5.2.2010

You Can Call Me Mr. President!

You remember our last issue, right? The one where we tried to give some sort of account of what went down in Iceland in 2009 by asking a bunch of folks to contribute their thoughts. And among the group of dudes commenting on THE SITUATION, there was but a single female contributor?
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Dining

Glætan
- Cafe
Glætan is a great café with a domestic feel .
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Saffran
1000-1500 - Indian
Wowohmygawdthatwasf’ingincredible! The food was so superbly prepared and shockingly delicious that I feared my words would not do it justice. More »
Dill Restaurant
3500-5000 - Icelandic
Pioneering New Nordic Kitchen style cuisine in Iceland, Dill Restaurant recently and has very quickly gained status as a Reykjavík favourite. More »

Food

8.2.2010

Skólavörðu-stígur Shuffle

Noodle bars have taken over Skólavörðustigur, with Núðluskálin and the Noodle Station setting up shop within spitting distance of each other in recent months.

Art & Films

8.2.2010

Making Little Guys Accessible In A Small Country

Icelanders like to brag about per capita records. Most published books in the world, most coffee consumed, highest suicide rates, rah rah rah...

Travel

8.2.2010

Scary Adventures On A Glacier

As most Icelandic adventures, this one starts at eight-thirty in the morning at Reykjavík’s central bus terminal, BSÍ. Grapevine’s photographer and I are there to embark upon Reykjavík Excursions Glacier Adventure, which entails riding snowmobiles around the Mýrdalsjökull glacier.

Music

8.2.2010

The Foghorns: A Diamond As Big As The Motel 6 (2009)

The boy Bart Cameron and friends return with an album that manages to simultaneously inhabit a Midwestern, dusty landscape and poke the genre with sticks til it twitches and grunts with irritation.
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