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.

Exploring BDSM in Iceland and how it fits into the larger queer community What is BDSM? Typically considered sexual preferences and practices that include elements of control, submission or pain, it ...

Born from Björk’s album Utopia and growing to embrace her next, Fossora, the tour lasted five years and involved a massive amount of technical preparation: bespoke instruments, a 360-degree sound ...

Björk’s new album, ‘Fossora’ is her first in five years—the longest period of time she has gone without releasing an album since her first solo record, ‘Debut’. It has also come out at a time of stark ...

Meet four Icelanders changing the face of arts and culture The past 30 years have brought about the biggest demographic shift in Iceland since disgruntled Norwegian pagans settled here more than 1000 ...

A special relationship The historic relationship between Iceland and the United States has long been defined by strategic necessity, mutual benefit and occasional tension. Situated at the crossroads ...

Götubitahátíð 2024: Street Food Festival Fri July 19 – Sun 21 | Hljómskálagarður | free Some time ago, a member of team Grapevine upon their return from NYC, noted that Reykjavík is not a city ...

The Kalmar Union Survives The Nordic Countries had previously been united in the Kalmar Union in 1397 under Queen Margaret I of Denmark. This was ruled from Copenhagen until 1523 when Sweden, which ...

The next day, I headed out on a glacier hike and got to witness the changing beauty of glaciers firsthand. It’s not my first time hiking on Falljökull, an outlet of the Vatnajökull ice cap, and it ...