The orca that stranded earlier this week in Grafarvogur has been euthanised, reports RÚV. After swimming back out to sea on Wednesday, it stranded again today at Kjalarnes. According to MAST’s Chief ...

An old Douglas Dakota aircraft, purchased this March by the landowners of Sólheimasandur from the Icelandic DC-3 Friends Association, was transported last night from Keflavík Airport to rural South ...

A potential disaster was narrowly avoided when a training aircraft lost its nose wheel over Austurvöllur while approaching Reykjavík Airport. The wheel landed in front of the Alþingi building. No one ...

An orca washed ashore near the golf course by Korpúlfsstaðir in Grafarvogur last night, reports RÚV. Davíð Friðjónsson, a shift supervisor with the Capital Area Fire Department, said the outgoing tide ...

Well, it wasn’t Sigur Rós. There were some international acts, such as AXMO and the Australian DJ Timmy Trumpet, but the bulk of the entertainment, which lasted from 17:00 on Saturday to just after ...

Making the rounds every so often is a list of 37 Icelandic terms for different levels of drunk you can be. There’s góðglaður (a good-happy level of drunk), hestfær (horse able, meaning you can still ...

Issue 7, 2025 of The Reykjavík Grapevine. In this issue we discuss the Icelandic summer, the songs that go with the Icelandic summer, we tel you about Petra’s collection of stones, discuss the word ...

To accompany our attempt to capture the sometimes harsh, sometimes magical vibes of Icelandic summer, we’ve compiled the following playlist in collaboration with Iceland Music. It combines classic ...

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.

A severe cold spell affecting Iceland has brought winter-like conditions to most parts of the country. On the evening of Monday, June 2, the Icelandic Met Office announced an orange weather warning ...

In the TV programme Silfrið, aired by RÚV on June 2, Minister of Judicial Affairs Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir admitted to have concerns about growing hate speech towards immigrants. The remarks ...

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.