Vesturbæjarlaug was closed for two months this summer as they underwent extensive renovations and repairs, and the pool reopened on July 19. However, on August 18, around 20:00, the pool closed its ...

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 editor ...

On the afternoon of Monday, August 18, an earthquake measuring the magnitude of 3.8 was recorded in Brennisteinsfjöll, an active volcano zone approximately 20 kilometres south of the capital area. The ...

Fishing rights are among the country’s most valuable and contested resources, and the quota system that governs them remains deeply controversial. Introduced in 1984 following emergency measures from ...

Western Chinese food has soared in popularity in recent years. From the numbing heat of Sichuan pepper and fiery Dan Dan noodles, to wide, hand-stretched biangbiang noodles and steaming hot pot, ...

Western Chinese food has soared in popularity in recent years. From the numbing heat of Sichuan pepper and fiery Dan Dan noodles, to wide, hand-stretched biangbiang noodles and steaming hot pot, ...

For 1,000 years, Iceland has given its own names to various places and geographic locations. Some of these names have stuck. In most cases, they are Icelandic renditions of place names — such as ...

Sara Bjarney Ólafsdóttir and her partner got a very unwelcome guest in their home last night, when a huge rat had come up into their bed, reports Vísir. “My partner just woke me in the night, and told ...

The Icelandic film When The Light Breaks, directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, is one of seven films nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Film Prize. The film was selected as the best movie of the year at ...

This issue, we reached out to some friends of the Grapevine to ask a simple question: where is Icelandic culture in 2025? Here are some of the responses.

Make money fast in true Icelandic fashion Money is a lot of things. Sometimes it’s no object. More often it is. It makes the world go round and it’s also the sinews of war, whatever that means. But ...

An ATM was stolen in its entirety in Mosfellsbær last night, reports Vísir. The thieves used a digger to carry out the act. The ATM was taken from an Íslandsbanki branch located by the Mosfellsbær ...