English words regularly make inroads into the Icelandic language, loan words like “basically” and even unwieldy (but useful) ...

Then you’ll fly back into the wind, an Icelander now. You’ll walk up to the first coffee counter in Keflavík and say góðan ...

We’ve got a list of our favourite 80 Icelandic releases of 2026 so far, and we’re doing our best to write them up. We’ll get ...

During nearly 14 years of birding, I’ve heard conversations that would sound completely deranged to anyone passing by.

As we noted in last issue’s feature, Vesturbær was Iceland’s first planned suburb, complete with a pool and a market with ...

A short ferry ride from Reykjavík carries you across a stretch of water to an island that feels surprisingly distant from the ...

Matthías Harðarson was recently appointed Organist at Reykjavík Cathedral. Matthías began his musical studies at the age of 10, at the Music School of Vestmannaeyjar. His teachers there were Gíslína ...

Activities Reykjavík is one of the smallest capital cities in Europe, if not the whole world. Yet there is a lot to do and ...

Magnús Þór Jónsson, the poet and singer who went by the name Megas, died July 6, 2026, at 81 years old. Megas has an ...

Einar Stef, Hugleikur Dagsson, and The Reykjavík Grapevine combine forces to provide cultural tourism with the Icebreaker App ...

Concerts are advertised beneath the midnight sun, communities organise midsummer gatherings, solstice events are promoted and ...