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Extensive road construction around Hornafjörður, East Iceland, will be completed before the New Year. This will shorten the Ring Road by 12 kilometres, reports RÚV.
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.
According to RÚV, the woman arrived to Iceland with her husband and one-year-old child in 2024. Due to the family’s stop in Croatia before entering Iceland, the case is treated on the grounds of the ...
Iceland received generally positive marks in the newly released OECD economic report, presented on June 26. The report places particular emphasis on education, energy issues, and reforms to the ...
The public artwork Partnership (Samband), which is on display on Sæbraut near Höfði in Reykjavík, has been vandalised in an “act of political motivation”, reports Vísir.
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.
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has upheld a decision by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) to fine a sheep farmer in Grindavík 240.000 ISK (approx. 2.000 USD; 1.700 ...
Many trees that had leafed out during the warm May weather were badly affected by the cold spell at the beginning of June, reports RÚV. The leaves facing north have now withered, while those in ...
Italians are not known for their generosity with the world’s freewheeling ways when it comes to their cuisine. Publish a recipe, open a restaurant or even so much as attempt throwing spaghetti at the ...
Is now the time for experimental bans? On June 17th, a man in Reykjavík was charged with disrespecting our flag — yes sir, the flag of the Republic of Iceland, our beloved fatherland. He had put the ...
The Reykjanes District Court sentenced Sigurður Fannar Þórsson to 16 years in prison for murdering his 10-year-old daughter in September 2024.
My tour group consists of an Icelandic-Brazilian couple and six American tourists. We meet horticulturist Svavar Skúli Jónsson, who offers that he can curate our tour if there are any particular ...