The board of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association (SAF) has expressed serious concern about the damaging effects of the planned indefinite strike by Icelandair aircraft mechanics.

A total of 90 fin whales have been caught so far this whaling season. The two whaling vessels, Hvalur 8 and Hvalur 9, headed back out to sea the night before last after spending the previous two days docked in Hvalfjörður, Kristján Loftsson, CE...

Police are investigating an incident in which a KR swimming coach attacked a Grótta swimming coach two days ago. The victim required medical treatment for injuries at an emergency department.

There is unnecessary secrecy surrounding the PISA results of individual schools, according to Jón Pétur Zimsen, an MP for the Independence Party and first vice-chairman of Parliament’s General Affairs and Education Committee. Schools and munic...

The former headquarters of Iceland’s Social Insurance Administration at Laugavegur 114 has certainly taken on a new role, with a diverse group of artists and designers now celebrating creativity within its walls.

Solo travelers to a foreign land often ponder their future, or escape a relationship. Sometimes horny Gen-Zers and Millennials revel in online dating’s anonymity to indulge in one-night stand/s.    Anorgasmia: All the Things We Do to Survive ...

You know the rules. Name that sheep. Tell us the name of this specific sheep. Email us at sheep@grapevine.is. If you get the right name, and you’re in Iceland, you win a hot dog, made in part with sheep. One guess per email address please. Not in I...

Every creator, publisher, writer and musician over 30 seemed present at a packed Háskólabíó to watch composer, keyboardist, jazz musician, classicist, beat maker, film scorer, and master producer Magnús Jóhann celebrate his 30th birthday. This ...

In 1995 I was turning 17 and had plans to attend Þjóðhátíð í Eyjum – a notoriously boozy outdoor festival in Vestmannaeyjar – with two of my friends. Plans which my mother disapproved of. However, at the time, people turned legally compete...

Reykjavík locals love to complain about how tourism has taken over downtown, with puffin shops replacing stores of actual utility, but the truth is, it isn’t all bad. The tourism industry has brought us a thriving restaurant scene, and some of the...