Three Days In Ilulissat
“What are all these people doing here?” a guy asked his mate in the fourth row. “Beats me,”…
Eurovision Turns Icelanders Into Monsters
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson is off to Malmö to represent Iceland in the annual Eurovision Song Contest. He will…
Editorial: Whoops-a-daisy, I Fell Down!
You’ve probably noticed it too. Icelanders who go downtown after midnight on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night…
Editorial: Iceland’s Search And Rescue Team Is Coming For Your DNA
I was flipping through Fréttablaðið on Wednesday morning when a particular article plus two full-page ads caught my…
What Brings Face Hunter To Town?
Yvan Rodic hasn’t been in the same place for more than two weeks in the last five years….
Your Band Is Called What Now?
There are 220 bands playing Iceland Airwaves this year. That’s a lot of bands to keep track of….
Editorial: How’s This For A Media Circus?
It has been one seriously eventful week for Icelandic media. In case you haven’t heard, I’m going to…
Réttir: No Sheep Left Behind!
Come end of September, the days grow noticeably shorter, the grass turns yellow, and it’s time to bring…
Editorial: The Situation
Unlike most of Europe, Iceland escaped the ravages of World War II. With the exception of Hitler’s girlfriend,…
Into the Abyss
“It’s a good thing you’re going underground,” our bus driver calls out as his windshield wipers work furiously…
East Greenland Frozen In Time
A rocky mass jutting out of an ocean full of icebergs revealed itself below the clouds as our…
Lighting A Fire Under The Orchestra
After an exhilarating performance of Giacinto Scelsi’s ‘Hymnos,’ the conductor turns to the audience and tells us that…
Entrepreneurs: Iceland’s New Rock Stars?
Haukur Guðjónsson has just finished painting his office bright red, the colour of his company logo. That is,…
Do Icelanders Need More Ayn Rand In Their Lives?
As Iceland struggles to emerge from an economic depression brought on in part by lax government regulation, Professor…
Customs Is Cracking Down
Bring up the Directorate of Customs in Iceland and you’re liable to unleash a host of emotions ranging…
The Scandinavian Club
There’s really no question that Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are Scandinavian countries. But when it comes to Iceland,…
Editorial: A True Icelandic Christmas Story
As I thought about what to write in this space, the typical things came to mind—reflections on 2012,…
Doing Time In Iceland
Given that the comedian Doug Stanhope has a gig at Iceland’s maximum-security prison (read this interview with him)…
E-Democracy Takes Off In Reykjavík
In the midst of heated protests following Iceland’s economic collapse in October 2008, two Icelandic programmers started dreaming…
The Yuletide Lads Rise To Christmas Stardom
In Iceland, Santa Claus doesn’t live on the North Pole. He doesn’t come to town on a sleigh…
Life in Iceland’s Capital Marches On…
Since the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted three days ago, an ominous cloud has formed above the glacier, a blanket…
Snorkelling In Long Underwear And Thick Socks
School’s out, work’s off and Spring Break has finally arrived. Like countless others with the same ideas of…