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On June 18, one person was transported to a hospital when a car collided into the side of a bus at the intersection between Hverfisgata and Klapparstígur in Reykjavík, RÚV reports. Bus number 2 was ...

On June 18, representatives of the Reykjavík City Council majority agreed to make Austurstræti and Veltusund permanent pedestrian streets, Vísir reports.

Two ash heaps and traces of the old Laugavegur road have been uncovered during archaeological monitoring at Hlemmur Square in Reykjavík, reports RÚV. The discovery sheds new light on urban life in the ...

As of June 2025, six homicides have been reported in five separate police cases. In 2024, homicides reached a record number of eight, RÚV reports. With the latest reports of a double homicide at the ...

An old Douglas Dakota aircraft, purchased this March by the landowners of Sólheimasandur from the Icelandic DC-3 Friends Association, was transported last night from Keflavík Airport to rural South ...

The orca that stranded earlier this week in Grafarvogur has been euthanised, reports RÚV. After swimming back out to sea on Wednesday, it stranded again today at Kjalarnes. According to MAST’s Chief ...

Even though the weather in the first week of June has tried its best to make us forget it, summer is finally here. For another three weeks, the days will continue to get longer until it will ...

Issue 7, 2025 of The Reykjavík Grapevine. In this issue we discuss the Icelandic summer, the songs that go with the Icelandic summer, we tel you about Petra’s collection of stones, discuss the word ...

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.

Before we left our stinky turfhouses (some as late as the 1960s), winters were a time of quiet consolation when us farmers and fishermen stayed indoors. Ideally, everyone had worked their asses off ...

To accompany our attempt to capture the sometimes harsh, sometimes magical vibes of Icelandic summer, we’ve compiled the following playlist in collaboration with Iceland Music. It combines classic ...