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On November 4, airline company Icelandair laid off 38 employees, Vísir reports. The majority were employed at the company’s office, Vísir’s sources claim. Despite its competitor Fly Play announcing ...

The Capital Area Police have issued a statement urging everyone to seek shelter before 15:00, on Tuesday October 28. An orange weather warning has been announced by the Icelandic Met Office during ...

There are guides and there are guides. Longevity sets us apart and for 20-plus-years we have dined, wined, ordered takeaways and visited spots once, twice, a dozen times in our quest to find the ...

There are guides and there are guides. Longevity sets us apart and for 20-plus-years we have dined, wined, ordered takeaways and visited spots once, twice, a dozen times in our quest to find the ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the ...

This issue, we reached out to some friends of the Grapevine to ask one question: in the 50 years since the first women’s march, what has changed? Here are some of the responses. “Well, women are now a ...

On October 19, celebrated cartoonist and comedian Hugleikur Dagsson announced that he’d been “kicked out of Meta”. According to Hugleikur, the reason for his expulsion off Meta channels Facebook and ...

Usually in The Haul, we give you a peek into our shopping bag (or the shopping bag of someone far more interesting than us). This time, instead of diving into the capitalist frenzy, and to continue ...

Air traffic controllers are planning to go on strike on Sunday, unless circumstances change. The work stoppage is scheduled to run from 22:00 on Sunday, October 19, until 03:00 on Monday, October 20, ...

Self-described fuzz-folk troupe Woolly Kind, spearheaded by local musician Einar Karl Pétursson, released its first — and perhaps last — album on September 26. Right after its release and subsequent ...

In the past year, the elusive and provocative collective Spider Network has thrown several festivals with thrilling lineups, all focused on platforming noise music. In the first weekend of October, ...