…from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. Led Zeppelin screamed these words and unknowingly became the first “Friends of Iceland”.
If you’re famous, have been to Iceland once, and have said anything positive about the country, you are qualified to be an Íslandsvinur - A Friend of Iceland.
This honour is probably bestowed because we feel small in a global […]
Unlike Prince, Björk actually has a last name -Guðmundsdóttir. But she’s not related to the Guðmundsdóttir who sold you your coffee or the one at your hotel desk. It’s just that their dads have the same first name. Get it?
In its strictest form, Iceland’s naming tradition is pretty straightforward. The surname is determined by taking the father’s first name, adding “son” to the end if it’s a […]
Almost as complicated as it sounds…
Head downtown on a Tuesday night looking for some of that infamous Icelandic party spirit, and you will surely be disappointed. Not a broken bottle or twenty-meter queue in sight.
You see, most locals would consider going out during the week to be a complete waste of time, as they can’t stay up until 5am and spend the next day […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your sweaty fit editors.
The warm-up for the weekend takes place on Thursday at the Breakbeat Night at Pravda. Oommph oommph oommph.
If you’re more of the sober and indie kind-of-person, the youth culture centre Hitt Húsið, almost across the street from Pravda, is having […]
2 February 2007 – 18:30
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Warning: diving in Silfra will give you several moments of clarity.
Iceland may not be the first country to enter your mind when you think about snorkeling or scuba diving — as we’re sure you do, like, all the time. It’s cold and the underwater life hardly rates high on the Attenborough-scale.
Still, there are some remarkable […]
A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, as prepared by your family friendly editors
Wake up early Friday morning, since this will be the last day to see the McNaught Comet, visible between the horizon and the moon around twilight.
Too fab to just call it a sale, the concept/design store Kron Kron is […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your cosmopolitan editors.
Tonight, synchronize your watches as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, complete with two male-choirs and one heroic bass, plays enough Wagner to make you want to invade Poland.
Balance the hormones Friday night at Café Cultura, where voluptious Icelandic women engage in Arabic […]
23 November 2006 – 15:16
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Posted in iceland, drummers, 101, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic bands, concerts, Iceland Dance Company, Reykjavík City Theatre, nasa, Christmas in Iceland, hafnarfjörður
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A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your sweet, yet sassy, editors.
For all you lovers of that big church on the hill, this weekend there are 20 years since it was opened. Photographs of the church throughout its 50+ year building process are on display. Nearer my God, to thee.
Thursday […]
16 November 2006 – 14:38
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Iceland wakes up again.
Starting this Friday, the Young Art Festival, organized by Hitt Húsið, a cultural centre for “young people.” (Well, 17-25 year-olds. After that you’re old, apparently.) The first night, at Tjarnarbíó, is dedicated to students of The Icelandic Academy of Arts, and the fun starts at nine. Watch out for the street performers.
Later […]
2 November 2006 – 13:07
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Everything you always wanted to know about your first 45 minutes in Iceland.
Being a part of the international jet set is so hard.
Especially since that weekend in Berlin, after which our bosses at Iceland Express closed our expense account, and we keep finding ourselves onboard the Flybus all the time. (Farewell, sweet limo drivers!)
Still, listening […]
Official Hangover Day.
Thankfully, the official schedule has almost nothing in store for us today, but if you’re still alive, there are some off-venue gigs.
In the highly unlikely event that you’re feel fresh, you could start at The Naked Ape, a colourful design store at the corner where Skólavörðustígur meets Laugavegur. There you can see a […]
22 October 2006 – 16:26
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At Gaukurinn, the all-star band Sometime starts at 22.15. You know, provided the drummer holds his drink.
At midnight in Iðnó, the old theatre by the lake, Stórsveit Nix Noltes (Nick Nolte’s Big Band) will make you sweat like a gypsy.
Two options at 01.00. Either go back to Gaukurinn to see the Hairdoctor, a band of […]
21 October 2006 – 14:15
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Here we go again.
So, by now you know where the Reykjavik Art Museum is, eh? Well, we’ll start there. At 20.45 Benni Hemm Hemm starts playing with his big band of 18 people. Get your money’s worth.
Two options for 22.15 and 23.00. First choice: stay at the Art Museum. First up (assuming that Kraftwerk’s lawyers […]
20 October 2006 – 16:02
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Tonight starts at 19.00 with Ske at the Reykjavík Art Museum. They go through front(wo)men faster than other bands go through groupies. Everyone is excited to see their line-up this year.
For you cutie pie lovers, Skakkamanage and Þórir are playing at Gaukurinn, back to back. Skakkamanage starts at 20.45 and Þórir at 21.30. Decide for […]
19 October 2006 – 18:50
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Cynic Guru play poppy, alternative rock at Gaukurinn at 20.15 (that’s a quarter past eight for civilians and Brits). You may be interested to hear that frontman Roland Hartwell plays the violin with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. He also plays guitar with the band. And sings. Like the old lady said to the other old […]
18 October 2006 – 18:01
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Posted in iceland, drummers, nightlife, drinking, reykjavik, Bars in Iceland, 101, icelandic music, events, Festivals, Icelandic bands, concerts, clubs, iceland airwaves
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The grand old men and women of Icelandic dance music apparently still have last night in their bodies.
Established in 1995 as some kind of multidisciplinary art conglomerate, GusGus have gone through more personnel changes than Fleetwood Mac and Van Halen put together, only to end up better than ever.
While you wait for their next album, […]
16 October 2006 – 14:11
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Posted in nightlife, reykjavik, 101, music, icelandic music, events, DJs, Icelandic bands, concerts, sirkus, GusGus
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Okay, listen. We’re really, really sorry, but we have to tell you something. The northern lights are not really on all the time.
According to the dictionary, aurora borealis, a.k.a. the northern lights, is a “luminous display of various forms and colours seen in the night sky, without the aid of alcohol.” (Okay, we made that […]
Death gets seriously warmed up as artist slash designer Jón Sæmundur — a.k.a. Nonni — opens Liborius.
It was a black day, literally, for fashionable neo-goths when the Dead Store closed its doors in Reykjavík a few months ago. More Addams’ Family than the Grateful Dead, Nonnabúð (as it was called in Icelandic) was filled to […]
We think it’s Jeff Goldblum, but what do we know.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jeff Who?, a band whose singer and bass player are currently inspiring more Icelandic teen-age crushes than all of Hanson put together. (They never go for the drummer do they?)
Jeff Who?: Their label | MySpace | Last.fm
Is it Friday already?
The National Theatre is doing its best to prepare us, and all you wannabe Scandinavians, for a long, dark and depressing winter with its fun, fun, fun version of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (surprisingly not called Peer Gyntson but Pétur Gautur). They’ll be showing it at The Barbican in London in February, but […]
6 October 2006 – 9:02
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Ok — of Midges, actually.
Right. We’ll be the first to admit that the name isn’t very appealing, but then again, back when our Viking ancestors were still roaming the land, having those ridiculous feuds and thinking up names for places, they probably weren’t too concerned about how they would play in tourist brochures a thousand […]
