The Kids Are All Right

Hey there, beloved High Five Club members and prospective members,

It's your friends at the Reykjavík Grapevine (Opens in a new window), saying hello and bringing you the latest reads from our mag and news from Iceland.

FROM THE MAG

We have a fresh issue of the Grapevine on newsstands around Reykjavík and making its way to select locations around Iceland. For our fourth issue of 2023, the Grapevine partnered with the amazing art performance project Krakkaveldi, or Kidarchy, which basically gives kids the opportunity to be their awesome selves.

They pitched story ideas, conducted interviews and wrote almost every article in the mag. And it is AMAZING! These kids are all right. Seriously. The future is in good hands.

Other weekend reading from the Grapevine

• How is delicious Omnom chocolate made? Well, it all starts with a bean. Here’s what happens next (Opens in a new window).

• Are you brave enough to venture into a lava tunnel? Our travel writer was (Opens in a new window).

EXTRA! EXTRA! 

• Puffins have returned to Grímsey for the season — and right on time!  (Opens in a new window)

• Tragedy in the Westman Islands as a car drove into the harbour (Opens in a new window).

• Could you imagine cross-country skiing for 24 hours straight? It scored a national record for one man (Opens in a new window).

• A pet cat went on a six-year walkabout, but is now back home with its owners. Yay! (Opens in a new window)

LISTEN UP

It’s been another banging week in Icelandic music. The incredible Nanna Hilmars released another single up her upcoming solo debut — keep your eyes peeled for our next issue, when she graces the cover — while there are new tracks on the interwebs from the likes of Snorri Hallgrímsson, Diamond Dolls, Sara Flindt and more. Read what we thought about these new releases right here (Opens in a new window).

You can stream our weekly new music picks on Spotify (Opens in a new window) and give a listen to our absolutely next level amazing weekly music podcast, Icelandic Music This Week (Opens in a new window), hosted by the incomparable Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason.

That's it from us this week. As always, thanks for your support.

<3 Team Grapevine

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