Reykjavik
This Icelandic Chef Has Use for Your Marijuana Grow Lights
In the dead of winter, greenhouses are Iceland's only hope for growing fresh produce. While they are warmed with geothermal energy, greenhouse grow lights are expensive, essential tools for success. One chef thinks former marijuana growers could help...
Discovering Real Nordic Cuisine in Iceland
Finnish chef Antto Melasniemi has a bone to pick with New Nordic cuisine. I followed him to Iceland, where he railed against what he believes are the luxurious, distinctly un-communal attitudes that are essentially incompatible with these countries...
Icelanders Played A Massive Game Of PONG On An Olafur Eliasson Building
Atli Bollason and Owen Hindley teamed up to create a massive game of PONG on the side of an Olafur Elíasson-designed Reykjavik building.
The Bottomless Genius of Jon Hopkins
Critics love him, Coldplay does too. The Mercury Prize-nominated producer spills the beans on his next release, and why he can't stop tinkering with Immunity.
The Christmas Tree Beef Between Norway and Iceland Has Been Squashed
Earlier this year, the mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, announced that the city wouldn’t be sending Reykjavik their annual Christmas tree. This was something of a big deal, as Oslo has been sending Reykjavik, London, and Rotterdam a tree as a token of...
Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival Had Us Partying for 72 Hours of Sunlight
This festival on a volcanic island in continuous sunlight was pretty weird—and wonderful.
Iceland Is About to Get Its First Mosque
Islamic groups representing the country's 1,200 Muslims are about to break ground in Reykjavík after more than a decade of campaigning.
Iceland Is About to Get Its First Mosque
Last year, the Reykjavík City Council granted a plot for Iceland’s first mosque, and the Muslim Association of Iceland said they’re about to break ground next week. As you'd expect, everyone is pissed.
Reykjavik Is a Paradise - Photo Series
Our Icelandic friend sent us this set of pictures from his own hometown, Reykjavik. Turns out there are paradises on Earth beyond this green and pleasant land.