Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.07.2006, Blaðsíða 29

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REyKjAVÍK´S
ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER
grap
evine.is
ISSUE TEN: jUly 14 - jUly 28
“We were very happy, we
were two very young archi-
tects in london, we were
only 27 years old. We had no
experience, we’d done a one-
car garage before… Three
months later, we were having
death threats…”
steve Christer on designing the rey-
kjavík City hall.
Page 6.
“The atrocious threats and
violence that we witnessed
following the publication of
a series of cartoons in Jyl-
lands-Posten are confirma-
tion of how easily a peaceful
democratic state can become
the target of extremists.”
prime minister Geir h. haarde at-
tempts to justify the necessity of an
icelandic defence force.
Page18.
“it’s not exactly easy to drop
whatever you’re doing and
jump on a plane whenever
you’re ovulating.”
kristín eysteinsdóttir on the difficulties
lesbian couples no longer face, thanks
to new legislation.
Page 20.
“The word viking comes out
a little more frequently (than
the word elf), though to most
icelanders under 60, or with
those holding political views
left of attila the Hun, a refer-
ence to these original settlers
of the island is used only in
the most dismissive of in-
sults.”
the Grapevine’s first book, inside rey-
kjavík, clears up some popular miscon-
ceptions of icelanders.
Page 22.
“…gangs of up to a dozen
young men had roamed
around the campsite, bearing
the skeletal remains of al-
ready-gutted tents as weap-
ons and approaching them,
only to ask politely ‘oi mate,
can we wreck your tent?’”
sindri eldon recounts the primal hor-
rors people witnessed at roskilde
festival.
Page 50.
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