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They’re Here!
They’re Queer!
Thank God!
Get ready: Iceland’s annual Gay Pride is coming
EVE Online’s Virtual World Explored
Lesbian Weddings Crashed
Beer Day Remembered
Kimi’s Summer Fun Tour Uncovered
Gigs Deconstructed
Restaurants Reviewed
Issue No 11 – 2008
YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE, TRAVEL
AND ENTERTAINMENT IN ICELAND
COMPLETE CITY LISTINGS – INSIDE!
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THANKS TO
Aftur
Grapevine loves August. There are so many crazy
events to keep us happy. The month kicks off with
numerous music festivals where locals and trav-
ellers unite in a true holiday spirit. The following
week features the annual Drag Competition and
Grapevine’s fabulous cover queen Steini gives us
a preview of what to expect. Then there’s the an-
nual Gay Pride, with all its glittery costumes and
cheerful songs. For one whole day, gays, lesbians,
bisexuals and transgendered, together with tens
of thousands of pedestrians, will gather to support
gay-rights and celebrate the wins in the battle for
equality. There will be lots of love in the air when
the most colourful street-party of the year takes
over the city centre. The month will then reach its
peak with one of the biggest events of the year, the
enormous Culture Night. With so many happenings
scheduled, I doubt the Grapevine reporters will
spend much time in the office. I will enjoy reading
all about it in upcoming Grapevine issues.
As I write this, I got a little less than an hour
left of my roughly two years working for the maga-
zine. Filling in for the boss for the past month has
been hard work so I plan to spend the next year
having my nails painted and my body covered in
all sorts of weird and aromatic oils at a spa resort in
some very exotic country. Or I might even try to do
something constructive. Who knows.
But seriously, not wanting to sound too corny,
sending this last issue to print leaves me with
mixed feelings. Excited about my next challenges,
I’ll miss this place and my awesome coworkers that
have made the office more of a home than a place
of work. I doubt any place in the world has such a
great bunch of people crammed together in a tiny
house.
This issue you are now reading is also Grape-
vine’s 80th and I look forward to reading 80 more.
I hope you will enjoy it as much as we do. With so
many things to celebrate I wont keep this any lon-
ger. The past two years have been great fun to say
the least. Thanks guys!
Steinunn Jakobsdóttir
Opinion
06 TO WARN OR NOT TO WARN, THAT IS THE QUESTION An opinion by Alexandra Hertell
Articles
06 CONTRIbUTING TO INTERNATIONAL WELfARE An interview with Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir
08 THE bIGGEST LITTLE PRIDE IN THE WORLD How much has changed for Iceland’s LGBT community in the past 30 years?
10 ANOTHER ICELANDIC MONSTER: NYKUR Fearsome waterhorse of yore: These guys are way evil
12 ONLY AMUSING WHEN DESPERATE FM Belfast on the band’s history, crazy fans and upcoming debut release
14 PáLL óSKAR IS ON Iceland's favourite flaming singing sensation shows us the ropes
16 LOST IN ICELAND? Google and others struggle to map Iceland
24 REvIEWS Andrúm, Merzedes Club and Trentemöller
25 REvIEWS Peter And Wolf, Boys in A Band and Steed Lord
26 MARRIAGE Of MYSTERY A new Icelandic film about weddings has more substance than most
29 fAIRGROUND IN THE fAMILY Taylor made for your fun
30 ROCK ‘N’ RESPONSIbILITIES Some of Kimi Records’ Roster Travelled the Country in Style
Features
20 NEvER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER Of PLAY Grapevine spends a day at CCP’s Reykjavík headquarters
Destinations
28 THE ART Of HAvING fUN A photographer’s quest to depict Seyðisfjörður in 12 hours
32 WHITE-WATER fUN! Grapevine goes rafting
33 HORSE RIDING AT SNORRASTAðIRRiding a horse called Fantasy
50 MOUNTAINS, fjORDS AND GODSHiking in Hornstrandir
52 SKY'S THE LIMIT Whitewater kayaking in Iceland
EDITORIALTAbLE Of CONTENTS MASTHEAD
THE COvER
COMIC STRIP "Merry ChristMas, King Kong" By LÓa hJÁLMtÝsDÓttir