Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.05.2013, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.05.2013, Blaðsíða 2
We are now officially accepting nominations for “Tourist of the year 2013.” Please submit your nominations to editor@grapevine.is to be considered. We will read them, post them to our website and print the best one come next January. Note: To be eligible, the tourist (this can be you) must have visited Iceland in 2013. Submit your entry at www.touristoftheyear.is × 2013 January 11 - February 7 Issue 1 Missing Your Free Copy TOURIST OF THE YEAR TH E G RA PE VI NE M US IC AW AR DS Hafnarstræti 15, 101 Reykjavík www.grapevine.is grapevine@grapevine.is Published by Fröken ehf. www.froken.is Member of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association www.saf.is Printed by Landsprent ehf. in 25.000 copies. Editor In Chief: Haukur S Magnússon / haukur@grapevine.is Managing Editor: Anna Andersen / anna@grapevine.is Editorial: +354 540 3600 / editor@grapevine.is Advertising: +354 540 3605 / ads@grapevine.is +354 40 3610 Publisher: Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson / hilmar@grapevine.is +354 540 3601 / publisher@grapevine.is Editorial | Anna Andersen TRACK OF THE ISSUE You know that feeling when you have ten different things to do in a day, and rather than sulk and stress you just wake up and do them. Then halfway through the day you realise how nicely everything is coming together, and a wave of ‘happy’ hits you? Well, that’s what listening to Útidúr’s new track “Vultures” feels like. The song off of their newest album, ‘Detour,' is led by about a minute of a steady beat and piano tinkling before the lead singer, Gunnar Örn, comes in with his Beirut-like vocals. That is, if Beirut sang with a heavy Icelandic accent. Listen to the addictive tune while walking down Austur- stræti and find joy in knowing that the only way anyone can understand the delight that is happening between your two head- phones is by the smile in your eyes. PY Útidúr – Vultures Download for FREE at www.grapevine.is ÁFRAM ÍSLAND! Anna’s 24th Editorial WILL YOU BE GRAPEVINE’S ‘TOURIST OF THE YEAR 2013’? If there’s one thing that really unites Icelanders, it’s probably the an- nual Eurovision Song Contest. On May 18, the whole of Iceland will be glued to the TV, cheering Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson on as he performs the song “Ég á líf” before all of Eu- rope. They will be partying all right, but the good time will be punctuated by some serious oohs and aaahs and oophs as it’s revealed how many points our pals in Europe give us. While the proliferation of parties in the recent elections confirms that there are many conflict- ing voices in Iceland, there will be one unani- mous voice when it comes to Eurovision, and that’s Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson. It took a while to get there—people bickered about everything down to the way he wore a Band-Aid—but as soon as he steps onto the stage in Malmö, they will all be standing behind him. If Eurovision seems like a strange competi- tion to take seriously—come on, it’s a pretty kitschy affair—consider that it’s one of few inter- national competitions that Iceland can compete in on equal footing. And, as it turns out—again and again—Icelanders love to win, to bask in the spotlight, to be the best in the world. In a pool of 321,857—give or take a few—there will naturally be fewer star athletes winning gold medals at, for instance, the Olympics, than there are in other countries. The exception is handball. Icelanders are relatively good at that for one rea- son—maybe it’s because Americans think it’s a game for elementary school kids—or the other. When the Icelandic handball team competed in the 2008 Olympic finals, statistics from the local utility company suggest that people didn’t even get up to use the toilet. When the team re- turned, they were greeted by much pomp and circumstance and the president awarded each player a Knight’s Cross in the Order of the Fal- con—arguably the most honourable of awards given out in Iceland. With handball, Iceland only gets a chance to shine once every four years, but with Eurovision, it’s once every year. And every year it’s the same “we will definitely win this time” story—never mind last time and the time before that. Iceland- ers become possessed with an “in it to win it” mentality. It’s really a bit scary, as Eyþór Ingi told us. It’s like Eurovision turns Icelanders into mon- sters. There’s more about that on page 16, and if you really have no idea what Eurovision is because you live in, say the United States, turn the page to a comprehensive guide with everything you need to take part in this wildly nationalistic party Cover by: Döðlur Photo by: Axel Sigurðarson Clothes by: Jör by Guðmundur Jörundsson Stylist: Hrefna Sigurðardóttir Make Up: Vigdís Jónsdóttir 2 Contributing Writers: Larissa Kyzer Kári Tulinius Sam Knight Valur Gunnarsson Bob Cluness Scott Scholz Chris D'Alessandro Dru Morrison Doug Levy Patricia Þormar Björn Teitsson Alda Kravec Journalist & Listings editor: Rebecca Louder / rebecca@grapevine.is Editorial Interns: John Wilkins/ johnwilkins@grapevine.is Tómas Gabríel Benjamin / gabriel@grapevine.is Parker Yamasaki / parker@grapevine.is Art Director Hörður Kristbjörnsson / hoddi@grapevine.is Design: Guðmundur Úlfarsson / giu@grapevine.is Photographer: Alísa Kalyanova / www. alisakalyanova.com Music Manager: Bob Cluness / bob@grapevine.is Sales Director: Aðalsteinn Jörundsson / adalsteinn@grapevine.is Helgi Þór Harðarson / helgi@grapevine.is Distribution manager: distribution@grapevine.is Proofreader: Jim Rice Listings: listings@grapevine.is Submissions inquiries: editor@grapevine.is Subscription inquiries: +354 540 3605 / subscribe@grapevine.is General inquiries: grapevine@grapevine.is Founders: Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson, Hörður Kristbjörnsson, Jón Trausti Sigurðarson, Oddur Óskar Kjartansson, Valur Gunnarsson The Reykjavík Grapevine is published 18 times a year by Fröken ltd. Monthly from November through April, and fortnightly from May til October. Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. The Reykjavík Grapevine is distributed around Reykjavík, Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, Borgarnes, Keflavík, Ísafjörður and at key locations along road #1, and all major tourist attractions and tourist information centres in the country. You may not like it, but at least it's not sponsored (no arti- cles in the Reykjavík Grapevine are pay-for articles. The opinions expressed are the writers’ own, not the advertisers’). The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 5 — 2013 YO UR F A CE HE R E FUN TRIVIA QUESTION Taken from the educational trivia game Instant Iceland Q: Iceland has never won the Eurovision Song Contest, but in 2009 an Icelandic singer came in second. She used the name Yohanna, but what was the name of her song? A Is it True? B Is it You? C Is it Me? Turn to page 28 for the answer! YOUR FREE COPY THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE, TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT IN ICELAND We Will Definitely Win This Time Just like last time, and the time before that… × 2013 May 10 - 23 Issue 5 Complete Reykjavík Listings Lots of cool events+ Download the FREE Grapevine Appy Hour app!Every happy hour in town in your pocket. Available on the App store and on Android Market. EUROVISION: ICELANDERSPOLITICS TRAVEL LITERATURE MUSIC Partying with the Pirates No lifeguard at the gene pool? Go to Greenland! Go on! Go! Meet Iceland’s only steam punk D.I.Y. or DIE! www.fontana.is Be in your element GEOTHERMAL STEAM ROOMS THERMAL BATHS SAUNA The perfect rest stop between Thingvellir and Geysir Opening hours: Weekdays 13-21 and Weekends 11-21 Make sure your Golden Circle tour completes the geothermal experience Visit the Laugarvatn Fontana wellness centre. Relax in steam rooms over a natural hot spring and open air thermal baths. Afterwards try local delicacies in our café. Ask us how the locals at Laugarvatn use the steam baths!

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