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Grapevine Playlist Issue 03 2021 www.gpv.is Fagradalsfjall! Kristín Morthens Axel Flóvent We Get Vík! News: To erupt or not to Art: Jump through the portal Music: He's back and here to Travel: Fun and frolick in the erupt? Make up your mind! to another dimension folk you up! rain #YesAllWeather + GIG GUIDE × CITY MAP × TRAVEL IDEAS × FOOD REYKJAVÍK VOLCANO THE SLEEPING GIANT AWAKENS All eyes in Iceland, and around the world, are watching for when—or if—a volcano will erupt in Reykjanes. We break down what's happening, what could happen, and what the worst case scenario might look like COVER ART: Photo by Art Bicnick taken on location close to Fagradalsfjall on March 7th, 2021. 08: VOLCANOS! VOLCANOS! 12-13: Erró's Raw Power 31: Eating In A Bus... 06: F*ckin Fourth Wave? 18: Axel 'The Folk King' 28: Eating Fresh Falafel... 06: Elton John, Iceland's Flóvent Speaks 27: Anthony Hoang Duy First New Lazarus 23: eSports eThrives Nguyen Talks Style EDITORIAL The Fire Within Us By the time you the next years and decades after. This built a good awwnd fair society based are reading this, does not have to be a negative factor, on education, and above all else, peace. the volcano in the but it will affect our daily lives. Art is highly appreciated here and we Fagradalsfjall’s Icelanders have always had a have incredibly talented artists in all volcano system in complicated relationship with their genres all over the world. Reykjanes might home country. Somehow, regardless of To summarise, Icelanders have a very well have where or when, Iceland always looms deep and respectful relationship with erupted. It will in the back of our minds. How should their country, nature, and heritage, and most likely not be a dangerous erup- we dress before we go out so we don’t this perhaps, above all else, reflects the tion and will potentially become one suffer from the coldness? How are the psyche of Icelanders in the best way. of our new famous tourism hotspots: roads? Are they passable? In a realistic In the past, we’ve used the difficul- A view that’s pleasant for the eye, but future, we might now have to check a ties of our country to our advantage— life-threatening if you get too close. gas forecast following the weather fore- creating one of the most prosperous Should that be the case, the eruption cast. Do we have to keep our kids inside and egalitarian societies in the world. could have very positive effects on the today? Is a gas mask a smart invest- So regardless of what happens now, economy, especially when the borders ment? Will I look like a psychopath Iceland will rebuild and find a new path open up again in May, as the govern- with a gas mask? Will our kids look like to success. ment has said will happen, but let’s see a northern European version of ‘Chil- So enjoy the fires—when they finally how that goes. Unfortunately, COVID- dren Of The Corn’? break out—and remember that the 19 is still looming and our progress in It sounds like there’s a high price to same fire burns inside all Icelanders, as the fight toward eradicating it from pay to live in such a beautiful country, well as those that love this harsh island Iceland could disappear quickly if we but for us, it’s not really. Don’t forget in the north. are not careful. that Icelanders are incredibly inven- That said, if and when the eruption tive and creative when it comes to solv- Valur Grettisson goes off in the Reykjanes peninsula, ing complicated situations. Icelanders Editor-in-chief scientists say that we will be entering were never better than after the finan- a 200 to 400 year period of unrest there cial crash in 2008. Before that, our and we will possibly—and very likely— small country was catapulted into the see more volcanoes in the area within 20th century by WW2 and subsequently John Pearson is a Rey- Hannah Jane Cohen is Pollý is a hard-work- Shruthi Basappa is Catharine Fulton is a Art Bicnick is an Andie Sophia Fontaine Owen Tyrie is a young Valur Grettisson is kjavík resident who based out of Iceland ing journalist by day one of Iceland's most writer and editor who international man has lived in Iceland journo straight out of an award-winning combines writing with by way of New York. and an enthusiastic knowledgeable food- has been involved of mystery. He since 1999 and has Cheshire, England. Af- journalist, author professional back- She's known for her ball-catcher by ies. She's covered with the Grapevine moves like a shadow been reporting since ter studying journal- and playwright. He grounds in music, love of Willa Ford, night. A four-year-old local restaurants for for many years, from through the subcul- 2003. They were the ism for three years has been writing for broadcasting, scuba David Foster Wallace, dachshund mix with years and has also being our online tures and soirees first foreign-born in Leeds, he recently Icelandic media since diving, engineering and other such an IQ of a five-year- been involved in vari- news editor to sta$ of Reykjavík, never member of the moved to Reykjavík 2005. He was also a and underwater "intellectuals." Her old human, Pollý has ous food competi- journalist. She is still, o%en ghosting Icelandic Parliament, in order to pursue his theatre critic and photography. He loves visionary work is been the o#cial tions in Iceland, such now our beloved the scene in a pu$ an experience they dream of becom- one of the hosts of puns, alliteration and known for expand- Chief Of Morale at as Food & Fun and copywriter. Outside of blue smoke—the recommend for ing Icelandic. He’s a the cultural program, lists that have three ing the definitions of the Grapevine for more. By day, she of dealing with our exhaust fumes of the anyone who wants film fanatic, gaming 'Djöflaeyjan' at RÚV. things in them. emotion, introspec- eight months and is works as an architect writers turning in elusive, well-travelled to experience a enthusiast and most Valur is not to be tion, and above all a regular contribu- at Sei Studio. work late, she also Bicnick Mini. workplace where of all, ginger. Oh, and confused with the else, taste. Hannah is tor to the Grape- has two extremeley colleagues work tire- he loves tea. dreadful football club also the current Drag vine Newscast on cute kids. lessly to undermine that bears the same King of Iceland, HANS. YouTube. Woof. each other. name. ARTISAN BAKERY & COFFEE HOUSE OPEN EVERYDAY 6.30 - 21.00 LAUGAVEGUR 36 · 101 REYKJAVIK Made for life In the Westfjords of Iceland, what we call “downtown” others might refer to as “the Arctic.” Call it what you will. We just live here. Shop at 66north.com Keeping Iceland warm since 1926 Follow us on Instagram @66north The Reykjavík Grapevine 4 First Issue 03— 2021 Geothermal plant in Svartsengi at the time. At least one person, at What Are Icelanders the time of this writing, has since been diagnosed, having been in indirect contact with one of the Talking About? other cases. Worst of all, it seems at least one of those diagnosed All sound and fury attended a concert at Harpa. Fortu- nately, anyone who’s been in even THE HOME Words: Andie Sophia Fontaine Photos: Art Bicnick & Antonio Diaz passing contact with these folks has been put in quarantine and has NEWS The good news is: for a Nowadays, everybody wanna talk been tested. Another group infec- OF ICELANDIC while there we stopped like they got somethin' to say, but tion on the way? Possibly. Lifting talking about the coronavi- nothin' comes out when they move the restrictions this month? Not rus. The bad news is: we started their lips, just a bunch of gibberish, bloody likely. SEAFOOD talking about earthquakes and and Icelanders act like they forgot volcanoes. Starting with an earth- about the coronavirus. That’s On a lighter note, COVID-19 quake swarm that began on the right, after all a couple of weeks of vaccinations have been going AND LAMB Reykjanes peninsula on Febru- reporting “no new domestic cases well. At the time of this writing, ary 23rd, people were decidedly yesterday,” we began to grow smug 12,710 Icelanders have received a worried as tremors with a magni- and complacent. Conservatives full round of shots, with another APOTEK Kitchen+Bar is a casual-smart tude greater than 3 were shaking began calling out politicians for 16,607 awaiting their second doses. on a daily basis. Much speculation not lifting the current domestic Once they do, nearly 10% of the restaurant located in one of Reykjavíks was made as to whether a volcano pandemic restrictions. And then population will be fully vaccinated. most historical buildings. was about to erupt in the geologi- late in the first week of March, two According to the government's cally active region, summarily people tested positive and both schedule, everyone in Iceland We specialize in fresh seafood dismissed as pure conjecture. But of them were outside quarantine should be vaccinated by June. and local ingredients then on March 3rd, scientists measured strong indications prepared with a modern twist. that an eruption was on the way. Since then, magma movement has been detected, some of it as shal- low as one kilometre beneath the surface, but at the time of this writ- ing, there’s been no eruption.
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