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PAGE 18 “When I was first starting out, people were amazed. They couldn’t believe I was so good at playing guitar—for a girl!”
Cool C ool Yule! Yule!
Lay Low is pretty awesome. Being a girl and all. Read our feature with her in it, it’s awesome too.
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Come C om on d down...town! .. w e 01 Reykjavik 101 s where iit´s s at is
“If there’s one thing we have in common with your mayor it’s the ability to say ‘we don’t know.’” The victorious Berlin Pirates were in town…
PAGE 10 “Parliament has become an ivory tower whose occupants are afraid of those outside and refuse to speak to them. In general parliamentarians have contempt for the public and do not consider them as important as the special interest groups.” Occupy Reykjavík’s brief stint in front of Alþingi explored!
...with cozy boutiques, cafés & restaurants, unique design, fashion and giftware. See the beautifully lit & decorated center, culminating in Ingolfstorg´s Christmas Market.
PAGE 26 “In 1991 too, three young men from Seattle made themselves known to the world at large and bare chests, whether adjoined to leather trousers or stretchy pants, would not be as acceptable again for a long time.”
Help locate the classic but newly animated Christmas Creatures on various downtown walls and buildings. You could win the Downtown Gift Card.
Oh, the ‘90s…
Maps available in specifically marked "Christmas Card" stores.
PAGE 06 “What is a bit troubling is that there are so few immigrants in the media. They are really seldom interviewed and there are very few articles written by immigrants”
Please go to midborgin.is or Facebook / Miðborgin okkar or visitreykjavik.is for further info.
The Grapevine attends the Integration and Immigrants’ Participation Conference
PAGE 14 “I told them that the country does not have an army. For my father and mother, who lived all their lives seeing guns in the streets and armed people and wars and bullets, it sounds very different and shocking to them in a good way when they hear that their son is in a place with no army.”
Gjafakort Miðborgarinnar okkar available in all downtown bookstores. A prefect Christmas present. You decide the amount.
Choirs, brassbands, singing Christmas Creatures & a variety of musical entertainment.
Palestinian poet and journalist Mazen Maarouf has been given sanctuary in Reykjavík
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