Iceland Weekly News Roundup
The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup is a weekly news oriented podcast show hosted by a rotating cast of staff members and hangers on, with special expert guests. Highlighting the broad strokes of Icelandic news and the local views.
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Iceland Weekly News Roundup
2025:10 - Eruption, liquorice, Grindavík, Esja, life expectancy, Eyjafjallajökull & more
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The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in recent weeks. On the docket this week are:
✨ April 1st saw yet another eruption in the vicinity of Grindavík. All but over now, we discuss the eruption, if magma can change your state of being, and mention the resident of Grindavík who allegedly pulled a shotgun on two members of the local SARS when they asked him to leave the town due to the eruption.
✨ Does Icelandic liquorice have health benefits, we doubt it.
✨ Can one see Greenland from Iceland? We dive into that age old question.
✨Is Mt. Esja Iceland's most overrated mountain?
✨ Life expectancy in Iceland increases and this leads to discussion about Val Kilmer (RIP).
✨ 30 people rescued from Eyjafjallajökull glacier.
✨ We discuss difficult sounds in Icelandic along with a few strange Icelandic words, such as "rannsaka" or ransack and being "horsedrunk".
✨ Finally we discuss taxation of the fishing industry in Iceland.
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