Nordic Spotlight
The best music and music festivals in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
Of all the artists I was able to catch up with at this year’s Iceland Airwaves festival, one that I wound up missing through the whole event was EDM artist Futuregrapher. A disappointing turn of events that I had finally come to terms with…until he posted this half-hour set that he recorded at one of the […]
As I was paying for my purchases as the charmingly cramped Geisladiskabúð Valda record shop, the owner asked (as most every local did) if I was here for Iceland Airwaves. Once that was established, I asked him if he had any designs on seeing any concerts that week. “No,” he answered, “I’m more of a […]
You can start to pick out the locals from those folks who are not from around Reykjavik pretty easily as you start to reach the end of a multi-day, multi-venue music festival. The tourists, especially the Americans, are the ones that have a glaze slowly coming over their eyes. Between the shows and attractions and […]
Chatting with another American who made the trek across the Atlantic for Iceland Airwaves, my new friend commented that he had yet to have an actual sit down meal over the few days that he had been in Reykjavik. And why would he venture into a restaurant (other than maybe to try some whale or […]
I’m going to start off today’s installment with: Travel Tip #4. If you’re coming to Reykjavik for Iceland Airwaves, remember one simple thing: it’s November in Iceland. Dress accordingly. There’s a very good reason why nearly all the tourist shops here in the city sell scarves, sweaters, and hats. Yes, the Icelandic wool is lovely, but […]
The savvy traveler that she is, our beloved majordomo of this site Michelle was kind enough to ply with me all kinds of information about the best places to go during my stay in Reykjavik, and one of them was this charming little cafe called Grái Kötturinn, or the “Grey Cat.” Her main selling point: […]
On the way to @icelandairwaves #airwaves15 A photo posted by Nordic Spotlight (@nordicspotlight) on Nov 3, 2015 at 5:32am PSTi I’ll admit to anyone that I’m not a seasoned traveler by any means. Like all of us, I’ve done my fair share of weekend jaunts into some deeper portion of my home state of Oregon […]
Is it November yet? With each one of these posts that we do, our excitement about the upcoming Iceland Airwaves fest only grows stronger. If you’re flying over there for the event as well, hopefully you’re feeling the same. And even if you’re not, we can only hope that you’re enjoying checking out some our […]
We’re continuing our work going through the huge list of Nordic artists that will be descending upon Reykjavik this November to perform at the 2015 Iceland Airwaves festival this week. We’ve updated our Spotify playlist with 20 more artists for you to check out, and we’re going to highlight some of our favorites right here. […]
As we promised last week, we are going to be highlighting the many Nordic bands that are in the lineup for this year’s Iceland Airwaves festival. In the weeks leading up to the big event (which we will be covering for you), we will be adding about 20 more tracks to our Spotify playlist, and […]