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450 ISK. Pocket knives for healthy young boys. Available at Friða Frænka. If you don’t know Friða Frænka, the antique store Vesturgata with a collection so absurd that it often looks like a large, post-modern gallery, you need to get acquainted. The highlight this month, a bucket of pocket knives. All created from bone-like plastic, the two-inch blades feature young healthy men, often shirtless, smiling at their own exuberance.

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Culture Club

By Sindri Eldon | Photos by Skari

A Return to the Cave

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Grapevine Album Reviews

James ApolloGood Grief

Worth four beers. Costs three.

My Summer as a Salvation SoldierAnarchists Are Hopeless Romantics

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Icelandic Documentaries

on the Festival Circuit

Not a Standard Night at the Movies:

the Októberbíó Iceland Film Festival

We contacted the author, an artist from Duluth Minnesota, to get more perspective on what makes Reykjavík so romantic.

Grapevine: Is there Nordic Culture in Duluth?Andy Saur: Yes, there is a quite the Nordic community here in Duluth. I would have to say that it is at least more than half the population are descendants from Norway, Sweden and Finland. It was mainly in the early 1900’s or so when the immigrants arrived from Scandina-via, looking for work and start-ing a new life. My great-grand-fatheremigrated fromNorway, my wife’s great-grand-parents emi-grated from Finland, so that was the move-ment at that time. The landscape and climate is fairly similar to what they were used to, so that is why I think they chose Northern Minnesota as one of their destinations. The Nordic heritage is still reflected in today’s society here from everything from festivals, Sons of Norway community groups, Scandinavian influenced Lutheran churches, cuisine and other events in everyday life.

Grapevine: When did you first hear about Iceland? Andy: I have always been inter-ested in my Nordic heritage, so I

first came across Iceland in books I read as a youngster. I was, and still am, fascinated by Viking explorers and Iceland. From the photos and descriptions that I read when I was little, I knew it was a place that I had to see for myself.

Grapevine: Few people in Iceland feel the city or the Leif Eiriksson statue is romantic. Can you explain the attraction?Andy: I am not sure what the at-

traction of the Leif Eiriksson statue is, but it must have some

mystical qualities. My wife and I de-

signed and created our wedding bands. On our rings, we have an infinity symbol and a Viking ship. It symbolizes our never-end-ing journey together and our ever-lastinglylove. Maybe that is the connectionthere, from where we

were engaged and the time in

Iceland and the Leif Eiriksson statue to

the Leif Erickson Park we were married at in Duluth. Leif Erickson was an explorer and adventurer, and my wife and I feel that we have the same heart for exploration.

Grapevine: If Leifur Eiriksson didn’t land in America, would you still like Iceland?Andy: Yes, if Leifur Eiriksson did not land in North America, I would still love Iceland. In grade school, we were taught that Christopher Columbus was the first European to land in North America. It wasn’t until a few years later that I started reading about the Vikings, Iceland

Reykjavík Is For Lovers

Here is an excerpt from a curious letter The Grapevine received this summer.

“In October 2002, my girlfriend and I embarked on an adventure to Iceland, and I had romantic intentions in mind. After our over night flight from Minneapolis, we toured through Reykjavik and the first photo we took was in front of Leifur Eiríksson. During the trip we drove up the west coast to a mountain top near Snæfellsjökull. When we hiked to the summit, I set up a camera to take a timed photo of us the instant I proposed to my wife. A year later, we were married in Leif Erickson Park here in Duluth. For our honeymoon, we hopped on a flight back to where it all started, Reykjavik and the Leifur Eiríksson statue…”

and Leif Erickson, that I discovered the truth. Iceland is such a magi-cal place to my wife and I that we stop in our tracks when we see the word ‘Iceland’ or hear ‘Iceland’ on the news. It is a place that we would love to stay for a longer period of time.

Grapevine: What would Icelanders think of Duluth?Andy: Icelanders would think of Duluth as a familiar place. Duluth is on the tip of Lake Superior and has a feel of being on the ocean. The lake is so vast, one can not see the other side. Duluth has a harbour, and built on a hillside. The population is about half of Reykjavik, around 80,000 or so. We also experience long, dark winters and much daylight in the summer. The weather changes very quickly here, it just depends which way the wind is blowing! We have local cafes where local artist display

their art and musicians play. It is a charming city that isn’t too big, or too little.

Andy Saur maintains regular cor-respondence with the Grapevine. He last wrote to us to remind us of Leif Eriksson Day, on October 9th, as dedicated by Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

An Interview with Andy Saur

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“Pop culture has become

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“2006 is just around the corner, and the

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extolling the virtues of his vomit.”