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One of the best parts of what we do is never knowing what collection will arrive next. This time, we were lucky to acquire an extensive collection of nearly 30... Read More

Posted on Jul 16, 2026

Wine Is Technically a Food…

…at least According to a 1960s Pamphlet. We recently stumbled upon a slim green booklet with the confident title Uses of Wine in Medical Practice, published by the “Wine Advisory Board”... Read More

Posted on May 26, 2026

101 Reykjavík: An Icelandic Anti-Postcard Recommendation

We were recently asked by Peter, editor of Travel + Leisure, the leading travel magazine in the United States, if Bókin could recommend a single book that might help first-time... Read More

Posted on May 01, 2026

Austria & Iceland: A 19th-Century Romance That Lives On

The silence in the main Eldborg hall in Harpa this April was not the empty kind, but the stillness of a thousand people holding their breath as Víkingur Ólafsson sat... Read More

Posted on Apr 30, 2026

Austria & Iceland: A 19th-Century Romance That Lives On

The Art of the Miniature

While unpacking a heavy box of antique books this week, a small wooden box tumbled out, etched with the name of a firm in Copenhagen. Inside, tucked away like a deck... Read More

Posted on Apr 07, 2026

A New View on an Old Treasure: Birtingur and Hörður Ágústsson

A recent visit to the Kópavogur Art Museum Gerðarsafn, has completely changed how I look at one of Bókins magazine staples. We have long held a collection of the Birtingur magazine... Read More

Posted on Apr 07, 2026

A New View on an Old Treasure: Birtingur and Hörður Ágústsson

Birds and Bees or: A Vintage book that explains everything

Spring is coming. Even in Iceland you can feel it in the air that nature is quietly resuming its oldest project: renewing itself ;-)Which is why this small book feels... Read More

Posted on Mar 12, 2026

A Lesson in Wisdom and Fairness

Every so often, a story unfolds at the bookstore that feels like it belongs in a book itself. Three brothers contacted Bókin recently with a thoughtful request. Their grandfather had... Read More

Posted on Mar 09, 2026

When New Year's Resolutions Meet March

In January we all have the best intentions. New year - new fitness routines! By March, however, those noble resolutions often begin to fade. So when Fitness with Jane Fonda... Read More

Posted on Mar 05, 2026

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