As you all know, Iceland is a wonderful place to visit once in a lifetime. But, there are various fun facts about Iceland that you don’t know about. Here are some of the fantastic facts you should know before planning your trip to Iceland. https://www.discover.is/

1. IcelandwassettledbyVikingsfrom Norwaysometimeinthe
800s.ThisfactmakesIcelandafairly“young”countrywhenit
comestosettlement.
VIKINGTIES
FACT
1
IcelandishometotheveryfirstparliamentgroundsinEurope.
Intheyear930AD,thefirstParliamentmetinIcelandinwhat
istodayÞingvellirNationalPark.
FIRSTPARLIAMENT
FACT
2
The“geographicalsignificance”partofÞingvellirbeingdubbed
aUNESCOsiteisduetothefactthatthisisoneofonlyTWO
placesintheentireworld
TECTONICPLATES
FACT
3
Becauseit'slocatedontheMid-Atlanticridge,Icelandisan
incrediblyactivecountrygeologically.Therearemorethan125
volcanicmountainsinthecountry.
VOLCANOES
FACT
4
Surprisingly,anotherlargesectionofIcelandiscoveredin
glaciers.Glaciersareresponsibleforcarvingouteverythingin
Iceland.
GLACIERS
FACT
5
Iceland was formed by some pretty harsh phenomena:
volcanoesandglaciers.Muchofthecountrywascarvedoutby
slow-movingglaciers.
NOFORESTS
FACT
6
Icelandisperhapsthemosteco-friendlycountryIknow of.
Andthekickeris,theydon'tevenhavetotryveryhard.
ECO-FRIENDLY
FACT
7
Whileverycloseto Danishand Norwegian,theIcelandic
languageremainstotallyunique.Wordswithfartoomany
consonantsabound,andsyllablesseemtojustblurtogether.
PRESERVEDLANGUAGE
FACT
8
Themajorityofpresent-dayIcelanders(morethan50%,Iwas
told)believeintheexistenceoffantasticalbeingssuchas
elvesandtrolls.
ELVESANDTROLLS
FACT
9
Asastonishingasitsounds,IcelandistheonlycountryIhave
everbeentowhereMcDonaldsrestaurantsdonotexist!
NOMC-DONALDS
FACT
10
Icelandmakesupforitslackoffastfoodwithitsbevyof
downrightweirdtraditionalfoods.Alongwiththingslikewhale,
puffin,anddriedfish.
WEIRDFOODS
FACT
11
FishingisIceland'smainindustry,andthenationremainsone
ofjustafewintheworldthatstillallowscommercialwhaling.
COMMERCIALWHALING
FACT
12
TheentirecountryofIceland(whichcoversroughlythesame
areaastheU.S.stateofKentucky)onlyholdsapopulationofa
littleover300,000.
SMALLPOPULATION
FACT
13
ThereislittlecrimeinIceland,andvirtuallynoviolentcrime.
Thecountrydoesnothaveastandingarmy,anditspolice
officersdonotcarryguns.
VERYLITTLECRIME
FACT
14
Being located very close to the Arctic Circle,Iceland
experienceslongwinternightsandlongsummerdays,with
almost24hoursofdarkness/twilightinDecember.
MIDNIGHTSUN
FACT
15
FUNFACTSABOUT
ICELAND
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