THIS IS LIFE IN ICELAND: The strangest country in the world?

Iceland is one of the most beautiful countries you can visit if you have the privilege of doing so it will surely leave you in awe and if you have already been I'm sure you agree it is a land of volcanoes you may recall the eruption of aaal in 2010 and also the more recent one of H excuse my pronunciation but as you will see I isic words are really difficult to pronounce in fact in this video we will teach you the most common ones Iceland is also a country of such strange formations and geography that it is one of the main countries Hollywood directors choose to film their movies do you remember this scene from Prometheus yes it's Iceland this from The Secret Life of Walter midi is also in Iceland this from Game of Thrones or this from Interstellar stay with me to discover these 100 Iceland Curiosities you will learn aspects of this country that can't be seen anywhere else in the world before we start I ask that you give it a like it really gives me a lot of motivation to keep making videos like this let's begin one due to its location near the Arctic Circle Iceland is a great place to observe the beautiful Aurora Borealis they usually start in mid or late September two throughout Iceland during the summer the kns are clear clear and white like a fairy tale that means you can wake up at 12: at night and if there is a visible Moon you can observe it in a day that seems magical and strange it is known as the Midnight Sun three during the winter is the polar night and the Sun is hidden 24 hours a day four icelanders celebrate Christmas on a grand scale they usually dress in clothes with Christmas prints such as reindeer or Santa Claus sweaters and it is a time characterized by excitement and happiness five this is a picture of Iceland in the middle of winter six the first name of the country was sunand coined by the Viking Navigator nador one of the first settlers of the farway islands seven the capital city of Iceland is rikic the northernmost capital city in the world eight it is called the land of Ice and Fire because 11% of its surface is covered by glaciers and 30% by lava Fields nine Iceland is the second largest island in Europe after Great Britain 10 these are traditional houses in Iceland 11 in Iceland parents cannot name their children as they please they must choose from an authorized list of about 25 200 names per gender 12 surnames in Iceland are formed by the first name of their father or mother with the suffix son son or don't daughter 13 hello in Icelandic is pronounced Hollow thank you is talk yes is yah no is nay goodbye is bless 14 the most common men's names in Iceland are hon seur and good mundur while for women the most popular are gun Anna and Christine 15 icelanders are some of the tallest people in the world men on average measure 1. 81 M and women 1. 68 m 16 in Iceland you can visit the great Geyer one of the most impressive in the world able to launch boiling water up to 80 M High 17 it is a very small country with fewer than 400,000 inhabitants it has more sheep than inhabitants there are 600,000 sheep 18 the cost of living in Iceland is high a meal at a cheap restaurant costs around $40 a Coke about $3 an imported beer more than $7 and a one room apartment approximately $1,600 depending on the area 19 elves hula folk or hidden people have been part of Icelandic history since the Vikings first arrived on the island most icelanders do not believe in elves but a large portion of the population is not willing to deny their existence 20 there are four Icelandic holidays that are considered to have a special connection to elves New Year's Eve 13th night January 6th summer night and Christmas night 21 on New Year's Eve icelanders light candles to guide the elves on their journey in search of new places 22 Iceland is a magnificent place to see whales they can be seen around the island and in the North Northern fjords there is a permanent population 23 the average salary in Iceland is around $3600 per month one of the highest in the world 24 a typical Icelandic dish is hakarl fermented shark it is made from Greenland shark meat buried with stones for months and dried the final product smells of ammonia 25 a century ago all alcoholic beverages were banned but soon after all were legalized except for beer beer was legalized on March 1st 1989 they say that due to this contrast Icelandic men and women are strong drinkers 26 the most famous thermal Waters in Iceland are those of the Blue Lagoon or lagona asul a geothermal spa located Southwest near the airport the waters are at an average temperature between 37 to 39° C and are rich in silica and sulfur 27 Iceland is one of the places where puffins colorful beaked seabirds reside but they are not only admired they are also eaten even their fresh heart is eaten raw as part of a traditional meal 28 the vestman islands archipelago is home to the world's largest colony of Atlantic puffins 29 Iceland has its own horse breed the Icelandic horse which is small and size 30 in the think valer National Park is the silra fure one of two places on Earth where you can observe the boundary between two of the largest tectonic plates there the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are separated 31 the thing valer National Park also has historical importance as the all thingi or Icelandic Parliament was founded there in the year 930 ad one of the oldest in the world 32 the suffix fos and Icelandic means waterfall and there are certainly some interesting ones in Iceland like round faar the lava waterfall where the water falls directly from the interior of a solid lava field 33 dettifoss is a waterfall that is 45 M high and 100 m wide with a flow rate of 400 cubic m/s given that Iceland is considered a European country this waterfall is the highest flow in Europe 34 RIS fiara is known as the black Beach of the trolls for its large basaltic formations according to tradition the three large Stone outcroppings emerging from the sea would be petrified trolls caught by the Light of the sun 35 among the most followed YouTubers in Iceland are Koo the Icelandic blues rock band or self-portrait photographer sella Amore 36 haor Julio arson one of the strongest men in the world over 2 m tall is Icelandic you may remember him playing the mountain in Game of Thrones 37 Anita bream austa Ava Erin J and Hara hilmer are famous Icelandic actresses 38 Iceland is the first country in the world to have made it illegal to pay men more than women 39 want to go to Iceland and save money hitchhiking is common among Travelers and icelanders are used to picking them up but be careful if you're in a remote location you could be waiting for hours and not find a car or not be lucky and the few that pass by don't stop 40 icelanders are very hardworking people Iceland is the country in Europe with the highest number of working hours the average work week is 43.

5 hours 41 Icelandic women have won the missworld pageant three times so they also have the highest number of beautiful women per capita 42 the wind in Iceland is so varied that in their language there were more than 100 words to talk about wind 43 according to Icelandic mythology Gila is a giant who has the ability to detect children who have been naughty during the year and comes from the mountains during Christmas to find and eat them 44 according to Icelandic tradition it is better to have received new clothing before Christmas Eve or else the fierce Ule cat roaming the snowy Fields will devour you 45 Iceland is one of the countries with the highest longevity in the world with 83 years for women and 80 for men 46 in this country there are around 48% women and 52% men with an average age of 38. 4 years 47 Iceland's water is one of the purest in the world so it does not require treatment 48 all icelanders speak English in addition to Icelandic and also learn Danish although they speak it little 49 a genetic study of the population of Iceland indicates that the majority of the men who settled in the country were of Nordic origin while the majority of the women came from Ireland 50 Iceland has such icy surfaces that there are no conditions for the survival of ants so this country is the only one in which ants do not exist 51 Iceland is an Island located on the midatlantic ridge between America and Europe therefore it has a lot of volcanic activity with about 130 volcanoes of which 30 are active 52 technically from a geological point of view half of Iceland is American and the other half is European 53 although it has only 12 professional football players it eliminated England in the Euro 2016 54 it is the only country in NATO that has no Army 55 the word duvet comes from ader an Icelandic duck whose feathers were used to fill duvet 56 the roads in Iceland are quite unique the only one in optimal condition is Road one or Ring Road which rounds the island as the number indicating the road increases the worse it is 57 next to the jokul Saron glacial Lake you will find Diamond Beach you will see a unique spectacle with ice flows floating in the river and sea as well as large chunks of ice like diamonds on the shore 58 it is one of the countries in the world where the most books are read per person and almost all its inhabitants play some musical instrument 59 the Halm Kira or halor church is a Lutheran church located in rikic the capital of Iceland its facade is inspired by the lava flows of the island at 74. 5 M it is the highest building in the country 60 only 23% of Iceland's territory has vegetation and 14% is covered by Ice 61 some rivers in Iceland flow indifferent to the the cold and that is because their Waters reach 50° C 62 if you visit Iceland you should go hiking at solai mokul a glacier in southern Iceland between the volcanoes katla and ahai jalou you will walk on solidified lava surrounded by intense White Ice 63 a major tourist attraction in Iceland is visiting Ice Caves of glaciers and admiring the variations of light and color of the ice from White to turquoise blue 64 as is logical with so many thermal upwellings in Iceland there are geothermal power plants which use the steam from the interior of the earth to generate electricity 65 this is one of the best connected countries to the internet you have Wi-Fi signal throughout the island 66 Jules Vern was inspired by the Icelandic volcano snaf jul on the snel nness peninsula for his novel Journey to the center of the earth 67 in Iceland they practice the Nordic nap for babies that is they are left in their strollers parked at the doors of shops cafes or restaurants to sleep while their parents shop or have lunch 68 the national flower of Iceland is the eight petal drad or HTA solle a shrub with eight white petals and numerous yellow stamans 69 the national animal of ice is the gear Falcon 70 svig is a traditional dish of Iceland which consists of a sheep's head cut in half from which the hair and brains are removed and it is boiled sometimes it is cured in lactic acid 71 Iceland's favorite dessert is ice cream especially Broger fur a mixture of ice cream and candy and options to choose from such as crushed candy cookies licorice fruits 72 at skoga fos a waterfall located on the skoga river there is a legend that the first Viking colonizer in the area buried treasure in a cave behind the waterfall if you happen to see it when you take the handle of the chest it disappears 73 on the beaches of itri Tunga in the south of the SN felis Peninsula and hitan in the west fjords you can observe seals 74 near near to nafer in the west fjords you can find the natural Hot Springs of polarine you can enjoy them for free as they are maintained by the residents of the town without asking for anything in return 75 on the shores of the scus fer Fjord in the city of Isa fjer you will find the Heritage Museum of the West fjords with a permanent exhibition in one of the oldest houses in the city 76 Iceland's most famous sculpture is in its capital rikic and is called the Sun Voyager designed by yon gunar areson to commemorate the city's Bicentennial it is a steel sculpture that resembles a Viking ship 77 the longest street in Iceland and one of the oldest is laa veur in the center of rikic it measures 2 km and its name means Water Street as it used to be the path to the hot springs to wash clothes 78 in Iceland new waterfalls appear periodically due to the melting of glaciers until 2007 the glamour waterfall at 197 M high was the highest in the country but in that year another one moraros appeared at 228 M 79 in ruic is the pein Natural History Museum which has an impressive glass Dome they have even recreated a glacier cave inside with sounds ice and at 15° below zero 80 icelanders love to practice sports such as football basketball volleyball and horseback riding but the national sport of Iceland is actually handball 81 in Iceland there were only seven species of terrestrial mammals that live in the wild the arctic fox the reindeer The Mink the field mouse the house mouse the brown rat and the black rat 82 in Iceland there are no trains or Subway people travel by car on foot or by bus in the capital 83 one of the typical dishes of Iceland is cmar a kind of pudding made of cod stomach filled with its liver sounds delicious right 84 the iconic liquor of Iceland is Brenin and sometimes called sarti Dai which means Black Death it is made from fermented potato mash and flavored with caraway seeds 85 in Iceland it is illegal to have snakes lizards and Turtles as pets and only dogs can be kept with a special permit there are no problems with cats 86 it sounds strange but boxing was banned in Iceland until 2002 as it was considered to incite violence 87 the highest peak in Iceland is Havana d nuor at 2,19 M located in the northeast of the orai fokal volcano the biggest challenge is learning the name 88 in Iceland there are no mosquitoes the only one that exists is preserved at the Icelandic Institute of natural history and was captured by GLE maralen in the 1980s in an airplane cabin 89 icelanders have the highest number of Nobel prizes per capita in the world not because they have many nobels there's only one halor Kon loxes the 1955 Nobel Prize in literature but because they have a small population 90 The Cliff at latra Cape that houses millions of seabirds is the largest bird cliff in Europe 91 although Iceland is not tropical at the University of agriculture in Iceland they maintain a small banana plantation they produce bananas every 18 months due to the peculiar light cycle 92 van nul is the largest glacier in Europe in volume and the second in area covering 8% of Iceland's land mass 93 Icelandic Children Place their shoes in the window of their bedroom every night for 13 days before Christmas this is because they receed the visit of the 13 ual Lads each of whom leaves a small gift 94 I land is one of the few countries that has a genetic information Bank of all its inhabitants as well as a huge genealogical database 95 the harpa concert hall is the conference and Concert Hall in rikic and its facade is made up of many pieces of glass of different sizes and shapes that reflect both the sky and the Sea 96 Iceland has three national parks including the largest in Europe vanok National Park then there is snif yokal National Park and think valer National Park 97 Iceland has a high perit a number of cars with 1.