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- 100% of Iceland’s population has the internet, the only country in the world.
- Iceland is the only country without mosquitoes.
- Iceland has such a small population that they have an anti-incest app so you don’t end up hooking up with a family member on a night out.
- In Iceland, the phone book is sorted by first names because everyone’s surname is basically their father’s first name followed by -son or –dottir
- Iceland has no army and is also recognized as the world’s most peaceful country.
- In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve & you spend the rest of the night reading. Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country; & new books are typically published only during the Christmas season. This frenzy is called Jólabókaflóð, or “Christmas Book Flood.”
- In Iceland, criminals are put on a waiting list to serve their time in prison because there aren’t enough available jail cells. Many people who are on this list pay fines or do community service as an alternative to prison.
- In Iceland, parents cannot legally threaten their kids with fictional characters.
- Archaeological evidence has been uncovered in Iceland which indicates that Gaelic Monks from Ireland discovered and settled Iceland before the Norse.
- There isn’t a single McDonald in Iceland.
- Iceland has a registry of approved names that a parent can give their child. All names are regulated by the Icelandic Naming Committee and must conform to Icelandic grammar, cultural tradition, and be non-embarrassing for the child.
- There is a large banana plantation in Iceland, just 177 miles from the Arctic Circle.
- In Iceland, people protested construction of a highway in fear of disturbing local elf habitat.
- To rewrite their constitution in 2011, Iceland allowed the public to make suggestions and alterations via Facebook.
- In Iceland, there’s a traditional bread that you can bake in a pot by burying it in the ground near a hot spring.
- In Iceland, the belief in Elves is so pervasive that it can determine government action. From roads avoiding large rocks (where the Elves “live”) to construction permits sometimes requiring the aid of a mystic who can ask the elves to move.
- In the year 1000, to save Iceland from civil war, both parties elected the wisest man to suggest a peaceful solution. He decided on a mass conversion to Christianity that tolerated pagan worship in private. And everyone agreed. He even converted himself.
- Iceland’s SWAT unit (the closest thing they have to an army), is called “The Viking Squad”
- There was a successful peaceful revolution in Iceland from 2009-2011 where the citizens of Iceland forced their prime minister & his whole government to resign by banging pots & pans. –
- In 1783 when the volcanic fissure Laki erupted, the fallout in Iceland caused around 80% of sheep, 50% of cattle and 50% of horses to die as well as killing an estimated 20–25% of the countries’ human population while also creating worldwide effects.
- Iceland has never won a Winter Olympic medal.
- Chess boxing is a sport played with frequency in Iceland.
- n Iceland, you can hand-draw a map on a piece of mail without an address, and it will still make it to its destination.
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| dinner was an Icelandic cod dish with cheese, breadcrumbs and cream |
