Iceland is a Nordic island state near the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a small population of around 364,134 having an area of 40,000 km. it considers the most sparsely populous state in Europe. Its capital city is Reykjavik, the largest and most populated city. Amazingly, 60% of the Icelandic population is living here. Its climate on the coast is subarctic. Climate fluctuates between diverse parts of the island. But its southern coast is warmer, wetter, and windy than the northern side. In the northern part, snowfall is common.
The world’s oldest parliament
One of the interesting facts about this state is that you know “the Alþingi” is the national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest persisting parliament in the world. It has rich democratic customs almost more than a millennium of a national assembly that is governing the island in 930. In summer for two weeks, chiefs of Iceland organized an outdoor meeting on the plains of Thingvellir, a rift valley located in the east of Reykjavik where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet. All free and obedient residents could attend the meeting passed laws and administered justice.
30 active volcanoes in Iceland
If we say the land of ice and fire so, it can be appropriate. Iceland is natural heaven where the freezing forces of glaciers and arctic weather are in a continuous battle with the quick-tempered heat of the earth. The result is a world of dramatic divergences across a plain landscape, with a beauty that just finds here.
It cannot possible without Iceland’s volcanoes. Maybe more than any other force, that is defining the nature of the land, generating endless fields of moss-coated lava, extensive plains of black sand, and pointed peaks.
Icelandic cuisine
The origins of Icelandic cuisine are found in traditions similar to Scandinavian cuisine. If you are planning to visit Iceland so it can be helpful for you because food is our basic need. There are tasty and delicious food like dairy items and seafood as well as disgusting food available to eat. Like the most popular Hakarl or fermented shark. This food is buried underground for 6-12 weeks, then hung out in the heat of the sun for dry. It tastes like ammonia eaten with unsweetened schnapps.
Iceland has no Military
This fact can surprise you that Iceland doesn’t have a military and has just fought in one conflict. The Cod Wars were a control fight with Great Britain for exclusive fishing rights to the water within 200 miles of Iceland’s coastline. Iceland won that fight after attacking their enemy’s fishing nets with scissors. It includes interesting as well as strange facts about Iceland which is as well military-free country.
On Thursday, no broadcasting
Another interesting and strange fact about Iceland, its government that runs television stations, didn’t broadcast shows every Thursday. It began broadcasting in 1966, and it was the state’s only channel, which remains almost for 20 years. Television went dark every Thursday till 1987 to promote human interaction. It also went dark during the holiday in July.
Mosquito-Free country
Mosquito is a small creature I think that exists everywhere. I felt surprised by that interesting facts about Iceland that, it is a mosquito-free country. Don’t worry whenever you can visit this country you will not find any mosquitoes there. But unfortunately, Iceland still has biting midges, which can occasionally be even worse than mosquitos.
An Eco-Friendly state
You will be amazed and impressed to know that the majority of the Icelandic power supply comes from geothermal and hydro energy. An interesting fact about Iceland is that it has clean power and a small carbon footprint. Icelandic researchers are now working on a way to connect more geothermal energy as part of a plan that could modify the whole world.
