Funny Facts about Iceland and Icelanders
Iceland consists of only 290.000 inhabitants/people.
60% of Iceland?s population lives in the capital, Reykjavík
Reykjavík means ?Smoke-bay?? that Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are named after the Norse Gods: Tyr, Odin, Thor and Frey
Beer was banned in Iceland until 1989 Most Icelanders graduate from University at the age of 25-30
Iceland has twice as many sheep as people Boxing wasn?t allowed until 2002
We nearly have 24 hours of sunlight during summer During December we hardly even see the sun
We have 13 Santa Clauses
We have myths about the Santa Clauses´ parents
We learn Danish and English from the age of 11
?Sigurrós? (a very successful Icelandic music band) was woted the 10th best band in the world (by Newsweek)
We have made it to The Guinness Book of Records for drinking Coke.
Icelanders consume more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation
We go to the movies more often per capita than any other nation
Travel + Leisure magazine, with nearly one million subscribers, cited Icelandair as one of the World?s Best International Airlines. Placing eighth with 73.62% of the vote, Icelandair received high marks for cabin comfort, food, in-flight service, customer service and value.
Iceland was the first country in the world to have a female president Our surnames consist of our fathers first name and then ?son? or daughter?
We have the cleanest water in the world! We heat our houses with thermal water as well as our outdoor swimming pools
Some of the scenes for the movie ?Lara Croft? (starring Angelina Jolie) were filmed on an Icelandic glacier
Also several James Bond movies
Most of us graduate from High school at the age of 20?
Most nightclubs open at around 21:00 after midnight and close up around 8-9 in the morning?!
We can read scripts that are more than thousand years old, and that they are even taught in High school as Icelandic literature.
The most common names in Iceland are ?Jón? like John, ?Anna? like Anne?!
We believe in elves and dwarves (in a sort of myth-way)
It?s a beautiful island with breathtaking enchanting nature!