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Here are some interesting Iceland Facts which were choosen and reseached by kids especially for kids.

Population: 332,000 people live on Iceland (2016)

Capital: Reykjavik, which means 'smoky bay', with 184,000 inhabitants.

Name: Island, Nickname: Land of Fire and Ice

Government: Democracy

Language: Icelandic, English (Nordic Languages and German are widely spoken)

Religion: mainly Christians (Evangelical Lutheran Church 74%)

Currency: 1 Islandic Krona (ISK)=100ore

Where is Iceland? - Iceland Map

Iceland lies in the Arctic Region of Northern Europe, 3hrs flight from London/England, 5.5 hrs from New York/USA.

On this map you can see where Iceland is in Northern Europe.

You can click on the plus sign and move with the arrows to the left and make the island bigger, then you see the major cities and if you click satellite on the top right, then you can see the volcanos clearer too.

Iceland is in size about as big as Kentucky/USA and has roughly 5,000 km/3,107 miles of coastline.

The highest peak on Iceland is the Hvannadalshnukur 2,110m/6922ft. at Vatnajokull Glacier.

Iceland History

Iceland was founded by the Vikings. The Scandinavians were the first to settle in Iceland in 870.

Later Iceland was ruled also by the Norwegians and the Danes. Iceland became independent from the Kingdom of Denmark in 1918 and is a republic since 1944.

Iceland Geography

Iceland is covered by ice, glaciers and geysers and has got more than 20 active volcanoes. Grimsvoetn and Hekla are Iceland's most active volcanoes. In 2010, the latest major eruption of on of the island's glaciers took place on the Eyjafjallajokull. The largest volcano is called Vatnajokull and covers 8% of the country.

The country lies on two tectonic plates along which the volcanoes are located: the Eurasian and North American plates. The lava which came from the volcanoes on the plate borders formed the island. The last addition of islands to Iceland was formed in 1963. This island is called Surtsey and is located 30km off the main island.

There are also many waterfalls, hot springs, mud pools and geothermal vents, where the heat of the earth comes out from the earth surface. The energy of the Iceland volcanoes and vents is used by geothermal power stations and supplies the heating to around 85% of all households.

And did you know that the ice of the glaciers is 1,000m thick! Have a look at the thick icy waterfall in the picture above, which was taken by MWolfe.

Iceland Facts: Iceland Animals

Iceland has got some farmland where you will see many sheep as they are the most common farm animals in Iceland.

You will also see many seabirds like puffins. Puffins are black and white birds with large orange beaks that breed in large colonies on cliffs.

Whale Watching is very popular in Iceland too, you will encounter an enormous sea life in Iceland too.

And have you heard of the Iceland horses, known also as Iceland ponies, they are really big and strong. They are so robust they can stay on the fields during wintertime. Here is a cute picture of two Iceland horses by Sigridur Kristinsdottir.

Iceland People

Most people in Iceland live in the Southwestern Iceland near the capital Reykjavik which is the northernmost capital in Europe. Here is a picture of the Iceland's capital city Reykjavik.

The Icelanders do not have to pay school fees as all education is free of charge.

One of the most famous persons is Björk, singer and actress, who also played the leading role in 'Dancers in the Dark'. In 2009 Iceland took second place in the European Song Contest with singer Yohanna.

Did you know, that the world's first female president, was an Icelander? Her name is Vigdis Finbogadottir and she was elected in Iceland in 1980.

Interesting Iceland Language Facts

Icelandic is a Nordic language which is similar to Norwegian which was spoken over 1000 years ago.

Most people speak English as a second language in Iceland. There are also many people speaking Danish or Norwegian.

Most Icelanders do not have a family name or surname, they take on their father's name. So if the father is called Jakob, the daughter is given a first name for example Eva and then the father's name with an added -sdottir and is then called Jakobsdottir (Jakob's daughter), so we would call her: Eva Jakobsdottir. For sons they just add -sson: which would make the boy called Adam Jakobsson.

Iceland Food

The Icelandic main dishes contain: lamb, seafood and dairy products.

The bread you will get in Iceland is mostly dark rye bread or rye flat bread, which is very tasty too and you definitely should try the delicious 'Kleina' pastries.

Reindeer meat is also available in Iceland, but is quite expensive.

Other interesting Island facts regarding typical Icelandic food:

One specialty in Iceland which takes a bit to get used to is "Hakarl" which is rotten shark meat and it smells quite strongly.

Skyr: yogurt like white cheese a bit like low fat cream cheese or quark

Dried fish: usually haddock, cod or catfish

Porrablot: mid winter feast

Lax: salmon

Pickled herring

Iceland Attractions: What is great to visit in Iceland

Among the most popular attractions in Iceland and great activities to enjoy are:

Take a bath at the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa

See the spectacular Gullfoss waterfall which erupt every few minutes

Hike the trails in the Skaftafell National Park

Admire the many geysers and volcanoes

Reykjavik: Visit the Hallgrimskirkja (church) and the National Museum

Spot the Northern Lights between November and March (best when the moon is small!)

Go whale watching. Take a trip from Reykjavik harbot and see the huge humpback whales - only between May to September

Interesting Iceland Facts: Did you know...?

...the water of the geysers have a temperature of around 100 Celsius which is 212 Fahrenheit!

Sources for our Iceland Facts:

Image credits on Iceland Facts to: clemson.edu and sxc.hu: antoniocrp, peturjos, robbieboy1, siggakr, gregi, mwolfe, akiernan, stefan madder

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Iceland is on fire right now - and we're talking food rather than erupting volcanoes. This Nordic island used to be something of a culinary joke with every guidebook urging you to eat fermented shark (a delicacy that nobody, except tourists, gets excited about), and to drink Brennivín, an unsweetened schnapps (also known as 'the Black Death', which tells you everything you need to know).

But the financial crash in 2008 changed everything. Icelanders could no longer afford to eat the expensive imported goods they'd come to love, so they started looking at the food on their doorstep. Locals began making cheeses, jams, syrups from birch, and meadowsweet cured meats; and embracing Icelandic cuisine, influenced in part by the New Nordic movement.

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Smoked salt

Local salt is produced by evaporating seawater using geothermal power. As well as the plain stuff, you can buy salt mixed with black lava (much more delicious than it sounds), or with Arctic thyme and smoked over birch, which is fantastic with eggs.

Lobster soup

It's become a cliché, but it's still worth having the lobster soup served at Sægreifinn down by the harbour in Reykjavík. It's not fancy - the place isn't much more than a shack - but the Icelandic lobster is good, and the soup is heavenly. The other place to try it is at the Hotel Búðir on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland - but it will cost you a lot more there.

Boiled cod head

This, says chef Gísli Matthías Auðunsson, who came up with the dish when he worked at Matur og Drykkur, is a perfect example of how old Icelandic dishes have been reimagined. The cod head is poached in chicken stock, glazed with a blow torch (it looks like a bronze sea monster) and served with potato salad and lovage, a plant which is hugely popular here. The best bits are the cod cheeks.

Icelandic lamb

With seaweed and angelica as grazing crops, Icelandic lamb is the best I've tasted. Old-fashioned dishes include lamb stew (a kind of Icelandic-Irish stew) and smoked lamb (eaten cold with rye flatbread or warm with potatoes and white sauce). Visit sheep farms, such as Bjarteyjarsandur, an hour from the capital, to talk to the farmers and taste their cured lamb, stew and sausages.

One of my favourite things to eat here is the soft, cake-like rye bread, which is slowly cooked underground using geothermal heat. You see loaves of it for sale everywhere and it's lovely eaten with Icelandic cheeses or rhubarb jam.

Icelandic beer

Until 1989, beer was outlawed in Iceland, but, making up for lost time, now there are microbreweries all over the place. Most cafés and restaurants have beer on the menu and some offer seasonal 'tasters' (five or six served together, particularly great in the summer). Some can be briny, others as floral as meadows.

Salt liquorice

Icelanders are crazy for liquorice; you'll find it in cakes, meringues, and even ice cream. Buy the ice cream at Valdis in Reykjavík, or seek out packets of salt liquorice and bars of liquorice-flavoured dark chocolate in any supermarket.

Fruit schnapps

Vodka production is really on the up (and there are some very good ones), but the schnapps and liqueurs, made from botanicals, fruit and birch leaves, are even more distinctive. Try 64° Reykjavík Distillery - the rhubarb liqueur is particularly delicious.

Cinnamon buns and kleina

Cinnamon buns are not specifically Icelandic, but the ones at Brauð & Co in Reykjavík are so good that people queue from 6am for them. For a specifically Icelandic pastry, get kleina, deep-fried doughnuts dusted with cardamom sugar. Go to Sandholt bakery to try them.

You can buy skyr in UK supermarkets, but it isn't the real deal. Proper skyr (a soft-cheese/yogurt-like product specific to Iceland) is made from a starter from a previous batch and rennet. Sample the difference at cheese workshops run at the Reykjavík deli Búrið.

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