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Iceland is located at the junction of the American plate and the European plate. Iceland is at the westernmost end of Europe. Its land area is similar to that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in China, but its population is less than a fraction of that of the two provinces. It has the lowest population density in Europe.
Except the northernmost island of Grimsay, the rest of Iceland is located in the south of the Arctic Circle. Iceland at high latitudes should be very cold, but Iceland is not very cold because of the warm current in the North Atlantic.
As the country with the highest status of women and the most emphasis on equality in the world. According to statistics, more than 80% Icelandic women will choose to go out to work, and Icelandic women are very independent. Even if they eat together, they will go Dutch, because in their eyes, it is a shame to ask a man for something.
As one of the five Nordic countries, Iceland used to be the world leader in economic development, but due to the financial crisis in 2008, the Icelandic krona depreciated by half.
It's hard to see many people in Iceland except Reykjavik, the capital. Even Chirieri, known as the "Northern Capital", has only a small population of16,000, and many villages and towns have only a few hundred people. Even many scenic spots don't even have fences and don't accept tickets.
Around the 9th century AD, the Norwegian navigator Inge Jansen discovered Iceland. Therefore, there are streets named after Reykjavik today, and there are statues of him beside the government building in the city center.
In 930, Iceland established the first national assembly in the world. Moreover, each parliament will be divided into four annual meetings, and before each annual meeting, members will draw lots to decide their seats.
Iceland's history is not long, let alone complicated, and it is very close to the daily life of China people. Almost every Icelander can trace his family tree back to the famous historical figures in Iceland.
Icelanders are avant-garde, open and ahead of the times. For example, in the 20 15 "nipple liberation" campaign, many Icelandic women took to the streets to demonstrate that they should not be labeled as indecent.
Iceland's glaciers are called "the end of the world", accounting for more than 10% of the island area, and are the largest glaciers in the world except Antarctica and Greenland.
Since the establishment of 1944 People's Republic of China (PRC), Iceland has become a highly developed country with perfect social welfare, which is not inferior to the Nordic countries such as Norway and Sweden. The only armed force in Iceland is the Coast Guard with no more than 100.
At the 20 18 World Cup in Russia, the Icelandic football team entered the World Cup finals for the first time, and at the same time set a new world record, with the smallest population participating in the World Cup. Especially in the first game, Argentina even drew 1.
To refute the rumor here, there are always people on the Internet who say that Iceland's national football team is composed of amateur players, but the fact is that Iceland's national teams are all professional players. Iceland has a very perfect league hierarchy, and the highest league is called "Icelandic Super Football League", which is composed of 12 local teams and has the highest level.
After World War II, Iceland became one of the few national defense protection countries in the world. Although the positions of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland were neutral at that time, only Sweden finally got what it wanted.
As the main economic pillar industry in Iceland, fishery occupied more than 90% of Iceland's national economy before 1970s, and even had three "Cod Wars" with Britain. Look at the most amazing typical case of "defeating the strong with the weak" in the 20th century.
The so-called vikings originally meant "people from fjords". Later, during the Middle Ages in Europe, the British and the French specifically referred to the Nordic invaders. However, the Vikings were not the aborigines of Iceland, and most of their hometowns came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Iceland is the only country in the world that allows tourists to visit the magma chamber inside volcanoes, such as Selihnuka h.r.giger, a dormant volcano that has erupted for 4,000 years.
Sneifel Glacier is located in the west of Iceland and is one of the most famous glaciers in the world. Sneifel volcano is buried below, which is called the entrance to the center of the earth by French writer jules verne.
Issa Filser, as the capital of the western fjord, is also the largest town in western Iceland, although the walking distance between any two points in the town will not exceed 15 minutes. Every Easter weekend, the very popular "I have never been to the South Bank" music festival is held here.
Schomir, located in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, is a fishing port town in the west of Iceland, where the Greenland segment in the movie "Daydreaming Housewives" was filmed. In addition, although there are almost no mosquitoes in Iceland, there are many small flying insects, especially around Mihu Lake.
Although the temperature in Iceland is not very warm, Icelanders never eat ice cream regardless of the season, and even regardless of the weather, we can see a large number of people queuing to buy their favorite licorice ice cream.
There is a very special museum in Reykjavik, which contains precious specimens of all mammals in Iceland, including human beings, just like the furnishings in the central Hai Dafu room of the Duke of Lushan in Stephen Chow, and even "exotic species" donated by other countries in the world.
Although Nyna strom, a celebrity of Iceland's fitness network, is only 1.56 meters tall, she is known as Iceland's national idol because of her angelic face and proud figure!