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Pieces of Iceland: The Icons
a] Tjörnin – the little lake in the middle of the big city b] number of people living on the island, as of 21 December 2004 c] Halldór Laxness, Iceland’s favorite nov-
elist, Nobel Prize winner, and inspiration to a generation of writers d] Reyka, Iceland’s very own vodka e] blódberg, the secret to why Icelandic lamb is so delicious
f] butter, but better g] the one, the only, the Icelandic hot dog h] we have it from a very good source that rubber boots were a more important import to Iceland in the
20th century than the automobile i] Björk, Iceland’s biggest export – before her, there was only cod j] the jeep, dominating mountains, glaciers, and the narrow streets of
101 k] the kleina, a cardamom infused donut found in bakeries from Vopnafjördur to Hafnarfjördur l] Icelanders find a way to take a dip in geothermally heated water
no matter where they are m] the Icelandic sagas and Eddas are some of the oldest works of literature on the planet n] British merchants changed Iceland forever when
they brought salt to the island and taught people how to preserve their fish o] you either love it or you hate it, but any way you look at it the bell tower of Hallgrímskirkja
is the best navigational landmark in Reykjavík p] have an espresso and a listen at the little yellow house of 12 Tónar record store q] the Arctic fox, Iceland’s first mammal
r] often overshadowed by the bigger industries in Sweden and Denmark, Iceland’s design community is putting out objects of unparalleled beauty, like this “Inner Beauty”
by Gudrún Lilja Gunnarsdóttir s] dried fish, stinky and delicious t] bars like Kaffibarinn helped start the buzz that Iceland has some of the world’s wildest nightlife u] wool
has always been a good antidote to Iceland’s long, wet winters v] skyr, a dairy product worth immigrating for w] Skeljasandur buildings – not pretty, but cheap.
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