VISIT ICELAND

ICELAND PUBLISHES MORE BOOKS PER CAPITA

THAN ANY OTHER NATION

THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY THEIR LITERACY RATE IS 99%

THEY ARE ALSO RANKED AS THE FOURTH

HAPPIEST NATION ON EARTH

BECAUSE THERE ARE NO LAST NAMES

THE PHONE BOOK IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO FIRST NAME

IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH ONE ANOTHER

(IN PLACE OF LAST NAMES), ONE OF THE FIRST

QUESTIONS ICELANDERS ASK EACH OTHER

IS "HVERRA MANNA ERT ÞÚ?” (WHO ARE YOUR PEOPLE?)

SINCE THE COUNTRY IS VERY ISOLATED AND HAS ONLY

300,000 PEOPLE, THE JOKE THAT ALL ICELANDERS

ARE RELATED ACTUALLY HOLDS SOME WEIGHT

THERE IS EVEN AN APP CALLED THE "ISLENDINGABÓK"

("BOOK OF ICELANDERS") THAT WILL LET YOU KNOW

HOW YOU ARE RELATED TO YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER

SO AS TO AVOID POTENTIAL INCEST

THE MAJORITY OF ICELANDERS BELIEVE IN ELVES.

ACTUALLY, IN 2013 A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

WAS CANCELED DUE TO "ELF ADVOCATES" PROTESTING

THE DESTRUCTION OF ELF TERRITORY