Vikingsson on February 18th, 2008

The Íslendingur loves his/her swimming pool. Mostly outdoor pools, little or no chlorine (please wash yourself), heated by the geothermal goodness beneath their feet. A hot day that we might consider a swim is very rare in Iceland so they go swimming not to cool off but to warm up.
Imagine taking in the [...]

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Vikingsson on October 1st, 2007

It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of hot water in Icelandic society. The country is effectively run by hot and cold water. Hot being that lovely steamy water that is drilled out of the ground like the rest of us drill for oil. They run power plants on this stuff, [...]

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Vikingsson on December 1st, 2006

Welcome to Iceland Dream.
I keep having these crazy dreams about Iceland. If I don’t visit that country soon I’ll loose my mind. I’m tired of thinking about it, time to write about it. Then visit.
So have a look around and leave a comment.

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