Unbelievable facts about Iceland

Iceland was the inspiration for the stories of the famous novel 'Lord of the Rings', and the land was sometimes used as a rehearsal for the Moon.

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Iceland is a relatively small country in Northern Europe. The country has an area of ​​only 103,000 square kilometers, even less than some states in the United States.

Population

In terms of population, this country has only about 340,000 people, not even our capital Hanoi.

Reykjavík City of Iceland.

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The country unfortunately has to endure some of the most extreme natural phenomena, it is volcanic and icy. So, the vegetation here is relatively difficult to grow.

But even so, this is not the reason why this country does not have a forest. The story is actually Viking, when they came here, they cut a lot of trees, plus the release of free sheep on the island made trees unable to grow again. As a result, the country has less than 2% of its land area with trees, despite the efforts of people to green.

Extremely friendly life

This country has an active volcanic system. As a result, they built a geothermal energy system, supplying 80% of the country's activities.

Even fossil energy is almost never used here, because even buses are run by water.

The best horror dish in the world

Icelan has a dish. The ingredients for making hakarl are meat. The meat of this species is very poisonous so it has to boil many times, dry or ferment for about 6 to 12 weeks. And Icelanders often choose the third way of processing, ie . buried underground for poison to decompose into ammonia. After the standard time, they dug up and dried in the sun for a few more weeks before eating.