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Iceland (Icelandic : Ísland , pronounced [ˈistlant] ⓘ ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans , on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe . It is linked culturally and politically with Europe and is the region's most sparsely populated country . Its capital and largest city is Reykjavík , which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents. The official language of the country is Icelandic .
Located on a rift between tectonic plates , Iceland's geologic activity includes geysers and frequent volcanic eruptions . The interior consists of a volcanic plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains , and glaciers , and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate, despite a latitude just south of the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly, and most of its islands have a polar climate .
According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island. In the following centuries, Norwegians , and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians , immigrated to Iceland, bringing with them thralls (i.e., slaves or serfs) of Gaelic origin. (Full article... )
The Icelandic Phallological Museum (Icelandic : Hið íslenzka reðasafn [ˈhɪːð ˈistlɛnska ˈrɛːðaˌsapn̥] ), located in Reykjavík , Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. As of early 2020 the museum moved to a new location in Hafnartorg, three times the size of the previous one, and the collection holds well over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammal. The museum also holds 22 penises from creatures and peoples of Icelandic folklore.
In July 2011, the museum obtained its first
human penis , one of many promised by would-be donors. Its detachment from the donor's body did not go according to plan and it was reduced to a greyish-brown shriveled mass that was pickled in a jar of
formalin . The museum continues to search for "a younger and a bigger and better one." (
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8 February 2022 Skateboarder Josh Neuman dies in a plane crash in Thingvellir National Park (Guardian)
28 November 2021 Right-left wing coalition continues after an election (Reuters)
9 September 2021: Laugardalshöll in Iceland chosen as the venue for the world tournament in League of Legends (esports)
22 March 2021: Fagradalsfjall (pictured ) on the Reykjanes peninsula erupts in a fissure (BBC)
Leif Erikson , also known as Leif the Lucky (c. 970s – c. 1018 to 1025 ), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America , approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus . According to the sagas of Icelanders , he established a Norse settlement at Vinland , which is usually interpreted as being coastal North America. There is ongoing speculation that the settlement made by Leif and his crew corresponds to the remains of a Norse settlement found in Newfoundland, Canada , called L'Anse aux Meadows , which was occupied approximately 1,000 years ago.
Leif's place of birth is unknown, although it is assumed to have been in
Iceland . His father,
Erik the Red , founded the first
Norse settlement in Greenland , where Leif was later raised. Following his voyage to Vinland and the subsequent death of his father, Leif became chief of the Greenland settlement. He had two known sons: Thorgils, born in the
Hebrides ; and Thorkell, who succeeded him as Greenland's chieftain. (
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Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding stock of Iceland came from England and what is now France. Some were probably captured and carried off in Viking raids only 40 generations ago.
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