Day Tours from Akureyri and Lake Myvatn - North Iceland Travel

Iceland was the last country
in Europe to be settled

Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday
are named after the Nordic Gods:
Tyr, Odin, Thor and Frey

Icelanders believe in elves...

      ...seriously 

The highest and lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland.
+ 30.5°C   /   86.9°F
-  38.0°C   /   36.4°F

In Iceland are no 
snakes, lizards, bats, 
or mosquitoes 

Beer was not allowed
in Iceland until
1st March 1989 

Iceland is the most sparsely 
populated country in Europe.
Less than 3 people
live per square km

The Arctic Fox
was the first mammal to
settle in Iceland 

There is only 3 kinds of weather in Iceland.
Very Good  -  Good  -  Refreshing

Iceland has twice as many 
sheep as people 

Average January temperature 
in Reykjavik, at around zero,
is actually higher than in New York.

Iceland was in 1980 the first
democratic country in the world
to elect a female president

We have 13 Yule Lads
(Santa´s) 

The highest and lowest temperature
ever recorded in Iceland
+ 30.5°C /  86.9 °F
- 38.0°C /  36.4 °F 

Less than 1.5 million Icelanders
have ever been born

Iceland has had four names:
Ultima Thule, Gardarsholmi, 
Snæland and then Iceland
from around 960

The shortest day this year is
21st December
Sunrise at 11:22
Sunset at 15:30
= 4 hours and 8 minutes
 

The distance between
Iceland and Greenland
is shorter than the road between
Akureyri and Reykjavik