Iceland


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Late at night in Reykjavík, the summer sky is still bright. My first sight of the city center is a line of young people with an apparent taste for american food.
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The favorite passtime of the Reykjavík beautiful ones is the runtur, a sort of bar-hopping which requires strong stomach and several credit cards.
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The main avenue of the city center, one morning at 4am. Welcome to the land of ice and fire.
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No shortage of water here, be it cold...
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... or hot.
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Along the coast near Ólafsvik, not far from the volcano where Verne's "Journey to the centre of the Earth" started from. In the waters, ice-cold year round...
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...the fishermen are never without work.
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On a small island off the coast from Stykkishólmur, sheep have found heaven on Earth.
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A view from a hilltop in Akureyri, Iceland's second largest town set at the end of a long fjord.
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Ólafsfjördhur is also set in beautiful surroundings, with the added bonus of less tourists.
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Not far from Reykjavík, the Blue Lagoon is a place for new-age fans and "Cocoon"-movie goers alike,...
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... with a special atmosphere.
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A view over Reykjavík from its tallest building, the main church.

Travelogue

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I visited in June 1997.
Useful Bits

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The unit of currency in Iceland is krona, ISK (1 US dollar was 74.7 ISK on July 1, 1999). Here is a site where you can find an updated table of currency conversions.
Here is a few maps, collected from the excellent PCL map collection:
Here are some useful links (note that many servers have both icelandic and english pages):
Concluding bla-bla

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