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About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.
For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.
About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.
Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.
Eiríkur Hauksson, Iceland’s representative in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Finland on May 10 and 12, received a lot of media attention in a “Welcome Party” in the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki yesterday.
“I can handle it,” the rocker told Fréttabladid. “I can drink all night, smoke one pack of cigarettes a day and sing during the day. That is no problem.”
“All this attention must be positive, of course, but it can also be a bit tiresome,” commented Helga Steimgrímsdóttir, Hauksson’s wife who accompanied her husband to Helsinki.
Hauksson performs Iceland’s contribution “Valentine Lost” (“Ég les í lófa thínum”) in the Eurovision semi-finals on Thursday and experts believe he has a good chance of making it to the finals on Saturday.
To listen to the song “Valentine Lost” on You Tube click here.