By Spencer RothfleischVisit The Website Version of this PowerPoint at: Visit-Iceland.weebly.com

Location East of Greenland Northeast of USA Northwest of UK Capitol, Kopavogur is located at 22W

63E 3554.20 Miles direct route from USA

to Iceland

Region• Language is Old Norse and Old Norwegian• Official religion is Lutheran Church of Iceland. • Other religions are Roman Catholic, Reykjavik Free Church, and

Hafnarfjorour Free Church.• Currency is Króna• 114 Krona is equal to a dollar• Foods are fish, lamb, and diary products• Main sport played is Glíma• Glíma is a form of wrestling• Other Popular sports are football (soccer), track and field,

handball, and basketball• Ásgrímur Jósson was a famouse painter in Iceland, below is one

of his peices

Region Cont. (Customs)All Holidays Below

Twelfth Night-last day of christmas Bóndadagur-Husband’s day Thorrablót-Month of Thorri feast Konudagur-Wifes day Bolludagur-bun day (pastries) Sprengidagur-Bursting day (eat heavily salted lamb with peas, eat until your bursting

point; until you cant eat anymore) Öskudagur-Ash Wednesday, ashes are collected into small ash bags, then you pin the

bag on an innocent passerby Easter-Give and receive large chocolate eggs Sumardagurinn fyrsti-First day of summer Sjómannadagur-A holiday for seamen with fish and fun games Icelandic Republic Day-June 17th, when Iceland became a republic in 1944 Jónsmessa-Midsummer night, the longest day of the year! Verslunarmannahelgi-The bank holiday, celebrating the shopkeepers and other

merchants Dagur Íslenskrar tungu-Icelandic language day Independence Day-Unofficial Independence day on Dec. 1st when Iceland declaration

of independence was created from Denmark in 1918 Þorláksmessa-Eat putrefied steak to symbolize the what was traditionally the end of

of the Christmas fast Christmas-Celebrated on December 24th, at 6pm New Year’s Eve-Friends and family get together to see bonfires and fireworks

Location/Unique Features Blue lagoon, a beautiful geothermal

spa Gullfoss, and awesome waterfall Askja, a stratovolcano Dynjani, a waterfall Museum of Iceland, a great museum Akureyrarkirkja, a chuch with

beautiful architecture!

Human Environment Interaction

Natural Recourses: Fisheries, the base of the Icelandic

economy Renewable Energy, almost all of

Iceland’s electricity is from renewable recourses

Water, pure and you can drink high quality right out of a water fountain

MovementTransportation Main way is car Busses No public railwaysExports Meat, fish, and processed foodsPorts Reykjaneshofn DHL Express Iceland ehf Faxafloahafnir sf Jonar Transport hf Port of Hafnarfjordur and Samskip hf

PowerPoint by Spencer Rothflisch. Please check out visit-iceland.weebly.com for more in depth explanations of stuff you saw here! Thank you to Mr. Maver for assigning this amazing project! I learned a lot!

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