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    "Why Iceland?"

    Here's the beginning of my answer to the same question everybody asks me when they learn I went on vacation there.

    The Northern Lights

    Sweet architecture

    Geysir: the geysir that all geysirs are named after

    Dimmuborgir

    And the Dimmuborgir Yule Lads

    Cozy chic fashion & shopping

    Shops, restaurants, & guesthouses that put all others to shame with their hospitality

    Picturesque harbor towns

    Waterfalls

    Fjords

    More waterfalls

    Waterfalls you can walk behind

    And waterfalls like Skógafoss that you can hike to the top of

    Wild arctic foxes

    The challenge of not hitting sheep* on the Ring Road

    Hot pots, steam baths, & town pools

    And the tourist trap that is the Blue Lagoon

    Gas station fast food that doesn't suck

    A 32 letter alphabet

    Skyr

    Puffins

    Mud pits galore

    Lava fields that make you feel like you're on Mars

    Lupins everywhere

    Midnight summer sun

    Top-notch cities in the middle of nowhere

    with million dollar views

    Kerið

    Vatnajökull

    Jökulsárlón

    Hverfell, the 'Dog Bowl' you can climb

    Blue whales

    Moss and rocks as far as the eye can see

    The Wasteland

    Ocean views

    One lane bridges

    Hornstrandir

    Turf houses

    Volcano jokes

    Great museums

    Harpa

    The division between the European and North American tectonic plates

    3-legged monsters

    And did I mention waterfalls?