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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: WHAT TO VISIT IN ICELAND

 

 

Tourist attractions: The attractions of Iceland are mainly naturalistic and natural, it has a spectacular dramatic landscape born from volcanic eruptions and carved out by glaciers, Iceland offers striking landscapes, young lava fields, roaring waterfalls, majestic glacial ice-caps, whale watching, bird watching.

The capital city, Reykjavik is one of the liveliest, sophisticated and modern cities on earth. Midnight sun is another attraction, in the month of June the sun never fully sets in the north. There are even special excursions to the island of Grímsey on the Arctic Circle where you can experience the midnight sun. Aurora borealis is another Icelandic nature show, during the winter nights, the northern lights are often visible in Iceland. Thingvellir (site of the oldest parliament in the world), Gullfoss (Europe's largest waterfall) and Geysir (the one for whom geysers around the world are named). Vatnajökull in Southeast Iceland is the largest of the glacier caps in Europe. The Blue Lagoon, a unique natural pool of geothermal seawater (37-39°C) in the middle of a moss-covered lava field, is one of the most interesting places to visit in Iceland.

 
Unesco has inscribed 2 Icelandic sites in the World Heritage List: Þingvellir National Park (2004), Surtsey (2008). Between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Skaftafell (2001), Breiðafjörður (2001), Núpsstaður (2001), Viðmýri Turf Church (2001), Keldur (2001), Gásar (2001), Reykholt (2001), Mývatn - Laxá (2001), Herðubreiðarlindir and Askja (2001).

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