Iceland
Candidate for the EU
Iceland and the EU
Iceland was not member of the countries that organized the EU. Currently the country is attempting to join the EU along with Montenegro, Turkey, Serbia and others. Iceland applied to be a candidate in 2009 and is still waiting.
History of Iceland
After the Icelandic civil war. Iceland fell into the hands of Norwegian king. Not for long, because the Danish invaded Norway and gained Iceland. The island is north west of Europe. It is also the second biggest island in Europe. Iceland has many volcanoes and geological features. The biggest volcanoe is Eyjafjallaujökul. This is a picture above the clouds and seeing Eyjafjallaujökul erupt.
Icelandic flag and map
A great place to see amazing geological features!
Places to see and things to do.
Major cities to visit include Bolingarvic, Siglufjordur, Seydisfjordur, and Grindavik. The capital is Reykjavik. Things to see are the hundreds of geysers and geological features. Many beautiful pictures are very easy to get.
Icelands government
Iceland has a constitutional republic government after the Danish and Norwegean rule. Like the states of the U.S.A Iceland has many counties. Their currency is the Icelandic krōna. Although currently people are having a "silent revolution" where doctors are demanding better wages. Some are protesting for the police force having too much fire power. The prime minsters popularity went from a 24 to 11 in the past couple years. More than 4,500 people participate in the protests.
Fun facts
Is Iceland growing?
Yes very little because the mid Atlantic ridge goes right through Iceland. The ridge is slowly separating iceland and making bigger. It also causes a lot of volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes.
One of the biggest
Iceland's one and own Eyjafjallaujökul is one of the worlds biggest volcanoes and erupts every 5 years.
Eruption?
Did you know gyeser in Icelandic means eruption?
The picture is of a gyeser that has so much water that it doesn't have enough force to make it erupt.