Where Is Middle Earth???
Iceland
About Iceland?
This country is to the NW of Europe and the landscape of this region is just beautiful and hard to take your eyes off of. It is open spaced and has many beautiful mountains and hills. You won't believe your eyes when you see their caves of light's and color with a pinch of magnificent.Also in Iceland they speak Icelandic. I know so creative right. For example saying "hello my name is Alanni," you would say halló minn nafn er Alanni. Furthermore, Icelandic culture has been shaped by isolation and the extreme forces of nature because it right in the smack dab of the North Atlantic. Through the centuries, Iceland has developed a unique tradition for storytelling and literature. What that is trying to say is that they are based off a tradition of storytelling and literature.
Why Iceland?
In the Hobbit they filmed in New Zealand. As you can see New Zealand is also open-spaced and has many hills. Iceland resembles New Zealand quite well in my perspective. You see Iceland is much closer any way because it's only 3,548 miles and New Zealand is 7,793 miles away from the US. Iceland 1, New Zealand 0. Apart from both being beautiful Iceland has a more Middle Earth look because of it's land space and grassy areas. Those areas would be great for the filming of Hobbit Hole(Bilbo Baggin's Home). Also there caves are ginormous and magnificent in color which would depict Gollum's home very nicely. Even though these two places are very similar there are some drastic differences. Iceland has caves that are beautiful and bright while New Zealand has darkish caves with long rivers. Iceland may be different then New Zealand, but I can tell you it is way more beautiful than any country you would ever see.
PICTURES
Caves
These are the caves in Iceland that are just extremely beautiful. Ha something in Iceland is actually ice! Anyway these being here Gollum would find it quite suiting.In my opinion, these caves are more beautiful to look at and you can make it nice and pretty or dark and scary. Bilbo might find his waking up scene a little bit more comfortable.
Mountains
You see the mist over these mountains. Hello Misty Mountain right here coming at cha live. The mountain ranges all about Iceland are open-spaced and are spectacular in beauty. The whole Hobbit story is about the trip to the Misty Mountains and these mountains would depit those mountains amazingly. Plus, they look almost like the mountains but better because of its image, color, and size.
"Hobbit Holes"
Surprise, Surprise! Iceland has their own "hobbit holes". I put " " around the words because they are not called those there. They are called houses because people actually live there. Unlike New Zealand if we filmed here there would be already made hobbit houses. Plus here they are so big and comfy just like in the movie.
In Conclusion
To sum it up, the real Middle Earth is Iceland. Why, because of its beauty and open landscapes. It really isn't made of ice, but of grassy hills and mountains. Once you get there it will be a world of exquisiteness. It's plain and is not overdoing it with to many trees or mountains. It is just perfect.
Event Information
Imagine Peace Tower Relit on Spring Equinox
The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will light up the evening sky on spring equinox and the week following. It is lit at 8:00 until midnight. This is the time when the day is approximately equally long as the night. The timing of the relighting of the tower is in connection to Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s marriage on 20 March 1969.
When?
Friday, Mar 20, 2015, 08:00 PM
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