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2. How to see the Northern Lights in Iceland: Best time to visit ...

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   One benefit of heading to Iceland on the hunt for the aurora is that the gulf stream makes it a warmer location than other viewing places in Scandanavia if you go in September or March, when the ...

3. Tourism in Iceland - Wikipedia

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   Tourism in Iceland has grown considerably in economic significance in the past 15 years. As of 2016, the tourism industry is estimated to contribute about 10 percent to the Icelandic GDP; [ 1 ] the number of foreign visitors exceeded 2,000,000 for the first time in 2017; tourism is responsible for a share of nearly 30 percent of the country's ...

4. Hornstrandir - Wikipedia

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   Hornstrandir attracts both half-day visitors and hikers, and has three main attractions. One attraction is the bird cliffs surrounding the bay of Hornvík, reaching a height of more than 500 metres on the bay's eastern side and described as "a magnet of gigantic proportions" for teeming of birds.

5. Þingvellir - Wikipedia

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   Þingvellir is now a national park in the municipality of Bláskógabyggð in southwestern Iceland, about 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Iceland's capital, Reykjavík. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological significance, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland.

6. Inside Iceland's futuristic farm growing algae for food - AOL

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   In the shadow of Iceland’s largest geothermal power station, a large warehouse houses a hi-tech indoor farm of sorts that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. Under a strange pink-purple glow ...

7. Viking World museum - Wikipedia

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   Viking World (Icelandic: Víkingaheimar [ˈviːciŋkaˌheiːmar̥]) is a museum in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, Iceland.. Íslendingur, a replica of the Gokstad Viking ship. The museum opened on 8 May 2009, [1] [2] followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day, 17 June.