The quiz
Icelandor not?
Ten facts. Some are Iceland, some are somewhere else. Tap your answer.
01 / 10
Beer was banned until 1989.
Iceland. Beer over 2.25% was illegal until 1 March 1989. Locals still celebrate Beer Day.
02 / 10
Penguins live in the wild here.
Not Iceland. Penguins live in the southern hemisphere. Iceland has puffins, which people mix up all the time.
03 / 10
Wild reindeer roam the east.
Iceland. Reindeer were brought over in the 1700s, and herds still roam the east.
04 / 10
A hotel made of ice is rebuilt here every winter.
Not Iceland. That is the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, in Swedish Lapland.
05 / 10
Its parliament first met in 930.
Iceland. The Alþingi first met at Þingvellir in 930. You can stand on the spot on a Golden Circle day.
06 / 10
You can see the northern lights in June.
Not Iceland. From May to August the sky never gets dark enough. The season runs roughly September to April.
07 / 10
The phone book is sorted by first name.
Iceland. Most people have a patronymic, not a family name, so first names come first.
08 / 10
The Arctic Circle crosses the mainland.
Not Iceland. It only touches the tiny island of Grímsey, 40 km off the north coast. In Norway, Sweden and Finland it crosses the mainland.
09 / 10
It has no army.
Iceland. No standing army. The coast guard does the rest.
10 / 10
Polar bears live here all year.
Not Iceland. A few have drifted over on sea ice from Greenland, but none live here.
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