I will go to Iceland with Astronomy Magazine to see the northern lights.
From the airport at Keflavik, it is about 40 minutes to Reykjavik. Keflavik was a NATO air base during the Cold War. The U.S. military left in 2006.
Island is an island nation. It is a Scandinavian country and lies between Norway and Greenland. It is oval-shaped, about the size of Kentucky with a peninsula which looks like a crab with pinchers extending from its northwestern corner.
Iceland was under the rule of Denmark until 1944. It gained independence when the Nazis occupied Denmark. Greenland is still ruled by Denmark.
The population of Iceland is about 300,000, 200,000 of which reside in the capital of Reykjavik.
That tall building in Reykjavik is a Lutheran church. Hallgrims church.
Blue Lagoon is a poplar attraction.
Reykjavik is the northernmost capital city. Reykjavik means "smoky bay."
People speak Icelandic but also English. The Icelandic language has changed so little since the 9th century that people can still read the sagas written then.
Iceland's flag has the Scandinavian cross. A red cross is oulined in white against a blue field.
Halldor Laxness (1902-1998) is Iceland's great novelist.
