Facts About Iceland That Make It Unlike Any Other Country

Iceland’s National Sport

While Icelanders love many kinds of sports, from football to volleyball, they most revere handball. Being the national sport of Iceland, handball is a game played between two teams with the objective to score by driving the ball into the opposing net.

 

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In 2008, Iceland's national team took home a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics.

100 Words for Wind

With a language notoriously difficult to grasp, locals also speak English quite well, which makes it easy for tourists to get around. One interesting fact about Icelandic is that it holds 100 words for wind, which makes sense.

 

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It's also very similar to Old Norse which means many Icelanders are able to read ancient texts written in it.