{"id":4816,"date":"2018-10-02T21:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happytours.eu\/en\/content\/\/neutral\/"},"modified":"2018-10-02T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:58:11","slug":"to-eyjafjallajokull-please","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happytours.eu\/en\/content\/to-eyjafjallajokull-please\/neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"To Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iceland, one of the most volcanically active landscapes on Earth is an inspiring mix of natural wonders, including breathtaking glaciers, bubbling hot springs and rugged fjords. Apart from Reykjav\u00edk, the tiny capital of Iceland, only few other pocketsize villages, remote farms and hamlets are scattered along the coast. All of them have (at least) one thing in common: their names are hardly pronounceable\u2026 We represent here a brief introduction into understanding the names of places and sightseeing spots in Iceland.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the capital, Reykjav\u00edk, which means \u201csmoky bay\u201d. The legend has it that the capital was founded by Norse settler Ing\u00f3lfur Arnarson, who decided to throw the pillars into the sea and settle wherever the pillars would wash up. And when he saw the smoke rising from the geothermic area beyond the shore, he named the town smoky bay (the ending V\u00edk means Bay). When you visit the capital, you\u2019ll surely come across Hallgr\u00edmskirkja, the biggest church in Iceland, which was named after the revered poet and minister Hallgr\u00edmur P\u00e9tursson. But let\u2019s move further, to the names of the places. Akureyri originally most likely meant a fertile ground \u2013 the area was very fertile back then and also the weather was favourable. Laugarvatn means hot spring lake \u2013 and rightfully so, there are many hot springs by the lake. But as funny as it might seem, there is another meaning behind the word Laugar and it describes the place where you wash clothes. A similar name is Laugavegur, the name of the most famous shopping street in the capital \u2013 and it is assumed that people really washed their clothes here back in the good old days\u2026<\/p>\n

If you have managed to read the article until the very end, you deserve a reward: we reveal what the word in the title of the article means: Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull is a compound word which means island mountain glacier! Now book the tour with us and off we go!<\/p>\n

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Iceland, one of the most volcanically active landscapes on Earth is an inspiring mix of natural wonders, including breathtaking glaciers, bubbling hot springs and rugged fjords. Apart from Reykjav\u00edk, the tiny capital of Iceland, only few other pocketsize villages, remote farms and hamlets are scattered along the coast. All of them have (at least) one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4816","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t