Why do many people yearn for Iceland

Iceland is a country in northern Europe, located in the middle of the North Atlantic, near the Arctic Circle. On this island, you can enjoy glaciers, hot springs, ice fields, snow peaks, active volcanoes, volcanic deserts, waterfalls and other natural scenery. It has a cold temperate maritime climate, which is changeable. Affected by the North Atlantic Warm Current, it is warmer than other places in the same latitude. The sunshine time is long in summer and extremely short in winter. Aurora can be seen in autumn and early winter. Travel to Iceland.

Iceland means "frozen land". However, it is the eruption of marine volcanoes that created this land and brought inexhaustible hot springs and geothermal resources to Iceland. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to call it "the island of ice and fire". The plane landed in Reykjavik, and we were met by a new Icelandic immigrant from Beijing, surnamed Chen, who used to be a national team swimmer. It has been eight years since he joined Iceland as a skilled immigrant.

Abundant geothermal energy

Reykjavik, the northernmost transparent capital of the world, Xiao Chen tells us that Icelandic means "smoking city". This is because there are abundant geothermal resources here, and hot springs are steaming everywhere, which makes people mistake it for smoke from a distance. In fact, due to the favor of hot springs, there is no oil smoke here. Icelanders built the world's first geothermal heating system according to local conditions, which provided the economy and life for the city. People can't see boilers and chimneys common in other cities here. The sky is blue all year round and the city is very clean. This "smoking city" is exactly the cleanest "smoke-free city" in the world.

There are no skyscrapers in Shile, but the main buildings are the parliament hall and the government building, which are built along the scenic Huning Lake in the city center. The houses in the city are small and exquisite, painted with red, red, green and green colors, and colorful under the sunlight. Along the way, we saw that whenever the morning sun rises or the sun sets, the oncoming peaks show delicate purple and the sea turns dark blue, which makes people feel like they are in a beautiful painting.

Drinking water in Iceland can be said to be the cleanest underground mineral water in the world. It is said that a water research organization in the United States conducted a field trip to test the cleanliness of Icelandic water, and the result surprised them. There are no impurities in the water, and the inspectors even suspect that there is something wrong with the instrument.

Due to the abundant geothermal resources, Iceland has swimming pools everywhere, featuring open-air and geothermal hot springs. The water temperature is kept at around 29 degrees all the year round. It has become a habit for local people to like swimming outdoors. Most Icelanders are taken to hot springs by their parents a few months after birth, and swimming in school is a compulsory course. Many tourists like to watch Icelanders swimming in the frozen outdoor swimming pool, but they are afraid to get into the water. I thought you would be shivering with cold when you entered the water. However, if you come to the Langda Road Swimming Pool, you will immediately change your mind and see that the whole swimming pool is shrouded in fog. There are five large baths lined up, including water park, water basketball, foam bath and sauna, with temperatures ranging from 29 degrees to 40 degrees. The open-air swimming pool is the most popular social place in Iceland. People have lost their formal suits and swimsuits, and there is no difference in occupation and status, thus restoring their true colors. Whether talking about business or chatting, everyone's mentality is relaxed and their emotions become easy to communicate. In Langda Road, you can enjoy all kinds of services at will for three yuan. Guided by the tour guide, I first soaked in the hot spring bath for 15 minutes, then cooled down, then soaked in a warmer bath for 10 minutes, then cooled down, then soaked in a hotter bath for 5 minutes, then slowly came out and swam slowly for 500 meters in the swimming pool.

There are few trees in Iceland, and there are dark volcanic rocks along the way. Only moss can survive where trees should grow. But this is not the whole of Iceland. In fact, on this unique island country, you can see many rare scenery in other parts of the world. You can drive southeast from Schleswig-Holstein for an hour to reach the famous geothermal hot spring in Iceland-Blue Lagoon, which is a must-see for Iceland. This is the largest and most unique hot spring lake bay in the world, as blue as Wenyu. The blue lagoon is famous for its dark volcanoes and misty geothermal steam. First, because of the developed geothermal energy, even in the snowy season, tourists can still soak in warm water and fully enjoy the gift of nature. Second, because Iceland is a volcanic country, the blue lagoon is located on an extinct volcano, the beneficial minerals in the stratum are deposited at the bottom of the lake, and the bottom of the lake is white with silicon dioxide. Algae growing in lakes and water are sapphire blue. People who are good at water or lucky will cheer when they dig white mud, because this mud can moisturize your skin and improve your health. Minerals in the water have special effects on skin diseases and psoriasis, so many foreign tourists often use a few hours of leisure time to go to the blue lagoon to soak in hot springs and use white carbon dioxide.

The formation of the blue lagoon is very special. Seawater flows through underground high-temperature volcanic lava and absorbs a lot of heat, so people use the heat absorbed in this large-scale natural heat exchange to generate electricity. In this process, seawater will produce many chemicals and mineral crystals, which have been proved by Icelandic doctors to relieve mental stress and have certain curative effect. Many people will soak in the light blue hot springs. I am a swimmer and the swimming champion of the 6th Shanghai Paralympic Games. The swimming pool in Iceland is where I show my talents. I am like a fish in a blue lagoon. After swimming for more than an hour, others were afraid of water and heat, but I had a good time swimming in the blue lake hot spring. The members all appreciate my kung fu. I found that the water temperature near the dressing room is about 30 degrees. The closer to the power plant, the higher the water temperature, the deeper the water and the slower it goes down the sand. In order to avoid bumping into sudden lava, I dived into the bottom of the lake again and again to get white and soft natural mud, coated it on my friends, and bathed myself in it, feeling relaxed and happy. According to the tour guide, if you can meet flying snow, the coolness of melting snow and the warmth of the lake, it is like the fusion of two worlds.

"Geyser" is another important trip to Iceland. It is located near the Odense residential area in southwest Iceland. This area is a big fountain area. There are hot springs everywhere, and the heat is like smoke. Geyser is the most famous fountain in the world. The spring hole in the middle is more than ten centimeters in diameter, and the surrounding water temperature is as high as Baidu. Every time it breaks out, I only hear the rumbling in the cave, and the noise is getting louder and louder. When the boiling water rises, the water column rushes out of the hole as high as 20 meters, and it is sprayed twice every eight minutes. We left the geyser area and the car drove all the way along a grand canyon to a high slope. Finally, we found ourselves standing on the edge of a cliff. Below the canyon waterfall, the sound of water roared, and a thin layer of water mist covered the canyon. In the sun, it is golden, and flocks of birds are hovering. Faced with this situation, it really makes people feel excited.