What kind of country is Iceland and what will life be like in Iceland?

Iceland is a beautiful country. After working there for half a year, an Icelandic girl fell in love with me, but she said that she would not consider getting married for 10 years. Even if she has children, this decision will not change. She will raise them alone. Her words made me feel that I was a very irresponsible person.

Are all Icelandic women so tough? It turns out that women in Iceland are very independent, and 80% will have children, and they will decide whether to marry their partners until they are 40 or 50 years old.

Girls in Iceland are beautiful and confident. They usually don't take advantage of men. Even if we have dinner together, we will pay for it ourselves. They think this is the real equality between men and women.

Women have a high status.

Being an Icelandic woman is undoubtedly happy, and there is almost no discrimination against women.

The female employment rate ranks first in the world, exceeding 75%. Like men, many women hold important positions.

In addition, women can unconditionally take two more days off every month, so the life of single girls is very easy.

In Iceland

The law stipulates that men and women receive equal pay for equal work, and women's income is never lower than that of men. If anything unusual is found, or the salary of men in the same position is higher than that of women, they will be investigated and even seriously violated the rules, so there are many rich women.

Iceland is also the country with the highest fertility rate in Europe. In the Icelandic concept, you don't have to get married to have children. More than two-thirds of the babies in Iceland are born to unmarried parents, who do not link unmarried childbirth with morality. Even unmarried mothers can enjoy all the benefits of Iceland, allowing women to take their babies to school and work! therefore

The proportion of children born at the end of marriage is very high. Iceland is known as "the most suitable country for women to live in"!

The price level ranks first in Europe

Iceland's price is recognized as the first in Europe, according to the report of Icelandic magazine:

Consumer prices in Iceland are on average 66% higher than those in Europe.

In this ice and fire island country, the price exceeds that of famous expensive countries such as Switzerland, Norway and Denmark.

How expensive is the price in Iceland? A bottle of mineral water in the supermarket is about 20 yuan, vegetables generally start from 20 yuan per catty, and a box of strawberries is less than 10 RMB 80 yuan; A glass of beer in a bar is about 1000 ~ 1400 Icelandic krona, which is equivalent to about 70 ~ 90 yuan. I ordered a light meal, the most common French fries burger, 2800 Icelandic krona, equivalent to about 186 yuan.

The bus fare is several times higher than that in China, and the one-way ticket is RMB in 25 yuan. The starting price of taxis is around 50 yuan, 10 minutes 100. You can only take a taxi or call a taxi in a fixed place, so few people take a taxi and few drivers drive a taxi.

The price of living in Iceland is also rising. The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Reykjavik, the capital, is 1.700 USD per month, which is about1.654,38+0.700 RMB. Even in ordinary hotels, the price of staying for one night starts from 65,438 yuan+0,000 yuan, so many Icelanders bring their own tents and mineral water when they go out for an outing with their families on weekends, saving some expenses.

Some people may ask, it is better to order online, but I don't know that many things on the Internet are subject to import tax and import tax, so the items you get are not cheap, and sometimes the import tax is higher than the price of the items you buy.

Food, clothing, personal care products, furniture and other items in Iceland are at least two or three times more expensive than those in the United States! So many Icelanders like to fly to the United States every year and buy them at buy buy! Until it can't be carried.

The high price in Iceland is mainly influenced by many factors, such as geographical environment, per capita income level, currency cost, consumption habits and so on.

Take the geographical environment as an example. Because Iceland is close to the Arctic Circle and influenced by the climate, there is little land suitable for planting crops, mainly relying on imports, in addition to transportation costs and tariffs.

High per capita wage income

Iceland is a highly developed country with a per capita GDP of $74,000, which is higher than most countries in the world.

In 2020, the per capita income of the United States will be $38,600, equivalent to RMB260,000; Iceland's per capita annual income is as high as 480,000 RMB, far exceeding that of the United States.

It is said that the highest paid occupations in Iceland are athletes and fishermen. The annual income of athletes generally exceeds 5 million yuan, and fishermen are extremely rich, with an annual income of 6,543,800 yuan.

In addition, doctors, dentists, C-level managers, pharmacists, architects and data scientists also earn a lot of money.

The wages of cleaning staff, supermarket cashiers and other positions are relatively low, but most of them have an annual salary of 200,000 RMB, which makes others envious.

Although Icelanders have high wages, due to

Personal income tax is as high as 37.3%, in addition to medical insurance, pension insurance and other taxes, which add up to 50% of wage income, and only half of them are finally obtained.

Due to high taxes and high prices, Icelanders have little left except their normal living expenses. In addition, Icelanders like freedom and enjoy making money, so most Icelanders basically have no deposits.

Unique geographical environment of ice and fire

Iceland, located at the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, is a small island country surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, one of the five Nordic countries, with a land area of only/kloc-0.03 million square kilometers and a population of only 350,000, making it the lowest population density in Europe. 65% of Icelanders live in Reykjavik, the capital.

At present, there are about 600 ~ 700 people from China in Iceland.

Iceland is the most environmentally friendly country in the world, and it is also the only country without mosquitoes on earth.

Even in summer, the temperature here will not exceed 20 degrees. Affected by the maritime climate, the annual rainfall is abundant and humid. Once hit by a strong wind, it will be a "world of ice and snow", with one-eighth of the territory covered by glaciers, second only to Antarctic glaciers and Greenland glaciers.

From June to August every year, the night in Iceland is only three hours, which is the tourist season in Iceland. The sun sets at midnight and rises again at 3 am. In less than three hours, both sunset and sunrise can be seen.

In Iceland, there are still nine extreme days in June. At midnight, the sun is still all over the earth. The bright sunshine makes Icelanders unable to sleep, so they have to hang heavy sunshade curtains or cover their heads with blankets in order to sleep peacefully.

Only 4-5 hours in winter are daytime, and the rest of the time is night. From June to February, 5438, the phenomenon of extreme night began to appear in Iceland. Without daytime, Icelanders are surrounded by endless darkness all day, and they will relieve the boredom and loneliness brought by night through dinner and reception.

Every April and August ~ 10, it is possible to see different forms of Northern Lights in Iceland. The common color is green, sometimes purple. The scene is very shocking So some people sigh that it is enough to see the aurora once in my life.

Iceland has been the region with the most frequent volcanic and geothermal activities since ancient times, with large and small volcanoes distributed. Iceland's volcanoes are sometimes sealed for hundreds of years and may erupt, which is unexpected.

For example, in March this year, a 700-meter-long crack suddenly opened in Reykjavik Peninsula, the southwestern tip of Iceland, where there was no volcanic eruption for nearly 800 years. Lava erupted from the crack to form a lava fountain, covering an area of about 1 square kilometer nearby.

The basalt and black sand beach formed by volcanic eruption are breathtaking, and also bring rich geothermal resources. Frequent volcanic activity makes the underground incompletely condensed lava bake the groundwater very hot, and then hot water gushes out along the cracks in the stratum to form hot springs.

Except for a few short-term sunny days from June to July, there is wind in Iceland almost every day, especially the weekly snowstorm in winter. Sometimes the wind reaches tornado level, and people can't stand still when they go out. At this time, primary schools and kindergartens will inform parents to pick up their children in person to prevent them from flying around Iceland.

Iceland's glaciers, volcanoes, northern lights, hot springs and extreme day and night strange natural phenomena are full of infinite charm, attracting thousands of tourists from all over the world to visit and punch in.

speciality

Iceland is rich in seafood and developed in fisheries. According to records, there are at least 340 species of saltwater fish in Iceland.

The average life expectancy of Icelandic men is 8 1 year, ranking first in the world, which is said to be related to eating "fish".

All kinds of smoked fish and dried fish made by Icelandic fishermen are world-famous as Iceland's specialties, and their Chinese fish and smoked trout taste the best, which is called one of the first-class foods that every Icelandic tourist must taste.

Speaking of Iceland's special cuisine, I have to say "smelly food festival".

Every year from/kloc-0 to mid-February, communities all over Iceland hold a traditional "smelly food festival", which is comparable to Christmas.

In the form of buffet, the table is filled with smelly food handed down from generation to generation by the Icelandic people, and it is "smoked" by a strong stench coming from a distance.

Fermented shark meat pokes an entrance, which is full of old urine, and the persistent and stable nitrogen smell runs amok in the body. Foreign tourists will never forget this experience. I'm afraid the fish will change color from now on.

Pickled salted sheep G pill, blood sausage, Ying Ge meat, fried fish skin, boiled sheep's head, and a sheep's head sausage made by squeezing sheep's head into colloidal strips and pickling with whey are all local specialties. Eating these "smelly" foods and drinking 1 cup of "Brennivín" liquor brewed from potatoes and dill is "perfect" for Icelanders.

Hepburn is the main lobster producing area in Iceland. The lobster tea here has a long-standing reputation, and people in the capital will drive 450 kilometers to taste the freshest and delicious lobster here. Iceland. Common lobster dishes include lobster soup, grilled lobster and lobster pizza.

In addition to seafood, Iceland's mutton is also famous, among which "roasted sheep's head" is the representative, and sheep's head is called Svie in Icelandic. This is a traditional Icelandic cuisine. Cut the sheep's head in half and bake it slightly until all the wool falls off, then boil it. Sheep's fat and skinned tongue are especially delicious. With orange beetroot, it is sour and sweet, and there is a faint aroma and shallow spicy taste of radish, which is great! Bring new impact to taste buds.

The tap water in Iceland comes from natural glaciers, and the water quality is excellent. The entrance is refreshing and slightly sweet, which is better than mineral water, so the cola and beer produced in Iceland are also particularly delicious.

There is no level of work.

In Iceland, there is no difference between family status and comparison. Icelanders living here are very simple.

There is no difference in social status between an ordinary maintenance worker and a senior CEO; People spontaneously keep social distance, don't pry into other people's privacy, and don't make irresponsible remarks behind their backs.

There is no concept of overtime. They just need to work 40 hours a week and pack up and go home as soon as they get off work. Many small shopping malls don't open until noon 12 and close before 5 pm.

Perhaps it is because the population is too small, and the phenomenon of holding several jobs in Iceland is everywhere.

The national football coach used to be a dentist. During his tenure as assistant coach of the national football team, he visited patients regularly. Goalkeeper Haldorsen actually saved Messi's penalty in the game. You know he is a part-time director! He directed the advertisement of Coca-Cola Iceland in that World Cup!

There is no investment immigration policy

Iceland is not an immigrant country, and there is no investment immigration policy, so it is not enough to have money. At present, there are only two ways for foreigners to immigrate to Iceland: one is to apply for a work visa, and the other is to marry an Icelandic.

Compared with Icelanders, Iceland has a high employment rate. Every country has preferential policies for any position. It is difficult for foreigners to apply for a good position, unless the Icelandic people are really incompetent for this position, or you have special talents.

If you want to immigrate to Iceland through a work visa, you must have unique and excellent professional skills. According to Icelandic regulations, holders of work visas need to live in Iceland for four years before they can apply for a permanent residence visa.

If Icelanders have children, a couple can have nine months of maternity leave. If your job is full-time, you can get 80% of your original salary every month during these nine months of maternity leave.

Six must-see tourist attractions in Iceland

1, golden circle

Golden Circle is the most popular tourist route in Iceland. It is located more than 40 kilometers northeast of Reykjavik, the capital, and consists of three scenic spots: Lille National Park, Golden Waterfall and Geyser. Walking through the 300-kilometer-long scenic spot in the Golden Circle, you can't help screaming and even wonder if this is a dream.

Pinlear National Park is located next to a long and wide fault, which happens to be the junction of the Eurasian plate and the American plate. The gap between the two plates exceeds 10 m, and continues to separate at the rate of 2 cm per year.

Golden Waterfall is the largest waterfall in Iceland, with the most beautiful scenery and the highest reputation. It is also the largest waterfall in Europe, with an average flow of 1.400 cubic meters per second in summer and a maximum flow of 2000 cubic meters. The Golden Waterfall is magnificent, with a width exceeding 100 meters. The rushing water flows down at a drop of more than 50 meters. Under the sun, in the transpiration of water mist, countless sparkling water droplets are gathered, and the magnificent rainbow is looming, and the whole waterfall is like flowing gold.

There are many large and small hot spring eyes in the Golden Circle, and some of them are still smoking, just like the smoke from farmers. Some hot springs are intermittent, and the largest geyser is called geyser, which is one of the most famous geysers in the world.

It will erupt every 10 minute, and the central temperature is as high as 80- 100℃. Each time it lasts for 5 minutes, the water column can reach 70 meters at the highest and 24 meters at the lowest, which is quite spectacular.

2. Jagushalon Lake

Lake Jagushalon is the most famous and largest glacial lake in Iceland. Glacial lake began to appear in 1934, located at the foot of Vatna ice sheet in southeast Iceland, which together with Vatna ice sheet constitutes the most amazing natural wonder in southern Iceland. The lake covers an area of 25 square kilometers and a depth of 200 meters. The ice in the lake melted from the ice sheet.

The ice floes in the lake have different shapes and sizes. They are scattered all over the lake. Some are very close, and some are moving with the current. These thousands of natural ice sculptures are too beautiful to be expressed in words. I never thought that the cold world would be so beautiful.

3. Blue lagoon

The Blue Lagoon is located in the southwest of Iceland, about 40 kilometers away from Reykjavik Airport. It is the largest hot spring in Iceland and the world's top "natural resort". The average water temperature is around 40℃. Because the lake is rich in active components and minerals such as silicon and sulfur, it looks blue-green from a distance, like an emerald embedded in a black lava area, and it turns milky white as if it were magic at a close look. Hot springs in the blue lagoon are called "geothermal hot springs".

4. Reykjavik cathedral

Reykjavik Cathedral is a famous church located in the center of Reykjavik, Iceland. It is a landmark building in Reykjavik. The church has a unique design style and adopts an organ structure. The main hall is more than 30 meters high and can accommodate 1200 people. Take the elevator to the top of the tower 72 meters away, overlooking Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, and enjoy the surrounding mountains.

5. Hausendil

Hauszuandier is located in the west fjord area in the northwest of Iceland, covering an area of 580 square kilometers. It is the most beautiful protected area in Iceland's natural ecology, and it is also the settlement of the Arctic fox, Iceland's "indigenous people". It can definitely be called "the deepest no man's land at the end of the world". There are more than 260 kinds of dense plants growing here, including many rare species unique to this area. Mountains, cliffs, vegetation, frozen soil panoramic view.

In addition to a variety of plants, Hauszuandier Nature Reserve also has a variety of animals, such as voles, foxes, seals, etc. There are about 30 kinds of birds living here.

6. Ake entered Fushan

Akrufu Mountain is a picturesque mountain near Akrunes, a city on the west coast of Iceland. It is called "the most beautiful landscape combination". The top of Fushan Mountain in Akgun is covered with huge glaciers in the Ice Age, which is very smooth, and the mountains are surrounded by blue sea water.

This mountain has two prominent peaks, one is Heinukur Peak, which is 555 meters high, and the other is Gailmount-Datinduer Peak, which is 643 meters high. The most attractive moment for Ake to enter Fushan is the night when the sky is full of aurora. Colorful aurora shines directly at the top of the mountain, which complements the blue sea water around the mountain and the red lights at the foot of the mountain, forming a magnificent landscape painting.

Although Iceland is the only country in the world without an army, it has a low crime rate, stable social order and no complicated interpersonal relationships. Personally, I feel that life in Iceland is very comfortable and there is not much desire.

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