{"id":29384,"date":"2023-02-21T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=29384"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T00:15:31","slug":"iceland-flag-bluelagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/iceland-flag-bluelagoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Icelandic-American: Travel advice on Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Curated by Ed Boitano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Reykjavik_rooftops.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Reykjavik_rooftops.jpg 800w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Reykjavik_rooftops-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Reykjavik_rooftops-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>The Icelandic capital city of Reykjav\u00edk from vantage point of Hallgr\u00edmskirkja. Photograph courtesy of Bj\u00f8rn Giesenbauern via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"bdaia-separator se-single\" style=\"margin-top:30px !important;margin-bottom:30px !important;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dear Icelandic-American:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I love the colors of the Icelandic flag. They are so much like my own\u2014the red, white, and blue of the United States of America. But this flag of Iceland also bears a striking resemblance to the flag of Norway. They are identical, except the blue and red parts are reversed. Is this a coincidence? Or did Norway copy Iceland?   &#8212; <em>Flabbergasted<\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-flagDay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-flagDay.jpg 720w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-flagDay-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>The national flag of Iceland was established in 1944 after gaining independence from Denmark. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear Flabbergasted (&#8211; or should I say Flaggerbasted?):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is laudable for you to assume Iceland taking the lead. After all, they did invent democracy.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Their flag, however, is one of a series of Nordic cross flags. Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland use a similar style with their own unique colors. All but Finland&#8217;s pre-date Iceland\u2019s.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Icelandic flag was officially adopted in 1944, but it was used unofficially for several decades before that.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Its colors are symbolic. Blue stands for the mountains. White evokes snow and ice. Red represents Iceland\u2019s volcanos.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 17<sup>th<\/sup> is Flag Day in Iceland. A perfect time to visit because the days are long, the flowers are in bloom, and the whales are Instagram-ready.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stay for the summer solstice and you are guaranteed to find a groovy, if not pagan, kind of love.   <em>&#8212; Icelandic American<\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9FkbXTDzKBc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"661\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bdaia-separator se-single\" style=\"margin-top:30px !important;margin-bottom:30px !important;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Dear Icelandic-American:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I know the Blue Lagoon is famous, but concerned if it\u2019s 100% safe? I\u2019ve seen photos with smoke, and wonder if it\u2019s from the tectonic plates. &#8212; <em>Brenda <\/em> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-Blue-Lagoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-Blue-Lagoon.jpg 628w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iceland-Blue-Lagoon-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption>One of 25 wonders of the world, Blue Lagoon Iceland seduces you with its powers of geothermal seawater. Photograph courtesy of Bj\u00f8rn Giesenbauern via Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brenda, my concerned friend:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They say Iceland is a land of fire and ice. But, as I sense you intuit, it is also a landscape of smoke and mirrors.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geothermal energy heats the seductive waters of Iceland\u2019s Blue Lagoon. This heat, plus the aroma of sulfur, arouses the senses like an aphrodisiac.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Although Vikings believed this foggy lushness rising from the spa to be animal passion made flesh, it is just ordinary steam, the kind you can make yourself when you boil an egg. As for tectonic plates, I suggest you pour yourself a gin and tonic and remember that we pay professionals to deal with things such as geology and shifts in the earth\u2019s crust. We go on vacation to clear our minds of this clutter.  <em>&#8212; Icelandic American<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPe97HOnWh4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"496\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"bdaia-separator se-single\" style=\"margin-top:30px !important;margin-bottom:30px !important;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/KellyHughes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29388\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\"\/><figcaption>Kelly Hughes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our Icelandic-American: Kelly Hughes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Seattle-born Kelly Hughes has embraced his Icelandic heritage by writing for his local Icelandic Club newsletter, singing with an Icelandic Men&#8217;s Choir, leading a Viking History discussion group, and sharing his mother&#8217;s homemade &#8220;V\u00ednarterta&#8221; at Scandinavian events. Today, he channels these Nordic impulses exclusively through Traveling Boy, preferring the intimate relationship between reader and sage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Readers note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Feel free to <em>send questions about any form of travel that you like.&nbsp; Please contact <\/em><a href=\"mailto:Ed****@**********oy.com\" data-original-string=\"Tqg+pGhGXoOWYGQ7vaUQ2w==8d42kgjp6ir5xKKdEgLS838W4h\/0HVMMlVPmHFEAmqnFaE=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='jWbiTNUI7GYhHtAArkR9fQ==8d4x6Q6ec0jSwe5EIhlTlaZ8lk56PgCBQvq+oQx6Io83V0='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>Ed<span class=\"apbct-blur\">****<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**********<\/span>oy.com<\/span><\/a><em> and you\u2019ll receive a speedy reply. &#8211;<\/em> EB<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This installment of our advice column comes to you from our Icelandic-American, Mr. Kelly Hughes; a man whose no stranger to the Land of Fire and Ice. Spread across 39,817 sq. miles of spectacular landscapes and progressive cities and villages, this small island nation sits in the middle of two tectonic plates; where the North American plate features a terrain of fiery volcanoes, while the Eurasian plate is known for its 269 icy glaciers. Iceland is noted for its retainment of the world\u2019s oldest recorded parliament (\u2018Althing\u2019) still in existence, founded in 930 by 39 local Nordic chieftains. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":29389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5990],"tags":[4157,198,6134,6136,1184,6135],"class_list":["post-29384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-advice","tag-blue-lagoon","tag-featured","tag-flag-of-iceland","tag-geothermal-energy","tag-hot-springs","tag-nordic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dear Icelandic-American: Travel advice on Iceland - Traveling Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/iceland-flag-bluelagoon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dear Icelandic-American: Travel advice on Iceland - Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This installment of our advice column comes to you from our Icelandic-American, Mr. Kelly Hughes; a man whose no stranger to the Land of Fire and Ice. 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