Eva

Name: Eva Arnarsdóttir Age: 17, turning 18.Home: I live in a small town called HellaFamily: My mother‘s name is Arna, my fathers name is Arnar and i have two older siblings, Elísu and Ragnar Inga.Hobbies: In my freetime i like to hang out with my friends and my boyfriend, listen to music, travel and loads more.Chinese symbol: My Chinese symbol is the Horse.Work: I work on weekends as a waitress in a pizza place.I‘m interested in China because i think it‘s facinating and a very beautiful country.

Climate and Capital

(The Gulf Stream)

Climate

- As its name suggests, Iceland is cold, but not as cold as you might expect because of the passing warm waters of the Gulf stream.
- The average summer temperature in Reykjavík is 5°C (41°F) at night as high as 25°C (77°F) during the nice summer days.
- The average January temperature is -0.5°C (31°F)
- The southern part of the country is the wettest but snow is rare.
- Reykjavík is a very wet city, having on average 213 rainy days a year. In exchange they get slightly more sunny days in the spring.
- From the end of May to the beginning of August there is daylight during all 24 hours of the day while in the northen part of the country the sun rarely sets at all during summer.
- The Northen Lights are often visible in autumn and early winter.
- The weather in Iceland can change very fast. There would be snowing very hard for one hour but the next hour it could be rainy and sunny.

Capital

- Laugavegur is one of the oldest shopping streets in Reykjavík. The name means Pool Road. Multiple stores and clubs are located on this street. The nightlife never ends.
- Perlan (The Pearl) is a landmark building in Reykjavík. It is 25.7 meters (84.3 ft) high. It is situated on a big hill so that you can see it wherever you are in the city.
- Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur Pétursson) is the fourth tallest building in
Iceland. It is 74.5 meters (244 ft) high.
- There are more than 113.000 inhabitants (2005) in Reykjavík or nearly 40 % of the country´s total population.
- It´s the most northern national capital in the whole world.
- Ingólfur Arnarson is said to have established the first permanent settlement in Iceland 874

Facts about Selfoss

- It‘s in the southern Iceland.
- The river Ölfusá runs through it.
- It‘s a part of the municipality Árborg.

- F.Su. is located there.
- It has over 6000 inhabitants.
- It has three primary schools.
- One college –F.Su.
- In 1891 the first suspension bridge was built over Ölfusá.

- It has a lot of sports car.
- It has one swimming pool.
- One cinema.
- It’s very flat.
- It’s very green, has a lot of trees and flowers.
- It has one church.

Geysir

Geysir is located in Haukadalur valley and it is sometimes known as The Great Geysir.

It is the oldest know geyser and one of the world‘s most impressive examples of the phenomenon. Geysir lies on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill which is also the home to Strokkur which is another geyser who erupts frequently.

Strokkur

Eruptions at Geysir are very infrequent but when it does it can hurl boiling water up to 60 metres in the air.

The Icelandic sheepdog

The Icelandic sheepdog

The sheepdog came to Iceland in the years 870 to 930, in Iceland’s period of settlement, with nordic vikings. Over the years it became more adapt to Icelandic landscape and weather, and struggled for existence besides icelanders. At the end of the 18th century there raged a disease among dogs in Iceland, wich brought down about ¾ of all dogs in Iceland. Many of the dogs who died from this disease were Icelandic sheepdogs, and when the disease had been exterminated the Icelandic sheepdog was very desirable among Icelanders. It had almost been extinct because of the disease, but today the stock has gotten bigger an it´s not considered to be in danger of extinction any more.

Furry

Short haired

The Icelandic sheepdog is an avarage sized dog, with medium-sized ears and a curled tail. Its coat can both be furry and short haired, but it´s always thight and water rejective. The Icelandic sheepdog has a lot of color variations. The Icelandic sheepdog has a very strong character, and it is also very curious. It´s very playful and gentle with children, it´s also very smart and hard-working. It´s very careful about its home, and watches over the house and it´s owners. He often gets very excited when guests arrive, though, without being agressive. The Icelandic sheepdog is very independent by nature, and some even say it often thinks it is human.

Hrafndís Brá Heimisdóttir

The Icelandic horse

-Centuries ago-
For many centuries the horse was man’s most loyal servant. The horse made it possible for the people to live on this raw island, with this cold and nasty variable weather and the rough landscape. In a storm your horse could find the right way home although the jockey couldn’t see anything! The special ability of the horse to walk in a rocky slope is amazing. It can struggle for hours to safe their master.
Before the car came to Iceland the horse was used to do all the hard work. They had to carry hay home from the fields, tout sheep etc. It’s hard to find a job which the horse and the human didn’t do together

-The horse today-

The horse became less important on the farms, because of the cars and the tractors, it became more as a hobby. Family and friends have stables together and enjoy being in the nature on the horses.
But it also became a serious job for some people. People started to emphasize on the gaits. Because of the fact that the Icelandic horses have five gaits they started to gaze on the special gaits, like pass and tolt. There are big competitions where they contend in which horse runs or walks the best. Many people have a job exporting horses. The Icelandic horse is very popular for example in Sweden, Germany and in the Netherlands.

- The colures of the horse-

The Icelandic horses have many different colours.

Stjörnóttur- Bald with a star on the forehead

Rauður- Red

Leirljós- light clay- brown

Jarpur- Chestnut

Grár- Gray

Glófextur- Bright-maned

Skjóttur- Piebald

Brúnn- Brown

Blesóttur- With a blaze

Bleikur- Cream-colored

Jóhanna Höeg Sigurðardóttir