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In other words, pedestrians - seemingly the most vulnerable member of the triad - are literally never left alone!

Miniaturists, designers, botanists, train drivers - all of them would find something inspiring to come up with a completely original nickname (in particular, train drivers!)

To obtain the coveted membership, Iceland had to dig deep and think out of the box - which, in this case, happened to be exactly inside one box or another!

That must be Iceland's homiest and most unpretentious wonder - so much so that it's successfully hiding in plain sight in the middle of Reykjavik.

Nowadays, all those “things”, as well as any other Parliament in the world, are to be found in centrally located buildings, plain or majestic, in their respective countries' capitals. It wasn't the case in 930 AD

To understand, how crucial prestige was to one’s prosperity and even survival, it is necessary to consider the structure of Icelandic’s early society.

As it turned out, the cowshed was used by the family members for bathing purposes because it happened to be by far the warmest area in the whole house!

Unsurprisingly, whatever city was named by one side, was immediately rejected by the other - and it started to look like the match would take place on the Moon, or not at all. That was when Iceland, in shape and form of its capital, came forward

In this case, the reaction in question created a whole new phenomenon - a “holiday season” full of iMAGICnation.