7000 Wonders

7000 Wonders

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Key #1: Sidewalks

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

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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The Prologue: An Exercise In Creativity

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

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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The World's Only...

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!

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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A Home of Music

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.

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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Here Is The Thing

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

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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A Viking Recipe

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.

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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Out Of The Cold

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!

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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A Troubled Genius

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

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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Seasonal Magic

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

Edward Porper

Edward Porper

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