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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me anything about Iceland, its history, culture, and modern politics
 
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Laughing Zealot
Oct 10, 2012


 The story behind those four guardians is quite cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landv%C3%A6ttir#The_four_landv.C3.A6ttir_of_Iceland

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Laughing Zealot
Oct 10, 2012

Quarex posted:


I do imagine that the rest of Iceland that is not Reykjavík has a completely different culture, though. Kind of like how people in the rural parts of the USA sometimes think that all big cities are full of evil and should be destroyed.


The "City of Fear" was a nickname often used for Reykjavík in the parts where I'm from.

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Laughing Zealot
Oct 10, 2012

Noctis Horrendae posted:

What're the origins behind this name, out of curiosity? Aren't the bigger cities in Iceland the most safe?

A few years back there was an unusually high amount of fights and attacks on people in the Reykjavík nightlife. Well, maybe just an unusual amount of news about them.

http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/Is-Reykjav%C3%ADk-the-City-of-Fear

DP may be able to provide a better answer though.

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Laughing Zealot
Oct 10, 2012


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E0BhQm27RA4

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