1. Umbrellas are for tourists - Icelanders ignore the rain. If it rains heavily, they put up the hoods of their weatherproof, made-for-Icelandic-weather jackets and maybe walk a little faster.
2. There is no sales pressure whatsoever, anywhere.
3. Art is everywhere! In the original prints on the curtains, in the ashtray design at a cafe, exhibits of local talents in many places we go. Icelandic art is not pretentious - they do no elevate paintings above textiles, or abstract over representational - and Icelanders are not snotty about art - it's art of everyday life.
4. Despite a diet heavy in meat and dairy and not so many veggies, Icelanders are not fat. I think it's because they walk everywhere. Great walking paths in and around the city, and you can walk any where, as long as you close farm gates after you.
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