Eye on Travel

Peter Greenberg Worldwide—Reykjavik, Iceland—November 22, 2014

Locations in this article:  Reykjavík, Iceland

icelandThis week, Peter Greenberg travels to the world’s most northern capital…Reykjavik in Iceland. With a population of only 120,000 within its capital city and a little over 330,000 throughout the entire country, Iceland provides an incredibly scenic and often solitary experience for visitors. It’s a great combination. Now, tourism has become the country’s largest industry, narrowly beating out fishing!

This week, we are joined by the President of Iceland himself, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who is serving an unprecedented fifth term as the head of state. He talks about the country’s development and how the topography is still changing, in some cases, by the hour, as points between tectonic plates split.

We also chat with Icelandic journalist Egill Helgason, who tells of simpler days in Iceland where children would run off to see the volcanoes as they erupted. (Hint: you can still do it). Sigtryggur Baldursson, Managing Director of Iceland Music Export, describes the nightlife in Reykjavik and highlights the music scene and the vast amounts of music festivals hosted in the city. There is all of this and more when we broadcast this week’s radio show from Reykjavik, Iceland.

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