When the world feels a little smaller, it’s time to find fun in unexpected places and embrace the unusual. This is where Iceland comes in. Iceland is Mother Nature’s most surprising work of art.
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This little island nation dangling from the Arctic Circle, with its geothermal landscape, seems ready and able to amaze us. Fascinating, beautiful, otherworldly, and often eccentric, life in Iceland can also be quite different and our list will show you what you can expect.
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No Last Names in Iceland
There are some exceptions to this, but in general, Icelanders don’t have surnames or family names. Most Icelanders have a patronymic last name, which means it's their father's first name with the suffix for daughter or son attached.
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Women also don't change their names when they get married. But all this doesn't matter too much as everyone is always called by their first name, from teachers to doctors and even politicians!