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ive volcanoes to monitor, and hundreds of hotels to run. How might they cope? Could they
manage as well as the Icelanders - and still have time left over to create spine-tingling mu-
sic and natty knitwear?
Nordic Nirvana
Don't for a moment think it's only about the great outdoors. The counterpoint to so much
natural beauty is found in Iceland's cultural life, which celebrates a literary legacy that
stretches from medieval sagas to contemporary thrillers by way of Nobel Prize winners.
Live music is everywhere, as is visual art, handicrafts and locavore cuisine. The world's
most northerly capital is home to the kind of egalitarianism, green thinking, and effort-
lessly stylish locals that its Nordic brethren are famous for - all wrapped in Iceland's as-
sured individuality.
