1) On New Year’s Eve, hang out at one of the huge bonfires (Brenna) and mingle with the locals. Don't forget your hipflask to toast the New Year!

2) For good luck, place a rock on one of the countless cairns along Iceland’s trails.

3) Go swimming, even in January, all over the country - there are outside swimming pools heated by geothermal water everywhere.

4) Learn how to say Kirkjubæjarklaustur. You never know when you'll need it.

5) Hide from you mother-in-law among the lava rocks of Grindavik!

6) Get salty! Enjoy a salt scrub massage at the Nordica Hotel - it’s incredible!

7) See how Hverabrauð is made - this is the famous brown bread that is baked in natural geothermal steam vents in the earth. There are several underground "ovens" in the Lake Mývatn area.

8) Write the world’s first traveler’s guide to ALL the geothermal swimming pools in Iceland. (Someone has to research and try out all those cozy swimming pools, so it might as well be you!)

9) Try the "Journey into the Unknown" at Tapas Restaurant in Reykjavík. This is the "chef’s choice" of various tapas, and there are a lot of them! The more people at the table together, the more things you can try!

10) Book a window seat and see the Northern Lights on your flight to Iceland. The colors are astonishing from that height!

11) Find out where the best bananas in Iceland are harvested!

12) Sample amazing seafood dinners or have the soup special at the aptly named Thrir Frakkar, or Three Trench Coats, owned by three Icelandic brothers.

13) Join an elf and troll-watching expedition in South Iceland. Find out how many of those big lava stones you see around are really trolls. (Note: Icelandair accepts no responsibility for damages caused by waking up trolls.)

14) Walk behind the Seljalandsfoss waterfall and share a kiss.

15) Wish upon a krona.

16) Take pictures of Reykjavík from Hallgrimskirkja, the large cathedral in the city’s center. The panoramic views of the city and its rainbow of rooftops are magnificent!

17) Enjoy pylsur, traditional Icelandic hot dogs... they taste best after a night on the town!

18) Enjoy ice cream and the view from the observation deck at the Perlan, a 360° panoramic revolving restaurant that sits atop steel tanks once used to store Iceland’s geothermal waters.

19) Share a winter candlelight breakfast at the Country Hotel Anna.

20) In the springtime, indulge on famous Icelandic Easter eggs... hollow but filled with candies and chocolates, as well as your very own "fortune."

21) Visit Vigur Island in the Westfjords - the only way to get there is by boat. Enjoy the old-style architecture and see how eider farmers collect eider down for use in quilts.

22) Release your inner Viking - ride an Icelandic horse bareback on the beach. Icelandic horses are known for their manageable size, mane of shaggy hair and five different gaits.

23) Scout out folklore at Dimmuborgir, a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Mývatn, which is the purported dwelling place of petrified elves and trolls that come alive at night!

24) Escape the IRS on Vatnajökull Glacier or Mt. Hekla Volcano!

25) Take your children to the Reykjavík petting zoo and family park, then head next door to watch a soccer match at the National Stadium.

26) Hike up Mt. Esja - just across the bay from Reykjavík - an easy and popular hike with fabulous views.

27) Spend some extra time loudly admiring and taking photos of the Little Geysir (Geysir Litli). When questioned, explain that cute little geysirs have rights, too, and you want them to get some attention. (Otherwise they will never grow into big geysirs.) Start a petition declaring one day of the year for Icelanders to honor Geysir Litli.

28) Take a boat ride around the Westmann Islands and see the house that withstood a volcano’s eruption. The lava stopped right at its door.

29) Join a guided group and hike the "Laugavegur," Iceland’s version of the Appalachian Trail, located between Landmannalaugar and Thorsmork. It takes a few days but the scenery is remarkable!

30) Go snowmobiling on a glacier... your friends will say, "You did what this summer?!?!"

31) Rent a bike and ride the biking/walking path along the shore in Reykjavík or go for a swim at the Nautholsvik geothermal beach on the path.

32) Ask a local where a secret hot pot is and go relax in the mountains. It can be your very own hot tub!

33) Holy mackerel! Get the new Icelandic fishing card which gives you access to 23 trout fishing lakes around the country. You will love being out in nature, relaxing and listening to serene silence.

34) Stay in a holiday farm on Midsummer’s Night Eve in Iceland. Legend has it that you can hear the cows speak after midnight! You may get a whole new perspective on life. (Added benefit: Some farms are on the coast... if there are seals nearby, they may take off their skins and reveal they are selkies: beautiful fairy creatures who transform into seals. See above note about new perspective on life.)

35) Join the Mývatn Marathon - the original race around Lake Mývatn!

36) Drive a jeep through the surf on South Beach, Iceland. Afterwards, enjoy a stroll on the black sand beaches.

37) Get married at Thingvellir, Iceland’s most famous national park... there’s no better backdrop!

38) Have a 4th of July picnic at 3 a.m. under the Midnight Sun.

39) Take a boat to Grimsey and see how far the Arctic Circle is from where you live.

40) Join a whitewater rafting day trip on the Glacier River in North Iceland - refreshments include hot chocolate made from hot spring water bubbling near the river!

41) Read Independent People by Halldór Laxnes. Then visit East Iceland’s Sænautasel, a reconstructed traditional Icelandic farm, and setting for his award-winning novel.

42) Feeling blue? Don crampons and count the different colors of blue found on a glacier during an ice walk.

43) Pick orchids in Hveragerdi, a village of greenhouses that produces many of Iceland’s fresh vegetables, fruits and flowers.

44) Rent a bike from Hotel Loftleidir and ride the trails around Reykjavík. See for yourself just how close the wilderness is to the city! Afterwards, go swimming in one of the geothermal pools.

45) In August, in the Westmann Islands help the locals with "puffin rescue duty" - finding the pufflings who wander into the main town, catching and releasing them back into the wild so they can join the adult puffins.

46) Pick blueberries and crowberries in the mountains in the summer. If you stay at a holiday farm they can often help you with this. Maybe you can even learn how to make berry jam!

47) Drive a jeep up a mountain and parasail off the top... wonder which is more adventurous!

48) Dare your friends to eat putrefied shark, sheep head and ram’s... well, you know!

49) Visit the unique art museums around Iceland at the various National Power stations. Some even sponsor concerts and events.

50) Find a rune stone with your "sign."

51) Take a shot of cod liver oil - au natural (really au natural)! Many hotels provide small carafes during breakfast.

52) Try to count how many different colors of Icelandic cows you see. (Hint: it is a lot!)

53) Head to Egilsstaðir and try to spot the Lagarfljótsormurinn (the legendary local sea monster in the nearby river). Try not to have him/her/it spot you. (If it does spot you and you speak to it nicely, you might get an autograph.)

54) Snowmobile on Jules Verne's volcano in Journey to the Center of the Earth.

55) Sail with the dolphins in a quiet fjord and wonder what the rest of the world is doing.

56) Go hiking on the easy walking trails in Thingvellir National Park. Have your picture taken standing on the mid-Atlantic ridge to prove you can indeed be in two places at one time (Europe and America).

57) Walk barefoot across carpets of centuries-old moss.

58) Eat breakfast at dawn with the fishermen at Hafnarfjordur, a fishing village close to Reykjavík.

59) Try Moo Shu Lamb at Indokína.

60) During November, restaurants serve game dishes... this is your chance to try specialties like reindeer, goose and maybe even ptarmigan.

61) Try the winter garden at Lake Mývatn - where you can attempt go-carting, golf and more... on the ice!

62) Enjoy a ghost night for two at the Ghost Museum in Stokkseyri! Two people can arrange to spend the night in the haunted fisherman’s hut in the museum. You might make some interesting friends... note: they are NOT the housekeepers!

63) Stand up in an Icelandic forest... and be the tallest thing around.

64) Try the vöfflur (Icelandic waffles)... they’re legendary at Hresso!

65) Sip scotch over thousand-year-old glacial ice.

66) In December, restaurants have Christmas buffets with lots of hot and cold dish items with Danish, Icelandic and English traditions.

67) Spend a week driving the Ring Road around Iceland. Watch out for where the road suddenly curves... it’s where the little people’s houses are found!

68) Get a fabulous haircut and color at Hotel Loftleidir (no tipping needed), where they’re trained for four years before even starting work.

69) Drink Brennivin, Icelandic schnapps (affectionately known as "Black Death"), and survive. Recover at the Blue Lagoon.

70) Search for Rudolph in the Eastfjords of Iceland, where reindeer herds freely roam and feed.

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