Panama Papers Iceland Scandal Isn't The Most Interesting Thing About The Country

Iceland only has a population of 323,002 (2013 data).

That's less than Bristol (428,100). So when 8,000 people gather at a protest, although that figure might seem small it's actually pretty massive on a per-capita basis at 2.4% of the total population.

For comparison, The 2009 G20 protests in London attracted 0.004% (although the phenomenally successful Iraq ant-war march in 2003 was attended by 4.5% of the population),

A tiny population does have its pitfalls. Take dating for example.

Because of historically low immigration, Iceland has very little genetic diversity meaning there's a good chance you're related - at least distantly - to a lot of fellow Icelanders.

To combat this precarious situation there is actually an app that will tell you how related you are to a prospective date.

This is not made up.

Not ones to go with convention, Iceland has its own museum dedicated solely to the penis.

The Icelandic Phallological Museum displays all manner phallic specimens, mostly whales due to their local abundance.

There are no human examples - yet. Visitors can peruse the three or for signed papers from human donors promising to gift their penises after their demise.

Would be a bit weird if they did it before...

It's true, if you want to eat some of the most unusual (in other words, disgusting) then feast away on such Icelandic delicacies such as putrified shark meat (ammonia since you ask).

Yet speak to a local and they'll most likely steer you away from such things and instead point you in the direction of their incredible smoked lamb, skyr yoghurt and fish and chips that will rival any chippy in the UK.

This year is a biggie for the Icelandic Football team - they have never reached the European Cup Finals, but thanks to the likes of Eidur Gudjohnsen, they will be heading to France this summer to compete.

By all accounts Iceland will be very quiet at the time as most of the population say they're going over to watch.

And don't think you'll be immune to their charms for long if the great British tradition of gunning for the underdog is anything to go by.

Icelandic is often ranked the most difficult language to learn for English speakers.

Remember that time newsreaders struggled to pronounce the name of a volcano that was disrupting international flights?

Just like its people, the country's language has had little influence from outside sources for centuries so while it is related to Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian (all pretty difficult already), it also retains archaic features from Old Norse.

As an example, the the word geirvarta (nipple) can be directly translated as "spear-wart".

The Icelandic horse is a very unique, very small and very hardy little beast - you have to be to survive those winters.

Iceland has very strict laws to keep the breed intact so it is the only type in the country to prevent cross-breeding.

This also works the other way however, so if an animal is taken abroad to compete it is not allowed back in.

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Yeah, we're going to need a few more pics for this one.