Is Iceland like Skyrim?

Yes, much of what was depicted in the Elder Scrolls Skyrim is based on modern day Iceland. The fact that you know this much and wish to go to Iceland may mean you are being called by the greybeards. You should make sure to practice the thuum and shout as much as possible in public places to ensure they hear you.

I've never played Skyrim, but I can tell you about Iceland from an immigrant's perspective.

The country is staggeringly beautiful. And incredibly diverse for its size. It ranges from rainforest-like levels of precipitation in the south to New Mexico-level desert in the northeast. Mountains range from slate gray to rainbow colors. The biggest waterfalls and glaciers in Europe are here. The ground is hot underground in most places, to the point where right in Reykjavík itself, they sunk an artificial geyser (just a pipe in the ground with a water feed and a choke on the top). There are lots of remote places with geothermal hot springs that you can swim in. Outdoor activities are huge here. Contrary to popular belief, there are forests here too. Nothing too tall, and most of the land isn't forested, but some spots are nicely wooded. The population density is very low. It's the size of Kentucky, but with only 320,000 people. And over 2/3rds of them live in the capitol region. And the remaining people are scattered along the coast (the largest city outside of the capitol area being Akureyri, at only ~17,000 people). Pretty much nobody lives in the highlands, which take up most of the country.

I don't know what animals you're referring to. Iceland has rather few native land mammals. The only one of size is the arctic fox (and that's not very big). Every couple years a polar bear gets stranded here, but that's about it. There's also caribou that were deliberately brought here and have a couple small herds in the wild whose populations are maintained at fixed levels for hunting. Now, in the waters, there's big stuff -- lots of cetacean species, seals, etc, and every so often a lost walrus. Iceland also has tremendous and varied bird populations.

Yes, there are Icelandic horses (although technically they're ponies), and they're a beautiful breed. They have humanlike heads of hair, they preen each other, they're not opposed at all to laying down like most horses are (or rolling on the ground, playing, etc).

As for helping people, a lot of people's initial reaction to Icelanders is that they're cold. Icelanders often don't greet strangers on the street for example. But it's just a cultural difference. I've found them to be amazingly kind to me, some random stranger who up and decided to move into their land and who daily butchers their language when I could just be speaking English with them. :P (yes, every one here from teenage years to all but the oldest speaks amazingly good English -- best I've encountered anywhere in the world where English isn't the mother tongue)

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Can u speak Icelandic?

TO THE ASKER...

If u don't give a best answer to the answer below me, u are cold and heartless. That was an amazing answer.