What European country has a "smoke bay" as its capital?
Question #112145. Asked by flem-ish.
Last updated Aug 07 2021.
Arpeggionist
Answer has 0 votes
Arpeggionist 21 year member
2173 replies
Answer has 0 votes.
Seems to be what Freetranslation.com calls "Reykjavik" in Iceland. (The translation to Swedish says "Rök Vik", and in Norwegian "Røyk Bukt".)
Jan 16 2010, 5:01 PM
dcpddc478
Answer has 3 votes
Currently Best Answer
dcpddc478 17 year member
120 replies
Answer has 3 votes.
Currently voted the best answer.
Iceland is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, close to the Arctic Circle. It was settled by Norwegian Vikings in the 9th century, the last country in Europe to be settled. Several Irish hermits were living in the country previously, but they don’t seem to have liked living among a pagan people and went back to Ireland. The first settler is reputed to have been Ingolfur Arnarson in AD 874. He established his home by a bay on the southwest coast and named it Reykjavik, which in English means ‘Smoke-Bay’
daytours-victoria.com.au/Iceland.php no longer exists
Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 07 2021.
Jan 16 2010, 5:15 PM