Reykjavik

Reykjavík is the capital and biggest metropolis of Iceland. It is placed in southwestern Iceland, at the southern shore of Faxafloi bay. Its range is 64°08' N, making it the sector's northernmost capital of a sovereign kingdom Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is barely similarly north at 64°10', but Greenland is a constituent united states of america, now not an unbiased nation. With a population of around 128,793 and 228,231 in the Capital Region it's far the middle of Iceland's cultural, monetary and governmental pastime, and is a popular traveler destination.

The first everlasting agreement in Iceland with the aid of Norsemen is believed to were set up at Reykjavík by way of Ingólfr Arnarson round AD 870; that is described in Landnamabok, or the Book of Settlement. Ingolfur is stated to have determined the location of his agreement using a traditional Norse method; he cast his high seat pillars into the sea whilst he saw the coastline, then settled in which the pillars came to shore. This story is widely seemed as mythical: it seems in all likelihood that he settled close to the hot springs to maintain heat in the iciness and would now not have determined the region by happenstance.