If there’s one thing that constantly surprises me over here in Iceland, then it is the amount of high-tech applied in every day life. No, I do not mean that basically every delivery service and postman is equipped with some mobile credit card reading device. Even the use of facial recognition as access control mechanism to the local gyms is something that I could understand – after all, it is a small country and every high profile person is probably going to that gym, too , and leave alone the amount of times someone forgets his or her membership card to get access.
However, what really amazed me was when I was waiting at the university bus stop. It starts with some animated advertisement inside the lodge. OK, nothing special. However, that animated advertisement also has a heating device which is heating the lodge. And no, the lodge cannot be closed, so it is basically heating 24-7. To top it off that lodge also has a wifi access point.
Man, I really like this country. Always good for a surprise, and totally nerdy.