From Swedish People Import Trash to Iceland Believes in Trolls here are 10 Incredibly Cool Things In Scandinavia. Would you visit here? Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr 4.Swedish People Import Trash You know the old saying...one man’s trash is another man’s .. means for energy production in a modern society. Sweden is so efficient at recycling trash and converting it into useable power that they have to import 800,000 tons of trash each year from Norway and many other European countries . Recycling is so popular in Sweden that less than four percent of Swedish household trash has ended up in a landfill in the past 6 years. Now that’s impressive! The country has already began to get the rest of Europe thinking about recycling and ways to reduce landfill waste. But all of Sweden’s accomplishments do not come without some apprehension from environmentalists. Some argue that the energy conversion plants put out unhealthy amounts of CO2, and that it takes less energy to just recycle and reuse items versus burning them and converting them into energy. 3.Polar Nights Some of the countries Scandinavia’s region experience the phenomenon of “Polar Night”, which is when a night lasts longer than 24 hours. Some areas of Scandinavia like Tromsø, Norway, experiences a Polar Night season that lasts from November all the way to January where no sunlight occurs at all. The same principle applies to the summer months of May to July, when the sun never sets.This is also known as “midnight sun”. Norway takes pride in calling itself “Land of the Midnight Sun” and actually endures the Polar night with shockingly low depression rates or dissatisfaction amongst it’s people. The idea of a three month night seems like something out of a Hollywood apocalypse video, but it’s simply a way of life here. How do people get through it? They have adapted to many both traditional and new technological techniques in order for their bodies to feel fulfilled. Many use artificial UV sunlamps to simulate the joyful and energizing feeling that one feels from the sun. The Polar night season sounds super depressing, but it’s not all bad news. Sometimes, it is actually celebrated amongst individuals, as they adorn their windowsills and business-front with festive candles and decorations. 2.Norway’s Atlantic Road The Atlantic Road has been named by some travel blogs to be the most interesting and picturesque road trip you can take in the world. The Storseisundet Bridge on the popular Atlantic Road in Norway certainly seems to make onlookers think “No-Way!”. The bridge appears to just cut off halfway ascended into the air, leaving any driver that’s unlucky enough to take it in pretty bad shape . But don’t worry, that’s not the case. After a sharp uphill turn to the left, the bridge continues on the other side. This bridge is just one of 8 bridges that make up the 5 mile Atlantic Road- a road that stretches up Norway’s vast coast, connect tiny islands and fjords.The Atlantic Road is a beautiful drive, but it’s also been named amongst some of the craziest and most dangerous bridges out there. Atlantic roadsters chose to cruise down this windy road all throughout the year. However, it can be subject to vastly-changing weather conditions and dangerous waves crashing against it’s asphalt. 1.Iceland Believes in Trolls Sure, it seems like a pretty odd generalization to just outright state an accusation as outlandish as “Everyone in Iceland believes in troll and troll bridges!”, and we’re sure that it's not necessarily true. But an incredible amount of Icelandic troll folklore can be found online and even seen in their architecture. Yes, there are actual troll bridges and troll churches that have been constructed here! Well, in Iceland they are referred to as Huldufólk, or hidden people, or Icelandic elves. Icelanders get so ritualistic in their protection of the elves that they have buildings that are protected just in case the elves stop by to use the facilities. According to the Atlantic, a 1998 survey concluded that 54.4 percent of Icelanders believed in the existence of elves. Whoa, 54.4 percent!? That’s over half of the population. That’s more people than typically come out and rally during a US Presidential election. How did the number get this high? At it’s core, socialists, scientists and psychologists have concluded that it’s difficult for someone to TRULY believe that elves exist, but they can still love to entertain the possibility. And while we joke that maybe there is a “pot of gold” at the end of a rainbow, people of Iceland actually believe this could be true. We don’t really get this rumor, but the evidence available seems to suggest it’s no rumor at all!

• published: 24 May 2017
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