What can I say about Icelandic people? Well, at least that they're the most nonfreezing nation in the world!
(the «summer offer» shot is all you need to know about local weather)

Honestly, when I was on my way to Reykjavik, I thought that all those talks about fast and furious Reykjavik's wind are just fairytales, created by people, who were unlucky with the weather for once ( :
Ha-ha. "I have never been so wrong"... This meme phrase from «Hobbit» movie describes my thoughts the best.

As I realised later, the weather is exactly the same all the time, but if you are lucky enough, you'll see a miracle, just like I did in my first day there. It was the 7th of August - the sunniest day of the whole summer, and thermometer showed the hottest temperature that can only exist in Reykjavik that time - 16 degrees! Maybe that women from Latvia was right and it could be the reason why locals don't show up on the streets?

However, during the trip I found a way to talk to those mysterious people when I was volunteering in the east part of the country. First thing I noticed - Icelandic language sounds SO beautiful and their way to speak English is also sounds fantastic, mostly because of aspiration they use pretty often.

From a conversation with a work camp organiser I got that young Icelanders who grew up in villages don't really into moving to the big city (Reykjavik), and even if they do it, few years are enough for them to come back home.

This woman said: «All people here love being close to nature» - which sounds like an important part of Icelandic lifestyle. Well, since Iceland has nature in every corner so - wherever you live, you will be surrounded by green fields and mountains and as the big city person I think it's really cool!

I also noticed these people are very helpful, for example if you need to choose which sandwich you wanna eat but can't read local language (or if you are a loser like me who came to a local bank to get a credit card cause you forgot yours at home) don't hesitate to ask locals, they know English and will not reject to help.

Of course these people won't open up to you so easily, what is quite common for northern nations. But trying to help as much as it's possible, especially if you are a group of hitchhikers who caught a car somewhere in the countryside (as that picked-us-up-guy said: «don't call it city»), wondering where did you came from at the same time - it's pretty Icelandic:)

P.S At my arrival day when I didn't know that most of Icelanders look the same - blond blond hair, white skin and blue eyes, I came up to a guy with long beard hoping he is local and could tell me the road. Apparently he wasn't local despite of the beard he wore, and that's why I give you a short guide how to recognise a true Icelander. (Blond guy - true, Beard guy - false)