Fridheimar Tomato Garden

The Bus Trip

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September 5th 2016
Geo: 64.1353, -21.8952Today was Golden Circle bus trip day and it actually was very good. Typical tourist bus but with a good guide and driver. The first stop was Fridheimar tomato greenhouses where they pick one tonne of tomatoes each day. They use local hot water to produce electricity and heat the greenhouses - the equivalent to a town of 3,000 people. Plants grow to 9m and the tomatoes ma ... read more

Europe » Iceland

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Settled by Norwegian and Celtic (Scottish and Irish) immigrants during the late 9th and 10th centuries A.D., Iceland boasts the world's oldest functioning legislative assembly, the Althing, established in 930. Independent for over 300 years, Iceland ... ... read more