A stinky little island with bad food

Iceland leaves writer and former editor in chief of Titanic, Oliver Maria Schmitt, stone cold. According to Schmitt, Iceland is as dead as the German Democratic Republic and Icelanders are delusional, conceited and arrogant.

Schmitt describes Iceland as a steamy, stinky island in the Arctic ocean with horrible weather that only goes from snow to rain and back. According to him, tourists are fair game for corrupt shopkeepers and the streets are littered with bottles and feces. His description of the main shopping street Laugavegur is one of a ridiculously small street with heavy car traffic and a bunch of young alcoholics in training falling all over the place. 

The list of awful things about Iceland goes on and on, including the horrible and non-existant national cuisine comprised of rotten shark and bad hot dogs. Schmitt, however, is a well-known satirist in his home country so it might be best to take his musings on Iceland with a grain of salt. 

The full excerpt in the book (in German) published by Die Welt can be read HERE.