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Iceland is a volcanic island in the North Atlantic with more sheep than people. Sagas were the original prestige TV here — black beaches, geysers, winters that never quite end — and filmmakers still come for landscapes that need no effects. The Northman bled on its shores; Walter Mitty skateboarded them. Open Iceland on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Iceland on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Iceland
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Browse 50 books, 79 movies, 3 TV shows and 11 games set in Iceland.

The Northman
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother kill his…

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Shadow of the Colossus
An open-world action/adventure game in which a young wanderer, along with a stolen magical sword and his steed companion, trespasses a cursed land, makes a deal with an ancient being to bring a sacrificial victim back…

Die Another Day
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Woman at War
Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition where high stakes scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.

Pawn Sacrifice
American chess champion Bobby Fischer prepares for a legendary match-up against Russian Boris Spassky.

Lamb
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and…

Sans Soleil
"He wrote me..." A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan Guinea-Bissau Iceland and San Francisco.
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