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Iceland is the first country in the world for the quantity of energy produced using renewable energy (99%), the largest part being hydroelectric (80%). 

Have you ever been in those areas?

One would think that the energy needed would be a lot, since every home is practically 4 times a normal home... In Iceland's gardens it is quite also normal to see a series of row houses in a smaller version: these are the elves' homes.  In Iceland, over 50% of people believe that they exist, and it is considered good luck to offer them a place to stay.

This belief is so engrained that it also became an occasion to defend the environment, because Icelanders do not often build in places that are thought to be inhabited by elves. A green nation even from a "legendary" point of view.
 

App Culturale Karahnjukar 01
In Icelandic gardens there are often very small, terraced houses: these are the elves' houses. In Iceland, many people believe in their existence.
It is therefore considered to bring good luck to be hospitable towards them