Ask a Local: Alda Sigmundsdóttir, Reykjavík, Iceland

ALDA SIGMUNDSDÓTTIR
No doubt there are several stereotypes of the Icelanders, but one is that they are endearingly kooky and believe in elves. Like with most stereotypes there is a kernel of truth in this, in that many Icelandic folk legends center around hidden people, also called elves, that lived inside hillocks and boulders in a parallel universe to the human population.