Sarah Lyall: “Many Icelanders claim that winter, which lasts until May and at its height provides only four hours of feeble light a day, is their favorite season. They look forward, they say, to snuggling up by candlelight in front of their geothermally powered radiators. (Few Icelandic homes have fireplaces.)”

The article appeared on the front page of The National Post, syndicated from The New York Times. There's a small photo slideshow of Iceland though I'm usually content to view the photos tagged with 'iceland' at Flickr.