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  • Three Centenarian Icelanders Share Their Secrets For Longevity

    Three Centenarian Icelanders Share Their Secrets For Longevity

    Three Icelandic women, all 100 years old or older, offered their methods for attaining a long and healthy life, at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of Iceland’s sovereignty from Denmark, Fréttablaðið reports. All Icelanders 100 years old or older were invited…

  • Iceland Is Getting Older

    Iceland Is Getting Older

    Growing old isn’t easy in any country in the world. As a person leaves the workforce, their available prospects for survival could range from a comfortable retirement to abject squalor. Where Iceland is concerned, there are few better countries in the entire…

  • Iceland: A Good Place To Grow Old

    Iceland: A Good Place To Grow Old

    A new report from Global Age Watch puts Iceland in 7th place amongst the best countries in the world to grow old. According to the report, Norway is officially the best country in the world to grow older, while Afghanistan is the…