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Land of the Midnight Sun, Tourist Board

Each week, we choose a destination recently featured in a travel glossy or weekend section that smacks of poor judgement on the part of their editors. For whatever reason, it doesn't pass our smell test. We then nominate it as a dubious destination. Got a dubious destination to recommend? Send it to tipsATjauntedDOTcom



We've done with the "Iceland, land of mystery and nightclubs" articles. We're sure Iceland's amazing, with things like phone books by first name; Bjork; 24 hour golfing in the summer; and thermal geysers. We don't doubt the party capital aspect, especially if you're Damon Albarn of Blur, who is meant to be responsible for the high number of children named Damon in the country.

Do we really need to be  beaten over the head about it, year after year? We are certain that the authors enjoyed quality press trips to Reykjavik, but it's not somewhere that we can just swing by, even though it's on our list. As for any more articles about Iceland, we doubt they'll top Pico Iyer's take in Falling off the Map. Send every other writer to Greenland or something. Surely they can be more concise than A.A. Gill.

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