Adopt an Icelander - Icelanders: Tell the World Your Story

When Iceland's economy crumbled in 2008, so went the leisurely party lives of thousands of young Icelanders. They are called "The Cuddly Generation" (Krutt-kynslotin in Icelandic), and they need your help. Please donate whatever you can - money, plane tickets, alcohol or kind words (they all speak English). Anything to help these beautiful, fun-loving viking progeny reclaim the free-spirited times of no work and all play to which they grew so accustomed... even if it's just for one wild night.

If you are an Icelander longing for your glory days, send me a photo and your story; I will tell the world how carefree your life once was, and how depressing and lame it is now. And if you are a humanitarian who would like to contact one of the Icelanders whose story you saw here, email me and I will forward your message to them.

Call me Rhys Southan.

rhys ( @ ) adoptanicelander (DOT) com

Icelanders: Tell the World Your Story

According to this piece in IcelandReview, many people of Iceland have yet to face the new reality:

Then, there are those who say this will teach Icelanders a lesson, teach them to spend their money more wisely. One of the things that most surprised me when I first moved to Iceland was the way in which people spend and consume so casually.
However, judging by the number of customers that queued for the opening sales at new shopping mall Korputorg in Reykjavík last Saturday, or the customers in electronic store Elko walking out with huge flat screen TVs last weekend, it might be a while before the crisis really sinks in and people change their spending habits. After all, a report published by German market research company GfK GeoMarketing less than a year ago, ranked Iceland as having the sixth highest disposable income in Europe.

I guess this is why no Icelanders have sent in their stories yet. Young Icelanders: shame and denial can only keep the party going for so long. Send me your stories! The world needs to know that you are frightened, hungry and very, very bored.

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