[Swisscoder]

I agree the Cold weather has to do a lot with the behaviour of the people. Also Iceland is one of the Ten Least Crowded Places in the World.

[subsystem]

Yes, but...

"With a population of 200,852, Greater Reykjavík comprises over 60% of the population of Iceland in an area that is only just over 1% of the total size of the country."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Reykjav%C3%ADk_Area