Stefanía Ómarsdóttir, a 29-year-old Icelandic woman who now lives in Chile, assured that many stories told about her country are really far from reality.

In an interview with La Hora, the woman who has lived in the country for two years with her Chilean husband, reported that the center of Iceland “is inhospitable, very volcanic, many glaciers. There are no roads to get there. That is why people gathered near the sea, they lived off fishing.

Today, Stefanía, a native of the capital Reykjavík, is enjoying her country's debut in the World Cup in Russia, although she assures that before she did not enjoy soccer because of her stepfather: «When he watched soccer nobody could see anything on the TV. He did not even see the national team: he liked Liverpool ».

In Barcelona, ​​the young woman studied animation and multimedia design and became fluent in Spanish. She there she began to enjoy soccer. Stefanía clarifies that Ómarsdóttir is not her last name, but rather means "daughter of Omar", alluding to her father's name. Women in Iceland add the "dóttir", while in men it is "son" or "sson", as the case may be.

Regarding the positive comments that abound these days about her country, Stefanía calls for calm: «For me it is a lot of myth. The fight for gender equality is very visible, but we are far from the level of complete equality. The salary differences are still very large. And the bankers who were jailed are already on the loose. There is still a lot of corruption. It is not a perfect country. Sexual crimes are still very frequent there," he argued.

However, he assured that he is shocked that education is paid for in Chile: «There in Iceland it is something basic. At my school I went with children from any family, it is much more integrated. There is only one private school that goes up to 11 years old, and then they went to mine. If I ever have children, I would like them to go to school in Iceland: it is more inclusive and tolerant," stressed the Icelandic.

As a child, the young woman assured that she grew up without feeling discrimination because of her gender. The stereotypes of her did not make themselves felt during her childhood: «she played with my best friend and her brother to be Batman, and they had a lot of dolls. At that time, my mother took care of children, and she gave the girls little cars," she commented.

Given the low crime rate, the police don't have much work in your country. “My sister lives in a small town, where the police have nothing to do except catch people speeding. His license has been revoked twice for having THC in his blood," says Stefanía.

He also rules out that it is common to see the Northern Lights every day: «It has to be in winter, dark, cold and clear. When the tourism boom began, there were Northern Lights tours, but you never know when one will appear. It's luck."

Stefanía also commented on the existence of the Islendinga app, which allows Icelanders to know if they are getting involved in love with a distant relative: «I made the username and password, but I don't have it on my cell phone. I have an Icelandic friend who dated a cousin who she didn't know was her cousin. He found out from the app, haha.