{"id":2572,"date":"2020-10-22T19:59:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/info.thetravel.me\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2020-10-22T20:04:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T12:04:44","slug":"myvatn-home-of-midges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.thetravel.me\/en\/myvatn-home-of-midges\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fdvatn: Home of midges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00fdvatn is a shallow lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. 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Although they won\u2019t sting, don\u2019t open your mouth\u2026...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetravel.me\/images-webp\/iceland_2017\/20170821-01-48-56.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetravel.me\/images-webp\/iceland_2017\/20170821-01-50-19.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetravel.me\/europe\/travel_iceland_17_00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Iceland's Pureness 2017 (Chinese only)<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00fdvatn is a shallow lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. 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