Thunder clap

“HUH”. The Icelandic national football team is met by a huge crowd in the country’s capital city of Reykjavik as they return from Euro 2016, where they sensationally reached the quarter-finals and knocked England out. The team travelled through the city on an open-top bus before holding a huge rally – during which the crowd of thousands took part in the so-called ‘Icelandic thunder clap’, which has been likened to a Viking war chant.


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