A traditional dessert is skyr, made from milk curds. Skyr is like thick sour cream, and it is usually served with sugar and cream. Icelanders like sports, especially swimming. People swim throughout the winter in indoor pools and in outdoor pools that are warmed by hot springs. Icelanders also like basketball, handball, skiing, soccer, and a kind of wrestling called glima.
Many people play chess and bridge.
Iceland has several theaters and a symphony orchestra. Most Icelanders belong to the state church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Some belong to the Lutheran Free Churches and a few belong to other Protestant churches or to the Roman Catholic Church. Iceland also has an official pagan church. The government requires children from 7 to 15 years of age to attend school, except those in sparsely populated areas.