"We dont apologise for everything in Iceland" *apologises for rain*

@TheSendibilar

4 жыл бұрын

Við notum afsakið

@TheSendibilar

4 жыл бұрын

We use afsakið = skusme

@frankyh101

4 жыл бұрын

@Jinjyo ni Shoubu I'm not American buddy.

@mickburton6838

4 жыл бұрын

Jinjyo ni Shoubu English spell with an ‘S’, which would technically be the correct spelling.

@knightdaemon4836

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Americans think they have the correct spelling. They just borrowed the language the English.

6:45 Okay, Iceland, wait for your new citizen

@anthonyr1416

4 жыл бұрын

That was me

@sarasifsigfusdottir7557

4 жыл бұрын

per min haha cant wait to see you somewhere roaming around

@bobhaagsma7942

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, honestly.. going crazy this summer. They are murdering my left arm, which has a pretty fresh tattoo so I cannot scratch etc. I might just have to consider moving as well.

@kiyoshikimura977

4 жыл бұрын

I know your little tricks! You can't fool me. By new citizen, you mean, new MOSQUITO. YOU ARE A MOSQUITO!!! XD

@pussypumper4205

4 жыл бұрын

per min that is what i thought when i read that somewhere else😂

"Nearly every Icelander owns a horse" "Where do you get this from?" ...Skyrim...

@theicelandicnationalist2.023

3 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, yes Skyrim is a perfect representation of the Nordic countries

@ericadams5019

3 жыл бұрын

They say the same thing about us in Kentucky... and I dont own shoes..

@ilovechicken90

3 жыл бұрын

Mongolia says bitch please.

@kingstonmccrackin6390

3 жыл бұрын

I literally laughed out loud!

@gamingthisera6339

2 жыл бұрын

@@theicelandicnationalist2.023 Skyrim introduce me viking and Scandinavian culture

Iceland: ”We have a lot of trees” Me: a swede who has travelled around Iceland, you do have trees. What you do not have is a lot of trees.

@louisrobitaille5810

3 жыл бұрын

"We have trees" = more than one. "We have a lot of trees" from an Icelandic person = 1 small forest "We have a lot of trees" from a Canadian = 1 000 massive forests. (idk about the rest of the world xd)

@isquirtmilkfrommyeye

3 жыл бұрын

“Trees” haha. The old joke is that if you get lost in the forest in Iceland, just stand up.

@festimkupa4280

3 жыл бұрын

#Ulrika which country would you prefer Iceland or Sweden?

@sweeperboy

3 жыл бұрын

So the one about trees is at least partially true. When I first went to Iceland in the mid-2000s, my Icelandic tour guide told me that there were very few trees in the most of Iceland, but there was one place in the south which *actually* had a wood. When I travelled with the group, I found this largely to be true; the "trees" that were found in the rest of the country were really quite stunted, almost bonzai-fied to the point of being little more than shrubs. However, when I went again in 2018, I saw more trees than I remembered the first time, even though it was winter this time not summer. I wonder if there has been some tree-planting going on in that time as most of the trees I saw were quite young ones.

@mr-x7689

3 жыл бұрын

​@@isquirtmilkfrommyeye When i studied blacksmithing, one of my teatchers told me a storry about when he went to Island to work at a museum event. During said event he spoke to one of the emplyees about taking a walk in a forest to see the difference between Swedish and Islandic forests. And since he diden´t want to get lost in a forign land he asked what he should do if he got lost. The awnser was a short laugh and "stand up".

I’m from Texas, people tend to think we ride horses to school so I feel ya on that one.

@RisingSun0401

4 жыл бұрын

Shhh don’t tell them that we aren’t all living in a Wild Wild West western movie 😂

@TX_BigSpit

4 жыл бұрын

We rode horses to school a few times. Tractors too!

@ievgenkolomiiets6884

4 жыл бұрын

you must've always dropped your colt when you heard that

@PopescuSorin

4 жыл бұрын

i do..

@charris5700

4 жыл бұрын

Im a Texan and I drove a Tank to school but i didn't load the gun just to be safe and polite, had my rifle and side arm though so that was good nuf.

Ah Iceland; where men are 7-foot giants and women are crossfit champions who can beat you with a kettle bell.

@wardeni9603

4 жыл бұрын

It's isolated too. So basically it's Nordic heaven

@Liam-fs5fe

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone know if Iceland has any good Hockey players? They should have

@kasperknutsen8283

4 жыл бұрын

@@wardeni9603 it's not. You foreigners will ruin everything with you cultures

@GarethDix

4 жыл бұрын

Liam have you never seen the film the mighty ducks? 😂

@arnrunoskmagnusdottir6865

4 жыл бұрын

Liam there are maby 5 hockey teams in Iceland lmao 😂

I spent a semester studying ecology abroad in Iceland. There used to be almost no trees in Iceland due to deforestation. Now there are about 2% land covering of trees. Very exciting.

@abdalrazzaqdawood8712

3 жыл бұрын

Hi how you doing

@alieucamara8499

2 жыл бұрын

Hi

@TR4R

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Costa Rica. Back in the day there wasn't too much environmental conscience in this country. That changed during the 80's. More and more areas were declared protected and we now cover around 25 percent of the surface of our land under protection. There are many national parks that are visited by tourists and I can assume every city has at least a park with trees. So yeah, it's like a recovery story.

That awkward moment when your video gets more views than your country has people.

@king-su5uc

3 жыл бұрын

Lol😂😂

@shridhar3567

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@suraj-op2bx

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to send 330millions of Muslims from my nation to Iceland

@gouravrana3504

3 жыл бұрын

@@suraj-op2bx 😆😂😂

@bob-kt2cv

3 жыл бұрын

Omg lmao

If you get lost in Icelandic woods, just stand up!

@papperlapapp1922

4 жыл бұрын

Hilarious, you made my day

@radioactivel1609

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t get it

@papperlapapp1922

4 жыл бұрын

@@radioactivel1609 most trees in Iceland are beautiful, but not very big.

@videowillplayafterads8437

4 жыл бұрын

My tour guide said this on way to gullfoss

@CroatZg

4 жыл бұрын

@@papperlapapp1922 Tall*

Iceland and Greenland should switch names to start with

@magnikristinsson

4 жыл бұрын

nei

@spencermoss5528

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard that they were actually named the wrong way around when they first discovered by mistake at it stuck

@magnikristinsson

4 жыл бұрын

@@spencermoss5528 no, iceland was named such because hrafna-flóki saw a bunch of ice by the beaches when he came there, and greenland was named such because they needed more colonists

@Henrik_Holst

4 жыл бұрын

@@magnikristinsson Greenland was actually green when it was discovered since there where a local climate change slightly before and after the Viking age that made Greenland a few degrees warmer.

@magnikristinsson

4 жыл бұрын

@@Henrik_Holst perhaps, Who knows?

"There is no mosqitoes on Island" I´M MOVING THERE!

@envitech02

2 жыл бұрын

In Malaysia, there are swarms of them.

@hrabba8523

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend moving here

I’m Mexican and I would find that a lot of Nordic countries are not as talkative as my people, but I love how direct they are, I love Iceland would definitely love to visit. Also with the stereotypes... oh boy, I could write a book about that about my country 🙄 so I feel you

@salmanhassan4041

3 жыл бұрын

Hello sweet mexico💓💓

@johnsmiths256

2 жыл бұрын

@@salmanhassan4041 hello Salaman

@HasufelyArod

2 жыл бұрын

La neta tienes razón

@Bludcharg4214

Жыл бұрын

México got the best girls and I'm Mexican

@sostinholago6937

Жыл бұрын

Mexico has good things and bad like others country. Dangerous places and safe places...

It sounds like horses have been spreading rumors about Iceland.

@vegas44gp

3 жыл бұрын

confusing Shetland ponies for Icelandic ponies?????

@Kenny-bj2zq

3 жыл бұрын

Does Iceland have some of the highest STD rates?

@katehardwick4283

3 жыл бұрын

poundcakeshuffle 😂

@kardoxfabricanus7590

2 жыл бұрын

What??? Horses aren't real! "Goodbye horses you don't exist at all!"

What you call “trees” is actually Broccoli. Furthermore, when you are all on your horses chasing elves it just seems sooooo windy.

@emilyspecter9532

4 жыл бұрын

Garrett Fulton broccoli 😂

@mufflonplaylist

4 жыл бұрын

😂 I had a kid from Iceland in my preschool class and whenever we were served broccoli he said "I don't eat trees" 😂😂

@bluebumble3402

4 жыл бұрын

Elin Johansson hahaha systir mín gerir það líka😂😂

No mosquitos? Iceland here I come. ❤️Love from India

@ghostriley5632

3 жыл бұрын

I think there are too much mosquitos in india

@Amar-gx7js

3 жыл бұрын

Kerala full of mosquitos

@Eumanel12

3 жыл бұрын

I know that feeling bro, from Brazil

@divinegaming8184

3 жыл бұрын

@Rafael Torres Egea thank you for the hate

Of course there are no Ice Giants in Iceland. Thor took care of that little issue.

@Aetherion223

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Jötunn

Someone: People from Iceland don't apologise. Me: Why would Vikings apologize to anyone LoL.

@Thulgore

4 жыл бұрын

Oddly, Iceland never had "vikings". They are descended from people called vikings. The colonies weren't vikings but they were/are.....sort of. Icelandic peoples never raided anyone to my knowledge. I'm not sure if the "killer viking" genetics ever had any basis in Iceland honestly. The US (white people perspective) was not founded by warrior culture either.

@gcanaday1

4 жыл бұрын

A viking might actually apologize if he thought he'd taken something without winning it appropriately first. But that's really just before he wins it, often with an axe. Because law and stuff, can't look like a thief in front of the gods. There is a story about one who did just that, he got away after being captured and stole a treasure on his way out. He felt bad, so he turned around and went back and killed the guy and his family and burnt his house down. He felt like he earned it then.

@wiptide

4 жыл бұрын

@@gcanaday1 Can you link it? It sound super interesting.

@gcanaday1

4 жыл бұрын

@@wiptide I'd have to FIND it again! It stuck in my my mind because it was so far removed from the common narrative concerning them. If I run across it again I'll post.

@probablyhomer9338

4 жыл бұрын

Viking is not a people. Viking is an action. “Let’s go Viking.” An expedition if you will.

No mosquitos? No matter what it costs, just reserve me an appartment, I'm f***ing coming!

@grizzly5627

4 жыл бұрын

Factssss

@sirisaacclarke4964

4 жыл бұрын

I call bullshit, i'm from Greenland and we have SHITLOAD of them.

@forgalzz7

4 жыл бұрын

Their largest lake is called "Mývatn". Guess what that means ...

@sadiomane7720

4 жыл бұрын

@@forgalzz7 tell me😂

@forgalzz7

4 жыл бұрын

@@sadiomane7720 "Midge lake"

Hahah introverts will go to iceland to avoid random interactions everyday after this (is a joke)

@ToUnderstandAFool

3 жыл бұрын

You clarified the statement. The introverted Dude does not abide.

@stalins9857

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe!!!😁😁😁

Wait, hold up! There's a place where I won't be bothered when doing literally anything?! *packing bags*

As a Canadian it's hilarious that Icelanders think that Americans are too apologetic. Canadians think they're rude and don't apologize enough 😂 edit: i made this comment as a joke 10 months ago lol so hilarous seeing all these Yanks getting triggered

@isobelpayne9886

4 жыл бұрын

Americans think that the British are very polite 🤷‍♀️😂

@mossoconnor4417

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, depends on where in said country your from and how you were raised, obviously

@WoodyJames

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on what region you visit. I live in North Carolina, and people will apologize for anything. NYC is a different story.

@cornfetishhh3305

4 жыл бұрын

I’m American. We’re all assholes-especially our president and his goons.

@disneygeek1228

4 жыл бұрын

Ansel Tan Right, as an American we aren’t very nice.

As a finn who went to Iceland one year ago; no you do not have a lot of trees 😂 Maybe I think this way because we have a s***load of forests in Finland.

@Dave.1211

4 жыл бұрын

There are not many forests it does matter where you go to see some but They are not big

@siirilydia

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dave.1211 we drove around the whole country. But that is what I loved about Iceland the most; different views than what I am used to. It was almost funny at some point to only see rocks and then a random lonely tiny tree in the middle of it all. 😍

@Dave.1211

4 жыл бұрын

@@siirilydia yeah that's the funny thing about iceland you see a mountain and then only two trees

@vigdiszoega3593

4 жыл бұрын

siirilydia literally i have a whole ass forest beside my house right now so idk what you’re on about

@larasif2852

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe not out in the country but Reykjavík is basically a forest

Excellent Hrafna !!! Thanks a lot. Very enlightning. I enjoyed it.

Damn Iceland sounds so good, not talking to people while going to the store just be so relaxing and no mosquitos and a lot of snow😍

3:02 As a german I *can’t* relate at all😂 Everything has to be planned at least 2 weeks before the actual event. A place for everything and everything at it’s place.😊

@erkinalp

4 жыл бұрын

As a Turk, I can. Here we plan events ahead but that plan would be broken anyways.

@papierstaudipper8580

4 жыл бұрын

In Germany we donʼt say “Ok, see you tomorrow”, we say „Weiß nicht, ob ich das so kurzfristig schaffe, muss morgen Abend noch meine Katze von der Loslösegruppe abholen und danach bin ich vielleicht zu müde :/“ and I think thatʼs beautiful.

@linajurgensen4698

4 жыл бұрын

asgardian dawn yes that’s so true! And I love it!^^

@confusioneternelle

4 жыл бұрын

Ich find das aber eher nervig, spontane Sachen sind immer viel besser! Am meisten fällt mir auf wie gern die Leute planen, wenn Reisekataloge so seltsame komplett durchgeplante All-Inclusive-Urlaube anbieten. Ich denke mir dann immer “Wer will denn sowas?!“, aber den meisten scheint's zu gefallen xD

@linajurgensen4698

4 жыл бұрын

Yuki Kakumei oh ja xD

And of course the only thing I know about Iceland is that Bjork is from there.

@IronmanV5

4 жыл бұрын

And Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Gregor "the Mountain" Clegane from Game of Thrones

@Sebykca

4 жыл бұрын

And Hatari

@cricat3776

4 жыл бұрын

I used to know her daughter

@evavaldimarsdottir8963

4 жыл бұрын

Äyran Vlogs thanks

@prestonknight2485

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was a Swedish word. Also, what does Bjork mean?

"I am just a random human from Iceland."))) Love this girl.

Just saw your video for the first time. It was Awasome. Very informative and funny too. Came to know much about your country. Thanks for sharing.

Icelanders : * Love to drink alcohol* Me from the Czech Republic, coming to Iceland this summer : "Well we´ll see"

@deadaccount2425

4 жыл бұрын

Ah my two favorite countries, Czech Republic and Iceland

@Joequaile

4 жыл бұрын

FrogZ What part of the Mountains?

@koudkr7068

4 жыл бұрын

Dovezeme na Island naši slavnou borovičku a nějaký domácí pálenky :D To teprve bude "we will see" :DD

@ladymcbang2383

4 жыл бұрын

@@koudkr7068 Už mám v lahvičkách nachystanou domácí slivovici, jestli mě s tím pustí do letadla, to bude sranda teprve

@The-lz8pi

4 жыл бұрын

Well, we slavs like our alcohol so :D

2:26 this is called „dirty blond“ „Straßenköterblond“ here in Germany. Just not the light Barbie blond everyone thinks about when hearing „blond“. But it still is blond.

@sidneyjohnson3125

4 жыл бұрын

Hab genau dasselbe gedacht 😂👏

@Cookiekeks

4 жыл бұрын

Noch nie gehört lol xd

@kebbasohna4710

4 жыл бұрын

Hahhhha was zur Hölle

@smiltest460

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, for me she is blonde

@linajurgensen4698

4 жыл бұрын

Smiltė St for me too :)

Many of the myths are cleared about ur country, thanks Hrafna for discussing so gently, loved the the way you talk, specially ur dimple in the cheek

Enjoy your videos--always interesting learning about different cultures/people

about icelanders not saying sorry when passing people in a shop or anything, i'm norwegian and yeah. even if people are ACTUALLY in the way, we will just wait for them to move or just stand there till they realize we wanna pass. and you are right it has nothing to do with being rude, it's just not our culture to do these things :D

@MilatovichFamily

4 жыл бұрын

I am from Slovenia and I do the same.

@wteydhbdhdjs2530

4 жыл бұрын

@@MilatovichFamily I am from Slovakia, and it is the same here too

@miias5177

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the same case in Finland too.

@wavehaven1

4 жыл бұрын

In America, When I see people move to pass, I say Thank you, When people are taking up time, well...they end up moving and say sorry cuz they know others are trying to shop too. If people are just in too much of a dangg hurry, well, then they can wait a moment. When someone dies, I dont say Sorry either...like why am I sorry, I didnt do anything wrong.... I give my respects to them and Family.

@MilatovichFamily

4 жыл бұрын

@@miias5177 I really find people be so much apolegetic like in uk and espwecially american really annoying. It is just so fake.

Hrafna: I don't know a single person who rides horses for fun. Who makes up these 'horse theories'?! Me (Russian): [feeding a polar bear with penguins and vodka] So true! Stereotypes are indestructible!

@Kinobambino

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. You sir are legend.

@akhiljoseph4113

3 жыл бұрын

And I'm an uneducated IT nerd who charms snakes and dances in the streets 😁

@Oleg19948

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao Someone give this man a medal. I can't breathe 🤣🤣🤣

@Oleg19948

3 жыл бұрын

@L Steiner yeah we agree but give this man a medal for the meme lol.

@huge-s

3 жыл бұрын

@L Steiner Russia is too large to describe it with vodka, caviar and fur coats. It was a joke, of course. As for me personally I drink no alcohol and don't like caviar (besides it's rather expensive). And I hate fur coats for there are much warmer, more eco-friendly and convenient winter jackets.

I have no idea why one of your videos popped up in my recommended, but it was quite interesting and let me to watch a few of them actually! I have always been a bit fascinated about Iceland and I have always wanted to visit. Even though I live kind of just across the ocean, it is still really expensive to go there. But some day I hope to experince your lovely nature!

Very nice video 🙂 thank you for sharing your thoughts about all those myths 🙂 I’m from Canada and I’m dying to go visit your amazing country 😍

Oh come on, everybody knows ice giants live in Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland has trolls. ; )

@legendteigen461

4 жыл бұрын

In norway, trolls Are a part of the nationalism

@athen3212

4 жыл бұрын

You have forgotten Denmark

@legendteigen461

4 жыл бұрын

@@athen3212 remember that ice giants live in the mountains tho...

@ingrid9433

4 жыл бұрын

@@legendteigen461 denmark has sky mountain

@alfredofswitzerland9321

4 жыл бұрын

Denmark has flying turtles

From another Icelander here, there are actually a lot of horses here and many people participate in like horse riding. But i guess that's mostly in smaller towns and not in the city, i know a LOT of people who own and ride horses for fun. // Myndi segja að hestamennskan sé mun meiri í landsbyggðinni, alveg fullt af hesthúsum td. á vestfjörðum og hef oft séð fólk í reiðtúr þar. Veit ekki hvernig það er á höfuðborgarsvæðinu samt...

@rebekka4636

4 жыл бұрын

and yeah the sorry, excuse me thing is annoying i agree

@rebekka4636

4 жыл бұрын

the thing about knowing everyone on the street is true in smaller towns, but not in Reykjavík

@linajurgensen4698

4 жыл бұрын

I‘m German and we love Icelandic horses too!❤️😊

@linajurgensen4698

4 жыл бұрын

Van Aser what hoes? I wrote „horses“ are u blind?

@darkfox5598

4 жыл бұрын

Það er líka fullt af hestum í höfuðborgarsvæðinu, það er fullt af hesthúsum og svo líka stór hestaferða fyritæki td íshestar, hraunhestar og eldhestar. Það er sammt mest í hafnarfirði. 😉

Thank you your very knowledgeable I appreciate all your insight.

tanks for this video ! I'm planning to move next to Iceland, and I'm glad to learn more about icelandic lifestyle

@BlaggRose0279

2 жыл бұрын

Ist auch mein Traum. Weg von diesem Wahnsinn hier und rein in die Natur

Viking stealing the pretty girls... Yeah that sounds like my ancestors 😅

@jockegiirl8605

4 жыл бұрын

thats so gay omg

@kasperknutsen8283

4 жыл бұрын

@@mememaster147 they literally cucked the scot and irish men. My ancestors ahh

@MrBigJake75

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@ELJason2006

4 жыл бұрын

They stole Celtic women. I learned that in the Saga museum.

@NefariousKoel

4 жыл бұрын

Icelandic DNA testing has shown that there is an unusually high amount of mitochondrial DNA matching people in Ireland. Since mitochondrial DNA is passed from mother to daughter, the female kidnapping stories likely hold some truth. There is mention, from their own tales, of the early colonists raiding Ireland and taking their women with them to Iceland. Apparently they had a shortage of Nordic women willing to go.

"We do have a lot of underage drinking" Germans: 'Are we a joke to you?'

@ivaniacarrera8273

4 жыл бұрын

Chilean people joined the chat🍻🇨🇱

@tompeled6193

3 жыл бұрын

Did you learn that from German Girl in America?

@jameskoziol5405

3 жыл бұрын

Brits : Are we a joke to you ?

@Hsaytic

3 жыл бұрын

Russians smiling silently

@KarlMySuitcase

3 жыл бұрын

Probably common in all of north Europe, Norwegians and Danish does it too, probably also Sweden and Finland.

This was extremely entertaining. It's almost as if no one knew Iceland existed before the 2018 World Cup.

“We let our babies sleep outside” *starts raining* 😂

@andriandrason1318

3 жыл бұрын

@marcus24000 Rain cover for the baby carriage, is also a very viable option.

@perstephanie3295

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Florida (USA) and there are SO MANY things that could go wrong... Raptors, snakes, coyotes, dogs, alligators, sun and heat, mosquitoes, random hourly downpours of rain etc. 😆

@EpicToadRage

3 жыл бұрын

@@perstephanie3295 don't forget about random acts of Florida Man. 😳🤪

@perstephanie3295

3 жыл бұрын

They are creative sometimes but tbh Florida Mom can be more dangerous than Florida Man so there is that too 😅

My experience in Iceland was that everyone was incredibly friendly.

@libertyman3729

3 жыл бұрын

WRONG ! YOUR A OUTSIDER .

@matthennessey6679

3 жыл бұрын

Laughs in Texan

@NarsilRenewed

3 жыл бұрын

@brillsapylsa6300

3 жыл бұрын

Well then you just didn’t see the teenage boys

I also didn’t know what people meant when they asked my if we don’t have trees, and I always used to answer of course we have trees, but now I understand what they mean. We really don’t have trees they are short, compared to the ones in warmer climates, and if you go outside the city you don’t see any trees, like if your driving on highways in other countries and there are trees everywhere.

@sidynqa

4 жыл бұрын

yees..icelandic "trees" are nothing in comare to trees in other countries. for example we have forests EVERYWHERE.. when you go out of city ar village there are forests.. in iceland its lava..

@sarasifsigfusdottir7557

4 жыл бұрын

Simsa its still a tree tho.

@kora4185

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah when I went there I was like ‘oh, indeed there are no trees’ and the Icelandic guy said ‘yes we do, why people think we don’t, look at those’ and everyone was like ‘lmao’ ‘for elves maybe’ ‘these are plants mate’ 🤣🤣💗

@elvarg991

4 жыл бұрын

we have bushes, but also a few trees in some places like Hallormstaðaskógur and others

@keirfarnum6811

4 жыл бұрын

Having lived in Alaska, most of the trees are scrubby little black spruce. There are areas with deciduous forest, but the tree line is low so they are mostly at low elevations. Above the tree line it’s mostly non-forested tundra. I would guess that Iceland is similar in it’s climate and terrain. I miss the long days in summer and long nights in winter. Now I live in Oakland, CA.

I lived in Norway for some two years and the people seems so similar to those in Iceland no wonder why As an eastern european I especially enjoyed in Norway the lack of polite small talk, the no need for excesive apologies and the freedom to keep silence.In my country I seldomly go to the shop pick the item from the shelf and pay without having to say a word I love it

Nice! Thanks for introducing a lot of things about Iceland ! Such a amazing place ! And I've loved you wearing Thrasher.... guess why ? Come to Brazil ! You're welcome! Cheers darling!

Funny myths. When I was in Iceland I found the people to be literally the friendliest folks. Beautiful country, amazing people! Tak!

OMG, what would I - a Canadian - do in Iceland without the word "sorry". I would wither away and die, surely! 😂

@artlover5060

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Nass Blacksmith That makes so much more sense.

Well, even I heard these myths or facts too, but, they just got answered, thanks for this video 😌 Keep up the good work ✌

Thanks, for clearing many doubts 😊

“Ice Giants” 😂😂😂 just imagine a random jötnar / jötunn roaming around the country

@brujo_millonario

3 жыл бұрын

I think Thor would take care of any aggressive Jötnar. But he would ask for some wine in exchange. And the problem is, most Icelanders are Christian now. Probably they'd have to ask Jesus for archangel Michael's protection. Hmmm.

@Volatile-Tortoise

3 жыл бұрын

It was hilarious and adorable to see her have to defend herself against an accusation of “Ice Giants”. Praise Odin.

@drznx

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

There's an 'Iceland' supermarket in Iceland. Interesting fact.

@gubjorggisladottir3525

4 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@ZoeyRedbird15

4 жыл бұрын

It is also in the UK😂🤷🏻‍♀️

@TheMrMe1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZoeyRedbird15 In fact it's a British company

@kasperknutsen8283

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMrMe1 what just happend here

@orthedraespiders9278

4 жыл бұрын

I thought they had a supermarket in Iceland called England 😟

Love this video so much. Want to know more about Iceland. Beautiful country with beautiful people

10:00 This is the same as in Finland and I think it is linked with the climate, half the year is dark and cold and standing outside chatting for half an hour is not an option. I was in Finland this year and on my flight back I was sat next to a Finnish guy and his daughter, they were really nice, but it took half the flight to get a conversation going!

Please make a whole video speaking icelandic, just got to your channel and I'm already loving it.

@aniawitczak1703

4 жыл бұрын

kauan cf she has one video where she does her makeup and speaks Icelandic :)

@kauancf3985

4 жыл бұрын

@@aniawitczak1703 Thanks, I hadn't seen it, hope she make more videos like this

@JoeSanHUN

4 жыл бұрын

+1 :)

To clarify the thing about pineapple on pizza: Our president did say that he doesn't like it, but also that he's glad he doesn't actually have the power to ban it. Thus it remains perfectly legal, which is good because I love it.

@mylerwilson4879

4 жыл бұрын

thanks now i can die

I saw a video a year ago of you and one recently, your English has greatly improved!!

The look on your face at the 10:11 mark when you said “Wow. No, thank you.”😍😂❤️‍🔥

I absolutely loved Iceland. I lived there for a year. I laughed at a lot of these. But most of the Icelanders I met were great people, as long as you treated them with respect and went there wanting to learn they took you under their wing. I would love to go back some day!

no mosquitos in Iceland? *applys for emigration*

@sesseljabs964

4 жыл бұрын

*lúsmý enters the chat*

@river6448

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

The thumbnail got me cracked 🤣🤣 "you need an app to date to make sure your not incest" got me dead 🤣🤣🤣

Great video! Had no idea people actually believed some of those myths. BTW, I like your eyelashes. How do you get them do pointy?

Your videos show up in my recommendation so many times, but somehow i watch it everytimes and actually enjoyed it! Never interested about icelandic whatsoever before but this is a good fun content, i hope you have a bright future, cheers

She is a shelter city child that has never seen the ice giants

@TX_BigSpit

4 жыл бұрын

Wotan keeps the ice giants in check.

@themisforseti3510

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

i feel so nice when i watch ur vid, the fact that it's both educational and respectful.

Realy Informative .. Will Visit Iceland now ..

"Yes we have trees. A lot of them." - Someone who has never been anywhere that actually has trees.

@Starday723y

4 жыл бұрын

I spent two weeks in Iceland driving the ring road and staying in as many towns as I could. Most of the people I met in shops and restaurants were polish, so my attempts at learning Icelandic were wasted... I was really hoping to make Icelandic people laugh at my pronunciation. I can say that Iceland does have trees, very short trees.

@Dist1607

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Starday723y What do you do if you get lost in að Icelandic forest? . . . . ........ Just stand up!

@magnikristinsson

4 жыл бұрын

bih we have forests

In the US when someone in a service profession asks you "How are you today?" They are asking specifically about your shopping experience. If your coworker asks you "how are you doing today" they are probably asking about your work-related tasks or weird customers unless you are close friends. If your friend or spouse asks you "how are you doing today?" They are asking a more in depth question. Otherwise, generally, really answering the question openly and honestly is considered inappropriate disclosure or oversharing. Most Americans do not apologize unless they cut in front of you to grab an item off the grocery shelf while you are looking at the shelf of items thinking about your selection. Anything more unless they bump into you is probably to get some kind of weird attention or possibly weird flirting techniques. I live in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you for making a cultural video about Iceland. It was interesting.

Thank you so much these informations. Hope so one day I will visit iceland.

Love the hoodie!!

I'm Icelandic and I thought it was so funny when the ice giants thing came up. Like she said, where do you get this stuff!? haha

@rexbenson5628

3 жыл бұрын

Would love to visit iceland

@JamesLawner

3 жыл бұрын

Obv from Norse Mythology 😂

@Volatile-Tortoise

3 жыл бұрын

That was adorable. Love me some Norse Mythology and fantasy fiction.

@Abiodun92

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody likes jötnars on a rampage, better call Thor to kick them back to Jötunheim in exchange for some good mead.

Thor killed off the Ice Giants... lol

Random road trips, beautiful people, and loving to get drunk? I'm in

I was lucky enough to visit Iceland in October 2018 for 2 weeks. Beautiful country! If I had been offered a job there and had any confidence I could become fluent in Icelandic, I would still be there. I am originally from Tennessee in the United States. I have a friend (also from the South in the US) who was once asked if she rode a pig to school. I think when people know you live in a rural place, they assume you ride horses, pigs, etc. Thanks for clearing up the dating app myth; I had actually heard that one.

@kittykat490

2 жыл бұрын

Ahaha reading this comment is strange because I live in TN and am really really interested in Scandinavia in general but specifically am learning Norwegian and want to visit/stay in Norway and it would be such a huge dream come true to visit Iceland someday and in the future want to try to learn some Icelandic as well. Congrats for getting to visit that's really cool!

Everyone I’ve met had always thought that we (Icelandic people) were Inuits (Eskimos) because of the way Björk looks. They’re always shocked when they see the blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin that my mom’s family has

@Andres-co8in

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, Inuits never made it as far east as Iceland. Greenland is the only place where the Norse and Inuit people coexisted (Norsemen arrived first btw). I suppose Björk is the most known Icelandic. A less famous Icelandic would be Emiliana Torrini, she got a bit of fame when she participated in the soundtrack of LOTR.

@kaigunnarsson7148

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@agnesros739

4 жыл бұрын

Toshak I guess people just mix up Iceland and Greenland a lot

@Andres-co8in

4 жыл бұрын

@@agnesros739 I can definitively see that happening, I'm from Costa Rica and people always gets Costa Rica and Puerto Rico mixed up.

@ludovicariccardi6201

4 жыл бұрын

@@Andres-co8in Emiliana is half Italian also, great voice 😍😍😍

Hrafna your personality cracks me up! I love your videos! XOs from Italy! :)

Soy de Argentina, estuve hace algunas semanas en Islandia. Escuche este video porque fui con mucha expectativa acerca de la cultura islandesa. Me resulta muy clarificador escuchar a una islandesa hablando acerca de su propio país. Disculpen que escriba en español, si bien puedo escribir en inglés,me preocuparía distorsionar mi comentario por no dominar tan bien el idioma. Me llamo mucho la atención que en Islandia la comunicación se limitara a lo estrictamente necesario y que el sentido del humor pareciera ir en torno en al afrontamiento de las dificultades e imprevistos . Pienso que quizás el clima y la bravura e impotencia en las manifestaciones de la naturaleza tienden a templar a las personas en la exaltación del coraje , el auto sostén y la fortaleza. Con este video entiendo que la amabilidad latina pueda ser interpretada en muchas oportunidades como una postura ficticia y en pos de algún beneficio. No logro discernir si la modalidad que yo percibí es referida a turistas o a la relación con el otro en general . De todos modos ,no pretendo entender tanto con estar solo una semana allí. Lo qye está claro , es que me abrió muchos interrogantes acerca de nuestras diferencias. Gracias por el video ! 🙋‍♀️

Love when.you speak yur mind dont stop!

I heard that like 80%+ of women in Iceland have Irish blood. The Vikings took the best looking Irish lasses.

@MilatovichFamily

4 жыл бұрын

That is correct. That is why only ugly ones are now living in Ireland.

@finnantobin

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about the exact figure, but a very high proportion of Icelanders do have Irish genes. It goes both wsys though, most people in Ireland have Norse genes. Red hair is not a Gaelic thing, for example, it comes from Norse blood.

Question: Do you have an app to avoid incest? Me: 😟 Hrafna: Of course not! Me: 😁 Hrafna: It’s not an app, it’s a website! Me: ☹️

@themisforseti3510

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Stull hahaha I was thinking the same thing! It was super cute and innocent of her to be all “it’s not an app!!”, when whether or not there is an app is irrelevant lol. It’s interesting how we don’t tend to see things that everyone we know does, when we only know one way of life. Like how North Americans (if no one else) don’t consider the impact of sitting in chairs has on their health, because “everyone” sits on chairs, and so everyone has these symptoms for better or worse. Just fascinating!

@faye_isc

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@PeturSveins

4 жыл бұрын

That website is to look at your family tree. Has nothing to do with the dating scene. Here in Iceland, we know our family far enough back to know if we are dating a relative 😅

@saeversole

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler absolutely hilarious! I was thinking the same thing. App vs website 🤔still your cousin 😂🤣😂🤣

@p1a2b3l4o50000

4 жыл бұрын

I think if you don’t know your crush is your relative then you are not close enough to be called incest haha

Hrafna you're so funny ! Like you're accent!

wow! The country is super cool, gotta visit next summer. Floki’s land 🤩

@jaydipparmar8985

2 жыл бұрын

Floki..the boat builder 😍😍still making boats for Ragnar...

I heard that historically Icelanders let their babies sleep outside because there was usually a fire burning inside the house and it was thought that the smoke would be bad for the babies so they were placed outside.

@DennisKarlsson

4 жыл бұрын

That may be true. But still today the nordic countries let their babies sleep outside.

we don't have a word for 'please' in finnish either! of course we are polite in situations where it's needed but never more than necessary... your "ughh" expression about someone passing by is so true, i don't understand it either why someone would have to apologize for not even touching me... in finland we'll just either be more straightforward or not say anything at all, these 'small talk' and 'overly polite' cultures don't exist here :D

@godzilla4005

4 жыл бұрын

We just don't want to disturb people ahah

@gcanaday1

4 жыл бұрын

In Gàidhlig it's "ma 's e bhur toil e" which translates to "if it is pleasing to you," ... but really just means "if you like it," even though it gets used wherever English uses "please."

Yo 😂😂😂 cool am enjoying ur expression about silly questions 😂

Loved your opening line👍

The rain 😭🖤 I love your vids. Need to head out there soon.

As a Swede moving to Scotland in 2002 I noticed a slight difference compared to Sweden. One was that apparently I was rude as I never apologised enough or said "thank tou" to everything. As with Icelandic, Swedes don't do it that much. I was like, why are you apologising all the time? It was like for everything and still is...like if someone bumps in to you in a shop you apologise as you was the one standing in their way! How dare I go outside the front door! 🤣 However, you kind of get used to it Hahaha In Scotland folk talk non stop 😅. And after 17 years living here ( about 30km/ 20miles south of Glasgow), I talk more now than I ever did in Sweden, yet, I'm not talking enough small talk, another thing we're not very good at as a Swede. Great video and I really enjoyed it. Ooh, I forgot, nope, Sweden doesn't have polar bears walking the street either, but we do have brown bears. 👍

@Azhureus

4 жыл бұрын

You see sorry as word is not sometimes ment as appology, more like "sorry mate, I'm coming through, move away", just letting them know you are just passing through.

I love the question about everybody owning a horse. 😄👍 Made my day. I don't even think that was true 600 years ago. 🤔 Great video.🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you for the information.

The fact that she doesn't consider herself blonde proves everyone in Iceland is blonde.

@gunybrynjolfsdottir8118

4 жыл бұрын

No we have black brown red and bolnd hair and she is not blond

@ileanamariani1538

4 жыл бұрын

She is not blond to me either... I would say light brown!?

@faye_isc

4 жыл бұрын

she.s not blonde lol, i am blonde. she.s a light brown

@ileanamariani1538

4 жыл бұрын

@@faye_isc anyway she is beautiful and her hair color is beautiful too

@tybolt1304

4 жыл бұрын

Dark blonde , nothing Brown in her hair

8:22 same in swedish. Must be the inpolite viking heritage :)

I've taken a DNA test for genealogical purposes, and I've learnt quite a lot about DNA. According to researchers Icelanders seems to come from both Vikings and Celts. The male Vikings from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, brought women from Scotland (Celts) to Iceland. You can read more about it here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelanders#Genetics

I am usually a person who can’t tolerate foreign accents very well but there’s something about Icelandic accent that, I don’t know, it’s so soothing, I’m enjoying it so much, the way you pronounce the S... It’s so... Ahhhh...

WTF 6 months of darkness? nah I'm from the Caribbean, I can't do that.

@sarasifsigfusdottir7557

4 жыл бұрын

CrimsonGreaver yeah 6 months of darkness is bc in the winter we only get 2-4 hours of sun so it comes up at 11-12 and leaves 13-15. But now in the summer it never goes down

@meshuggagah4118

4 жыл бұрын

@CrimsonGreaver In 1 year, there is more daylight in Reykjavik than in Miami. There are northern lights and no night at all is also a problem without opaque curtains. The light is beautiful in the winter time because it's seems like a few hours long sunrise or sunset.

@magdalenaszaturska2272

4 жыл бұрын

The worst is dark early when you wake up to work , I like winter in rvk, every swimming pool is outside but storms wind is too strong and is headache alot

@multimillionaire8489

4 жыл бұрын

It’s beautiful place . But quite hard to deal with winter months in darkness even on day times.. short time stays summer months it’s lovely

@ertwro

4 жыл бұрын

It's not that bad. In fact summers are worse. Can't the freaking sun just go away for a little bit?

I laughed at your comment on horses. When I visited Iceland with my family we booked a "Viking horse tour" and we were told my father and I were too big for the horses! How tiny were the Vikings?!

Thank you , amazing video.

Hai Hrafna! You have explained very well about Iceland busted all the myths. Good.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏