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In 1973, just over 200,000 people lived in Iceland. Since then, there has been enormous population growth; mostly because of immigration. For instance: around 70,000 Poles now live in Iceland and thousands from other countries. This calls for endless new buildings and larger infrastructure. On top of everything, close to two million tourists travel around the country every year. So it is not surprising that everything has changed since 1973. Unfortunately, we are not doing well with the development and expansion of society. The street system, the health system and the housing system are burst. The city center has changed a lot although it's outline is more or less the same. A lot of old houses from nearby neighborhoods have been moved around the streets of the city center and have changed a lot, and although this is a lot of old houses, the street scene does not look the same anymore. 1973, just about 10,000 people lived in Kópavogur, but today there are over 40,000 people living there. The population of Akureyri has doubled since 1973 from 10,000 people to 20,000 people. The number of people in Grímsey, on the other hand, has decreased and there are now just about 60 people living there, compared to just over 80 living there in 1973. You have come here at the right time to experience the only true Iceland. I'm not sure you'd like the tourism here today.

@@mybike-ini Thank you for sharing the updated current information. I really loved Iceland and every person I met in my two trips in 1973 and 1974. In 1974 I returned to experience the 1100 year celebration of the settlement of Iceland. I also went to Westmanneyar for their 100th year celebration of the same. They held that celebration because for the 1000th festivities, the weather was too bad to enable the islanders to travel to the mainland, so they just held their own! In 1974 the festivities in Westmanneyar were very fun with rock bands playing much of the night at various locations in the hills outside of the towns. When I went to Grimsey, I camped on the island and do not recall any people living there, though there was a house/hut that I was told by the plane pilot was there in case any fishermen got caught there in a storm. Apparently there were people living there and I have no reason to doubt you, though I can't see how I could've missed the multiple houses required to hold them. I recall th weather was warm and sunny and I was in shorts and sneakers and no shirt. The weather in Akureyri was very warm as well and my friend Arni Steinar Johansoon was at that time a young student working for th summer planting flowers up along t the walkway/stairs going up to the church on the hill. From the videos i've seen and the discussions I hear, many (too many in my opinion) descend on Iceland as tourists. Camping in the Westmann Islands, I had a young fella whom I'd met at the main ceremonies at Thingvellir, crawl into my tent with two of his friends during a fierce blowing rainstorm. He recognized my tent from before since it was a unique caternary cut design. His name Jon Hartmannsson. His father was a policeman in Akureyri who purportedly held British fishermen at bay when they docked and came ashore raucously during the Cod Wars. He had used his young sons toy pistol to force them back onto their boat.

Thank you for this! Nice to hear your story. You were Vestmannaeyjar the year after the volcanic eruption in the island. Then 70 houses went under the lava and the world made fun of the people in the island when they tried to stop the lava flow in the middle of town by the harbour with powerful fire pumps from the US the military base in Keflavik. But it worked really well They stopped the lava and it piled up and they saved the freezer house and the fish processing houses. But here is a link to some information about Grímsey: port.is/grimsey/

@@mybike-ini Thank you for the link about Grimsey. When I went there, the little plane landed on grass as well as when it returned two days later. I guess it was a tourist / adventurer thing. I swear walking much of the island I only saw that single house, but I also am pretty sure I didn't go near it because I've always been very careful about NOT trespassing on others' property. Plus, I was much more interested in watching and photographing the Lundi (puffins) and the various other sea birds nesting on the steep cliffs. I was also constantly getting dive-bombed by Arctic terns. I also recall the volcanic ash in Vestmanneyar covering many houses and the big U.S. water pumps cooling the advancing hot lava to a stop. Currently I'm following the eruptions outside of Grindavik and am very happy to see that the berms/defensive walls are working thusfar.

Thanks! 😊 The temperature was 11°C which is quite high at this day of the year.

Thanks! Well; that's the plan. I hope I can this summer 😎

😀 Thanks; I will. 👍

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Hi. Thank you for this. Unfortunately, I haven't had time to make a videos, but it's all in the works 😀

Takk fyrir að horfa 😊

You even look like one yourself

GO TO VATICAN You ar a Homophob B..........d Tall me your IQ ?????

Yubb; why not? 😀

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Thanks! 👍 Unfortunately, this winter has not been kind to tourists. Lots of snow and really 🥶cold weather. A lot of tourists are not aware of the dangers that exist in this country. For example, if there is a storm, it can last for days. It can be sunny 🌞and calm one hour and the next a very dangerous 🌪storm. It can also be good weather in Reykjavik, but crazy weather and impassable 10 kilometers outside the city in all directions ☃ Icelanders are not much for putting up warning signs at tourist spots, but if they are there, people should follow them because they are usually put up where there have been accident 🤕

Já og handabendingarnar sem ég fékk voru: Báðar hendur upp, yppti öxlum og horfði á mig með fýlusvip eins og ég væri bara að þvælast fyrir honum. Ég bara sýndi ekki myndirnar af því.

For the last 7-8 years, the City and the surrounding municipalities have made an effort to prepare bike paths around and inside the city and in the surrounding towns. They have done extremely good job of separating pedestrians and cyclists. Really nice bike paths all over and more is expected. Some streets have been narrowed for cycle paths. Some of the car-people are not happy with this development ☺

Gracias; Saludos para ti 😀

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Thanks! When you are in Reykjavík, it is a good idea to wander outside the box and look at everything that comes your way. There is always something that surprises you 😀

There's one thing I forgot to mention the streets around Harpa from Center of he city were not there in 2018. H&M, Edition Hotel and the neighbourhood around the harbour is all new (last three years).

Nice! 👍Yub there's always wind... and more wind 🌬Umbrella🌂is one of the things you'll never gonna see in Iceland!

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@@mybike-ini Iceland is a very wonderful country I wish to become a photographer like you and in that way can I volunteer to Iceland

GoPro and a bicycle🚲is all it takes 😀

I would think that a probable cause is: "Product and food prices are among the highest in the world, making it extremely expensive to live in the country. The minimum wage is low and not enough to live on. Taxes are high and the government has weakened the health system by cutting services".

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You never know where the CZcams algorithm will lead you. Sometimes you are seen and sometimes you disappear (?) Unfortunately, bikes are being stolen everywhere and even being transported out of the country in containers, but the country is relatively safe and comfortable. The main thing to be aware of 👀is the high prices of everything. Thanks! 😀

@@mybike-ini hola muy buenos días muy lamentable de Islandia yo ya me desanime pensaba viajar ahora ya no desde Chiclayo Perú

@@mybike-ini saludos desde Chiclayo Perú

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Yebb. They are on TV and all the news every day 🤔

Thank you. Happy new year 😀

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Where were they from?

@@mybike-ini então meu avô dizia que ficava perto dos vulcões Quando estive na Islândia eu procurei , mas não encontrei ninguém com nosso sobrenome família Reikdal e família Sondal

Descobri que Alfredo Reikdal era pastor da assembleia de Deus aqui no Brasil , sobrinho do meu avô Augusto Arthur Reikdal . Eles chegaram no Brasil e escolheram cidades diferentes . Meu avô Augusto Arthur Reikdal escolheu área rural . no Paraná.onde o clima é parecido com a Islândia .frio .

@@suelykrup3094: In "islendingabok.is" (The Icelandic book) there is information about all Icelanders. You probably have to be Icelandic to be able to register there (?) I found this there: Magnús Valmar Halldór Árnason Söndahl - Born 16. sept. 1865. Died 30. april 1921. Was in the parish of Hof (Hofsókn) Vopnafjordur (Vopnafjörður), North Múla County. Moved to Brazil with his parents when he was eight years old in 1873. Engineer, linguist and for a time district governor in Brazil. Created an international language that he called "Unity". First he had a French wife and they had four children together. He later had five children with his second wife Maria Estella de Carvalho. He took the name Söndahl. Here's a picture of him: myndir.heraust.is/fotoweb/archives/5003-Mannamyndir/Mannamyndir/60-0662.jpg.info Here's a article from the (main) newspaper Morgunblaðið (Morning Newspaper) about Icelanders in Brazil where his names comes up: www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/378704/ There are many “Reikdal” in Iceland and maybe more difficult to pinpoint that family exactly. But in Iceland the “Reikdal” name is written and pronounced “Reykdal”.

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It might happen next summer. The weather now is crazy. Snow and closed roads. It would be nice to do this towns next summer. Thanks!

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