Visit Siglufjörður - The Wonderful Herring Capital of Iceland
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- čas přidán 28. 01. 2022
- In this episode we visit Siglufjörður, the former Herring capital of Iceland, surrounded by mountains and the home of 1200 people close by the Arctic Circle. A beautiful community that reflects the history of Iceland and Icelandic menality.
Related links:
The Herring era museum: www.sild.is/en
The municipality of the towns who merged in 2010: www.fjallabyggd.is/en/home
The neighbouring town Ólafsfjörður: • Visit Ólafsfjörður - T...
Gústi the man of God: www.sild.is/en/videos/gusti---...
The road tunnels to the town:
The Ólafsfjörður tunnels: • Icelandic Road-Tunnels...
The dual tunnel project from 2010: • Icelandic Road-Tunnels...
The 1st tunnels to Siglufjörður: • Icelandic Road-Tunnels...
The usual tourist stuff: www.visittrollaskagi.is
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With Greetings from Iceland
Gylfi
I live in Siglufjordur. I thank you for the most comprehensive documentary about my town. The state television series about our town don’t come close to this.
Thank you for a lovely visit.
Always welcome
great community, fish shop, music school, harbor, music museum, herring museum, and awesome nature and people
Yes the town has everything, I love it there
My daughter and I drove from Akureyri to Siglufjordur on our way back to Reykjavik, in May 2017. The one-lane tunnels were quite exciting, since we did not know the 'rules'; but fortunately, it was common sense! We saw a Minke Whale from one of the sea cliffs.
Thanks ! I worked in Siglufjordur during the summer herring season of 1963. You re- awakened my memories. I spent two years, living all over Iceland and I have more than mere memories. You shaped my life. Too bad, Beer was still illegal then and strong alcohol was not easily obtainable. Hence, no tourism worth mentioning existed then. The cuisine consisted of lamb or fish and vice versa. The spices were salt and pepper plus the luxury of Ketchup. Possibly, the most impressive time of my life !
Aha, so you got to know old Iceland, fantastic :) and thanks for sharing this :) appreciated and fits well
Very well done!!!!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliand video again Gylfi. Very well thought out.👍
Glad you think so!
Next we can talk about wood carvers, wearers, knitting and other Icelandic things
Coming up :)
A beautiful town and story. Stubborn people but so brave and their own hero so dedicated to helping children. Nothing has defeated them. Very interesting about the fish meal. Thankyou again.
Thanks a lot :) and welcome
Your videos teach me so much about your wonderful land , i watched a video today on Iceland and felt like i knew Iceland, i've never been....Just goes to show how educational your videos are. Merci !
Wonderful :) thanks a lot :)
Proof that you should never give up. Thanks for posting.
Thanks :)
I absolutely❤these journeys through Icelandic history--keep 'em coming!
Thank you! Will do!
Yes, 🤩 finally we come to visit the town and the whole north next May....soooo happy🤭
Welcome to the north :) I recommend the complete arctic coast way, but Siglufjörður is a fantastic town, good choice :)
Really enjoy your videos! Iceland is so beautiful.
Thanks so much! 😊
As always great and informative footage, thank you ! ! ! 👌👍👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it👍
It looks wonderful there in the north of Iceland. It is amazingly green with trees. If that is the herring meal, it was well spent. Thank you for this lovely video and this interesting piece of history.
Thanks a lot and always welcome :)
the best videos about 🇮🇸. thank you. maybe this year i can visit for a month or so. bless bless.
You should! And welcome to Iceland :)
thanks for these videos
Thanks to you too :)
I visited Siglufjörður two weeks ago. Very cozy :)
It really is! on of the nicest towns by the arctic coast way for sure
Very good. Thanks.
Thank you too!
Amazing history brilliant work on this video. Love it
Thank you kindly!
Enjoyed this comprehensive video of this town. It included so much with its history as well as a great community spirit that has helped it thrive...Gusti Gudsmadur’s life is a great inspirational story for the times we live in.... I would like to know more about him and will see if I can. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for visiting :) more towns soon
Really? 23 bars????
That's a pretty good pub crawl ;-)
Yes and that was during the prohibition :)
@@JustIcelandic Was it being sober that was prohibited? 🙂
Last night..actually early this morning between 01:00-02:00hr, 29 Jan., there were TWO EARTHQUAKES not far from Siglufjordur. They occurred a few miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. If my memory is correct, they came in at around 3.5 Magnitude. Now that was exciting for me to see, especially since we haven't seen much Icelandic earthquake activity on my favorite earthquake site in quite a while. Hey!!! Who doesn't like Herring, mountains & the Arctic Circle? 😉
Yes it was the Tjörnes fracture zone, we can expect a bog one there at any given time, up to m7, but usually sub sea. I have a video in the making about that place but it's more info in this one though. czcams.com/video/u4Hn9XO5B3w/video.html
@@JustIcelandic -Fantastic …Fantastic you’re making a video…. NOT if a Magnitude 7 Earthquake hit there. Looking forward to watching.
Funny that I watched "Trapped" just two weeks ago. That's why everything in your video looked somehow familiar.
😁 it's a small world, and even smaller towns around here :) hope u liked it but I'm most likely the only Icelander that didn't see the first series of trapped :)
Thank you again, we love your videos.
We passed through on our way from Akureyri to Hofsós in September 2022. A stunning drive, and oh, those tunnels.
We were going to drive on to Reykjavik from Hofsós but the weather wasn't so good down south and so we drove back to sunny Siglufjordur and booked a room. Had a great day and an even better night, seeing the northern lights and a great sunset from the little car park after the tunnel.
Just one question, do they ever close the big doors on the tunnel ?
When we got home we watched "Entrapped" on Netflix. We did not know that not only was it set in Siglufjordur but that they used our hotel and, I think, our room as well.
Yes Iceland is such a small world when it come to movies :) but they close the door in bad weathers, rarely though I think, but a scene from the entrance is also in this move that was actually shot in iceland: www.imdb.com/title/tt0420740/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_20
I love your videos! I love listening to you explain everything! And the views are amazing! Love your country! Thank you for showing me around!
Thank you so much!
We had a Pizza in Caffi Raudka, on the day the first lockdown arrived in 2020. We did not understand where they served food and where not, and I ended up asking for takeaway food, some knifes and forks, and so we sat next to Hannes Boy, just outside the lockdown area, and ate Pizza. Amazingly us Germans had thick clothes whilst some islanders had summer clothes…
Thats how we know the tourists from far away :)
@@JustIcelandic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would like to visit Iceland.
Welcome to Iceland and here is some low light winter mood for you from my local Akureyri channel :) czcams.com/video/P4x-nXD8CYM/video.html
The archival materials are fantastic beautiful country but requiring a touch charakter grom its inhabitants
Thanks a lot :)
I would absolutely travel from the US to visit a herring museum. With Covid, maybe they could have an on-demand virtual mini tour? Like $5-10US to access it. $20-30 for access to a longer presentation.
I don't think so but the homepage is here: www.sild.is/en
Another splendid film. I worked at Husabakki near Dalvik for a few seasons, helping out at the campsite, the community building. and the hotel. I visited the various settlements around the area, but watching your films has told me so much more then I thought I knew ! I really enjoyed myself, and found the local people welcoming, and the area very beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing this, next stopover in this series will be Akureyri, coming soon :)
Flottur þáttur! ☺ Var þarna í sumar, yndislegt💕
Takk fyrir komuna Heiða :)
This is fantastic! Thank you so much. I always enjoy your videos. I am currently reading the "Dark Iceland" series by Ragnar Jónasson. It follows the young police inspector in Siglufjörður. There is so much geographical detail in the books (I believe Jónasson's grandfather lived in the town) and so it is fantastic to see the location in video. Please accept heartfelt thanks and appreciation from Chicago!
Thanks a lot, glad to hear this and greetings to Chicago 😊
Thanks for this new video about one of my favourite towns in Iceland. I was there in July 2015, much appreciated the herring museum, and also the very nice music museum in which I spent a couple of hours. Siglufjörður is known in France also thanks to Ragnar Jonasson's police novels which find a great success in my country.
Nice to hear and glad you liked it there :) most welcome :)
My favorite village in Iceland 💜
Welcome :)
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What a pity you did not mention the wonderful Herring Era Museum. Surely after talking about the herring boom it would have been a good idea. It is a wonderful museum full of the ghosts of those past glory days. And has its own history regarding how long it took to eventually complete. Surely it deserves to be mentioned.
I though I mentioned it, at lest I left a link to it in the description
@@JustIcelandic Fair enough. However I saw it recently and it is a wonderful experience. And it was given an award. Thank you for answering.
I think a small comment about author Ragnar Jónasson was deserved. He's responsible his family birthplace is known in other countries.
Great editing job. Important informations. Is that the most nordic in the world?
No I'm adding that one later on :) and welcome
Well, that looked like a good old fashioned party and dance! :) Looks like it might have settled some disputes too......
I think so too :) at least it's calm now :)
@@JustIcelandic :) :)
I'm planning to come to Siglo in September. Which restaurant do you recommend for lunch? I'll be there on a Sunday. Takk!
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I have to admit that I'm not the person to give a good advice there since I haven't tried them :) but I hear good things about them overall
@@JustIcelandic Thank you! I'm sure they're all great restaurants. Fresh fish for sure!
I really want to visit. Is it accessible by a motorhome in early september?
Yes it's a good time to come visit :)
@@JustIcelandic How "scary" is the one line tunnel with a big rigg?
Watch out for Ren.