Visit Akureyri - The Capital of North Iceland - A Nation of It's Own
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- This will be my longest episode in my town series since I'm in a way describing a nation or a tribe of it's own. The Akureyri people have their dialect and other cultural characteristics but this is also my old hometown so I'm in this unique position say what the tourist brochures don't dare to mention.
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I just loved this video. Many giggles . It's an awesome town, honestly beautiful and a place to be proud of.
It sure is :) and thanks for stopping by :)
@@JustIcelandic
Your home town is Beautiful.
Is this a safer part of Iceland to live and visit if Tourist ?
The area Akureyji is lovely and Green unlike the Svartzengi area with Reykjavik etc
"Who threw up on my Xmas bread". Love it 😂
Welcome :)
So good to learn there is a town in Iceland with great weather year round. :-) Thanks for sharing this beautiful part of Iceland. Your photography is great and reveals the abundant natural beauty.
Thanks a lot :)
I am totally blown away by the absolutely beauty of your home town 💕. The greenery, the colours, the buildings, the scenery, the cleanliness, your drone work and well, just everything 😲. Thank you very much 🤗👏👏🇦🇺
Thank you so much and greetings from Iceland :)
Beautiful always Leandra b
Speechless video. Thank you for showing such beautiful landscape and no doubt wonderful hard working people!🌋🌷
Thanks :)
Thank you for introducing us to Iceland 🇮🇸!
🇮🇸 welcome :)
Wonderful! Beautiful scenery, a jazz band, perfect weather all year, and heated waterfalls...who could ask for more!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for introducing us to Akureyri .... !
As to the weather always being great there you have to remember that some people love the weather whatever it is doing ... Here in the UK when it rains it's a great day for the Ducks ... when it snows its a great day for the Children and sledging etc ... when there's a storm its a great day for the MET office and news reporters ... and when it is extra hot its a great day for mini skirts ... and ... by using that as a basis for understanding, its always great weather here in the UK too ... !
Let us hope that the weather doesn't get too extreme now that the air holds more water... because you know how some people imagine their opinions are more sacred than the facts ... and they don't like change.
It could lead to the elderly getting violent and no one needs to see that.
😄
Thank you so much, more Akureyri here for you on my little local channel: czcams.com/video/03n_mfsc7yo/video.html
I was lucky enough to spend 2 days in Akureyri in 1968 and loved it but I can't believe how much it has developed. Without this video I would have thought that it was still the sleepy little town. Thank you for this well narrated and filmed documentary
Thanks a ton 🤗
Love love love your commentary Gylfi.
Thanks 👍
I really really enjoyed this video!
Thank you for sharing your town with us.
The landscape is amazing especially around the airport.
I keep falling into the habit of daydreaming that someday I would love to see this all for myself until you mention anything to do Islandic food!
Just watching that man tuck into that sheeps head almost caused me to produce a "pizza" 😄
Very interesting and entertaining!
Thanks 😊
Thank you very much, here is more Akureyri from my little local channel czcams.com/video/03n_mfsc7yo/video.html
I love Iceland, you have an amazing channel and Akureyri seems like a really good place. Hope I can go there someday
Thank you and welcome to Iceland :)
Thank you for this outstanding video tour of gorgeous Akureyri! Love, Love, Love it!!! Great Job Sir!!! Best Wishes! ❤
Great video as always, enjoyed it very much! :)
Welcome
i don't know how i stumbled upon this video, but it was glorious.
Thanks a ton :)
Friendly town. I look forward to going back some day when I have more time to visit. Thank you for the video tour.
Welcome to Akureyri😃
Glyfi, we just LOVE your videos. My wife and I just got back from Iceland and we've already made plans to go back (quite a long trip from Los Angeles). We stayed in and enjoyed Akureyri very much. We even learned how to pronounce it correctly. Using English words, we decided on "Acu-ready." ;-) We are both geology nuts and had hoped to see some lava somewhere on our trip (but the island waited for us to get back home to start acting up). Every time we go somewhere, something happens to wherever we have been. After we left Mexico, it got hit by a hurricane. After we left Paris, Notre Dame almost burned down. So leaving Iceland will probably assure the volcano won't be far behind! We also joked about telling people "We swam in the Blue Lagoon right before it got filled in by lava!" ;-) Thanks again for all the work you do on these videos and you've got a great drone! -- John Kiernan and Harriet Boxer
Thanks a lot John and Harriet :) it's so nice to get comments like this and I hope my channel will help you to prepare for the next trip, it's just so much to see here :) and not everything is covered in the tourist brochures :) so I'm trying to keep my approach more personal since I'm not representing any companies or towns. And yes, we might get an eruption soon :) but it might just as well be old Hekla, anything is possible as things look now. And best regards to LA from Iceland and welcome back :)
I heard about Niceair the other day and it has got me excited as i have wanted to see the Northern part of Iceland for ages. I am just waiting for them to put out information on flights and costs. Beautiful and informative video.
Welcome to Akureyri :) booking.niceair.is/Niceair.aspx?originairport=AEY&destinationairport=TFS&Language=is&New=1
Thank you for telling these interesting stuff. Love it.
Glad you enjoy it!
This brought back many fond memories of Akureyri from last summer. No wait, two years ago :) Thank you!
Nice to hear and thanks for stopping by :)
A truly fascinating video! I appreciated all of the local knowledge, as well as the humorous streak. Will be checking out more of your channel.
Awesome, thank you!
This side of Iceland looks beautiful
Thanks :)
Another great video Gylfi. I'm looking forward to visiting your old home town in a couple of weeks time.
Thank you and welcome to snowy Akureyri, you will get real winter mood for sure as it looks now :)
Beautiful Iceland. Fantastic history lesson. Akureyki looks like a great little city. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
I remember the traffic lights from Akureyri ♥️
Yes it was a great idea :)
I have just found this video as I just booked a flight to Akureyri for the beginning of March and wanted to learn more about it! So glad I found this! Thanks for an informative video. I have been to Reykjavik 9 times now so will be good to see another part of Iceland and how different it can be. I hope we will have some snow!
Lots of smiles. Well done sir. It really is an interesting and beautiful place.
Thank you kindly
Thank you so much for allowing us into your life ..such interesting details you are able to share. You are most definitely a one man tourist information service ( aside of ..whats the weather like 😂) .
The part about ' old people and the tunnel... meeting their maker ' brilliant 😅 . Until the next time x
Very nicely done. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Several times I have thanked you for your very fine photos and videos, but I have to say, that this one was really moving me. It was a little bit like coming home. We visited Iceland ten times and were in Akureyri every time. When we first entered the town coming from Goðafoss over the old (gravel) road in 1984 (of course reading George Orwell then) it was about half as big, as it is today. We will always remember the development with the constantly expanding swimming pool, the renovated old houses and of course the growing camping side. We visited the Nanni-House due to the fact, that Jón Sveinsson is still very popular in Germany and lived and died in our hometown Köln (or Cologne in English) and is buried in the most famous graveyard in town „Melaten“.
Thank you so much and sorry for late reply, busy comment section :) and I sometimes loo track of things, but I read the Nonni books in my childhood and loved them, was thinking about them the other day, because I have to mention a story from one of his first books in an upcoming video. I would like to visit his grave some day. But wow how the roads have changed, but we still have plenty to complain over :) And check out my little local Akureyri channel, actually all in Icelandic, but there are some moods there you might like this one I just made from pollution /the pond as we call it :) And greetings from iceland and always welcome :)czcams.com/video/03n_mfsc7yo/video.html
I went there in 1986 or so, gravel and mud all the way from Reykjavik and took all day to get there. It seemed slightly unfriendly to utlendingur (amazing I still know the word for foreigner) but certainly clean and interesting. I see the roads now paved and smooth and while that makes it easy to travel, also less adventure trying to fix things that break off while rattling along bumpy roads.
Pizza - who threw up on my Christmas bread?! LOL! Lots of chuckles in this video, plus an absorbing visit to such a lovely place on the Earth.
Glad you enjoyed it 😍
My daughter and I spent 3 days in Akureyri in May 2017. We have many fond memories of our time there. The mountain pass west of the city was treacherous to cross due to a blizzard, but the valley below was lovely. We drove around to Grenivik, and returned via the coastal road to Davik and Siglufjordur. We were fortunate to rent a suite in a guesthouse near the waterfront. Akureyri is a city where I would consider retiring to. Thanks for your videos. :)
Excellent video; thank you for posting! Some really beautiful shots here. I'm planning a move to Akureyri, so this was really helpful and informative for me.
Nice to hear and welcome to Akureyri :)
I enjoyed this video very much. It brought back many memories for me, as I visited often whilst working nearby. My treat was to get an ice cream from Brynja, and eat it when walking back to town, even in the snow !
Brynja Ice cream :) you will like this one :) czcams.com/video/1gW-9C5Z0ck/video.html
@@JustIcelandic Thank you for that one. When I first went to Akureyri I was told that it was the banana growing capital of Iceland. I was nearly taken in because of the botanical gardens, and knowing about the heated greenhouses in the south. Perhaps something to consider ?
This was a stunningly good video which reminded me of my cruise to Akureyri ten years ago. Yes we saw the botanical gardens and the midnight sun. Brilliant holiday, thanks for the reminder!
Glad you enjoyed it and always welcome to Akureyri :) beautiful sunset tonight :)
Thank you for this video!!!
Welcome 😃
Nice video, this is what I was waiting from you. More about Akureyri. Maybe we shall meet here in summer.
Thanks and welcome, just check if I'm in town :) and here is my small local Akureyri channel, not in English but you might like some of the stuff there :) czcams.com/video/03n_mfsc7yo/video.html
Thank you! I enjoyed watching this very much! (and enjoyed some good laughs as well)
Awesome, thank you!
I really enjoyed this video!
Welcome :)
Thanks!! A botanic garden sounds great.
It really is, and welcome to Akureyri :)
@@JustIcelandic Coffee is strong in our family. An ancestor, born in 1724 in Bergen was the first to "cook" coffee on the Hardangerfjord- near Odda< Norway.
I have a connection to the area: Bishop Nicholas Ragnvoldson is a distant relative- but not an ancestor.
Look at all the trees. In my brief visits to Iceland, I saw few trees.
The botanical garden is so beautiful
it sure is, hoping to see it green soon but it's snowing today :)
Another wonderful video - education and entertaining always. Beautiful visuals, I laugh a lot and I could listen to you speak all day long! (you have a gorgeous voice)
Wow, thank you so much :)
I have one addition. In the early 1990th we got the opportunity to hear Eyjólfur Þorleifsson in the old basement concert room. I still listening to his only CD, which we purchased later by 12tónar in Reykjavik. So many fine memories. Thank you again and enjoy your live!
Thanks for sharing and welcome :)
What a wonderful video. Thank you
Thank you too!
Movin' to Akureryi!
Welcome to akureyri
Very nice landscape and beautiful Akureyri city. Awesome video.
Thank you very much.
Many thanks!
Again a great and informative video, and packed with humor. 😄😂
Keep more coming!
Þakka þér fyrir!
Can't wait to visit again in August, wil be in the area for a couple of days. Was in Akureyri 2nd of January this year, snow was taken away in big shovels and trucks. Anyway, next time I will eat pizza I will think about your comments 😁!
Greetings from the Netherlands, a big Iceland fan!🇮🇸
Thank you! 😃 and welcome to Akureyri :)
We booked a cruise to Iceland next year and just can't wait to go!
Good to se Akureyri again. I lived there for 10 years. I still have good contakt whit friends. Big Greetings from Norway 😎
Welcome back and greetings to Norway :)
Gylfi -- nicely done video. Very interesting to watch -- thanks for sharing information which cannot be found in any travel guides.
At 31:18 where you are showing the sandwich with french fries. That is amazing because I live near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and there is a specialty sandwich made here = two slices of Italian bread, grilled meat of choice, melted provolone, vinegar-based coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, and, of course, french fries!!
I just love watching all your videos, they are all amazing. THANK YOU!
I've been there in 1975 and am surprised to see it's sstill a beautiful place thank you for this nice film❤❤
Thanks for watching
The best youtube tour around Aku! Takk takk!
Thanks a lot :)
I expected mention of a very early TV transmission between Akureyri and Alexandra Palace in the UK. I read of this on an information board between the church and the wonderful botanic gardens when I visited.
Yes it's always like that :) I remember quite a few things I should have mentioned now :)
I have only just found this film. Botanic garden is very impressive along with the waterfall!!!
It's more from the garden here, and some other vids about Akureyri on my channel :) czcams.com/video/-Xixa_VQEDM/video.html
@@JustIcelandic I meant that I have visited both of the sites. Didn't see any sheep heads though.
Films made in this way should be watched by students in schols to get to know other countries their culture and their lives 🧐🙂
Thanks a welcome 🙂 don't know if they would appreciate my sarcasm though :)
They will appreciate being young open- minded sharp- minded🧐🙃
Thanks, Great vid! The Botanical Garden 10/10. The brass band reminds me of the Icelandic Festival in Gimli, Manitoba. Bunch of people waving Icelandic flags awkwardly being "Funky" :)
Thanks Sheldon and greetings to Canada :)
Watched this video twice, for the scenery and your humor. However, I recenlty returned from Norway and Iceland (Reykjavik region only) and I regret to inform you that the nothernmost botanic garden is not in Akureyri but in Tromso Norway, which is 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. Beatiful flowers in bloom there and I spotted one - the Himalayan blue poppy - in your video segment on the botanic garden in Akureyri. Now i am following your volcano videos.
We saw the tourist eruption when we were in Iceland in mid-July. Long ago I was able to watch several of the eruptions of Mt St Helens from my hometown of Portland, Oregon.
Haltu áfram með góða vinnu.
Say what.... did Tromso beat us :) i need to check this out :) and thanks for visiting and greetings to Norway :)
I visited Iceland recently for the first time. Great welcoming people, Great scenery and amazing food. Loved everything about our stay. Just wish it was longer.
Great to hear! and welcome back :)
We liked your town, the botanical garden, and I enjoy your offbeat sense of humour.
Thanks and welcome :)
So loved it a few giggles i must visit soon. Love Iceland
Welcome to Iceland 😀
@@JustIcelandic thank you)
I love it when you talk about the trafic in town.
I noticed my feul consumption went down by 10% when I went to scandinavia,
my guess is that Iceland is way more relaxed than antything the world can throw at us ;)
Reykjavík is not relaxed at all :) but the rest of the country sure is :) just got back from the west fjords,,,wow..it's a like another planet there :)
I went few times in Akureyri and got always a splendid weather, so i think the 8000 people do their job very well 😂
Welcome to Akureyri😃
Loved it! Love your accent!
We are visiting Iceland 🇮🇸 for the 2nd time next week unfortunately we won’t have time to make it to Akureyri but so glad to hear about the flights ✈️ direct to UK I think this will have to be our 3rd trip thereafter 👌🏼😁
Thank you for all historical explanations and your take on things
Super interesting 🙏🏼💙
Sabrina🇫🇷🇬🇧
Welcome to Iceland Sabrina 👌🏼 and have a great time 😁
@@JustIcelandic Thank you 🙏🏼 I will this is my Happy place 😍
We had the pleasure of spending 2 days in Akureyri last year on our roadtrip across Iceland. Lovely little town! We saw whales here and watched the northern lights, definitely highlights of our trip. I loved the heartshaped traffic lights :)
Thanks for sharing :) and welcome back :)
It's still hard to wrap my head around the fact that different cultures and dialects can exist in a country with four hundredths of the population of the country im currently staying at. And that a city is two thousand times smaller than the one im currently staying at it is really quite interesting. Anyway I'll be visiting soon... can't wait!
must go there..looks great
Welcome to Akureyri :)
"Ghosts of past times thrive well in Akureyri." That is golden. 😂
😊 Welcome to Akureyri
I am really impressed. Very nice video. And a beautiful town. It is really a beauty! The most impressive thing is that it has many trees. I would say too much trees) I mean in most of the videos about Iceland there are not so many to be seen and Akureyri has a lot of them. Is it because of the climate? Very interesting clip. I will try to see the other too. Thank you for your effort!
Thank you very much! the climate in Akureyri helps, but the people here are a bit tree-crazy and that helps way more :)
Is it strange for me to say that I love your accent? I love the way a lot of Icelanders say things in English. I've been trying to learn some words and phrases in Icelandic for when I visit. I know most of you know English, but it might be nice to say a couple of things in Icelandic. What do you think?
I do so every now and than and let me think this over :) might do something soon
I was there two weeks ago. We were supposed to be there two nights but the road between Reykjavik and Akureyri was closed so we had to stay in the capital for an extra night instead. Beautiful place, not enough time there.
Thanks and yes, Akureyri need some time, one of the few places outside the capital region that offers plenty of things to see and discover :) And welcome to Iceland :)
@@JustIcelandic I'll just have to come back another time, when the weather is warmer. Great video, as always!
Ahhhhhggg! Pineapple on pizza! Might as well just throw up on Christmas bread! Looking forward to visiting Akureyri - looks like there is nice little aviation museum at the airport.
It is and welcome to Akureyri 😊
Update: Bardarbunga 5.0 Magnitude earthquake just a few hours ago @10:11 UTC...That's a big one.
Just uploaded a new update
Akureyri hotdog looks good!
It's a full meal, I can confirm that, and pretty good actually :)
I’ll be there in 32 days can’t wait.
Welcome to Akureyri :)
…where to get the Akureyringar hot dogs ? Is there a special / recommended place, like the poelsur place near the harbour in Reyk where the queues stack up early in the evenings ?
I checked online but didn't find anything, best to try them here up north :)
Beautiful area ❤
Is this where the series Trapped filmed really enjoy it just seen the 3rd enTrapped ❤
Another fine job.and i love the pizza joke that’s a good one,we have. Mc Cane in Australia also and it would have to be the worst pizza on the planet.do you have proper pizza stores in the norths capital?the hotdogs look interesting i look forward in trying one,again thank you for your fine work
Yes the pizza culture here is great but even we have this very popular hot dog culture as well, i think we could do better there :)
This is a wonderful video, it makes me want to visit. How do I start learning Icelandic?
I would start here on YT but there are some channels into that, and good luck, and welcome to Akureyri :)
I gave up asking what people think of where i live as the answer from `locals` is its a shithole goldfish bowl ` . However apart from the isolation i love it . Just had acquaintance's come back from Iceland . They said its dark, expensive and lovely people . My daughter had her Geography field trip cancelled there due to covid and one day i will get there on my motorbike but they no longer do a ferry from Shetland so i have to get to Denmark ! (from scotland) So nice to see sheep free tree areas !
Thanks and welcome to Iceland :)
6:18 glad they keep their traditions and food there. Keeps them healthy and strong. No overly processed garbage. Just good healthy food.
Yes the processed food is not good for us, and greetings from the north :)
Hahahahahahahahahaha 😂😀 Flott vídeó og gaman að sjá Akureyri í ýmsum klæðum 🙌🙌☺💕
Takk Heiða :) Ávallt velkomin :)
I came across a picture of the Þrídrangar lighthouse.
I'll bet there's a story to that.
As a builder, I get asked to do 'interesting' jobs, that, I think would be a firm no thanks!
The Þrídrangar lighthouse is one of my dream spots fro drone shooting, maybe I can do it some day :)
@@JustIcelandic yes please! ....and thank you in advance.
If Niceair is clever, they try to get a lease of an Airbus NEO (320 maybe?) and goes for a "cheapo" run. Europe - Iceland - North America. not as a direct flight, but with a connector in Akureyri. 2 days in iceland, week in canada, one night in iceland....
I have NO idea if that would work,. it just sounds awesome in my head.
thanks for the video. Hope to get back to traveling maybe next year.... and Iceland has been on my list for ages, ESPECIALLY central and northern Iceland.
The other new airliner "Play" is moving into the US market with Keflavík as conceding airport but it's a tough market and I'm hoping that this new airliner doesn't go for to big bites like WOW air who went bankrupt, But the prices with NiceAir seem to be fine and you are only little over an hr. away from the highlands, the Sprengisandur entry, or 2 hrs away from the Kjölur road entry, and welcome to Iceland :)
I noticed how many trees there are in Akureyri now. When I visited Iceland (long time ago - early 80’s I think) there were no trees at all! So it’s funny how you say there are limits on tree height these days since they have “gone wild with all this tree planting stuff”.
I visited Iceland in 2004 but never went to this town sadly because I doubt I will be allowed to travel again.I found the food very good, I love fish.So they are right about not wanting fast food.
It looks lovely but in winter the days are too short for me.
Yes I know, the days are way to short but here is a winter video for you, fro my little local Akureyri channel, winter theme, czcams.com/video/P4x-nXD8CYM/video.html and another in water theme. czcams.com/video/03n_mfsc7yo/video.html Thanks for visiting
"Who threw up on my Christmas bread?"
Welcome :)
I can't imagine somebody not liking Pizza 🍕 now days. After the 1970s
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Take me thereeeeee
Welcome to Akureyri :)
It seems like it has so many trees compared to all the places I saw in the south. Is that just in the town?
Lol ,I asked this question in the middle of the video and then you talked about it later. Ironic
Actually yes but I do have a video in the making about forests in Iceland so more about that later, and thanks for stopping by 😊
Hola muy buenas tardes quisiera saber si el transporte público en Akureyri sigue siendo gratuito espero su respuesta saludos desde chiclayo Perú hermoso el video de tu pais islandia 🎉😊
Yes it is :) and greetings to Peru :)
Been there, done that.
Welcome :)
Good video. I agree with the aluminum smelter view.
P.s. The Akureyri pronounciations don't really constitute a dialect.
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hæ frá Belgíu Gylfi, takk fyrir þessa fallegu skýrslu sem kenndi mér margt
Take of Velkomin 😃🇮🇸
Cheers for Finland
Cheers 👍
Do you know Halldor Laxness?
Cant say I'm into his books although most Icelanders are :) but the is him, having a cigar during a TV interview :) czcams.com/video/MQKJIzRlDVs/video.html
I know Akureyri, if only for the Formula Off Road Round held there..
Welcome :)
Accents always seem tougher up north in any part of the world.
Yeah, we are a bit rough around the edged up north 😊
Please help me move here, it's the town in Iceland I prefer the most.
Didn't they just have an earthquake today?
Just uploaded an update :)