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  • @soreiche
    @soreiche Před 9 měsíci +108

    These are northern lights. They are created by the solar wind.
    But they forgot the fire. Some of the most active vulcanos are there.

    • @TheAquarius1978
      @TheAquarius1978 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Oh..... we all know lol, we still remember the last time lol

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Před 9 měsíci +5

      ​@@TheAquarius1978
      Even as a person who never flies, (it's true, I have never been on a plane, and, I am English, _not_ American lol, no offence !) I remember _that_ particular shock to the travellers of the world ... But, I admit, I can neither spell nor pronounce the name of _that_ volcano !! 😊❤🖖

    • @ivarmarkusson382
      @ivarmarkusson382 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@TheAquarius1978 you are talking about eyjafjallajökull? that was not the last one.. we have had multible eruptions since, that one was just famous because of the danger to flight, it was not even a big eruption, we had one much larger no later than the next year after it

    • @TheAquarius1978
      @TheAquarius1978 Před 4 měsíci

      @@ivarmarkusson382 oh, i meant the one that grounded all flights for a few days.

  • @missharry5727
    @missharry5727 Před 9 měsíci +66

    What this totally omitted is the towns. Reykjavik is the capital, a thoroughly modern city with a population of around 140,000. The northernmost town, Akureyri, is just short of the Arctic circle.
    I have been to Iceland in winter and also in summer, when it hardly gets dark and the hills are covered with wild flowers. Because of the abundance of hot springs, Icelanders often have hot tubs outside their houses. It's fun to sit with your friends in a hot tub while the wind blows a little loose snow around. The Icelanders also use the free hot water to heat huge greenhouses where they can grow fruit and vegetables all year round, including tomatoes and even bananas. I'd love to go again. Great place.

    • @vegasviking86
      @vegasviking86 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Yeah that should've been titled "the nature of Iceland". So much is omitted

  • @johnm8224
    @johnm8224 Před 9 měsíci +37

    The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) - and it's equivalent the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) - is caused by energised particles from the solar wind following the Earth's magnetic field towards the ground near the poles, and agitating the molecules in the air, causing them to glow, the colour depending on what gaseous element is being agitated:
    Green / green-yellow glow is predominantly due to Oxygen;
    Blues, pinks, purples and reds are down to nitrogen.

  • @user-kq5ke5yb6k
    @user-kq5ke5yb6k Před 9 měsíci +49

    Iceland is more green than Greenland.
    Greenland is more icy than Iceland.

    • @atorthefightingeagle9813
      @atorthefightingeagle9813 Před 9 měsíci +2

      You've got absolutely nothing to say, have you?

    • @auldfouter8661
      @auldfouter8661 Před 9 měsíci

      Wasn't Greenland named by a viking who wanted people to flit there?

    • @nickmasuen1859
      @nickmasuen1859 Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@auldfouter8661 Both Iceland and Greenland where named by the vikings, Iceland was given its name to try to keep people away from it since they had already had gotten a good amount of people there, while Greenland was given its name to try and encourage people to come and live there.

    • @twwraistlin
      @twwraistlin Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@nickmasuen1859 Danish guy here - I was always taught that the vikings named them so because they came to Iceland in the winter where it was covered in ice and they came to Greenland in the summer, where it was all green. Was there more to it than that?

    • @mattikolb
      @mattikolb Před 9 měsíci

      Greenland also goes more south, east, north and west than Iceland.

  • @MrPicky
    @MrPicky Před 9 měsíci +16

    Hey Ryan, an Icelander here. Been watching your videos for some time and found it very interesting to see a video about my country.
    You definitely need to find some other videos of Iceland. This seems to be made by some "video nerds" wanting to show off their abillities 😅
    A lot is about Iceland is missing in this video. There is nothing from Iceland in summer, there are no Icelandic people, houses or other animals than horses ("wearing their wintercoats") and reindeer. All the people you see in this are tourists... Nothing about the geysers (geyser is one of the very few Icelandic words in modern day English 😉).
    Then what seems to surprise you is the Aurora borealis or northern lights. This is something you may see (there are no guarantees) from late August until late April or early May (depending on weather).
    The airplane is an old US Airforce plane that landed there due to some engine problems. To me, as an Iceland, I don't understand what is the fuzz about it, hiked to it about 2 years ago in an excellent weather (sun shining, no wind) and too me it was just as someone had left its trash in nature 😅
    Small info: Iceland is larger (in land mass) than many other much better known countries, mostly due to lack of people and the isolation it had for centuries.
    As an example then Iceland is larger than those European countries (not combined 😉):
    Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, The Netherlands (Holland), Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - just to mention a few :)
    Iceland is about the same size as Kentucky in USA.

    • @ukaszszczepanski7441
      @ukaszszczepanski7441 Před 8 měsíci

      How is Aurora season dependent? What you mean is it's just too bright outside of this period, right?

    • @MrPicky
      @MrPicky Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@ukaszszczepanski7441 it is actually not season dependent you just can't see it during summer because of daylight. Iceland has almost 24 hr daylight during summer, and no dark skies, so it is only potentially visible under dark skies from late August to mid-April. Preferably under a clear, cloudless sky.

    • @ukaszszczepanski7441
      @ukaszszczepanski7441 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thank you @@MrPicky , I don't know why I forgot about white nights up north for a while :)

  • @user-kq5ke5yb6k
    @user-kq5ke5yb6k Před 9 měsíci +59

    Penguins don't live in the northern hemisphere (except in zoos, etc.).

    • @hematula1
      @hematula1 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Indeed... but polar bears do... for some odd reason, you often see cartoons with polar bears chasing penguins... which does not really happen (in the wild), as they literally live a world part (polar bears in the arctic of the northern hemisphere... like wise penguins in the southern hemisphere, albeit also outside the antarctic region).

    • @ATOM-vv3xu
      @ATOM-vv3xu Před 9 měsíci

      this line got me so off guard, I almost fell out of my bed

    • @DerPl84
      @DerPl84 Před 9 měsíci +6

      US education doesn't include the northern or southern hemisphere. It includes America 😅

    • @ATOM-vv3xu
      @ATOM-vv3xu Před 9 měsíci

      @@DerPl84 and nazi germany

    • @babyvanderwoodsen
      @babyvanderwoodsen Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@DerPl84 As an American, our education system quite literally indoctrinates us into thinking we are the center of the Universe, and I wish I was kidding. It’s not until we get older that we have a major reality check and have other countries (rightfully) telling us how the world really works lol. I’m grateful for channels like Ryan for helping me expand my once former American-centric mind lol

  • @theexplosive1062
    @theexplosive1062 Před 9 měsíci +12

    I live in Iceland, far north there even. All of the footage came likely from the centre of the country which is practically an uninhabitable, un-constructable-on wasteland, kind of like Australia but fewer spiders. Most of the Ice footage came from either the huge glaciers which are visible on most maps, or from glacier lagoons, both clips likely taken in the winter.
    The house in the video was a many centuries old church likely, given the cross on the roof, but Icelandic people would live in "Torfhús" which were small, one story buildings connected to each other on little farms with livestock, mostly sheep, and with every generation of the family, the houses are very identifiable by the dirt and grass roofs. People lived in them all the way till the mid 1900s when the Americans and the British occupied and developed the island during WW2 as a base in the Atlantic. Icelandic architecture is usually very colourful and modern with older neighbourhoods around too, check out buildings such as Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík and Hof in Akureyri, what I'm saying is we are a developed western country and we don't live in mud basically
    There are no polar bears, penguins live on the other side of the planet and seals aren't very common. It's mostly livestock like sheep and cows, or wildlife like foxes, birds or reindeer (those herd animals in the video were reindeer).
    Do consider visiting!

    • @zenniegaming9608
      @zenniegaming9608 Před 9 měsíci

      Tomorrow I'm going to visit your wonderful country, again, after years. Seeing tundra again, but also shopping on Laugavegur . I will not have a time this year, but I definitely plan to visit Akureyri at some point. I want to go there by plane from Reykjavik and back by bus, if that makes sense.
      Hallgrimskirkja is beautiful, also Harpa.
      I'm so looking forward to it. Ísland er sérstakt!

  • @renskevanderhaagen5813
    @renskevanderhaagen5813 Před 9 měsíci +24

    Iceland is fantastic, I've been there many times. Icelandic horses are the best breed on the planet. There are some cities and small towns and remote farms but also a lot of uninhabited places. There are no polar bears or penguins! Seals, whales, arctic fox, many birds you will find there. The animals you didn't recognise were reindeer. In the summer it's very green, it's not as cold as the name suggests.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Před 9 měsíci

      Edit... reindeer.... penguins. 🖖❤

    • @renskevanderhaagen5813
      @renskevanderhaagen5813 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@brigidsingleton1596 haha sorry, not a native English speaker and sometimes I get the spelling wrong ☺️

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 Před 9 měsíci

      @@renskevanderhaagen5813
      My apologies... I tend to "speak" before stopping to think how my comments may be received. I only hope to help educate - if that extra education is required, or wanted -
      I mean no offence by my edits.. 😞🖖❤️

    • @renskevanderhaagen5813
      @renskevanderhaagen5813 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@brigidsingleton1596 its fine, no worries! I wasn't exactly sure how to write reindeer so thanks! And the penguin I think my phone autocorrected in my own language instead of english.

    • @CloudCookie1013
      @CloudCookie1013 Před 26 dny

      “Do you guys have Burger King?”
      Me: No..
      “Okay.. Starbucks..?”
      Me: No..
      “Atleast McDonalds.. Right.”
      Me: Nope.. Not anymore.
      “Alright… At LEAST you guys have Dunkin Donuts… RIGHT?”
      Me: No.. But we have Don’s Donuts?

  • @chrissampson6861
    @chrissampson6861 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Iceland is truly like another world - they missed so much in the video -
    The whole Island sits on the mid Atlantic tectonic ridge and is literally being pulled in half at a rate of about an inch a year - you can take scuba diving tours and dive between the tectonic plates.
    As a result of it's location it has 130 volcanos
    lots of hot springs and geysers - springs where boiling water / steam burst out of the ground under pressure, - they stink of sulphur and the mineral deposits make the surrounding ground look like an alien landscape.
    It gets dark for months in winter and light for months in summer.
    You can see the entrance to centre of the world (according to Jules Verne) across the bay from the capital city.
    The horses are a unique protected breed - no other horses allowed, and if any leave they can't come back, they also have different ways of running to most horses.
    It's history and people are equally mad
    It's the only country to have democratically voted to be Christian.
    The remoteness has resulted in some weird delicacies - fermented shark and sheep's faces among them
    It's the home of Formula off road racing - Driving 1500 horsepower nitrous injected lunatic machines up cliffs
    Repeated gone to "War" with the UK over cod fishing - having navel vessels playing bumper cars around the north Atlantic, a strange example of human's inability to resolve disputes sensibly.
    They mostly don't do family / surnames
    That's just a small sample there's plenty more unique and unusual things about it and it is even more stunningly beautiful than the video shows.

  • @stanleymaximillian8403
    @stanleymaximillian8403 Před 9 měsíci +14

    I thought everyone knows what aurora is 😅

    • @fro5tboy
      @fro5tboy Před 9 měsíci +1

      He has got to be pretending to play the dumb american role, idk...

  • @tomkirkemo5241
    @tomkirkemo5241 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Just to make one thing clear, there is a reason why polar bears do not eat penguins. Polar bears the arctic, penguins the ANtarctic. ;)

  • @emmaratur
    @emmaratur Před 9 měsíci +16

    I love your content! Could you please react to other European countries? Because there are a lot of beautiful ones, that most people don't even know exist!

  • @janhornbllhansen4903
    @janhornbllhansen4903 Před 9 měsíci +3

    "What was that?" Nothern lights is when charged particles captured by earths magnetic field enters the atmosphere and makes it glow.

  • @Dutchbelg3
    @Dutchbelg3 Před 9 měsíci +8

    I have been there twice in Summer and in early spring. It is beautiful! What is NOT in this video is this is the most volcanic country on earth! There are frequently erupting volcanos and geysirs (they invented this word! ) and hotpools that are so hot and acid they will take your meat of the bone 😛 And there are also many most enjoyable warm natural baths and there so many waterfalls you just can not avoid seeing them . The weather is very much changing during the day . There are no pinguins (as they live only in the southern hemisphere) and there are no polar bears. The biggest predators (besides humans) are adorable polar foxes smaller than the red foxes most of us know. They are fluffy and (depending on the season ) dark grey to white. Food is extremely expensive and alcohol too !

    • @nancyrafnson4780
      @nancyrafnson4780 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Icelanders are (or were way back in the day) very hardy people. My great-grandparents emigrated from Iceland to Canada in the 1880’s. Final destination was “New Iceland “ in the heart of the Canadian prairies. An area along Lake Winnipeg They arrived in November bringing seed for planting. Unfortunately Manitoba in November is late fall/early Winter. A lot of people died from diseases and starvation. If it wasn’t for the assistance if the Indigenous Peoples of the area, the settlements would not have survived. Obviously they did though! Many people in the Province of Manitoba (my home province) are of Icelandic descent - and very proud of it!

  • @liammcfarlane13
    @liammcfarlane13 Před 9 měsíci +9

    I went to Iceland on a geography trip in high school, it’s honestly like a whole other world and I’d kill to go back

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 Před 9 měsíci

      Your high school takes you to different countries for a trip? I wish I could say the same. That would be so cool. Problem is the only country that can be driven to in the US is Mexico and Canada. Canada is close but Mexico is a few thousand miles away from my state. What did you go see in Iceland?

    • @liammcfarlane13
      @liammcfarlane13 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@gabecollins5585 I’m from the U.K. so Iceland isn’t as far from us as it is from the USA. It wasn’t the whole school, just the people who chose to do geography in the last two years for GCSE and the school didn’t pay, we raised money to cover most of the cost and then each paid a small amount towards it

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@liammcfarlane13 Awesome. I wish the schools I’ve been to did that kind of stuff. I’d love to go around the world someday.

  • @maggieellison1017
    @maggieellison1017 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Those amazing colours in the night sky are called The Northern Lights. Not every night - a bit hit and miss for tourists who have gone on a mini break specifically to see them.

    • @steddie4514
      @steddie4514 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Aurora Borialis

    • @valborgmaria
      @valborgmaria Před 9 měsíci +1

      if anyone is looking to travel to Iceland specifically to see the northern lights i would recommend coming here somewhere between january and march that's when i would say they are the most noticeable;)

  • @ossit53
    @ossit53 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Make a stopover for a few days from US to Europe and visit Iceland. And by the way, there are pleasant cities and people there. This video isn’t showing Iceland at all! Oh, and don’t forget the geysers.

  • @mettehansen9754
    @mettehansen9754 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Well now you gotta watch atleast one more vid of Iceland.. That one showed beautiful scenery but nothing about the volcanoes, the geysers, that lake where you can dive in clear blue water between the actual tectonic plates, also the beautiful city Reykjavik.

  • @pacoro84
    @pacoro84 Před 9 měsíci +3

    hihi...those were the northern lights....most beautiful thing in the world....was between the first tings i looked up since youtube came.....i knew about them from books and them from school

  • @PhilipTait-oi2hm
    @PhilipTait-oi2hm Před 9 měsíci +3

    My Viking ancestors sailed from Iceland to Norway, then on to Shetland, Orkney and mainland Scotland. My surname Tait comes from the Old Norse word ‘teitr’ meaning happy, glad and cheerful! 😊😊😊

    • @MrPicky
      @MrPicky Před 9 měsíci +3

      Icelandic name is Teitur (Old Norse Teitr) is a male name and a first name. Icelanders do not carry family names. All last names are patronymic or matronymic and end with -son for males and -dottir for females.
      Teiti is the Icelandic word for a party 😉😉

    • @PhilipTait-oi2hm
      @PhilipTait-oi2hm Před 9 měsíci

      @@MrPicky Thanks for that. I understood teitr was an adjective rather than a formal family name - but I’m happy with it!

  • @MartKart8
    @MartKart8 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I remember in the Simpsons, when Moe was with Homer and Lenny going to Iceland and said, from a guide, how the people swapped names with Greenland to confuse the Vikings, then when Moe was in Iceland he was angry because it snowed and he was freezing.

  • @valborgmaria
    @valborgmaria Před 9 měsíci +3

    as someone who is from iceland i absolutely love reading these comment hahaha

  • @stephaniechbakingtraveler4262
    @stephaniechbakingtraveler4262 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Iceland is one of the expensive country to visit here in Europe and i love the nature attractions. It is a volcano island and popular also for northern lights in winter. I wanted to be back soon.

  • @ChokyoDK
    @ChokyoDK Před 9 měsíci +1

    Been there a few times.
    A must see spot (and there are tons of them) is Diamond Beach.
    Huge blocks of ice lying on a black sand beach with mist all around them.
    They're totally see through and some of them are like 2.5 meters tall.

  • @CatzHoek
    @CatzHoek Před 9 měsíci +2

    Lighthouses are all automated nowadays. Maybe some rare exceptions exists. One of the most spectacular lighthouses is La Jument in Brittany, France. Build in the sea on a small rock that costs hundreds of shits. There's a serious of insanely spectacular photographs taken of the keeper standing in the doorway while 100 feet high waves hit the lighthouse from the other side. Spectacular. It was automated in 1991.

  • @alwynemcintyre2184
    @alwynemcintyre2184 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Pretty sure lighthouses are all automated now

  • @Kris1964
    @Kris1964 Před 9 měsíci +2

    There are only half a million Icelanders….and they are fiercly protective of their language…so they constantly invent new words to cover things like tv or computer not using any latin or greek.

  • @paulharvey9149
    @paulharvey9149 Před 9 měsíci +2

    What a strange film - ice cool for sure, but it's all nature and no signs of life - and no hot springs or geysers either, which it's also famous for! No Reykjavik (population around 80 000) or other settlements, no roads, airports or anything! Lots of Aurora Borealis of course, as you'd expect (The Northern Lights, which are often seen in the skies of Northern Europe including Scotland and occasionally also England,) Ryan. Best viewed through a camera lens though... As well as green, they can also be yellow, red, blue, purple...!!

  • @adda58
    @adda58 Před 9 měsíci

    Heading there in October! Very excited for our trip.

  • @nellitheretrogamer8666
    @nellitheretrogamer8666 Před 9 měsíci +1

    We went to Iceland when I was a kid, the year was probably 1981. One thing I remember about the houses there is that from a distance, they looked like normal wooden houses to me. But close up, we noticed that the walls were actually made of metal. Because they don't have much wood there.
    This video didn't show the geysir. The one that erupts every few minutes or so. I remember I was trying to take a photo of it and stood there with the camera ready, but always pressed the button too late, so we didn't get any good pictures of it. My mother had her film camera though, so probably it didn't matter that I messed up the photos.
    We brought at least two plastic bags full of lava rocks home with us because they weighed almost nothing and I guess at that time they allowed people to bring all kinds of junk into planes anyways. I'm not sure why we thought we needed that many of them. I think we just forgot about them soon afterwards and never actually showed them to anyone.
    But Iceland is certainly worth a visit, because the nature there is so totally different compared to most other places. It is one of the few places that I'd like to visit again some day. The last time I was maybe a bit too young to appreciate it properly.

  • @margreetanceaux3906
    @margreetanceaux3906 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The house is a sod house - as Iceland doesn’t grow timber. Btw northern Europe had sod houses too, including my Netherlands (not for lack of wood though, but out of poverty).

    • @mbwangen
      @mbwangen Před 9 měsíci +1

      So did the USA !

  • @lindadoswell9396
    @lindadoswell9396 Před 9 měsíci +1

    My son visited Iceland and he loved it the funny colored sky is the Northern Lights which is something to do with the sun and particles interacting. The people are very friendly and welcoming

  • @tosa2522
    @tosa2522 Před 9 měsíci +1

    2:12 I think this waterfall was featured in Game of Thrones.

    • @valborgmaria
      @valborgmaria Před 9 měsíci +1

      yes Game of Thrones was filmed there the waterfall is called Skógarfoss :)

  • @MarieSallaupHalse
    @MarieSallaupHalse Před 9 měsíci +2

    most lighthouses now are automated, I don't know what the case is in Iceland, but in Norway, all of them are automated. If sailors see a lighthouse (or other navigational markings) not working, they will notify whoever is responsible for the lighthouses in that country, and they will deploy a small team that is responsible for maintaining them in that area.

  • @lukasvanbortel1304
    @lukasvanbortel1304 Před 8 měsíci +1

    i love the fact that this guy seems to know nothing abt anything outside of the usa, no hate but its just hilarious. love his videos so muchh

  • @hulda4ever
    @hulda4ever Před 8 měsíci

    I was born and live in Iceland! Been a tiny fan of yours.

  • @Heisenberg-Blue
    @Heisenberg-Blue Před 9 měsíci +1

    The green one was the northern lights, where particles from the sun collide with the earth's magnetic field.

  • @christinestromberg4057
    @christinestromberg4057 Před 9 měsíci

    It's fun watching you learn stuff I've known for so long. Of course, I'm old. :)

  • @Ray-lw2rh
    @Ray-lw2rh Před 9 měsíci +1

    I went to Iceland before the pandemic. Such a beautiful and unique place.

  • @jonnajois
    @jonnajois Před 9 měsíci +1

    Iceland is so so beautiful ❤ Part from waterfalls there are volcanos and a lot of hot springs, in some you can swim (for example Blue Lagoon, magical place). Many are to hot and there are geysers (like hot fountains from the grounds). They more or less has heating for free thanks to that. Nearly no trees. Iceland is devided by a crack between the euroasian and american plate (geologically), which explane the voulcan activity. They have their special icelandic pony which has five types of pase! Unic for that rase. Most people live in the capitol Reykjavik. They are part of Scandinavia and the viking culture (who immograted mostly from Norway from the 800 bc) and has the oldest democracy in the world though the "alltinget", sort of a parliament, which started in the 900 centuary.

  • @maxxie84
    @maxxie84 Před 9 měsíci

    I went to iceland this winter... it was AMAZING!

  • @ebbhead20
    @ebbhead20 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Regarding movies made here.. Well we have Star Wars using Iceland a lot in the 21st century. But the big well known one is GOT. You even had the reference The Land of Ice and Fire. That's a GOT book title basically so yeah. Used a lot. Iceland and New Zealand are sort of the go to places when it comes to landscapes needed for some big thing. LOTR is the ones that springs to mind.

  • @mariondiemert430
    @mariondiemert430 Před 9 měsíci +1

    This country is so very beautiful. Check out Tim and Fin Iceland.

  • @margreetanceaux3906
    @margreetanceaux3906 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The western half of Iceland is actually on your tectonic plate, i.e. the North American Plate. (The eastern half is on ours ;-)

  • @SergioBracali
    @SergioBracali Před 9 měsíci

    The video is shot during the winter but summer is really pleasant, there is almost no snow outside the glaciers on and you can drive everywhere with a car, even though for some places you need a 4wd. It's a wonderful country.

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Iceland and Norway are both beautiful and economically successful countries, but I wonder why US reaction channels focus almost exclusively on Northern Europe, and rarely take a look at Spain or Portugal or Greece, or even France. These are countries which have contributed greatly to the American way of life.

  • @65casper
    @65casper Před 8 měsíci

    I´m Icelandic and you are welcome to visit and i will show you around

  • @alwynemcintyre2184
    @alwynemcintyre2184 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Aurora borealis or the northern lights

  • @palantir135
    @palantir135 Před 9 měsíci

    They forgot the many volcanoes who are regularly very active.
    And yes, there are villages and a city there.

  • @cantabilewoman
    @cantabilewoman Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing how they could make a video on Iceland without showing the cities, towns or icelandic people, looks like the few people here captured there were tourists lol
    Houses used to be built like the small house shown with the grass on the roof. In the earliest of days humans and animals lived under the same roof, I can't imagine it smelled good in those houses.
    The northern lights can be fantastic here.
    I was going to stay out in the country one time and my friends and I shared a car. It was pitch black, no light pollution at all and this amazing string of northern light was on the sky. It moved so much and the speed in which it traveled was way faster than the speed my friend was driving at and we drove along with it for probably 10km and then it turned to another direction. It was so spooky, there was fog on the earth racing upwards, it was like in a horror movie.
    Here is a fun fact, the US practiced the lunar landing here and the Mars landing.
    We can only live on the coast but people have cottages all over the place except the glaciers and the desert. Yes we have a desert.
    We have the oldest surviving Parliament in the world called Alþingi founded in 930 at Þingvellir
    We are a pacifist nation, we don't have a military and we are the safest and most peaceful country in the world.

  • @ingasvafnisdottir9113
    @ingasvafnisdottir9113 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Fun fact Iceland is top 1 of the safest countries ❤

  • @gfritlev9956
    @gfritlev9956 Před 8 měsíci

    The population is passing 400,000 by the end of the year with the capital area around 253,000

  • @ngaourapahoe
    @ngaourapahoe Před 9 měsíci

    I would love to see you visiting there

  • @rakeldishavardardottir3271
    @rakeldishavardardottir3271 Před 7 měsíci

    Thanks for the shoutout:D
    (I’m from iceland)

  • @phoenixfeathers4128
    @phoenixfeathers4128 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Man, this video reminded me of how beautiful our world can actually be

  • @ivarmarkusson382
    @ivarmarkusson382 Před 5 měsíci

    its not so cold in iceland, but its never hot either, but what many fail to realise is that what is dangerous about the climate here is the weather it self, the endless storms combines with freesing temps, avalanches and so on.

  • @anonahawkins7230
    @anonahawkins7230 Před 9 měsíci

    The American astronauts went to Iceland before going to the moon. It was thought to have a similiar terrain so they could see what they might have to copd with.

  • @GrunarG
    @GrunarG Před 8 měsíci

    Most of the light houses are automated today and most of them have also Meteorologist stations, but there are some lighthouses that are on farmers land, so they have to take the role as reporting the forecast and or maintain (man) the light houses, as a second job, I lived for two summers, isolated at a farm with a light house, and it was magical.........

    • @GrunarG
      @GrunarG Před 8 měsíci

      + Nature is beautiful, but nature and weather is punishing.....

    • @GrunarG
      @GrunarG Před 8 měsíci

      And also, we have the best "search and rescue" squad in the world, that is made up by donations, and all highly trained volentieres..... That do not get paid, but they are on the clock 24/7, but they get paid from their normal employer, witch foots their pay,.....

  • @adambaum7814
    @adambaum7814 Před 9 měsíci

    Lenge leve Iceland. I would like to live there. Maybe one day. 🇮🇸🇧🇻. This is where Floki came in Vikings, at 2min 13s.

  • @user-em1ig7xo9d
    @user-em1ig7xo9d Před 9 měsíci

    Hey dude, I’ve just seen your reaction to “flower of Scotland” from a while back. I think you should listen to the one performed for the Scotland Vs England 150th anniversary soccer game yesterday. Possibly the best I’ve ever heard, much better than the rugby version you heard.

  • @rockrane1
    @rockrane1 Před 9 měsíci

    An hej, check out Reykjavik. Allmost every one Who lives In Island, lives there. Really True rock city. AWESOME country and really nice people. Cheers To them from a finn🤘

  • @davewilliams3800
    @davewilliams3800 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Other supermarkets are available

  • @TheAquarius1978
    @TheAquarius1978 Před 9 měsíci

    10º or 13ºc..... pleasant.... im Mediterranean, i would die in those temperarures. ( just kidding Iceland is actually in my bucket list of places to visit ) Oh and those green lights are the " nordern lights " or Aurora Borealis.

  • @adda58
    @adda58 Před 9 měsíci

    Check out more on Iceland at Just Icelandic, and awesome drone footage of
    The latest volcanic eruption from Isak Finnbogason - Iceland FPV

  • @ceciliasoderman3316
    @ceciliasoderman3316 Před 9 měsíci

    Going on a plane from Stockholm to NY you fly over Iceland. I had a window seat and looking down at the icy water I thought I saw a boat until it dived under the water and I realised I was looking at a whale!

  • @samielkhayri9272
    @samielkhayri9272 Před 9 měsíci

    The light display in the night sky is called aurora borealis.

  • @AFFoC
    @AFFoC Před 9 měsíci

    Ísland again! I feel represented.

  • @likeableari119
    @likeableari119 Před 2 měsíci

    As an icelandic person, yes we live in igloos

  • @ChokyoDK
    @ChokyoDK Před 9 měsíci +1

    They forgot to show volcanoes in this video...

  • @stephenlee5929
    @stephenlee5929 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Its beautiful and frightening, did not show the Fire part.
    Thankfully not Smell-o-vision, It smells of rotten eggs, sulphur dioxide.
    Is also very difficult to sleep when its light for 23 hours per day, though hotels had good blackouts.
    I don't think I would like to cope with winter, dark for 23 hours per day.
    Also the cars are wild.

  • @bjrnhaugen
    @bjrnhaugen Před 9 měsíci

    The green light in the sky is aurora borealis aka northen lights

  • @insidiousbeatz48
    @insidiousbeatz48 Před 9 měsíci

    What causes "that" is called the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. Is changed particles from the sun (solar wind) hitting our atmosphere at high speeds causing those lights shows

    • @neuralwarp
      @neuralwarp Před 9 měsíci

      The colours are dependent on the atoms present, much like the chemicals in fireworks. Green is Nitrogen. Red is Hydrogen. The atoms ionise like the atoms in a neon tube.

  • @cheryla7480
    @cheryla7480 Před 9 měsíci

    That was Aurora Borealis better known as The Northern Lights, that are visible to all countries that encircle The Arctic Circle.

  • @dorisschneider-coutandin9965
    @dorisschneider-coutandin9965 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Ryan, you don't mean to tell me that you never heard of Northern Lights (Polar lights; Aurora Borealis). If so, then something must be seriously wrong with education in the USA! Sorry for being so blunt. I'm German, that might explain it.

  • @michaeljasterfotografie3985
    @michaeljasterfotografie3985 Před 9 měsíci

    Dankeschön für das schöne Video Gruß aus Düsseldorf

  • @lesleycarney8868
    @lesleycarney8868 Před 9 měsíci

    Sometimes you can see the northern light's in the sky in the North of England / Scotland

  • @Icelandchan
    @Icelandchan Před 8 měsíci

    Please don't think that all of them live out there :,D This is footage of the nature in Iceland. As others have mentioned: there are also towns in Iceland.
    People always think that it is freezing cold in Iceland but, while the northern part of this wonderful place might be quite cold especially during winter, the southern coast benefits from the Gulf stream so temperature do not drop that low. I have the weather in Reykjavik on my phone and sometimes it is warmer there than here in Germany.
    I would absolutely want to live there. However, it gets really dark during winter (with only 3 or 4 hours of daylight) and I would hate that.

  • @birreboi
    @birreboi Před 9 měsíci

    "Is that a plane?" Nah, it's a goat. 5:57 to 6:09 I mean really Ryan, c'mon!!

  • @edda3275
    @edda3275 Před 4 měsíci

    It's fine, we don't actually live on the glaciers lol. We don't have polar bears or penguins but we have arctic foxes and reindeers.

  • @fkim8449
    @fkim8449 Před 9 měsíci

    Most lighthouse are run from a distant or automatic 😂

  • @armelle6936
    @armelle6936 Před 9 měsíci

    5:30 it s rein deer , it s a farm animal , like cows . it gives meat , milk and leather and i m pretty sure, it s colder in chicago than in reykjavik .

    • @valborgmaria
      @valborgmaria Před 9 měsíci

      it gets colder in chicago than iceland temperature wise, but we have a lot more cold wind that makes the air feel extremely cold and dry so a lot of the time during winter it can feel like it's colder in iceland

  • @Halli50
    @Halli50 Před 9 měsíci

    Weather in Iceland can be uncomfortable, never extreme (Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods). You will NEVER experience a heatwave in Iceland, but neither will you experience extreme cold - all due to the maritime climate.
    Also, we have LOTS of hydroelectric and geothermal power (to heat our houses, swimming pools and hot tubs), not to mention pure drinking water virtually everywhere. This video is all about Icelandic nature, mostly in winter. There is nothing about the people living there.

  • @vegasviking86
    @vegasviking86 Před 5 měsíci

    The horses are the most purebred horses on the planet.

  • @rainertuominen4242
    @rainertuominen4242 Před 9 měsíci

    Ryan, chill a bit! Polar bears a AND penguins! Apart from them never meeting each other none present on Iceland. In addition, no snakes or much plant species. Great country but kind of barren rock with elements, lava, ice, purest and most odorous water. And the wonderful people with strength and humor!

  • @annerough
    @annerough Před 9 měsíci

    This is wintertime, maybe lookup Iceland in summertime

  • @micade2518
    @micade2518 Před 9 měsíci

    Those dancing green lights, have you never heard of Aurora borealis?

  • @auldfouter8661
    @auldfouter8661 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Iceland is a little bit bigger than the entire island of Ireland.

  • @bryanCJC2105
    @bryanCJC2105 Před 9 měsíci

    The northern lights light up the night skies very often in the extreme north and south.
    This video didn't really live up to its title because it didn't capture Iceland's "fire". Iceland is extremely volcanic and makes the island an island of contrasts. it also didn't capture life in Iceland very well. If you were enthralled by its beauty, you should watch other videos about Iceland's other beautiful elements.

  • @OrionWeekly
    @OrionWeekly Před 6 měsíci

    The "what are those" animals are reindeer

  • @robertofraser101
    @robertofraser101 Před 9 měsíci

    If you haven't seen yet Ryan some videos from.norway etc be cool cheers

  • @Antuan2911
    @Antuan2911 Před 9 měsíci

    3:19 -> There are no Penguins in the North Hemisphere... Lol~!
    3:28 -> Northern Borealis (Aurora) are caused by various particles,
    mainly from Sun, interacting with Earth's magnetosphere...
    I don't believe you don't ever hear about these...

  • @davidmalarkey1302
    @davidmalarkey1302 Před 9 měsíci

    What Ryan knows about anything outside of America you could write on the back of a postage stamp.He lives in his bubble and never leaves it like most average Americans so willfully ignorant.

  • @steddie4514
    @steddie4514 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The Immigrant Song 👍🇬🇧😀

  • @groundloss
    @groundloss Před 9 měsíci

    I recognized the channel "devinsupertramp" and instantly thought of "Lindsey Stirling".

  • @heidamaria
    @heidamaria Před 9 měsíci +1

    hi i live in icland but its not that bad🥰🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸

  • @Pellefication
    @Pellefication Před 9 měsíci +1

    Where's the cities/towns? where's the vulcanos?

  • @ebbhead20
    @ebbhead20 Před 9 měsíci

    Also, livibg in Iceland is no different than living in New York. You're not seeing the cities. In fact Iceland has a lot of usable heat and energy coming from the ground. So you can live and go eat in fancy hotels and restaurants all year and swim around in hot springs during witer and experience all kind of Bruce Wayne shit. Gonna cost ya, but you can! Its very modern and very fancy in Iceland. Way more than all of Scandinavia for sure.

  • @kathryndunn9142
    @kathryndunn9142 Před 9 měsíci +1

    They have a summer

    • @gfritlev9956
      @gfritlev9956 Před 8 měsíci

      July and August have become pretty decent with averages of 15°C

  • @TanjaHermann
    @TanjaHermann Před 9 měsíci +1

    Polar bears and penguins? Really, Ryan???? Did they teach you guys anything at school? Over 370,000 people live on Iceland. It's its own country with a distinct language etc. And these were reindeer.

    • @gfritlev9956
      @gfritlev9956 Před 8 měsíci

      400,000 live there when 2024 hits

  • @DanMarksman
    @DanMarksman Před 9 měsíci

    The icelandic horse has 5 ways of walking/running.
    Other horses has only 3.

    • @neuralwarp
      @neuralwarp Před 9 měsíci

      All horses can stand, walk, trot, canter, or gallop. The synchronisation is controlled by a simple ring of just 4 neurons, depending on the level of electrical stimulation into the ring.