Iceland Walking Tour - Siglufjörður [4K]
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2020
- Siglufjörður has often been called Klondike of the Atlantic. This town in northern Iceland expandend around a booming herring industry and there were many who went there to make a fortune, with varying results. In this tour we explore this town during a beautiful summer day.
Here are the highlights of the tour:
00:03 - Svarta Krían (The Black Tern) to the right.
03:50 - Þjóðlagasetrið (The Folk Music Centre). The centre brings to life the world of Icelandic folk music. Visitors can see video recordings of people of all ages chanting epic poetry (rímur), singing quint-songs (tvísöngur),
reciting nursery rhymes, and playing folk instruments such as the langspil (similar to dulcimer) and the Icelandic violin (fiðla).
05:38 - Cafe Rauðka to the left and Hannes Boy restaurant to the right. These buildings have a long history and used to be fish factories.
08:10 - Hotel Siglo.
11:57 - An old Mercedes Benz short bunnet truck, also known as Kurzhauber.
12:17 - The houses ahead to the right contain the Herring Era museum.
12:40 - To the left are the remains of the old pier.
13:47 - The sign reads: Here stood rows of herring piers and salting-stations. In 1938 herring was salted at twenty-two facilites in Siglufjörður, but the herring catch went into five local factories, to be processed into oil and fishmeal. Here at the seashore stand old pier pilings. These are the last relics of the herring port, which was for decades one of Iceland's biggest harbours.
14:18 - The sign reads: The Oil Tank. Built in 1937 and used by BP in Siglufjörður for nearly 80 years. During the Second World War the Allies, first the British and later the Americans, had a camp in the centre of Siglufjörður and on Siglunes peninsula. To disguise the oil tank from German bombers, the exterior was painted to resemble a house. All herring factories used similar tanks to store herring oil. In 2016 the Oil Tank was transferred to the museum site.
15:11 - Lying on the ground to the left is something that looks like drift wood but these are whale bones.
15:45 - The sign reads: "At the Edge of the Arctic. Siglufjörður and Gamvik are two small communities, each situated on the far northern shores of Iceland and Norway respectively. Their settlement and growth was based on the rich fishing grounds found nearby. Herring was the main factor in Iceland's rise to prominence in the early 20th century and Siglufjörður was the largest "herring town" of all, building everything upon the fisheries."
15:57 - "The Volatile Herring and the Predictable Cod. The Atlantic Herring is nicknamed the Silver of the Sea. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. (Later)... it is regarded as the most commercially important fish in history. The Atlantic Cod is known as the Gold of the Sea. (Later)...Historically cod has been fished since settlers arrived on Northern European shores but has been traded commercially since the Viking Age."
16:05 - "Valuable Export: Iceland and Norway 80 years Apart. The herring trade was Iceland's most valuable export business in 1938, when the herring industry was booming. At this time it contributed a significant percentage of Iceland's GDP. Salted herring, fishmeal and fish oil were all vital, in demand products for the nations of Europe."
16:09 - "Lessons learned. Siglufjörður with its booming herring industry gained nicknames such as Klondike of the Atlantic or Fisherman's Eldorado, while the cod industry also flourished in Gamvik. But in the 1960's the fishing industry collapsed in both towns, due to new and unexpected circumstances the herring failed to appear and the world market for stockfish collapsed. The over-reliance on one industry had serious consequences for these communities. The economy suffered and after the collapse decades of consistent depopulation followed.
31:30 - The church of Siglufjörður, built in 1932.
34:37 - The old elementary school of Siglufjörður designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, State Architect of Iceland.
40:00 - The river Hvanneyrará. The building in front of it is an old power station. It does not produce power anymore but supposedly a family lives in it.
40:40 - Information sign about avalance defense in Siglufjörður.
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Hi from NZ. My Kiwi-born partner lived in Iceland from age 5 ‘til his late 20s. Now in his 50s he was so happy to discover this video today, for this is the town in which he spent some of his holidays, at his Step-grandmother’s home (which you walked past, up on the hill-side near the waterfall). He remembers well, gathering wild berries up on the hillside and jumping into the snow from her balcony, as a child. We love your walking tours very much and optimistically plan to travel to Iceland when possible, so that he can catch up with his children/grandchildren/extended family...and of course to tour around.
Kia ora Karen. That is fantastic, thank you for sharing this. How much fun to remember again. I have always wanted to go to NZ myself, I did some reading about the kakapo in Douglas Adam's Last chance to see and his descriptions about NZ were very interesting. Haere rā.
@@IcelandHotSpots nice to know that the Kakapo got a mention in the book. We love our native birds here. Here’s to the day you get to see one for yourself here in NZ. In the meantime, happy walking😊
So it appears we hike to the top of these hills! Awesome! I'm on my way!
So good that I feel myself as if I am walking. Thank youuu.
Thank you Emre that's exactly what I'm aiming for 🙂
Beautiful town. It is so quiet and it is so peaceful. It is one of the many places in Iceland I would love to visit.
It's one of my favorites
10/10 this place feels like a mini version of the Alps. Seriously, I see mountains everywhere you go and it’s very beautiful.
Mini version of the Alps. So fitting :)
In love with Iceland ✨💙
Summer in Siglufjörður looks beautiful and I think the winter is magic.
Yeah I'll have to visit it in winter sometime.
Yeah. If you like getting depressed then come and stay with us for a few months hahaha.
Thank you, love Iceland, plan to visit.
I hope you have a wonderful time if you do
@@IcelandHotSpots I'm sure that it will be great because I'm fascinated with that miraculous island, Björk, way of making words ( dottir, sson and others ), lagoons, waterfalls, vulcanos and above all I'm knitter over 40 yrs and adore lopapeysa!❤️
I wish the small town that I am stuck in was this kind of small town 😭 This is so peaceful 😍
Siglufjörður is one of my favorites
Ich gehe sehr gerne auf diese Art durch Siglufjorður. Das währe meine Heimat, trotz meiner 72 Jahre. Zu gerne würde ich mit klein Odin, mein Katerchen, dort meinen Lebensabend verbringen. Schade nur, dass es dort keine WebCam gibt. Dann hätte ich das Gefühl, ich schaue aus dem Fenster.
Es wäre ein wunderbarer Ort, um sich zurückzuziehen.
This is where Trapped was filmed, Great Show.
That's right it was alright that show.
Exceptional quality video; perfect day, steady camera, perfect exposure and color balance. Opportunity for me to remember a bit of Icelandic: Smábátahöfn (small boat harbor).
Thank you I like making them all but I think this one is my favourite.
Thank you so much for the amazing video. I just finished a book by Ragnar Jonasson set in Siglufjörður. Watching this I felt like I am walking through it, and it was an amazing addition to the book I really enjoyed. Simply AMAZING :)
Wow that is so cool. Was it Snowblind?
@@IcelandHotSpots Yes, it was Snowblind
@@vesnaristevska Thank you so much and best of hopes for your situation
I am also here because of Ragnar Jónasson's books :) Greetings from Portugal.
I'm another fan of the books, no description can equal a tour like this.@@AlexKarva
What a beautiful country
:)
I am Argentino and I would love to live there with my family
Very relaxing and peaceful beautiful scenery and houses
It's my favorite walk so far ☺️
Wow .... brings back a lot of memories that I've had while I was in Iceland.. cherish them always.. love from India..❤
No population it is ghost cuntrie
@@vikramshetty8334 that's not the right thing to say.. it's not a ghost country.. it's one of the places I've ever visited..
Tooooooo goooooooood
Thanks ☺️
I was at Siglo Hotel, I walked to the cascade, close to golf field (after the airport), it was magic
Awesome Chris I hope you hade a nice stay
@@IcelandHotSpots it was magic, the area is full of fairies
tank you .
You are welcome
Wonderful video ! Thank you very much ! Greetings from Greece !
Very very beautiful thanks
⏹ Absolutely amazing views! we love! really awesome time with you! greetings from NYC ✌😉
An amazing place, at the very tip of your island. And the vegetation - so rich despite being so far north.
Yes I have to admit this has been my favourite town to film so far.
This is my dream city and iceland 🇮🇸 is beautiful cold place on this earth.
Siglufjörður is the best
The houses are just simply beautiful
Siglufjörður is an awesome town.
That was amazing. Thanks for share.
You are welcome, thank you ☺️
Simply beautiful..Thank you for sharing..
You are welcome, thanks :)
Wish my little family given a chance to be there 😍
❤️
Quiet and peaceful there...
Feels like i was the one filming !!!!
F A N T A S T I C video thank you for
Sharing and saving me the trip and money 😆 lol
Haha thank you so much. Got to hodl that cash man.
Thanks for uploading this video, greetings from Argentina...
Gracias Diego.
Thanks for the walk! I visited Siglufjördur already 3 times but never had a sunny weather like this. It's quite a beautiful little town :)
I spent a week in Siglufjörður and it wasn't really until my last day that I fortunately had this excellent weather. But yes a beautiful town, regardless of the weather.
Thank you for the wonderful tour of Siglo! I was there in 2019, stayed at the Siglo hotel, what a wonderful place, the scenery is spectacular , thank you for capturing it for all of us. As a huge fan of Trapped the tv show it had to be part of my vacation in Iceland. Thank you so much for letting me go back your photo skills are first rate.
Wonderful little town , and the drive up from Reykjavik is worth every minute, the scenery is so wonderful and changes many times.
Love Iceland, would go back in a heartbeat, thanks again for sharing.
Mike
Canada
Thank you Mike. It was in fact my favorite town to film. I really enjoyed my stay there. Be back soon 🙂
Hi from Italy. The little town where lives my favourite policeman: Ari Thor
Haha yes I haven't read the books but I think a show is on it's way.
This is my favorite walk. I love the mountain view 😍😍😍
This is actually my favourite walk as well 🙂
@@IcelandHotSpots only thing missing is a doggy to walk with 🐕🐕🐕🥰🥰🥰
Awesome! I saw your shadow! You walking like a robot. lol
Thanks for sharing! I miss this Place.
Haha yes I look weird when filming. Thanks Delta.
Ohhhh..much needed....❤❤❤😄😎
Great video. I came here because of Ragnar Jonásson's books :) Greeting from the Azores (Portugal).
Obrigado. I haven't read them myself but I like how people find this tour after reading them ☺️
Me too! It's nice to put a visual to reading his books! Now, I want to visit Iceland!
Hello from Texas, this is a place I would not mind living in. I like the sort of liminal space atmosphere it has.
It's a great town, one of my favorites in Iceland
Love the solitude.
It was amazing
this is soooo beautiful ! Hi from France :)
One of my personal favorites
Meine zweite Heimat für mich und meinen Kater "klein Odin".
Sag von mir Hallo zum kleinen Odin
the most beautiful housing I've ever seen...
Yeah they're fantastic
The social distancing it seems is not a problem overthere!
Haha no not really
Nice 💖🌹
Amazing place, what else the earth could provide!!
Siglufjörður is fantastic 🙂
@@IcelandHotSpots it is and your videography is excellent, it feels like i'm walking around
Muy bonito Islandia espero ir algún año
Espero que lo hagas algun dia :)
Hello again ! This is Reynir the Viking. When I was 15 years old, I lied about my age and hired onto a trawler called " Jon Forseti ". We docked at Siglufirði on a weekend to take on ice. The skipstjóri told us not to go ashore because we're only going to stop for a couple of hours and then head out to sea again right away. However, several of the crew left the ship anyway and the captain couldn't leave without a full compliment of men. Bottom line is, he went ashore himself, got drunk, and we all went to the local dance together. We didn't leave until 4 in the morning!
Sounds more like a crew of pirates! Thanks for the story :)
Yes, things were pretty wild back then. After we left that day, we continued trawling until we had filled the hold and steamed toward Grimsby, England to sell our catch. On our way, we needed more ice, so we stopped at the Faroe Islands. It was night when we docked and some local girls were waving at us from the lighted windows of the dormitory at the fish factory where they stayed during season. Four of our guys decided they wanted to meet them, so they went ashore. This time they knew that since they were no longer needed to work aboard ship, the captain would simply leave them there. That's why they kidnapped the ship's mascot (a dog) and left, knowing the skipstjóri would never leave him behind ! They eventually returned with the animal and we continued our journey. However, while we were there, we witnessed a boat-load of Russian armed guards coming ashore looking for a woman prisoner who, spotting land, had jumped overboard thinking she would be free. Of course, she had no way of knowing how small the islands were and that she was sure to be caught. We never found out what happened to her. The Soviets had many fish factory ships that were crewed by slave labor convicts then, and maybe they still do. All in all, my summer at sea was pretty exciting for a 15 year old punk ! Ok, I won't bother you with old news anymore. I'm just an old man reliving my youth. Thanks for listening and keep up your good work. Blessaður og sæll !
Haha they kidnapped the dog that's great. No keep them coming, very interesting. Sad story about the girl. Imagine all the untold stories of slavery and abuse.
Hi
all your videos are extremely impressive. what device do you use to capture it?
I'm looking forward to your feedback. Thanks.🙂
Thank you. I use a ziyhun gimbal with a gopro hero 7.
i have nothing against humanity i love people and i wanna see them
Very beautiful town, one of my favorites (in Iceland)... 😍 🥰
as this lady from NZ saying that story... my friends (family) live in NZ - similar story.
I passed over the whole East Coast of Australia - from Sydney to Darwin (The North).
Also one of my favorites. I'm not sure I got the second part of your comment.
@@IcelandHotSpots about karen waldon wrote...
One my friend (his whole family) from my town gone to NZ many years ago...
I started to go abroad from (with) my 3 years of age only, cause my dad was a Seaman (Sailor) 30+ years long (as Telegraphist), and my mom took me with her to be with dad on ship(s). Also I did learn the school on ship(s) and Nav. officers examed me on Nav. Bridge. After as adult started to be a professional Seaman too... the sad thing that my mom was very sick and immobile last 20 years in the Wheel Chair... and I was near her the whole time... and I would realize (some) her wish(es)...
In the end of 1996. I was in Venice (Italy) in one Pizzeria near Rail Station. Then wore ICELAND shirt and an older couple near me asked me: am I from Iceland? No. We are from Iceland...
Thank you for sharing that :)
@@IcelandHotSpots watch this amazing happening right now: I watching about Hrisey and Natasha Amar -- Iceland Vlog 1 - Hrisey video (2016), and I visit her facebook page... and she is right now in my country (Montenegro). What an amazing thing (coincidence)!
What a hoot! Is this Detective Erlendur's "home town"? I've become a YUGE Indridason fan.
Loved the video!
Yes that's the one. Although I admit I haven't read those books myself.
@@IcelandHotSpots In addition to the bottle opener got at THAT museum I also picked up my very 1st Erlendur mystery as a souvenir from a Reykjavik bookstore. 1st of about a dozen...
Thanks for the info - now, go get a book...
@@BostonsRandJ Haha I just might grab me some Erlendur mystery. That museum surprised me, much more interesting than I had anticipated.
Bela cidade, vídeo muito bem produzido, mas onde estão os moradores? Parabéns.
Obrigado. A maioria das pessoas estava de férias. Também era de manhã cedo. É uma das minhas cidades favoritas.
Meiriháttar vel gert hjá þér !
Takk kærlega Lebberg
Great video love this walking videos is this filmed with karma gopro hero 8? 😀 thanks
Thank you. No it is actually the gopro hero 7.
@@IcelandHotSpots Thanks still fantastic quality! 😀 Great work! :)
They do interracial all the time in this Iceland! Senegal is a free pass all over Iceland with the blondest and most beautiful Icelandic women! The Icelanders' favorite singer is the SEAL!
Cool story bro
😍
🙂🙂
Calma
Peaceful
Nice place. How come you don't see anyone walking around?
Everyone inside stuck on their phones?
no background song? instant sub and notif bell on from me!
Thanks a lot I really appreciate it Gabriella. I haven't used many songs, maybe some time. But I want it to feel very natural.
Your walking videos are hands down the best I've seen on CZcams.
(Oh, by the way, please join LBRY as an alternative platform. Doesn't cost you anything and people like me can watch it there instead of CZcams)
Thank you it means a lot the get such good praise. I'm not familiar with lbry but thank you for the suggestion, I'll look into it.
Iceland is beautiful but snow a lot🇧🇩
Beautiful place, but where are the people?
On vacation or working. Also covid times.
I wanna go there... :(
One day perhaps 🙂
@@IcelandHotSpots i hope so!
I wonder what people do for living in this place?
How’s the climate in siglufjördur
Pretty average for Iceland, can get cold in winters with lots of snow, especially here in the north.
How are you holding he camera so steady?
It is a combination of gopro stabilization, gimbal stabization, gait technique and holding a steady hand. Thank you for asking :)
@@IcelandHotSpots Oh wow yeah its really good! Just like other people have said it feels much more like you are actually walking.
I wish I could see some Trapped in here
I believe some scenes for the first season were shot in Siglufjörður
@@IcelandHotSpots ah yes! Also in 2nd season as well, right? At least the lögreglan station is.
I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet so I'm not sure but I find it likely.
2.17 Here we see the inscription "ZION" at the same time the Christian cross, how do we understand this?
Hey thanks for the question. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with this so I can't answer.
Hi, my name is Kaiky, I'm a lover of Siglufjörður, and I would like to know how I can get there, if you can help me, I'll be really grateful, I don't know anything
Dang what time is it to be this quiet
It was early. About 9am.
@@IcelandHotSpots oh ok and it was that quiet dang by 9 am here it already noisy
Haha well to be fair it was the national independence day and many of the locals were out of town. They cancelled all festivities because of the pandemic.
@@IcelandHotSpots oh ok
What was the time when you shoot this video
It was june 17th around 9am.
Thanks for your answer
This is likely very early morning 6-7 a clock. There is hardly a difference between day and night in the summer so it looks as it mid day. Im from Siglufjordur. It’s a lively place in the summer.
posto da fiaba
:)
Where are the people?
Sleeping in or on vacation
Trapped!!
That's the one ☺️
@@IcelandHotSpots just watching season 2...and now I want to visit Iceland and stay at the Siglo hotel :)
where are the people and pets?
Still sleeping probably. The sun rises early in summer.
Where's the Ari Thor's house?
Let me ask Ragnar brb
@@IcelandHotSpots that's right!
humm.. the name does not ring any bells ( i live in siglufjörður )
@@TheGFSRagnar Jónasson The dark Iceland saga.
@@simonettasmacchia639 ahh ok, i've heard about his books, but i dont like reading :)
Why are people not seen there?
I guess I was early and most of them not up yet
@@IcelandHotSpots hmm
You from Reykjavik
Because I want come to Iceland
Need can you would like sponsor me
Me maybe it will difficult bit little for you 😊
Beautiful but looks lonely
Yes it looks lonely but imagine this used to be one of the busiest places in Iceland. Everyone fishing for herring.
Ni una persona en las calles
Muito quieto.
Nobody on the streets. Where a citizens?
Sleeping or travelling I guess haha
@@IcelandHotSpots What time of day was this video filmed? I do not know anything about Iceland and therefore I cannot understand whether you are joking or not.
But I really want to visit this beautiful country.
@@thatguywiththemitsu9696 Haha no I'm serious. It was around 8 or 9am, the sun barely sets in summer so it was already bright and sunny. I hope you get the chance to visit sometime :)
@@IcelandHotSpots Thanks for the explanation. I will try to come to Reykjavik before the new year.
Nice but looks like a ghost town
Yes it was early in the morning but it was also the national independence day of Iceland and many of the locals were out of town.
@@IcelandHotSpots Good time to film. I like to film when not many people are out. And I think you had a Corona lock down summer 2020?
And the people ? Cars ? Sounds ? Metals bands ? 😴
Inside watching Netflix
this looks depressing and suicidal