Iceland Walking Tour - Reykjavík [4K]
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- This is a sightseeing tour in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. If you are interested in travelling to Iceland you might want to check out other videos on this channel.
Highlights of the tour:
00:00 - We start the tour by Reykjavik pond. It is located close to Reykjavik airport.
01:30 - This is the sculpture "Úr Álögum" (Dispel) by Einar Jónsson.
02:02 - This is a sculpture of Tómas Guðmundsson, a famous poet.
04:10 - The building on the right with the columns is Reykjavik city hall.
04:35 - Tjarnarbíó theatre to the left, the home of independent theatre in Iceland.
06:27 - Iðnó straight ahead. It is a restaurant, café and a cultural centre.
06:43 - The Unknown Bureaucrat, a sculpture by Magnús Tómasson.
06:58 - The building with the green roof across the pond is Fríkirkjan church (Free Church).
08:33 - Straight ahead is Alþingi, the Parliament House.
08:45 - Reykjavík Cathedral to the right.
09:23 - A statue of Jón Sigurðsson, the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement.
11:00 - Entering Austurstræti (east street).
13:00 - This is the Yule cat, a man-eating beast in Icelandic folklore.
14:00 - Stjórnarráðið, the Cabinet house.
15:36 - Laugarvegur street is straight ahead, the most famous shopping street and one of the oldest. We will be going right to Skólavörðustræti street.
16:08 - You can see Hallgrimskirkja church in the distance. It is open every day from 9am-5pm.
16:47 - Hegningarhúsið (The Penalty House) to the left. A former prison built in 1872.
20:34 - Now entering the open area of Hallgrimskirkja church. As you can see it was a very windy day and a storm was coming in.
20:46 - A statue of Leif Eiriksson, a norse explorer from Iceland and the first known European to have set foor on continental North America.
22:08 - Going down Frakkastígur street.
25:37 - Now entering Hverfisgata street.
28:36 - Þjóðleikhúsið to the right, the national theatre of Iceland.
28:57 - Safnahúsið to the right, the culture house museum.
30:00 - Hæstiréttur, supreme court of Iceland.
31:08 - Seðlabankinn, central bank of Iceland.
31:57 - Harpan concert hall is across the street. We will enter it soon.
33:18 - The Musician, a sculpture by Ólöf Pálsdóttir.
34:00 - We are now inside Harpan concert hall.
37:00 - The snow covered mountain is called Esja.
42:30 - We end the tour by Sólfarið, the Sun Voyager sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason.
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Equipment I use:
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Gimbal: Zhiyun Smooth 4
Boots: Dr. Martens Unisex Crazy Horse Chelsea Boot
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Are you on segway? If not the stability and coordination of your hands/body is AMAZING!!! Looks like you gliding.
Haha thank you Markus. No I don't have a segway but I have a gimbal. And I walk in a very funny way to increase stability. People who see me film probably think I'm bonkers.
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Okay, i see. I watched the entire video non-stop in VR (well that did not make it 3D but I had HUGE Imax-like view :) So I watched the entire lenghts of it and enjoyed this video so much, it made my day. I especially liked the idea that you went inside that modern theater... It would be so nice to also have a video of more Reykjavik streets and parks like Laugavegur, Laekjargata and more but I guess it is time and energy consuming. And the bad thing that Google Maps street view often is outdated. Your videos gave the fresh view. Thank you!
You watched it in VR? Cool. I'm sure I will follow up on your recommendations and film more in Reykjavík this coming summer. But you are right, time and especially weather are limiting factors.
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Thank you. I miss Iceland - haven't been there for few years.
@@IcelandHotSpots oh, I thought you were in the back of Thor's chariot.
I watched this three years ago, and my brain thinks I was actually in Reykjavik. I kind of have flashbacks about the walk and where "we went". I watched it alone, but I keep thinking I was there with my partner, maybe because I feel I walked with another person, which was this anonymous camera person. It was odd to hear the wind and street noises, yet you never said as much as "Excuse me" to the pedestrians you barged past, nearly colliding a couple of times. I loved seeing the evil Christmas Cat again, and so many sculptures along the way. Thanks for doing this. I know I will never go there. I just started thinking about it because of the threatened volcanic eruptions near the Blue Lagoon.
Thanks and I'm glad you got that immersive feeling. The camera is has a sort of fisheye lens so people may seem a lot closer than they actually are. I'm sorry if I gave the immpression of a rude person.
What a beautiful country!🇮🇸
Thankyou.This is the best video i have seen walking around Reykavik absolutely fantastic. Looking forward to my vist in march 2023. Please do more......
Thank you, I will try my best and I hope you have a wonderful trip.
So, so wonderful! We were in Reykjavik in 2017 and walked the entire city in the 10 days we were there. Thank you for taking me along the same wonderful streets of this incredible city.
I'm glad to brings back some memories. Sounds like a nice trip you had.
I'm in love with Iceland 😍
This place is beautiful.
Dude, your recording skills are next level.
Thank you for the compliment. It means a lot to me.
I want to move to Iceland- The best place in the world!
I use to live there I miss it so much
Nice place
nice joke..the best place in the world just for 3 or 5 days and u should to runnnnnnnnnn🤦👌👌
I will commit suicide for more than a month here..🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@ilhamtlam5250 oh stfu
@@Chellie1
I must be white bear to stay more than a month with you there😅😂😂🤣
Vá, mjög óspennandi ef þú býrð í reykjavík.
And that's Iceland folks a beautiful country one must be a cold weather person like me it's such a clean country you get what you see no deception. I could trade the cold for living there. Of course tire chains when driving on the snow and ice to play it safe.
I love the architecture
Saludos desde Santa Fe Argentina. Se ve una muy linda ciudad. Borges, un gran escritor argentino de fama mundial era fanático de la cultura , la literatura islandesa y de sus tradiciones. sentía fascinación por Islandia y la visitó tres veces. Dejó un gran recuerdo en el poblado de Reykholt y en todo el ámbito literario de Islandia.
Gracias. Admito que no sabía sobre Borges. Muy interesante.
Y parece que ahi se caso en rito nordico cin kodama...(que justo ayer la vi almorzando en la vereda de un resto en juncal casi rodriguez peña)...
My dream is to go to Iceland ❤️🇮🇸
I hope your dreams come true
X2
Quiero ir a islanida es tan hermosa:3
This place is incredibly beautiful. It's so clean and peaceful, yet so strangely vibrant. Thanks a lot for the video!
you channel is a cure to anxiety ❤
Thank you
I love this country 😘😘😊😊
I just went a week ago. Some of the place looks so much different covered in snow.
And by summer it will have transformed again. Always different and yet the same.
Хорошая получилась прогулка с сильным ветром и облаками.
Спасибо. Ветер и облака здесь очень нормальные. Россиянам тоже не привыкать к холоду.
Love the tour, thanks a lot!
i love iceland😍😍
Much appreciated - what an amazing walk around a beautiful city.
This is incredible! Thank you so much for sharing with us. It's almost like I'm there. 👍
Lovely place
A great recording. My appreciation :)
fantastic work, plz continue, great!!!
Bela capital com arquitetura diversificada, cidade limpa e segura. Excelente vídeo, parabéns.
Amazing! I'm really interested in living there.
I'm very impressed with people's behaviour. I mean, they seem to be very kind, polite.... You are walking through the main city, the capital, and I couldn't hear any noise. Awesome
Yes it has this small town feel to it, which I guess it is in a way
Hmm, not sure if it's really politeness.
1. We only have 366k inhabitants, 1/3rd of which lives in the capital area.
2. The weather is really only good during the summer, and this was filmed during winter, it seems. (It's also windy. VERY windy. 80% of our country's energy is green, but we literally can't use wind-power because there's TOO MUCH wind! Haha. Most of our energy is actually geothermal energy or hydropower)
3. People mostly stay inside, and drive from place to place, as there's not much to do outside. (we drive a LOT. We have only 366k inhabitants, but over 330k registered vehicles!)
Absolutely awesome!
Thank you 🙂
Beautiful thank you
You're welcome 🙂
Beautiful video!!!, I would like to visit Reykjavik soon, looks really cool, thanks for sharing this incredible video
WoW , thanksgiving for posting this video , I loved it
Thank you for the kind words ehsan
Watching this and at the same time listening to Sigur Rós. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent combo ☺️
Excellent video! Keep up the good work!
Thanks :)
thanks for the interesting walk! I first decided to see Reykjavik and thanks to you I did it!
i like iceland i move iceland i am profiicnal house pinter
Merci pour ce beau tour de ville !
Je vous en prie.
Como agradezco a la persona que con su cámara me enseña este país Islandia?
Maravillosa tierra ... una sociedad respetuosa y educada.
Vivo en Chile...al otro lado del mundo.. Pero...el país de mis sueños es Islandia.
Amo todo de este país.!!!!🌹😍🌹🌹😍😍🌹🌹
Ya me has dado las gracias. Tus amables palabras me hacen feliz. Gracias.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing, and have a happy new year!
Thank you. Happy 2020 for you as well.
Very cool tour
I am from Saudi Arabia
I wish to visit Iceland
You should!
@@IcelandHotSpots
Well my friend this is my pleasure
Thanks for your kind reply
Many thanks !💐
And thank you
Love it, thanks for the video its my dream to visit iceland someday
You are welcome catherine thank you for the kind words :)
Nice one
You Sir are brilliant.So enjoyable😊😊😊😊
Makes me glad. Thank you for the compliment ☺️
We are from Brazil and in 2018 we walked through the same path you did when in Iceland. Good memories from there! Thamk you for sharing this vídeo.
Obrigado. Fico feliz em trazer de volta memórias.
BEAUTIFUL video! Thank you very much, I've always wanted to see Iceland!
Thanks Sam. Maybe you'll visit sometime
@@IcelandHotSpots I really hope so😁
Que hermosa Ciudad..se ve muy próspera.
Cierto. Es una ciudad muy especial.
IcelandHotSpots Algún día la conoceré en Persona...saludos hermano
wow!! amazing quality lens. beautiful city. thanks!
Thank you too!
you have no idea how much u made me happy rn, I cannot thank u enough
Thank you so much. Honestly few things make me as happy as when people tell me they enjoy the videos ☺️☺️
Nice ride! Thanks
You're welcome friend
@@IcelandHotSpots Thanks, have a nice day
great walk! thanks for sharing...
Thanks
This is just so beautiful
Thanks Harry 🙂
You welcome
Thanks for share ! The Iceland is probably the better memory on my life ... I came in October 2019 and will be back again as soon as I can ! 🥰
I hope you don't have to wait too long. Thank you SeBmw :)
Cool
Wow this was great would love to see more of Iceland 💖💝
Thank you. I will keep them coming ☺️
@@IcelandHotSpots oh that be great thx 💖🥳😊
thanks a lot for the vid.
You are welcome, thank you
Selamun Aleykum Efe Abi
Efe! hvordan går det?? Du ser såå fin youtubere
şaaaaaak
Thank you for sharing this amazing 1st person view, it makes me feel like walking around Iceland now and forget about Covid quarantine! Would be great with VR. Wish to see more videos like this
I'll keep them coming. Have to try them in VR someday for myself. Thanks ☺️
Maravillosa ciudad!!! 👍👍👍
Gracias ☺️
Your video is amazing. I've just started vlog recently and you're the one of reasons why I started. Always looking forward to see the beautiful Iceland landscape!
Really? Wow I'm honored. Thank you and good luck with your channel :)
@@IcelandHotSpots Indeed! And thank you very much for subscribing my channel! You're my first subscriber and it's my honor too!
I've known an Icelandic girl for a while now and she said: Being born in Iceland is the equivalent of winning a lottery
I think she's right. There aren't many places that offer better quality of life.
amazing video
Thank you. 🙂
Nice walking video, thank you for sharing👍👍☺️
Thanks ☺️
I love the quality of the video seriously! And the buildings are so cute like in a fairytale, i love it. Thank you💕
Thank you so much for the compliment 🙂
Yeah you are absolutely right
Excellent . Thank you. So steady and quiet. No awful music. Congratulations
Thank you 🙂
After Switzerland I love Iceland 😍
Switzerland must be awesome :)
I just came back from holidays there and I did this same walk for a week. It was an amazing time and I plan to go back again for a visit ❤️ the most unique country I ever visited
So nice :) 😀 I'm glad your experience was a good one.
Спасибо за прогулку
Пожалуйста. Спасибо за просмотр.
thx u for this post. one of the best i have seen. had to wear my coat and hat while watching on my tablet...lol.guess those cold gusty winds blew off everyone's masks
It was definitely a bit chilly. The coldest I've been was in Laugarvatn. My fingers were numb and hurting when I finished filming.
His brings me back home when i last was in Reykjavik 2020 January thanks for reminding me of home
Just before the pandemic hit the world. You were lucky to make it in time I guess. Thanks Geoff :)
Great video keep filming more vids
Thank you I will do my best ☺️
Thank you very much for your video!It is a pleasure to discover your beautiful and unique country. I will visit Iceland for sure now! Thanks from Montreal, Canada.
Thank you Éric.
@@IcelandHotSpots Do you have other videos I can watch?
Oh tons of them. Check out my channel page. You just click the logo and I believe it should appear ☺️
@@IcelandHotSpots Merci!
Wonderful video. You walked right where I did. I stayed in the CityCenter Hotel. Also went to the bakery a few blocks from the church. I so want to return. Waiting on covid to get sorted.
Very soon hopefully it will be sorted. I've been waiting to get to Bergen in Norway myself. Thank you for the kind words Daniel.
Hej, very smooth, very nice filming in this video, Greetings!!
Thank you
I wish to visit Iceland. One day and then whenever I like. Because I love Europe and the Scandinavians so much. I was high while watching this video and you were so amazing filming with such ease and smoothness that I was transported to Iceland immediately. A VR would do even better I guess. Pray for me so I get to travel all these stunning places with fam and friends.
Thank you for sharing. I hope you will make it over with your friends and family one day 🙂
Nice country.. From malaysia..
the first 10 meters on the Pond looks most impressive. I've been shootin there once, hope you had a warm gloves ;)
Wonderful vídeo. My dream is to know the Reykjavík.
One day hopefully ☺️
Everywhere you look they are building things... Iceland is growing so quickly
Yes you are right. Construction in the center of Reykjavík is mainly because of demand in tourism, hotels and such.
Very good indeed. It won a new subscriber!
Thank you I appreciate it
I'M from Peru, and my dream is go there, its my favorite country for sure . I love it
I hope you can visit someday. I'd love to visit Peru as well.
Thanks for this. I would love to visit Reykjavik. Nevertheless, it was 26C (80 F) in Jacksonville, Fl today. Still, Iceland is beautiful.
I'd like to visit Florida someday. I want to visit the NASA museum. Would be strange for me to have such warm weather during Christmas though. 26C is about as warm as it gets in Iceland.
I'm talking about the Horn of Africa. This place is very beautiful and I liked the way you recorded it.
Thank you Walal. You live in the Horn of Africa?
@@IcelandHotSpots How did you learn the somali language or is somalia a brother
Nice
Thanks
no green tea?
for real though, this kind of videos are amazing. thank you for the tour
Haha thank you. I didn't really get the reference but I'm more of a coffee guy myself ☺️
Reykjavik is a lovely beautiful city and I am going to live there.
I hope your dream comes true.
nice thanks a lot I feel like I am there
Thank you 🙂
The glass walls of the Harpa, shaped like basalt formations you see in the countryside, are quite amazing. I hope you can show them in more detail in future vids, if you haven’t already. 😃 Hello from Hawaii 🌈
That's a good idea I might do that. Thank you
Aloha.
IcelandHotSpots oh, oh and the inside of that amazing church, and govt building on lake. And a quick look-see inside all those cool shops, you know, for us ladies who miss shopping amid corona. 🙏🏼
Impressive tour. I love Iceland 👍🏿👍🏿
#JasonTheWorldisYours
Thanks for the video. And for the details. I apologize for not knowing Reykjavík is so beautiful. The images on the internet are not very representative. It looks so modern and bright (especially the summer walk :)) . I love the modern architecture. I would like to know the exact month of filming. I am surprised there isn't more snow on the streets. It even seems the temperature is above freezing point. I really hope I will get to visit it someday! Keep up the good work 👏
I've been wanting to make a christmas walk in Reykjavík and I've been waiting for a bit of snow but it hasn't stayed long. So now in december the streets are clear of snow. This video was shot in late october if I recall, it was actually quite cold but hadn't snowed. I hope you make it to Reykjavík someday :)
Must have been in recorded nov/dec because the Christmas cat is on display in Lækjartorg.
Hey from Algeria i like your vidéo 4k
Thank you for saying so Zamoum
Muito bonito, parabéns, Brasil
Obrigada. Eu tenho um amigo no Brasil. Ele me deu tereré. Tenho saudades do tereré.
Já fui barman, aqui a bebida típica é caipirinha.
Logo verei videos em Reikyjavic.
is there a place to rent Segways? This is really helping get a lay of the land for our trip. Nice camera work. Where is a good place to get an authentic Iceland sweater?
Thanks and I don't know about segways but you should have no problem renting scooters. If that works for you. To get a better feel for the street names check the video description or turn on caption. They will give you more detail. There are places where you can get real wool sweaters. Check the smaller shops and ask around, the larger tourist shops often have imported ones.
I lived there in 1985; not a lot changed. Tjornin has been developed a bit at the east end. It would be difficult but a walking tour inside Surtshellir or Raufarholshellir would be quite interesting.
Some cave tours are definitely on my to do list. I have a very old video of Raufarhólshellir but it is very shaky.
Lovely city, nice to see Ryvik again in such detail.
I felt the speed was due to a fact that you were biking around or were you running? I tried to climb Mt Esja from the 'stofa' but had to give up as I did not have proper footwear.
I was walking really fast, almost at light jogging speed. Too bad you didn't make it to the top of Esja, maybe you can give it another go sometime.
Yeah Iceland 😍 should have visit it forthcoming may for the 15th time, but it is still uncertain due tot Covid......lets hope the best of it!!
15 times? Wow you must really like Iceland. What are you planning on doing if you can make it in May? What are your favourites so far?
@@IcelandHotSpots yeah i really really like it, really can't choose because i'm totally in love with RVK but also totally crazy for the countryside it is too hard in my perfect world i would live in Hveragerdi not too far from RVK but still on the countryside and at Bonus near me ;) but first hoping to travel in May to Iceland, not really a route im guessing a roundtrip ringroad with a minicamper .......we've got 20 days so ringroad at ease and a few days RVK and Akureyri
Alright sounds good. I hope you make it.
Interesting. It seems like Icelanders' favorite color, when it comes to clothes at least, is black. Anyways, Great video! Thank you for uploading it!
Thank you 🙂
Good job(b).
😀
Thank you 🙂
اللهم صلي على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين وسلم تسليما
This is such a cool video. Did you walk so smoothly or was the gimbal doing the work for you? And was it really a gopro mounted in a gimbal?
Thanks. So there are 3 things I do for stability. The gopro superstabil feature. The gimbal. And walking in a special way that increases stability, which requires a little effort.
What time was it when you were recording?
Excellent video
It was November 2019. Around 2pm.
6:40 - 6:44 What. Is. That? A man with a cover? Beautiful video! Thank you :^)
A sculpture called The Unknown Bureaucrat
Ohhh... interesting! Thank you :^)@@IcelandHotSpots
Wow! Very smooth and stable video capture on the move. Are you using a Steadicam or gimbal?
It is a combination of the gopro smooth feature and using a gimbal. And also walking funny.
@@IcelandHotSpots LOL Great results