🇮🇸 ICELAND: CULTURAL SHOCKS or The Worst Time to Go to Iceland: First Time | First Impression 😟
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- Have you ever been to Iceland? What do you think about Icelandic capital Reykjavik?
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00:00 Welcome to Iceland 🇮🇸 to Icelandic Capital Reykjavik
00:58 😱 Reykjavik Airport
02:06 😱 Weather is Iceland
03:01 😱 Worst Time to visit Iceland vs Best Time to visit Iceland
04:18 😱 It is SO RAINY in Iceland
06:25 😱 There is NO McDonald’s or Starbucks in Iceland
07:28 😱 WATER WITH ICE in Iceland Winter Time!
08:06 😱 Icelandic Restaurants and Icelandic Food
08:41 😱 Hot Water in Iceland SMELLS
09:05 😱 So many FISH & CHIPS places in Iceland
10:06 😱 It’s difficult in Iceland to find a HAND-DRYERS
10:54 😱 Iceland is not a part of EU
11:48 😱 Icelandic main industry is TOURISM
12:36 😱 Icelandic People
13:36 😱 Icelandic Names
14:58 😉 I really want to TRAVEL TO ICELAND again!
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Hi. I wanted to corrected you about the Northern Lights! They actually start in September! We’ve had insanely beautiful northern light all through September and October this year. Sometimes these are actually the best months to see them because the skies are clearer, it isn’t snowing.
@@jackjacobson3893 aww thank you so much 🤗
@@malukitaandmokada that’s so true! Thank you very much ☺️🤗
I was recommended for the best chance to see the Northern Lights still to come late February - March time ☺️
Hi
I've been organising my trip back to Europe after the shitty covid years. As an Australian that lived in Europe for years there is only a few places that I haven't been. Iceland here I come. Thank you
there were actually lots of nights with beautiful northernlights this oktober. And also umbrellas will likely be destroyed in the wind here 😂
Great video, love your videos
Hello!!!! I’m going there in september, thanks for these videos!
We were in Iceland in May this year for 9 days and absolutely fell in love with it! We are already planning a return trip! The country is so beautiful, the food is amazing and the people are wonderful! I hope you went to the SeaBaron for their lobster soup and popped into their lovely C
hristmas store!!
No McD's there because Icelandic people have taste.
Spent 6 days in Iceland after 2 months of traveling the northern half of Norway.
Was just barely enough time to do the E1 Ring Road around the island with lots to see, but no time for any glacier walks or much else off the main road.
Saw amazing Northern Lights show one night, beautiful waterfalls, Black Sand Beaches near Dyrhólaey, breathtaking landscapes...and no traffic.
Loved Anna's vids of Norway and she is correct about here, needs more time to visit. Two or three weeks would be better.
I tell anyone who thinks about visiting...Do It!
🤩🤩🤩 sounds like a great trip, Keno!! I’m sure you enjoyed it a lot ☺️ Northern Norway.. then Iceland .. sounds like a dream!
I will definitely be back in Iceland! 4 days totally not enough, way too many activities to do here ☺️
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I teared up when watching some of the breathtaking spots you had in the videos in Norway.
Hope when you make it back to Iceland you get to see the interior of the country. I never did but met with others travelers that had the chance and what they shared...WOW.
The landscapes are much different than Norway but just as special.
One thing videos cannot do is convey the feelings when surrounded by the natural beauty. Could go on forever talking about both places but tell people if they think they might want to see either, just do it.
Love your videos 👍
🤩 thank you very much 🤗
Hi Anna, I enjoyed your vlog. I'm looking at so many at the moment to get a feel as to what I might expect when I go in January next year. Only going for a short visit so a lot to cram in for my time there. Thanks from another UK tourist :)
I love your accent and your enthusiasm
Hi Anna nice information 🙂
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You definitely should visit the North of Iceland next time you're there! Quite an experience especially in Feb. Great video!
Hasan 🤩🤩🤩 hi hi there 🤗
That’s exactly what I’m planning to do! This was a business trip so I literally had only 1 day to explore the country 😅 which was not enough at all 😉
So definitely next time feb or march 🙌🏻
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel February? Perfect even I’ll be visiting with my family 👊🏻✌️!
Northern Lights are active in September and October, this year they have been amazing during these months! Don’t avoid coming in those months thinking there isn’t northern lights!
🤩🤩🤩 wow!! That’s amazing! And really good to know for the future 😉
Thank you very much 🤗
I’m planning to come again in February/ March and then summer time again 😉 Iceland is absolutely gorgeous!
It's shocking!! 🥶🥶🥶🥶
New banger, we are now in iceland 🇮🇸
That was my best travel experiences,nice and magical country and super nice and kind people
Exactly! It was so amazing ☺️ fantastic country 🙌🏻
Looks great, Anna! You ever had Icelandic Cod? The kind I had was great I thought.
Thank you very much, Michael 🤗
I managed to try as much as I could traditional Icelandic food during 1 week of my stay. I have to tell you, Icelandic food is absolutely amazing!
I second to your last point, been there mid of Oct and I truly want to go there again in the future, I'm not sure why but that's what I feel.
Same!! I can’t wait to visit Iceland again ☺️ hopefully in March and then summer time 😉
We always serve cold drinks with ice all year round in Canada even in the coldest places which are way colder than Iceland!
i was just there. October 12-15 it is so incredible!
Were you?? 🤩 what a coincidence! We might’ve passed by each other several times ☺️
October is still nice in Reykjavik, from 2 to 8 deg C, after that it is at least 5 months of winter. Norway (5.4 million) has 14 times the population of Iceland which is 388,550 in Feb.2022.
Oh, that Church! Awesome.
Ohh yeah 🤩🤩 it is gorgeous indeed 😌
Amazing video about Iceland and culture shocks. how do we pay for parking in Reykjavik? Thanks like your videos
Thanks, perfect time. Will be my first time in Iceland starts for me in 5 Days. CamperVan around Iceland.
I hope i will see some Northernlights 😉😇😇
Campervan 🤩🤩 ohh god that’s amazing! I’m sure you’ll love it!
And it’s a very right time to see the Northern Lights as well 😉
Hope you’re wrong about no northern lights in October. We’re going there next month. (October)
I’ve been watching tons of blogs and you’re the first person to say this. 😮
You and me both. I'm heading out there in two weeks.
Pure golden heart and personality has anna goldman
Aww thank you so much indeed ☺️🤗
Thanks you too anna but I say truth about you , your smile and charming face all the tell about your behaviour and nature and intende your smile is your biggest power who makes you most attractive than others
Very interesting, information to know yes shocking indeed from the 50th state, Hawaii
You have to try on summer aswell
I found your videos, around a week, ago. I am a subscriber. Your videos are all fantastic! Only one issue. This is probably the fifth or sixth video, I've watched. I didn't notice in the other videos. In this one, you say "Oh my God" several times. Please consider substituting with gosh, instead. Your videos have inspired me to make Iceland a priority. I know where to save money and when to go there. Spasebo!! Takk!! Grazie!!
Hi from back in Seattle, Anna; and Happy Halloween! So, you're in Iceland now? I've been in the airport twice, changing planes both coming and going from Scandinavia! But that's all I've seen of Iceland; I think I'd like to visit again for a bit longer, and see more of the country than the airport. How long are you there for..?
Hello there 🤗🤗🤗
Happy Halloween 👻
I was in Iceland for 1 week and it wasn’t enough at all! So many places to visit there and so many things to do 😌
I would really recommend visiting the country! If you like the rest of Scandinavia you’ll definitely enjoy Iceland 😉 it’s quite similar but in fact really different from the rest 🙂
Your first point is wrong since you are talking about the International airport of Keflavík not Reykjavík Airport - that is actually tiny. I would also never recommend ever using an umbrella in Icelandic weather. The wind is to crazy and you will end up hurting yourself or others.
I just came back from there! I loved the electric scooters 😁
It’s one place I’m considering for university, as well as Norway.
🤩🤩 that’s amazing! Great choice! What do you study? 😉
Have you already been to Norway?
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel I went to Norway when I was 8, so technically yes, but I don’t remember it. 😁
I honestly love both. The people, language, clean air, architecture, nature… everything! It’s very difficult to chose one over the other.
I’m currently doing psychology, biology, and English language at A-level. I’d like to study something to do with the brain, maybe psychology or psychiatry. Not sure at all! I still have a couple years to choose though. The thing about Icelandic universities is (from the brief look I had) that they teach it in Icelandic. That’s alright, but I’m currently learning Norwegian and I’m not quite prepared to learn two at once just yet.
Thank you for the video! I’ve watched you for a year or so and appreciate them very much. :)
Favorite Nordic country...hmmmm. That is a bit like asking what is your favorite organ in the body, or maybe pointing out your favorite child. It can't lead to anything good. Just point out how wonderful each country is in their own way and how important it is for the others. Iceland to me has several associations. First of all it has maintained a window to the past through language and history, more than other nordic countries you can sense the past in their culture. Secondly, it's nature is so strange and different. Scandinavia is a very old landmass, while Iceland just recently popped up from the ocean. Culturally tied to ancient culture, and geologically a teenager. All countries are somehow tied to ancient culture, but Iceland have done the most in keeping it alive. Nationalism is the force that have distorted history most in all nations around the world, but I feel like Iceland have been most true to a real picture of the past....maybe.
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you should also visit the Faroe Islands
The 'new' MC'Donalds chain in Iceland that was brought up after Mc'D got taken down, is called - Metro and is located in the same place that MC'Donalds were 😜
There is two metro shops. One is located just outside of the mall of Smáralind in Kópavogur. The other one is located more ib the center of Reykjavík, although is not really downtown Reykjavík. It's the same concept with other label and even worse taste 🙈
It's nice to see you I like the look of them ear plugs it's getting close to the Universal translator in Star Trek . You are very Lucky to be able to travel best to stick with the name Anna and Olga. Lol fish and chips sound good but I'm a Brit
Anna is super easy, you are right ☺️ only French were able so far to still butcher it 😂😂 how can they manage? 😁
So many British people in Iceland! I was quite impressed ☺️
Lamb dogs!!! with so many different combinations of toppings... served all over the country.
Lamb dogs?? 😳 what is it? ☺️
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel What sets Icelandic hot dogs apart is that they are made mostly from Icelandic lamb, along with pork and beef. And, this isn't just any lamb, pork or beef. This is organic, free range, grass fed, hormone free - pick your positive metaphor - Icelandic lamb, pork and beef.
Yeah, the rain here sucks. The raindrops themselves are cold and it's windy, not a peaceful combination!
P.S. Yes, we serve water with Ice. And we eat Ice Cream... even when it's in the damn middle of winter!! XD
Norway- don’t know why I love that country so much. I have not been yet, but will go soon. I must have been Norwegian in my previous life, otherwise I can’t explain why country that I have never visited speaks to me so much😂
Norway is a gorgeous country indeed! And definitely worth visiting 😉
Hi anna what can I say iceland beautiful country to live and better lifestyle too there's a norwegian consulate it's the easiest way to travel to norway i was wondering if i stayed in iceland for months to planning to move to norway that will be great for me like you said about fast food in iceland i think they have kfc taco bell and domino's it's an american pizza chain in us and in iceland there's also convenience store norway has many convenience stores like narvesen and 7 11 what about grocery stores in iceland I would say this that grocery stores in iceland are cheaper than norway
I still prefer cooking myself when I’m in Scandinavia ☺️ it’s a part of the culture 😉
Mmmm...juicy Icelandic food!
Did you rent a car while you were there? I am thinking of going for 3 months and exploring it all
You almost must get a car as we have no trains and public transit between north south is rather limited. But do keep in mind winter driving is hard and night comes fast but summer is bright but offloading is illegal
McDonalds in Iceland story. > 2008: Lehman Brothers 💥 Price of McDonalds burger in Iceland 📈 so no more McD's for Icelanders! but there is a private label brand called Metro that is a version of McD.
What county are you originally from?
I am very thankful to you, you enjoyed us alot with your vlogs. I have you will come in Pakistan and you will explore it. Thank you.
Aww thank you very much 🤩🤗 I’m happy you enjoyed this one too 🙂
I'm wanna go to Iceland 🇮🇸 because of the northern lights, which months you this are good? Thanks
well if you are mostly interested in the northern lights come here in december or january, but her video is basicly about Reykjavik, I live in the northern part of the country and it's a bit different, we have a lot more snow.. But less light polution so you see the northern lights more often.. For example last night was pretty bright cause of the NL
The hot water doesn't smell in the majority of Iceland outside the SW part.
1 mistake, (Coming from an icelander)The darkest days in iceland are actually 20 and 21 of december. So come on christmas
Everyone loves Iceland, everyone wants to live in Iceland, but you can't. Oh, I wont to retire in Iceland. Oh I want to start a business in Iceland.
I knew someone who lived there for three years and while she acknowledges the great things about the place, she was relieved to get out. Expensive, difficult to find work, people wont get close to you easily, especially if you don't slog you backside off to learn the language. The cold and miserable winters take their toll. Like many places I've been to and think I would like to live here, being a tourist is very different to living in a place. Remember, wherever you go, you take yourself with you.
How is the night life in Iceland? How about dating for singles? Please let me know? Thanks.
Iceland has amazing crossfitters too!
Absolutely! What a gorgeous country ☺️
We're going in October, ugh. You said it's the worst month.
They are mostly very kind, waterfalls are amazing...but the food is therible and without taste, and there is no sun..:))
Are you sure you’ve been to Iceland? 🙄 as Icelandic food is really delicious and rich ☺️
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel Yes sweetie, i am 100% sure...food in Iceland taste like plastic, just like in Norway...belive me, if you tried it, you would know, food is almost across whole Europe tasteless like that, except Serbia, Croatia and few another balcan states....
But of course, you have another advantages...you can't have everythng in life...i like your blonde hair, blue eyes, and sometimes green, your kindness...:)) 🖤
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel Where is your Sun, Moon, and what is your ascedent? In the name of science i ask...:))
Reykjavik is about 85% cloudy and 15% sunny
@@aleksandara6962 your wat ppl in iceland call matvandur
Not Scandinavia👍 great vid👏
One very brief visit, I was in the Army. Headwinds & fuel required a six hour stop. I saw ALL of the airport shops, a cafe, a bookstore, and two bars. Friendly people! Then back to Germany......
So tap water in Iceland is not as good as in Norway?
the tap water is fine, there is usually a lot of wrongs when travel vloggers are descriping the water here.
the gethermal water is not pumped straight up from the ground to your sink, its pumped up and used to heat regular water through exchangers. the smell still manages to get over, same with the smell.
so.. when in the southern part of the country, you dont drink the hot water. the cold water is just regular spring water, you just have to let it run for a bit.
and then.. everywhere else around the country does not have geothermal hot water. just heated clean spring water
@@ivarmarkusson382 Thanks.
Norwegian tap water is really the tastiest in the world 😉
But in Iceland it’s also not bad 🙂 still not as tasty as in Norway though 🙂
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel you would have to taste water out on the countryside in iceland. the water in the colder non geothermal parts really dont taste the same. i grew up in the westfjords then moved to reykjavík and lived there untill me 30's, moved back west and man, i had forgotten how good the water is here.
also. drinking water straight from the ground is a thing here from little streams that come down the mountains.
@@ivarmarkusson382 Yep, the absolute best water in the world is if you visit some farm that has their own well up in a mountain-side. I lived most of my life in the north of Iceland and I was always a little bit disappointed with the water in Reykjavík. I live in Oslo now and it's generally very good, probably slightly better than Reykjavíks' but sometimes it can actually get a bit brown when there is torrential rain/bad weather, this is because the biggest water source is from a lake rather than an underground spring. I'm sure the water in more rural areas of Norway is up there with rural Iceland, but I think Iceland may edge it out mostly due to it having more layer of gravel and silt than most places in Norway which is mostly just a lot of granite rock so the water doesn't get as filtering.
No, Starbucks! In Iceland? That's terrible😔
We olso have hand driers
Metro is Icelandic McDonalds they just use Icelandic beef instead of imported American beef.
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In the US you need to ask for no ice no matter what time of year.
Great vlog as always! After a few years you are still making rookie mistakes. Iceland is NOT a Scandinavian country. S.N.D. When in doubt say Nordic, that includes Iceland, Finland and Faroe island. N and S was not in a union for hundreds of yrs only 91! With D from like 1320 or something like that to 1814. We in N call it the 500 year long night… now you know my dear. Be safe and Keep up the good work! Love ya! Kisses and hugs!
The term Scandinavia (sometimes specified in English as Continental Scandinavia or mainland Scandinavia) is ordinarily used locally for Denmark, Norway and Sweden as a subset of the Nordic countries (known in Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish as Norden; Finnish: Pohjoismaat, Icelandic: Norðurlöndin, Faroese: Norðurlond).[28]
However, in English usage, the term Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym or near-synonym for what are known locally as Nordic countries
Don’t insult Wikipedia, please 😉
Thank you 4 finding me another country I won't be caught dead in No McDonalds not going nope never
haha, McDonalds are the worst burgers ever sold here in Iceland, dont think anybody misses them
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Yeah, that's not why Mcdonalds went under. It went broke in the total economic collapse after the government ran the country into the ground in 2008-2009. So technically it's due to bad management, but by the government. Just ask any Icelander in Norway. Most of them moved there in the crisis.
Really 🤩 moved to Norway? How interesting! I didn’t know ☺️
@@AnnaGoldmanTravel Somewhere between 5000-10000 people moved to Norway in the first two years after 2008, that is quite a lot considering the small size of the population.
To be specific and add to what @rassgathole wrote. McDonald's requires franchisees to buy supplies from McDonald's in the US to meet their standards (or at least they did when McDonald's was in Iceland), but when the economic crash happened, the company running McDonald's in Iceland (Lyst ehf.) could no longer afford to buy supplies from abroad, so they ended their partnership with McDonald's and started Metro instead.
Iceland did an impressive effort when Iceland beat powerhouse England 2-1 in 2016 Euros..
I am laughing a lot when you try to speak Icelandic names hahaha sorry don't mind my laughing
I’m sure you are 😂😂😂 I’m so sorry for butchering your language ☺️
You resemble Olivia Wilde.
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