Reacting to MYTHS about ICELAND

[@athleticgrandma7830]

I’m from Texas, people tend to think we ride horses to school so I feel ya on that one.

[@44RisingSun44]

Shhh don’t tell them that we aren’t all living in a Wild Wild West western movie 😂

[@TX_BigSpit]

We rode horses to school a few times. Tractors too!

[@ievgenkolomiiets6884]

you must've always dropped your colt when you heard that

[@PopescuSorin]

i do..

[@charris5700]

Im a Texan and I drove a Tank to school but i didn't load the gun just to be safe and polite, had my rifle and side arm though so that was good nuf.

[@permin9533]

6:45 Okay, Iceland, wait for your new citizen

[@anthonyr1416]

That was me

[@sarasifsigfusdottir7557]

per min haha cant wait to see you somewhere roaming around

[@bobhaagsma7942]

Yea, honestly.. going crazy this summer. They are murdering my left arm, which has a pretty fresh tattoo so I cannot scratch etc. I might just have to consider moving as well.

[@kiyoshikimura977]

I know your little tricks! You can't fool me. By new citizen, you mean, new MOSQUITO. YOU ARE A MOSQUITO!!! XD

[@pussypumper4205]

per min that is what i thought when i read that somewhere else😂

[@frankyh101]

"We dont apologise for everything in Iceland" *apologises for rain*

[@TheSendibilar]

Við notum afsakið

[@TheSendibilar]

We use afsakið = skusme

[@frankyh101]

@Jinjyo ni Shoubu I'm not American buddy.

[@mickburton6838]

Jinjyo ni Shoubu English spell with an ‘S’, which would technically be the correct spelling.

[@knightdaemon4836]

Hahaha. Americans think they have the correct spelling. They just borrowed the language the English.

[@ulrikaandersson1463]

Iceland: ”We have a lot of trees” Me: a swede who has travelled around Iceland, you do have trees. What you do not have is a lot of trees.

[@louisrobitaille5810]

"We have trees" = more than one. "We have a lot of trees" from an Icelandic person = 1 small forest "We have a lot of trees" from a Canadian = 1 000 massive forests. (idk about the rest of the world xd)

[@isquirtmilkfrommyeye]

“Trees” haha. The old joke is that if you get lost in the forest in Iceland, just stand up.

[@festimkupa4280]

#Ulrika which country would you prefer Iceland or Sweden?

[@sweeperboy]

So the one about trees is at least partially true. When I first went to Iceland in the mid-2000s, my Icelandic tour guide told me that there were very few trees in the most of Iceland, but there was one place in the south which *actually* had a wood. When I travelled with the group, I found this largely to be true; the "trees" that were found in the rest of the country were really quite stunted, almost bonzai-fied to the point of being little more than shrubs. However, when I went again in 2018, I saw more trees than I remembered the first time, even though it was winter this time not summer. I wonder if there has been some tree-planting going on in that time as most of the trees I saw were quite young ones.

[@mr-x7689]

​@@isquirtmilkfrommyeye When i studied blacksmithing, one of my teatchers told me a storry about when he went to Island to work at a museum event. During said event he spoke to one of the emplyees about taking a walk in a forest to see the difference between Swedish and Islandic forests. And since he diden´t want to get lost in a forign land he asked what he should do if he got lost. The awnser was a short laugh and "stand up".

[@michaellacostales5585]

Ah Iceland; where men are 7-foot giants and women are crossfit champions who can beat you with a kettle bell.

[@wardeni9603]

It's isolated too. So basically it's Nordic heaven

[@Liam-fs5fe]

Anyone know if Iceland has any good Hockey players? They should have

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@wardeni9603 it's not. You foreigners will ruin everything with you cultures

[@GarethDix]

Liam have you never seen the film the mighty ducks? 😂

[@arnrunoskmagnusdottir6865]

Liam there are maby 5 hockey teams in Iceland lmao 😂

[@Ondrus21]

If you get lost in Icelandic woods, just stand up!

[@papperlapapp1922]

Hilarious, you made my day

[@radioactivel1609]

I don’t get it

[@papperlapapp1922]

@@radioactivel1609 most trees in Iceland are beautiful, but not very big.

[@videowillplayafterads8437]

My tour guide said this on way to gullfoss

[@CroatZg]

@@papperlapapp1922 Tall*

[@sadiomane7720]

No mosquitos? No matter what it costs, just reserve me an appartment, I'm f***ing coming!

[@grizzly5627]

Factssss

[@sirisaacclarke4964]

I call bullshit, i'm from Greenland and we have SHITLOAD of them.

[@forgalzz7]

Their largest lake is called "Mývatn". Guess what that means ...

[@sadiomane7720]

@@forgalzz7 tell me😂

[@forgalzz7]

@@sadiomane7720 "Midge lake"

[@ryanrandall1727]

"Nearly every Icelander owns a horse" "Where do you get this from?" ...Skyrim...

[@theicelandicnationalist2.023]

Hehehe, yes Skyrim is a perfect representation of the Nordic countries

[@ericadams5019]

They say the same thing about us in Kentucky... and I dont own shoes..

[@ilovechicken90]

Mongolia says bitch please.

[@kingstonmccrackin6390]

I literally laughed out loud!

[@gamingthisera6339]

@@theicelandicnationalist2.023 Skyrim introduce me viking and Scandinavian culture

[@baronwynter6536]

Someone: People from Iceland don't apologise. Me: Why would Vikings apologize to anyone LoL.

[@Thulgore]

Oddly, Iceland never had "vikings". They are descended from people called vikings. The colonies weren't vikings but they were/are.....sort of. Icelandic peoples never raided anyone to my knowledge. I'm not sure if the "killer viking" genetics ever had any basis in Iceland honestly. The US (white people perspective) was not founded by warrior culture either.

[@gcanaday1]

A viking might actually apologize if he thought he'd taken something without winning it appropriately first. But that's really just before he wins it, often with an axe. Because law and stuff, can't look like a thief in front of the gods. There is a story about one who did just that, he got away after being captured and stole a treasure on his way out. He felt bad, so he turned around and went back and killed the guy and his family and burnt his house down. He felt like he earned it then.

[@wiptide]

@@gcanaday1 Can you link it? It sound super interesting.

[@gcanaday1]

@@wiptide I'd have to FIND it again! It stuck in my my mind because it was so far removed from the common narrative concerning them. If I run across it again I'll post.

[@probablyhomer9338]

Viking is not a people. Viking is an action. “Let’s go Viking.” An expedition if you will.

[@zaujimaveinformacie4008]

Iceland and Greenland should switch names to start with

[@magnikristinsson]

nei

[@spencermoss5528]

I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard that they were actually named the wrong way around when they first discovered by mistake at it stuck

[@magnikristinsson]

@@spencermoss5528 no, iceland was named such because hrafna-flóki saw a bunch of ice by the beaches when he came there, and greenland was named such because they needed more colonists

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@magnikristinsson Greenland was actually green when it was discovered since there where a local climate change slightly before and after the Viking age that made Greenland a few degrees warmer.

[@magnikristinsson]

@@Henrik_Holst perhaps, Who knows?

[@poundcakeshuffle]

It sounds like horses have been spreading rumors about Iceland.

[@vegas44gp]

confusing Shetland ponies for Icelandic ponies?????

[@Kenny-bj2zq]

Does Iceland have some of the highest STD rates?

[@katehardwick4283]

poundcakeshuffle 😂

[@kardoxfabricanus7590]

What??? Horses aren't real! "Goodbye horses you don't exist at all!"

[@bionotes7153]

I spent a semester studying ecology abroad in Iceland. There used to be almost no trees in Iceland due to deforestation. Now there are about 2% land covering of trees. Very exciting.

[@abdalrazzaqdawood8712]

Hi how you doing

[@alieucamara8499]

Hi

[@TR4R]

I'm from Costa Rica. Back in the day there wasn't too much environmental conscience in this country. That changed during the 80's. More and more areas were declared protected and we now cover around 25 percent of the surface of our land under protection. There are many national parks that are visited by tourists and I can assume every city has at least a park with trees. So yeah, it's like a recovery story.

[@linajurgensen4698]

3:02 As a german I *can’t* relate at all😂 Everything has to be planned at least 2 weeks before the actual event. A place for everything and everything at it’s place.😊

[@erkinalp]

As a Turk, I can. Here we plan events ahead but that plan would be broken anyways.

[@papierstaudipper8580]

In Germany we donʼt say “Ok, see you tomorrow”, we say „Weiß nicht, ob ich das so kurzfristig schaffe, muss morgen Abend noch meine Katze von der Loslösegruppe abholen und danach bin ich vielleicht zu müde :/“ and I think thatʼs beautiful.

[@linajurgensen4698]

asgardian dawn yes that’s so true! And I love it!^^

[@confusioneternelle]

Ich find das aber eher nervig, spontane Sachen sind immer viel besser! Am meisten fällt mir auf wie gern die Leute planen, wenn Reisekataloge so seltsame komplett durchgeplante All-Inclusive-Urlaube anbieten. Ich denke mir dann immer “Wer will denn sowas?!“, aber den meisten scheint's zu gefallen xD

[@linajurgensen4698]

Yuki Kakumei oh ja xD

[@anseltan014]

As a Canadian it's hilarious that Icelanders think that Americans are too apologetic. Canadians think they're rude and don't apologize enough 😂 edit: i made this comment as a joke 10 months ago lol so hilarous seeing all these Yanks getting triggered

[@isobelpayne9886]

Americans think that the British are very polite 🤷‍♀️😂

[@mossoconnor4417]

I mean, depends on where in said country your from and how you were raised, obviously

[@WoodyJames]

Depends on what region you visit. I live in North Carolina, and people will apologize for anything. NYC is a different story.

[@cornfetishhh3305]

I’m American. We’re all assholes-especially our president and his goons.

[@disneygeek1228]

Ansel Tan Right, as an American we aren’t very nice.

[@Icarus931]

What you call “trees” is actually Broccoli. Furthermore, when you are all on your horses chasing elves it just seems sooooo windy.

[@emilyspecter9532]

Garrett Fulton broccoli 😂

[@mufflonplaylist]

😂 I had a kid from Iceland in my preschool class and whenever we were served broccoli he said "I don't eat trees" 😂😂

[@bluebumble3402]

Elin Johansson hahaha systir mín gerir það líka😂😂

[@peterpehlivan157]

That awkward moment when your video gets more views than your country has people.

[@king-su5uc]

Lol😂😂

[@shridhar3567]

😂😂😂

[@suraj-op2bx]

I would like to send 330millions of Muslims from my nation to Iceland

[@gouravrana3504]

@@suraj-op2bx 😆😂😂

[@bob-kt2cv]

Omg lmao

[@huge-s]

Hrafna: I don't know a single person who rides horses for fun. Who makes up these 'horse theories'?! Me (Russian): [feeding a polar bear with penguins and vodka] So true! Stereotypes are indestructible!

[@Kinobambino]

Haha. You sir are legend.

[@akhiljoseph4113]

And I'm an uneducated IT nerd who charms snakes and dances in the streets 😁

[@Oleg19948]

Lmfao Someone give this man a medal. I can't breathe 🤣🤣🤣

[@Oleg19948]

@L Steiner yeah we agree but give this man a medal for the meme lol.

[@huge-s]

@L Steiner Russia is too large to describe it with vodka, caviar and fur coats. It was a joke, of course. As for me personally I drink no alcohol and don't like caviar (besides it's rather expensive). And I hate fur coats for there are much warmer, more eco-friendly and convenient winter jackets.

[@ccsleipnir4440]

about icelanders not saying sorry when passing people in a shop or anything, i'm norwegian and yeah. even if people are ACTUALLY in the way, we will just wait for them to move or just stand there till they realize we wanna pass. and you are right it has nothing to do with being rude, it's just not our culture to do these things :D

[@MilatovichFamily]

I am from Slovenia and I do the same.

[@miias5177]

Pretty much the same case in Finland too.

[@wavehaven1]

In America, When I see people move to pass, I say Thank you, When people are taking up time, well...they end up moving and say sorry cuz they know others are trying to shop too. If people are just in too much of a dangg hurry, well, then they can wait a moment. When someone dies, I dont say Sorry either...like why am I sorry, I didnt do anything wrong.... I give my respects to them and Family.

[@MilatovichFamily]

@@miias5177 I really find people be so much apolegetic like in uk and espwecially american really annoying. It is just so fake.

[@edvins8863]

Im in sweden and when someone is blocking my way i’ll just say ursäkta (excuse me). Not sure if everyone else does that though.

[@siirilydia]

As a finn who went to Iceland one year ago; no you do not have a lot of trees 😂 Maybe I think this way because we have a s***load of forests in Finland.

[@Dave.1211]

There are not many forests it does matter where you go to see some but They are not big

[@siirilydia]

@@Dave.1211 we drove around the whole country. But that is what I loved about Iceland the most; different views than what I am used to. It was almost funny at some point to only see rocks and then a random lonely tiny tree in the middle of it all. 😍

[@Dave.1211]

@@siirilydia yeah that's the funny thing about iceland you see a mountain and then only two trees

[@vigdiszoega3593]

siirilydia literally i have a whole ass forest beside my house right now so idk what you’re on about

[@larasif2852]

Maybe not out in the country but Reykjavík is basically a forest

[@DanasLilMakeup]

I’m Mexican and I would find that a lot of Nordic countries are not as talkative as my people, but I love how direct they are, I love Iceland would definitely love to visit. Also with the stereotypes... oh boy, I could write a book about that about my country 🙄 so I feel you

[@salmanhassan4041]

Hello sweet mexico💓💓

[@johnsmiths256]

@@salmanhassan4041 hello Salaman

[@HasufelyArod]

La neta tienes razón

[@Bludcharg4214]

México got the best girls and I'm Mexican

[@sostinholago6937]

Mexico has good things and bad like others country. Dangerous places and safe places...

[@rebekka4636]

From another Icelander here, there are actually a lot of horses here and many people participate in like horse riding. But i guess that's mostly in smaller towns and not in the city, i know a LOT of people who own and ride horses for fun. // Myndi segja að hestamennskan sé mun meiri í landsbyggðinni, alveg fullt af hesthúsum td. á vestfjörðum og hef oft séð fólk í reiðtúr þar. Veit ekki hvernig það er á höfuðborgarsvæðinu samt...

[@rebekka4636]

and yeah the sorry, excuse me thing is annoying i agree

[@rebekka4636]

the thing about knowing everyone on the street is true in smaller towns, but not in Reykjavík

[@linajurgensen4698]

I‘m German and we love Icelandic horses too!❤️😊

[@linajurgensen4698]

Van Aser what hoes? I wrote „horses“ are u blind?

[@darkfox5598]

Það er líka fullt af hestum í höfuðborgarsvæðinu, það er fullt af hesthúsum og svo líka stór hestaferða fyritæki td íshestar, hraunhestar og eldhestar. Það er sammt mest í hafnarfirði. 😉

[@linajurgensen4698]

2:26 this is called „dirty blond“ „Straßenköterblond“ here in Germany. Just not the light Barbie blond everyone thinks about when hearing „blond“. But it still is blond.

[@sidneyjohnson3125]

Hab genau dasselbe gedacht 😂👏

[@Cookiekeks]

Noch nie gehört lol xd

[@kebbasohna4710]

Hahhhha was zur Hölle

[@smiltest460]

yeah, for me she is blonde

[@linajurgensen4698]

Smiltė St for me too :)

[@ladymcbang2383]

Icelanders : * Love to drink alcohol* Me from the Czech Republic, coming to Iceland this summer : "Well we´ll see"

[@deadaccount2425]

Ah my two favorite countries, Czech Republic and Iceland

[@Joequaile]

FrogZ What part of the Mountains?

[@koudkr7068]

Dovezeme na Island naši slavnou borovičku a nějaký domácí pálenky :D To teprve bude "we will see" :DD

[@ladymcbang2383]

@@koudkr7068 Už mám v lahvičkách nachystanou domácí slivovici, jestli mě s tím pustí do letadla, to bude sranda teprve

[@The-lz8pi]

Well, we slavs like our alcohol so :D

[@mr-x7689]

"There is no mosqitoes on Island" I´M MOVING THERE!

[@envitech02]

In Malaysia, there are swarms of them.

[@hrabba8523]

I recommend moving here

[@olofbirnarafnsdottir6750]

I also didn’t know what people meant when they asked my if we don’t have trees, and I always used to answer of course we have trees, but now I understand what they mean. We really don’t have trees they are short, compared to the ones in warmer climates, and if you go outside the city you don’t see any trees, like if your driving on highways in other countries and there are trees everywhere.

[@sidynqa]

yees..icelandic "trees" are nothing in comare to trees in other countries. for example we have forests EVERYWHERE.. when you go out of city ar village there are forests.. in iceland its lava..

[@sarasifsigfusdottir7557]

Simsa its still a tree tho.

[@kora4185]

Yeah when I went there I was like ‘oh, indeed there are no trees’ and the Icelandic guy said ‘yes we do, why people think we don’t, look at those’ and everyone was like ‘lmao’ ‘for elves maybe’ ‘these are plants mate’ 🤣🤣💗

[@elvarg991]

we have bushes, but also a few trees in some places like Hallormstaðaskógur and others

[@keirfarnum6811]

Having lived in Alaska, most of the trees are scrubby little black spruce. There are areas with deciduous forest, but the tree line is low so they are mostly at low elevations. Above the tree line it’s mostly non-forested tundra. I would guess that Iceland is similar in it’s climate and terrain. I miss the long days in summer and long nights in winter. Now I live in Oakland, CA.

[@SkylaSugar]

no mosquitos in Iceland? *applys for emigration*

[@sesseljabs964]

*lúsmý enters the chat*

[@river6448]

Lol

[@qujie8212]

"We do have a lot of underage drinking" Germans: 'Are we a joke to you?'

[@ivaniacarrera8273]

Chilean people joined the chat🍻🇨🇱

[@tompeled6193]

Did you learn that from German Girl in America?

[@jameskoziol5405]

Brits : Are we a joke to you ?

[@Hsaytic]

Russians smiling silently

[@KarlMySuitcase]

Probably common in all of north Europe, Norwegians and Danish does it too, probably also Sweden and Finland.

[@arunsudhakar9506]

No mosquitos? Iceland here I come. ❤️Love from India

[@InsightfulMD]

I think there are too much mosquitos in india

[@Amar-gx7js]

Kerala full of mosquitos

[@Eumanel12]

I know that feeling bro, from Brazil

[@Neeeemg]

@Rafael Torres Egea thank you for the hate

[@strangemind14]

Your videos show up in my recommendation so many times, but somehow i watch it everytimes and actually enjoyed it! Never interested about icelandic whatsoever before but this is a good fun content, i hope you have a bright future, cheers

[@PapaTaurean]

Viking stealing the pretty girls... Yeah that sounds like my ancestors 😅

[@jockegiirl8605]

thats so gay omg

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@mememaster147 they literally cucked the scot and irish men. My ancestors ahh

[@MrBigJake75]

Same

[@ELJason2006]

They stole Celtic women. I learned that in the Saga museum.

[@NefariousKoel]

Icelandic DNA testing has shown that there is an unusually high amount of mitochondrial DNA matching people in Ireland. Since mitochondrial DNA is passed from mother to daughter, the female kidnapping stories likely hold some truth. There is mention, from their own tales, of the early colonists raiding Ireland and taking their women with them to Iceland. Apparently they had a shortage of Nordic women willing to go.

[@kauancf3985]

Please make a whole video speaking icelandic, just got to your channel and I'm already loving it.

[@aniawitczak1703]

kauan cf she has one video where she does her makeup and speaks Icelandic :)

[@kauancf3985]

@@aniawitczak1703 Thanks, I hadn't seen it, hope she make more videos like this

[@JoeSanHUN]

+1 :)

[@happybirthday6948]

Damn Iceland sounds so good, not talking to people while going to the store just be so relaxing and no mosquitos and a lot of snow😍

[@christiandufresne5653]

Funny myths. When I was in Iceland I found the people to be literally the friendliest folks. Beautiful country, amazing people! Tak!

[@jatelf7]

Oh come on, everybody knows ice giants live in Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and Iceland has trolls. ; )

[@legendteigen461]

In norway, trolls Are a part of the nationalism

[@athen3212]

You have forgotten Denmark

[@legendteigen461]

@@athen3212 remember that ice giants live in the mountains tho...

[@ingrid9433]

@@legendteigen461 denmark has sky mountain

[@alfredofswitzerland9321]

Denmark has flying turtles

[@orsonbrawl4529]

My experience in Iceland was that everyone was incredibly friendly.

[@libertyman3729]

WRONG ! YOUR A OUTSIDER .

[@RockyMountainMechanic]

Laughs in Texan

[@NarsilRenewed]

[@brillsapylsa6300]

Well then you just didn’t see the teenage boys

[@dukegunthar]

Of course there are no Ice Giants in Iceland. Thor took care of that little issue.

[@Aetherion223]

Poor Jötunn

[@SHOELVFD311]

I absolutely loved Iceland. I lived there for a year. I laughed at a lot of these. But most of the Icelanders I met were great people, as long as you treated them with respect and went there wanting to learn they took you under their wing. I would love to go back some day!

[@JoseWhon]

There's an 'Iceland' supermarket in Iceland. Interesting fact.

[@gubjorggisladottir3525]

Correct.

[@alaleksaandraa]

It is also in the UK😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@TheMrMe1]

@@alaleksaandraa In fact it's a British company

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@TheMrMe1 what just happend here

[@orthedraespiders9278]

I thought they had a supermarket in Iceland called England 😟

[@BillyNahar]

“Ice Giants” 😂😂😂 just imagine a random jötnar / jötunn roaming around the country

[@brujo_millonario]

I think Thor would take care of any aggressive Jötnar. But he would ask for some wine in exchange. And the problem is, most Icelanders are Christian now. Probably they'd have to ask Jesus for archangel Michael's protection. Hmmm.

[@Volatile-Tortoise]

It was hilarious and adorable to see her have to defend herself against an accusation of “Ice Giants”. Praise Odin.

[@drznx]

😂😂😂

[@travelertrotter4213]

"I am just a random human from Iceland."))) Love this girl.

[@HisWordisLife4U]

In the US when someone in a service profession asks you "How are you today?" They are asking specifically about your shopping experience. If your coworker asks you "how are you doing today" they are probably asking about your work-related tasks or weird customers unless you are close friends. If your friend or spouse asks you "how are you doing today?" They are asking a more in depth question. Otherwise, generally, really answering the question openly and honestly is considered inappropriate disclosure or oversharing. Most Americans do not apologize unless they cut in front of you to grab an item off the grocery shelf while you are looking at the shelf of items thinking about your selection. Anything more unless they bump into you is probably to get some kind of weird attention or possibly weird flirting techniques. I live in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you for making a cultural video about Iceland. It was interesting.

[@xen0bia]

OMG, what would I - a Canadian - do in Iceland without the word "sorry". I would wither away and die, surely! 😂

[@artlover5060]

@Jason Nass Blacksmith That makes so much more sense.

[@TheMrMe1]

To clarify the thing about pineapple on pizza: Our president did say that he doesn't like it, but also that he's glad he doesn't actually have the power to ban it. Thus it remains perfectly legal, which is good because I love it.

[@mylerwilson4879]

thanks now i can die

[@drsamsul]

Many of the myths are cleared about ur country, thanks Hrafna for discussing so gently, loved the the way you talk, specially ur dimple in the cheek

[@somestrawman]

"Yes we have trees. A lot of them." - Someone who has never been anywhere that actually has trees.

[@Starday723y]

I spent two weeks in Iceland driving the ring road and staying in as many towns as I could. Most of the people I met in shops and restaurants were polish, so my attempts at learning Icelandic were wasted... I was really hoping to make Icelandic people laugh at my pronunciation. I can say that Iceland does have trees, very short trees.

[@Dist1607]

​@@Starday723y What do you do if you get lost in að Icelandic forest? . . . . ........ Just stand up!

[@magnikristinsson]

bih we have forests

[@VinDieselS70]

As a Swede moving to Scotland in 2002 I noticed a slight difference compared to Sweden. One was that apparently I was rude as I never apologised enough or said "thank tou" to everything. As with Icelandic, Swedes don't do it that much. I was like, why are you apologising all the time? It was like for everything and still is...like if someone bumps in to you in a shop you apologise as you was the one standing in their way! How dare I go outside the front door! 🤣 However, you kind of get used to it Hahaha In Scotland folk talk non stop 😅. And after 17 years living here ( about 30km/ 20miles south of Glasgow), I talk more now than I ever did in Sweden, yet, I'm not talking enough small talk, another thing we're not very good at as a Swede. Great video and I really enjoyed it. Ooh, I forgot, nope, Sweden doesn't have polar bears walking the street either, but we do have brown bears. 👍

[@Azhureus]

You see sorry as word is not sometimes ment as appology, more like "sorry mate, I'm coming through, move away", just letting them know you are just passing through.

[@valdisthor7866]

I'm Icelandic and I thought it was so funny when the ice giants thing came up. Like she said, where do you get this stuff!? haha

[@KoinoniaAJS]

Would love to visit iceland

[@JamesLawner]

Obv from Norse Mythology 😂

[@Volatile-Tortoise]

That was adorable. Love me some Norse Mythology and fantasy fiction.

[@Abiodun92]

Nobody likes jötnars on a rampage, better call Thor to kick them back to Jötunheim in exchange for some good mead.

[@christopherfarrell9227]

Wait, hold up! There's a place where I won't be bothered when doing literally anything?! *packing bags*

[@irishwars]

I heard that like 80%+ of women in Iceland have Irish blood. The Vikings took the best looking Irish lasses.

[@MilatovichFamily]

That is correct. That is why only ugly ones are now living in Ireland.

[@finnantobin]

I'm not sure about the exact figure, but a very high proportion of Icelanders do have Irish genes. It goes both wsys though, most people in Ireland have Norse genes. Red hair is not a Gaelic thing, for example, it comes from Norse blood.

[@ethancroft2560]

The fact that she doesn't consider herself blonde proves everyone in Iceland is blonde.

[@gunybrynjolfsdottir8118]

No we have black brown red and bolnd hair and she is not blond

[@ileanamariani1538]

She is not blond to me either... I would say light brown!?

[@faye_isc]

she.s not blonde lol, i am blonde. she.s a light brown

[@ileanamariani1538]

@@faye_isc anyway she is beautiful and her hair color is beautiful too

[@tybolt1304]

Dark blonde , nothing Brown in her hair

[@sabinaolsense]

Great video! I was just thinking about the ice giant thing... according to the Eddas / norse mythology there were ice giants, the world was created by / on Ymer (long story) who in fact was a giant. I'm from Sweden, and here we call them ''frostjättar'', which translates to ''frostgiants'', and that might be what the person asking about ice giants were talking about. Just a thought! :)

[@gary7846]

Hahah introverts will go to iceland to avoid random interactions everyday after this (is a joke)

[@ToUnderstandAFool]

You clarified the statement. The introverted Dude does not abide.

[@stalins9857]

Maybe!!!😁😁😁

[@mmmartta]

we don't have a word for 'please' in finnish either! of course we are polite in situations where it's needed but never more than necessary... your "ughh" expression about someone passing by is so true, i don't understand it either why someone would have to apologize for not even touching me... in finland we'll just either be more straightforward or not say anything at all, these 'small talk' and 'overly polite' cultures don't exist here :D

[@godzilla4005]

We just don't want to disturb people ahah

[@gcanaday1]

In Gàidhlig it's "ma 's e bhur toil e" which translates to "if it is pleasing to you," ... but really just means "if you like it," even though it gets used wherever English uses "please."

[@josephthomasbailey3918]

Thor killed off the Ice Giants... lol

[@survivalhick6125]

I was thinking of moving to Iceland for a few years. I don't speak Icelandic and don't know the language at all. Do people teach Icelandic or speak English commonly?

[@melaniesinclair5382]

I was lucky enough to visit Iceland in October 2018 for 2 weeks. Beautiful country! If I had been offered a job there and had any confidence I could become fluent in Icelandic, I would still be there. I am originally from Tennessee in the United States. I have a friend (also from the South in the US) who was once asked if she rode a pig to school. I think when people know you live in a rural place, they assume you ride horses, pigs, etc. Thanks for clearing up the dating app myth; I had actually heard that one.

[@kittykat490]

Ahaha reading this comment is strange because I live in TN and am really really interested in Scandinavia in general but specifically am learning Norwegian and want to visit/stay in Norway and it would be such a huge dream come true to visit Iceland someday and in the future want to try to learn some Icelandic as well. Congrats for getting to visit that's really cool!

[@arngrimurjokull8882]

She is a shelter city child that has never seen the ice giants

[@TX_BigSpit]

Wotan keeps the ice giants in check.

[@themisforseti3510]

🤣

[@robertstoner3561]

Wow, you are so beautiful. You must be Icelandic! P.S. I cannot have enough your dimples, they are so cute :)

[@M88ULV]

Regarding the app. Didn’t you “use” the app in the Dating Beyond Borders video? 🤔🤔

[@gunybjarnadottir7870]

No Comfort Zone it isn’t an app. It is a website called Íslendingabók.

[@lenalindbbrynjarsdottir7351]

It's website... Not an app

[@AlexandreMS71]

@@lenalindbbrynjarsdottir7351 well, same principle, just a little different way to check but the exact same reason and principle.

[@TheHinni1234]

Alexandre Salau it was never meant to be a incest avoiding dating site. Its a site that you can check out your family tree. The fact that you can use the family tree site to see who you are related to for dating reasons doesn’t mean that we have a site made to avoid incest.

[@alexiseyja5189]

It was a joke though

[@darlacarr3182]

“We let our babies sleep outside” *starts raining* 😂

[@andriandrason1318]

@marcus24000 Rain cover for the baby carriage, is also a very viable option.

[@perstephanie3295]

I live in Florida (USA) and there are SO MANY things that could go wrong... Raptors, snakes, coyotes, dogs, alligators, sun and heat, mosquitoes, random hourly downpours of rain etc. 😆

[@EpicToadRage]

@@perstephanie3295 don't forget about random acts of Florida Man. 😳🤪

[@perstephanie3295]

They are creative sometimes but tbh Florida Mom can be more dangerous than Florida Man so there is that too 😅

[@elcinliyev2961]

I love Icelandic group HATARI and their song HATRID MUN SIGRA. Who loves Iceland, HATARI and EUROVISION? Big love from AZERBAIJAN TO ICELAND 🇦🇿❤️🇮🇸 👇👍

[@pitsanleikkaaja]

Me!🙋‍♀️ hatari and eurovision are best xd❤greetings from Finland!

[@elcinliyev2961]

@@pitsanleikkaaja Are you Eurovision fan?

[@pitsanleikkaaja]

@@elcinliyev2961 yes...so so so big eurovision fan!😂😂

[@icyspicy11]

i love them ❤️

[@ostwind7031]

Elçin Əliyev I hate them

[@ricardosantiago9244]

Very interesing video, though once I saw a video from Dating Beyond Borders in Iceland and at the begining of this video you appear with a guy checking out the famous app. Lol

[@Luisa-zx6lf]

Yeah I saw that, too

[@kingazak4615]

Me either

[@ricardosantiago9244]

I'm confused lol

[@jeffpro8]

Yeah, I saw that too and thought that was really weird

[@lenalindbbrynjarsdottir7351]

It's not a app... It's a website I think...

[@KenCostlow]

This was extremely entertaining. It's almost as if no one knew Iceland existed before the 2018 World Cup.

[@eem8039]

I lived in Norway for some two years and the people seems so similar to those in Iceland no wonder why As an eastern european I especially enjoyed in Norway the lack of polite small talk, the no need for excesive apologies and the freedom to keep silence.In my country I seldomly go to the shop pick the item from the shelf and pay without having to say a word I love it

[@Karlonstark]

Question: Do you have an app to avoid incest? Me: 😟 Hrafna: Of course not! Me: 😁 Hrafna: It’s not an app, it’s a website! Me: ☹️

[@themisforseti3510]

Tyler Stull hahaha I was thinking the same thing! It was super cute and innocent of her to be all “it’s not an app!!”, when whether or not there is an app is irrelevant lol. It’s interesting how we don’t tend to see things that everyone we know does, when we only know one way of life. Like how North Americans (if no one else) don’t consider the impact of sitting in chairs has on their health, because “everyone” sits on chairs, and so everyone has these symptoms for better or worse. Just fascinating!

[@faye_isc]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PeturSveins]

That website is to look at your family tree. Has nothing to do with the dating scene. Here in Iceland, we know our family far enough back to know if we are dating a relative 😅

[@Valkyrie-OD1115]

Tyler absolutely hilarious! I was thinking the same thing. App vs website 🤔still your cousin 😂🤣😂🤣

[@p1a2b3l4o50000]

I think if you don’t know your crush is your relative then you are not close enough to be called incest haha

[@rubbedibubb5017]

8:22 same in swedish. Must be the inpolite viking heritage :)

[@christophersparrow3602]

I laughed at your comment on horses. When I visited Iceland with my family we booked a "Viking horse tour" and we were told my father and I were too big for the horses! How tiny were the Vikings?!

[@a.torresdewitt8041]

Excellent Hrafna !!! Thanks a lot. Very enlightning. I enjoyed it.

[@DavidtheNorseman]

Thank you for sharing! I had no idea politeness was not a thing in Iceland. In my experience of the Anglosphere here being rude leads pretty much directly to violence so we tend to be more careful not to get it started. Perhaps the Icelanders are more relaxed or simply don't mind the violence? I think the horse thing comes from the fact that in almost every guide to Iceland there are pictures of Icelandic ponies so everyone thinks they are everywhere and everyone has a few on the farm and rides them about the hills. There must be a lot of tourists in this day and age of cheap air flight (well not right now with COVID - 19 so local Icelanders must be enjoying having their beautiful country to themselves for a bit..)

[@TR4R]

I'm not an expert, but it seems to me that people in Nordic countries are just very direct and they don't exaggerate politeness. That's not precisely being rude. I don't imagine them being violent. But directness is very common in Europe, Germans and French are known for that too. What I fail to understand is why they don't have the word "please". In every language I know it exists. In French is a little complicated: si vous plaîtes... but it exists...

[@agnesros739]

Everyone I’ve met had always thought that we (Icelandic people) were Inuits (Eskimos) because of the way Björk looks. They’re always shocked when they see the blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin that my mom’s family has

[@Andres-co8in]

Exactly, Inuits never made it as far east as Iceland. Greenland is the only place where the Norse and Inuit people coexisted (Norsemen arrived first btw). I suppose Björk is the most known Icelandic. A less famous Icelandic would be Emiliana Torrini, she got a bit of fame when she participated in the soundtrack of LOTR.

[@kaigunnarsson7148]

Hahaha

[@agnesros739]

Toshak I guess people just mix up Iceland and Greenland a lot

[@Andres-co8in]

@@agnesros739 I can definitively see that happening, I'm from Costa Rica and people always gets Costa Rica and Puerto Rico mixed up.

[@ludovicariccardi6201]

@@Andres-co8in Emiliana is half Italian also, great voice 😍😍😍

[@dannestrom]

I've taken a DNA test for genealogical purposes, and I've learnt quite a lot about DNA. According to researchers Icelanders seems to come from both Vikings and Celts. The male Vikings from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, brought women from Scotland (Celts) to Iceland. You can read more about it here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelanders#Genetics

[@stefanleijon9637]

I have no idea why one of your videos popped up in my recommended, but it was quite interesting and let me to watch a few of them actually! I have always been a bit fascinated about Iceland and I have always wanted to visit. Even though I live kind of just across the ocean, it is still really expensive to go there. But some day I hope to experince your lovely nature!

[@cristotheranger4263]

I lived in Iceland from 1998-2001 when my father was still active duty in the US military. I can say, even then, most of the myths were floating around. My culture studies teacher, an Icelander, often seemed to get a kick out of these when we would ask about them. Easily my favorite place to visit in the world. I want to revisit Gulfoss, Skogafoss, the Blue Lagoon, and Vatnjokull again. I know these are spelled incorrectly, but I don't care. They are incredible. Especially in the winter!

[@karigisla]

didnt even spot it untill you said but yeah gullfoss, skógafoss and vatnajökull

[@strider6056]

I heard that historically Icelanders let their babies sleep outside because there was usually a fire burning inside the house and it was thought that the smoke would be bad for the babies so they were placed outside.

[@DennisKarlsson]

That may be true. But still today the nordic countries let their babies sleep outside.

[@Ithruun]

“Icelanders dont say please or sorry” I mean. You know. Heritage. Cool stuff

[@paulfadden8834]

10:00 This is the same as in Finland and I think it is linked with the climate, half the year is dark and cold and standing outside chatting for half an hour is not an option. I was in Finland this year and on my flight back I was sat next to a Finnish guy and his daughter, they were really nice, but it took half the flight to get a conversation going!

[@gestaltlatseg]

7:19 there actually is one, who goes by the name of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. He's a really chill guy.

[@goodkatze1567]

I define blonde as hair that is yellow, whether it is dark, light, medium, if it is yellow it is blonde. Your hair is what I would consider dark blonde

[@andreiacarlini1024]

Yes, she has dark blonde hair, like all adults with natural blonde hair. Natural platinum blonde hair is only in children. All adult women with platinum blonde are fake.

[@lkrnpk]

2019 Hrafna "No, not all Icelanders care about elves. Where do you get this, people?" 2020 Eurovision movie comes out. Hrafna "I give up!"

[@marcelotoscano7212]

Nice! Thanks for introducing a lot of things about Iceland ! Such a amazing place ! And I've loved you wearing Thrasher.... guess why ? Come to Brazil ! You're welcome! Cheers darling!

[@ThomasWyser]

Would love to watch a video about the language in Iceland.

[@GBHanny8]

No, you'll regret it 😂

[@willsofer3679]

There are quite a few on KZbin, some by linguists and whatnot, but I wouldn’t mind one from Hrafna. Icelandic is interesting because, if nothing else, it’s the only Scandinavian language still intelligible with Old Norse (due to isolation). Meaning that educated Icelanders who are competent in the language can usually read Norse sagas, without having to translate.

[@ottov719]

Some really interesting questions you got there! On being "closed" and not saying "please". Well, Icelandics are North Europeans. And according to many psychologists there's 8 countries where people have "Nordic personalities". The 5 Nordic ones and the 3 Baltic ones. From my expierence that's true (although Nordics in general don't know much about the Baltics). I've also learnt that the Finns and Estonians have the same lack of "please" (and being even more "closed") - and their languages aren't even remotely related to Scandinavian. Being "closed" and lacking "please" seems to be a North European thing. And on Icelandic DNA: there's this amazing disparity between men and women. A huge majority of males are of Norse origin. But a majority of females are of Irish/UK origin. So, it seems to be true: The vikings brought the best looking ones back home. www.decode.com/the-majority-of-icelandic-female-settlers-came-from-the-british-isles/ Just my Norwegian 2 kroner.

[@boland73]

I think that app for dating myth came from a video you did with Dating Without Borders (which is how I found your channel) where in that video there’s a skit where you guys pretend to be on a date and check your phone to see if you’re related... so that may be how it got started and spread from there

[@lenalindbbrynjarsdottir7351]

It's a Webside side that you can check... Not an app

[@95maferisturiz]

Is Iceland that small of a country and with such a reduced number or inhabitants that they need to hire foreign men to marry and breed children with Icelander women to avoid accidental incest? How did Icelanders live when technology and medicine weren't advanced enough to know who might be a blood relative of yours and who is not part of your family? It has me thinking

[@ilvailvandoniherde496]

@@95maferisturiz People (most of them p. of color) have this obsession to intermix, especially interracial-mixing. They think that all white beautiful women of a country love foreign men (with color or not). I find Harfna has the right to be angry about that. I also would be.

[@95maferisturiz]

@@ilvailvandoniherde496 I don't find interracial relationships or multiculturalism as something wrong as long as those ideologies don't take away your identity.

[@ilvailvandoniherde496]

@@95maferisturiz I'm ok with this opinion but I also respect people, that don't want to date outside their ethnicity/race.

[@purushothamsrinivasapuram7913]

Just saw your video for the first time. It was Awasome. Very informative and funny too. Came to know much about your country. Thanks for sharing.

[@CrimsonGreaver]

WTF 6 months of darkness? nah I'm from the Caribbean, I can't do that.

[@sarasifsigfusdottir7557]

CrimsonGreaver yeah 6 months of darkness is bc in the winter we only get 2-4 hours of sun so it comes up at 11-12 and leaves 13-15. But now in the summer it never goes down

[@meshuggagah4118]

@CrimsonGreaver In 1 year, there is more daylight in Reykjavik than in Miami. There are northern lights and no night at all is also a problem without opaque curtains. The light is beautiful in the winter time because it's seems like a few hours long sunrise or sunset.

[@magdalenaszaturska2272]

The worst is dark early when you wake up to work , I like winter in rvk, every swimming pool is outside but storms wind is too strong and is headache alot

[@multimillionaire8489]

It’s beautiful place . But quite hard to deal with winter months in darkness even on day times.. short time stays summer months it’s lovely

[@ertwro]

It's not that bad. In fact summers are worse. Can't the freaking sun just go away for a little bit?

[@pamelakilponen3682]

In Finland, the babies sleep outside too, many similarities between the two.

[@steve1654]

I watched a video about Copenhagen, they do it there too.

[@camillagaba8218]

I think it is very common in all of Scandinavia.

[@cecilianoralolato2299]

Soy de Argentina, estuve hace algunas semanas en Islandia. Escuche este video porque fui con mucha expectativa acerca de la cultura islandesa. Me resulta muy clarificador escuchar a una islandesa hablando acerca de su propio país. Disculpen que escriba en español, si bien puedo escribir en inglés,me preocuparía distorsionar mi comentario por no dominar tan bien el idioma. Me llamo mucho la atención que en Islandia la comunicación se limitara a lo estrictamente necesario y que el sentido del humor pareciera ir en torno en al afrontamiento de las dificultades e imprevistos . Pienso que quizás el clima y la bravura e impotencia en las manifestaciones de la naturaleza tienden a templar a las personas en la exaltación del coraje , el auto sostén y la fortaleza. Con este video entiendo que la amabilidad latina pueda ser interpretada en muchas oportunidades como una postura ficticia y en pos de algún beneficio. No logro discernir si la modalidad que yo percibí es referida a turistas o a la relación con el otro en general . De todos modos ,no pretendo entender tanto con estar solo una semana allí. Lo qye está claro , es que me abrió muchos interrogantes acerca de nuestras diferencias. Gracias por el video ! 🙋‍♀️

[@daltonv5206]

Random road trips, beautiful people, and loving to get drunk? I'm in

[@slayer1129]

During my visit, I felt that the people in Iceland were super nice. The people we spoke with were more surprised that people from Los Angeles were there. Mostly everyone I interacted with was pretty talkative to be honest. Denmark ( I've been to Sweden, Iceland, Denmark, and Finland) has been the only Scandinavian country where I have traveled to felt the people just did not want to talk unless they were drunk on the weekends 😂.

[@tadytadynho]

björk proves that not everyone in Iceland is blonde and have blue eyes

[@meganaxelia]

Most do not if you class blonde as mine for example, it is mostly brunette

[@NumeroUnoApolloTheFirst]

Megan Axelía Carrington-Ráðvarðurdóttir But you’re the definition of blonde or did you dye your hair?

[@meganaxelia]

Monarch v My hair is natural

[@TheSendibilar]

It is really common to have blond hair and a child and our hair turns like girl in the video

[@meganaxelia]

Helder Cunha It’s not dirty blonde but it’s also not platinum blonde, it’s just bright blonde really

[@andyquanzhou]

Jesus promised a world without sin, Thor promised a world without ice giants. And I don't see any ice giants...

[@Valor1610]

Wow, that's first time I hear this. Must have missed it, clearly. Could you tell me where is it found in the Bible that Jesus promised a world without sin?

[@prodigalson6166]

@Steven Paul okay let's hear this solution Jesus supposedly gave everybody. I don't see anything out of Christianity except the same kind of violence we get out of Islam. You Christians and Islam Jews all talk a lot about not sinning but you propagate it more than anybody. You believe in your Jesus but I sincerely doubt that your Jesus believes in you because you people do not live anything of what he taught

[@salmathecopt7969]

@@prodigalson6166 hater lmao

[@Melchizedek777]

Lol that's where your wrong Andy there is a reason we aren't allowed to the South Pole!!!

[@brettsalazar1886]

woman he’s not wrong. In Luke 6:37 Jesus said “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.” I don’t consider myself religious. That’s the only verse I can actually quote. But some of the most judgmental people I’ve met go to church every Sunday. People have been killing each other over religion for thousands of years.

[@nordstjerna2]

I am usually a person who can’t tolerate foreign accents very well but there’s something about Icelandic accent that, I don’t know, it’s so soothing, I’m enjoying it so much, the way you pronounce the S... It’s so... Ahhhh...

[@freshair9133]

The thumbnail got me cracked 🤣🤣 "you need an app to date to make sure your not incest" got me dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@wavehaven1]

I like the old Icelandic navigation charts / maps with all the Sea Monsters.... back then, I can believe they were real and not mythical.

[@truebigboss]

5:22 yeah you kinda contradict yourself there, in the Dating beyond borders channel where you play an Icelander you kinda tell us there is such an app.

[@rodrigovieira3330]

That was just a joke! Those series of videos have lots of funny stereotypes and generalizations.

[@fireline4765]

@@rodrigovieira3330 that explains the videos about Texan men and women. The Texan man was pretty close, the Texan woman was just a stereotype, and we don't say "Bless your heart ". We say "SHUT THE F*** UP!"🤣

[@thomaswaeldele533]

tanks for this video ! I'm planning to move next to Iceland, and I'm glad to learn more about icelandic lifestyle

[@Gioachina0279]

Ist auch mein Traum. Weg von diesem Wahnsinn hier und rein in die Natur

[@papparon8897]

Hatari is the best ❤❤❤❤ Hatriđ mun sigra 🦄 Very good video 😁 I hope I will be able to go to Iceland at least one time in my life

[@FallenCCIX]

So you’re telling me I don’t need to apologize, or talk to everyone I see? I’m moving to Iceland 🤣

[@Zireael1706]

Where are you from? (Just curious about your name)

[@FallenCCIX]

Pranay K I’m from America

[@Zireael1706]

@@FallenCCIX ooh nice!!!

[@carloscaladi9314]

Jajajaja now I wanna see you here in Canada cause we say sorry for everything, even another countries make jokes about this.

[@lucasgaumondmusic]

Yeah I'm from Montreal and I can totally agree with you

[@jeffpro8]

Yes you do! Even more so than us Americans lol

[@Hrafna]

Hahah been to Canada! Had the same experience there 😂❤️

[@alexanderpinchuk2866]

According to your jajaja I can assume you're a Spanish speaking person

[@robertstoner3561]

I'm so sorry to say sorry so many times, so sorry!

[@ahmadkareka7348]

wow! The country is super cool, gotta visit next summer. Floki’s land 🤩

[@jaydipparmar8985]

Floki..the boat builder 😍😍still making boats for Ragnar...