Pros and Cons of Living in Iceland (Australian's Point of View)

Here are my pros and cons of living in Iceland, as an Australian residing here for 5 years.
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Here are my pros and cons of living in Iceland, as an Australian living here on and off for the last 5 years.
Wow. I never in my life thought I'd end up in Iceland out of all places, but what an honour to be here. What an honour to experience such a strange place to live. Of course we know about the beauty of this place, but beyond that, what is there?
The energy of this country, the people, the changing seasons, the tourism and lack of infrastructure to support it, the creativity, the weather, the unity of the country and the people in it.
Then there's the downsides which is at times, also the weather, the price, the job market, the prices of living in the capital city of Reykjavik, the lack of fresh food.
But overall, clearly, there's a lot to love about this place and since it's been home for so long, I guess that speaks volumes in itself.
Lots of love to you all :)
Sorelle
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[@141295magicnight]

*mushroom picker tip*: ALWAYS cut the mushrooms, leaving the roots inside the soil: by pulling them out you are damaging the mycelium (the net-like root system on which mushrooms grow). This will cause a decrease in the number of mushrooms that will grow the following year! it is great that you are into mushroom picking, but please don't ruin the fun for all others :D

[@GabBy19961]

Yessss, literally was about to say that! And not all mushrooms that do not have sponge under their "head" are poisonous, there's a bit more to it, but if you want to be on the safe side it works as a general rule haha

[@vbydjachok]

Came here to check this comment. Totally agree, please, leave roots inside the soil, it hurts to see.

[@DawidDgk]

Yes, agree!

[@finnillson4808]

I also tap and shake the mushroom top just to spread any spores that may or may not be there.

[@yaroslavbraslavskyi5830]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@damondominique]

I need to see this 24 hour sunshine in my lifetime.

[@SigneEide]

I really recommend it! Just don't do it sleeping in a tent 😅

[@TARUNDEEP444]

We'll meet soon dummy

[@sofitocyn100]

It sucks!!! I've spent one year in northern norway (above the Arctic circle) and living in the darkness was very easy whereas I started getting insane when the sun came back...and stayed up in the sky. Seriously it was horrible

[@TARUNDEEP444]

@@sofitocyn100 well you ain't a saint my g , all gloomy and darkness 😭

[@smolder6366]

@@sofitocyn100 like couldnt you just get some blackout curtains or something?

[@ParachuteRoses]

I love how you said that the weather doesn’t determine your day and there is no bad weather but just bad clothing and honestly that changed my perspective! Because when the weather is crappy that kind of determines my happiness as well. I really liked how you changed my perspective on how I go on day to day!

[@tommysara]

ParachuteRoses Icelandic people actually have the saying of Gluggavedur, window weather. It’s when weather seems great, when looking from a window inside, but actually very cold and not so great when stepping out. There are real storms, specially during winter time, where people can’t get out and are stuck inside. So to be honest. There really is bad weather in Iceland. Even very dangerous weather. Going outside is risking your own life. But Sorelle still has a point in saying you only need the right clothing. Cause this phrase fits for nearly every weather. But only nearly, not every ✌🏻

[@raphaellemonvoisin6819]

@@tommysara You're totally right! Not even mentioning the roads being closed quite so often in winter, so better check on that too :)

[@SorelleAmore]

Oh hey friends. Would you live in Iceland?

[@mynameisneb]

Heck yea I would

[@chiquitacyborg]

Yes! I love it there😍

[@gudlaugsoleyhoskuldsdottir5708]

I live in Iceland :)

[@chieflookingglass]

Forever yes

[@lanaglad5307]

Hell ya I would just for the clean air and water. I’d bet my skin would clear up I wonder I could get a job as a travel therapist there?

[@salwa5476]

if you pick up mashrooms like that, there won't be any next time. you NEED to cut the "leg", so the bottom will still be growing in the ground, not rip it from the soil

[@Braham_the_Terror]

Yesss always have a knife in your pocket when you're in a forest and cut your mushrooms. Then next year you will be able to go to the same spot and get more of those lovely mushrooms. ❤

[@Solina587]

Thats actually not quite true. You have to cover the hole but you don't damage the mycelium by twisting the mushrooms out.

[@MarikaMeos]

That's only partly true. Sure it's nicer to cut them, to get the regrowth quicker but mushrooms have huge huge network of mycelium in earth

[@Read-this-comment]

Yes that was the first thing that came to my mind when she first showed them

[@sabineschneider8939]

The mushroom itself is just the fruit body. The mycelium is still there. It's like picking an apple with or without taking the stem. Either way there will be new apples growing. You can cut them, but it is actually not so smart to yourself, because you have less mushroom to eat. Animals will eat a whole mushroom too, so if it were true, that not cutting it kills the mycelium, there wouldn't be many mushrooms left! :)

[@HolaJulen]

Okay, after watching this video I'm thinking about going to Iceland for a month. I looove your channel!

[@mathology9575]

haha for a month ? i guess i will move there now

[@spicylatinx3779]

@Ágúst Logi Garðarsson i might move there for college! any suggestions ?

[@antonboludo8886]

Iceland is mostly green, Greenland is mostly ice, haaaaaaa! xD

[@johnzadkovich2990]

As an Aussie that has visited Iceland, I agree it is a beautiful place and the people are lovely. The lack of fresh produce is challenging, but the abundance of industrial greenhouses is slowly addressing this. For anyone that hasn't visited, you simply must and don't just sit around Reykjavik but explore the countryside.

[@Rivergirl2878]

It’s expensive to live and import things. But it’s beautiful, it’s safe, it’s progressive. I’d move in a heartbeat if I could.

[@nadiam.k2601]

Me too but I’m poor

[@Wand3ringhippie]

Agreed

[@austrianpainterhidingfromt5920]

The last point will ruin the first two soon enough.

[@sth5033]

@@austrianpainterhidingfromt5920 progressives will make iceland less safe+beautiful?

[@austrianpainterhidingfromt5920]

@@sth5033 Usually not they themselves, but indirectly you can count on it.

[@aleksandragetka7385]

I’m so glad that you spoke out loud about those little, beautiful moments that create real picture of Iceland. I’m living here for few years and I wish that peacefulness of Iceland could be shared with ones I love. Driving out of Reykjavik, spending day outside, drinking water straight from spring, chilling on the grass and taking cold/warm outside bath is the definition of perfect day here :)

[@muneebanwar4907]

Sound majestic and dreamy😫

[@Anna133199]

Doesn't the peacefulness kind of come from the fact that many tourists will stay in touristy areas? Wouldn't you want to keep it that way?

[@jamesscote6748]

When there is life, there is hope, good talk from you Aleksandra

[@Grace-zp3rg]

I have lived in Iceland for my whole life so watching people from different countries make me laugh because I have never left my country to experience difrent cultures and traditions x

[@Rafael-zl4vu]

do it, if you can, just do it.

[@markitaliah8278]

I wanna live there any Jobs opportunities

[@felix121984]

Why arent you blonde ?

[@karla_zero]

Iceland seems similar to Scotland in many ways, which makes me wanna visit Iceland even more! I love the saying you mentioned about bad clothing, no bad weather. We don't have such saying but definitely, the same principle applies, otherwise you'd be sat home all day because it rains here most of the year! But the nature is sooo beautiful! 💛

[@joao.s.cardoso]

Thanks for sharing! It’s common these days having some countries invaded by tourists that go after the “postcard” places and they miss so much about the “real” side of the country. In Portugal for example everyone comes here for the beaches. Specially in the south. But people forget that Portugal has over 900 years of history ready to be discovered , with amazing places most of them not so obvious. Everyone seems to visit a place and consume as much as possible in the shortest possible time, instead of enjoying the place and take their time to really discover the cool places and the people. Cheers

[@SorelleAmore]

I've totally been guilty of visiting Portugal like this. Actually so many places I've traveled I have done this traditional tourist thing of a quick snap and byyyyeeee! I guess now I'm learning that slow travel is MUCH better. Digging this new insight :)

[@joao.s.cardoso]

Sorelle Amore what I’ve been doing with my family and with the pandemic is to travel more in Portugal. We are going to take a second trip to the north. The first trip was to do the normal tourist stuff. There is nothing wrong with it. Enjoying the place and visiting the cliche sites. But a second trip is almost mandatory to go deeper and really know the place. We have done this a few times already and it really works. Azores was a place that we went 2 consecutive times also. And it makes all the difference returning to a place you already been and know a bit, and take your time. Again, thanks for sharing Sorelle. Cheers!

[@meredithheath5272]

You're right about Portugal!!! However, just by judging from videos about Portugal - and other countries - what country would one NOT want to see!!?! If I had money - I would want to see so much!!! Not just one country! BTW: This video host IS gorgeous!!

[@joao.s.cardoso]

Meredith Heath that’s so true. Travel is the best hobby we can have. :) to get to know new cultures, new landscapes, way of living, places, new people... it’s the best thing we can do in life specially If we do it with the people that matters to us.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

I wish people would stop putting real in scare quotes. There is such a thing as real.

[@kristionaquest]

The weather not changing your plans is very recognizable. I live in Suriname, a country in South America, and we have rainy and dry seasons. It's either hot enough to bake an egg on your car or the streets are flooded with rain water. Neither really keeps us from doing our thing.

[@hollychan202]

I've been to Iceland twice already and would looooove to live there for a certain amount of time. It seems so magical to me and I can absolutely understand why there are so many creative people in Iceland!

[@izzy_hp7196]

Iceland is at the top of my bucket list omg 😻

[@SorelleAmore]

It's a must visit :)

[@francescostrangis9703]

@@SorelleAmore, are you italian background?

[@JordanPritchard]

@Izzy_hp same here

[@nora-ko6jb]

@@francescostrangis9703 no, she isn't. Based on what she said in previous videos her ancestors are from Poland. She is also Australian. ( dal nome mi sembri italiano quindi il resto del commento lo scrivo in italiano: mi sembra abbia spiegato che le piaceva come suonava il nome " sorelle amore", oltre che il significato. Gli anglofoni non si sa per quale motivo amano le parole italiane che finiscono con " elle", boh :)

[@francescostrangis9703]

@@nora-ko6jb, sono italiano! Tu sei stata più esauriente di un professore universitario (con la tua spiegazione)! P. S. Come l'avresti messa (con la spiegazione), se io non fossi stato italiano?

[@D3RK1Gaming]

Nearly all of the vegetables grown in Iceland use less antibacterial and toxic chemicals than the organic ones from foreign countries so I would recommend buying Icelandic products when you go shopping in Iceland

[@ChugliTV]

This was an amazing watch Sorelle. Thanks for sharing your life with us.

[@NICKYDOGOOD]

you down bad huh?

[@alysonlee]

I used to live in a place with only two seasons so I too had a bit of an adjustment time to 4 seasons. My first year was definitely a grounding year into that seasonal experience, but now I love riding that summer high and slowing down for the winter. Beautiful video and home country you have now!

[@TheSoleyM]

Make sure to check out the Icelandic grown veggies that are currently in season! They are in bónus and krónan now. Like broccoli, cauliflower etc. Cucumber, red bell peppers and tomatoes are grown in greenhouses so they're available most of the year 😊

[@TravelingwithKristin]

There are some serious trade-offs to living and working online from Iceland but I still find myself going back again and again! My favorite things are the peacefulness, nature, and serenity (great for relaxation, grounding, but also productivity!). +1 for the water, too 😍 The downsides for me are the cost of living, the wind, and it can get lonely. Moderation is key. The language is also super difficult to learn but first world problems ;)

[@viniciusmaroli]

24% import tax? *laughs in brazilian 60% import tax*

[@biancat7761]

Your joking.

[@jeaninedc11]

@@biancat7761 It's 60% plus 21% VAT here in Uruguay

[@tomeryaha6151]

In Israel the car import tax is 100% :(

[@biancat7761]

@@tomeryaha6151 yikes.

[@jovanalipovac5968]

In Montenegro is 3%

[@laurac7623]

I can't believe i've been watching you for years and I didn't even notice you were Australian 😂you'd think i'd recognise a fellow Aussie accent but I just saw you as like this nomadic fairy creature

[@SonyaDeegan]

Her accent was probably so familiar sounding that your didnt even notice it!

[@IgorMarleyBasic]

Ever since I saw Björk for the first time in about 1995 I was mesmerized by her, than I found out she was from Iceland, then I started to be obsessed with Iceland, and it's crazy to think I still haven't been there (besides two quicke layovers)... Maybe I am afraid that when I get there I will never want to leave again, but...wait! Why is that bad? It's actually not. Thank you for this beautiful video you fabulous human 💖

[@Braud04]

same, I love her Gling-Gló albun

[@TheFreedPerspective]

I learned the perspective of "there is no bad weather" when I moved to a cold mountain area a few years ago. It's crazy how that slight shift literally changed my entire experience!

[@Mach1048]

I went to Iceland on holiday, and yeah, as an Australian, the people in Iceland are like us just one hemisphere over. I feel that if you had an Aussie, a Kiwi and an Icelandic hanging out it within the first 5 minutes it would be like they've known each other for 10 years. Great people, in an Amazing country. I really enjoyed my time there.

[@KiwikimNZ]

Lol I’m a kiwi! Love my Aussie cousins x

[@svennikjartans]

I'm Icelandic and I love my country. There no army no guns and no wars ❤️

[@deimantenorkute6762]

Don't take the whole mushroom from the ground with the root! it's damaging! you need to cut it down with a knife. That way the mushroom will grow back in a week or so and you'll get to enjoy them more often. While if you take the root out it takes months to grow back and that way less people can enjoy mushroom.

[@joeharrison2160]

Not true. Please do your research before commenting this.

[@deimantenorkute6762]

@@joeharrison2160 Where are you from? I grew up in a country where mushroom picking is a cultural thing and everyone does it. We recognise almost all mushroom types in our region, we know where they grow based on the type of trees, we know how to responsibly pick mushroom. Pulling mushroom out with the roots makes the mushroom grow slower and next year resulting with less mushroom in the forest. By cutting the mushroom it grows back quicker and more people can enjoy the benefits of forest. If you still cant understand why you need to cut only - think about it how much resources does nature need to create root and mushroom itself vs how much resources are needed to grow mushroom from the root which is already there.

[@joeharrison2160]

@@deimantenorkute6762 this isn't how fungi work, they don't have roots. They have a mycelium network that distributes nutrients accross the network efficiently. The main body of mycelium is wayyyy below the soil and often wrapped around the roots of a nearby tree. The mycelium you damage from picking the mushrooms is a very small part of it that does back anyway. Next year it will form new mycelium growing towards the soil surface. There have been scientific studies that have proven that there is no perceivable impact when you pick a mushroom whole, or cut it at the base. Mushrooms have evolved to be eaten by animals to help spread the spores... Do you think wild boar use knives to cut mushrooms carefully?

[@joeharrison2160]

@@deimantenorkute6762 I can share many scientific papers that have proven this if you want me to (or you can Google yourself). Just because that's the advice your grandma gave you does not make it correct.

[@YeabuddyXD]

Love this video, Sorelle!! You guys look like you're having so much fun out there!!

[@nichelleritter9480]

A lovely video. I could see myself living their for a short term. Maybe a year, especially as I learned horse riding on icelandic horses as a child I always wanted to go! And I feel you missing family and friends at this time. Funnily enough I am a german who moved to Australia by herself 4 years ago and I love the country, summer, ocean, people, but miss my family so much and it's the biggest struggle. But then reminding myself how much I love it here always helps :) sending much love xx

[@DustinRivets]

Sorelle, your smile is electric. It always brightens my day seeing your videos. Much love

[@ThisKidMegan]

this reality look so wholesome and full. thank you so much for sharing. you’re so inspiring 🖤

[@oda_margrethe]

Amazing and captivating video Sorelle! I have to say though - THE THUMBNAIL IS SO GOOD. Soooo good.

[@bethmacdonaldstone]

Thank you for this one. Incredible similarities between life in Iceland and life in Bermuda. Similar isolation, similar import duties, similar quality of produce at the grocery stores. Two islands that seem so different are really so very similar!

[@ellaumbrella1000]

You just seem so so happy there :) its radiating from you

[@apriljurnak1358]

So excited to see your video pop up.your smile and laugh are so contagious 💖. Makes me smile 😃

[@Terra.Angelova]

I am here to support the algorithm. Great content as usual Sorellyyy ♥️

[@todrapayne]

Great video. Very thorough. I've been to Iceland on assignment when I worked with Elle Magazine. It was beautiful. But listening to you, I couldn't live there because I'm experiencing many of the same cons here in Albania where I'm living because of the pandemic. The food options and quality are painfully lacking here. Getting anything delivered from outside is hit or miss. I've been traveling full time for 3 years looking for a new home country. Totally over America. I do like what you said about books being written there. I'm working on a travel memoir and it might be cool to go there for 3 months and write in such a lovely, serene location... Once the borders open, of course.

[@luzsoto2961]

The video that I absolutely wanted to see. Thanks Sorelle 😘

[@SorelleAmore]

Ah! Brilliant! Let me know if you have any other questions :)

[@IvanHadlich]

I have finally found a video that talks about living in Iceland w a good point of view. So many people only talk about shopping and "urban life", we want to see the land, outdoors, etc. Thanks Sorelle! Australians are the best humans hahaha

[@Cryptonit3]

Love getting your view of Iceland, after seeing your videos I want to explore Iceland more than before. Also love your way of taking about squarespace here 😂 Love from Norway 🌍💕

[@evolvetravel1]

Just got back from Iceland. You inspired the trip!! Thanks for that, was insane. We even went in an ice cave!!!!!

[@Rivergirl2878]

This video is so beautiful and well done!

[@SorelleAmore]

Thanks River Girl! :)

[@Lisaahhftw]

it's wild to hear Iceland has such good internet! Being from rural Canada (and having Icelandic heritage), Iceland has always seemed magical. Thank you for these Iceland related videos, I can live through these until I can visit myself.

[@Wild_Potato]

So beautiful and I love your storytelling. Thanks for sharing!

[@aubreymmaria]

Sorelle is living my dream life of traveling!

[@theodora9717]

I always look forward to your videos. I’m dreading the day the last video will be posted.

[@cassandrelosser5826]

I agree with you, you enjoy so much the summer bcs you know it will be short that your productivity is VERY low, but you will have so much time during the winter to work 😉😉

[@ratedzzx]

We lived next to you for a week when we was there in March this year! We were the group of young people from the UK who got stuck in the snow and you helped us out with your friend in the Mitsubishi Shogun

[@cosivantroopy7047]

in this time in the world I am living vicariously through you two.

[@AdventureMuse]

Love your take on life. SO refreshing... 100% agree at 7:03... we see TP on our trails in SoCal, seriously... drip dry! Love how you explained the creative culture...

[@jadel7938]

Love this video Sorelle!

[@Jane-fi3ud]

Hi Sorelle! Your smile is so gorgeous. Looking at your smile makes me want to smile along too!

[@meredithheath5272]

She is so lucky - she's gorgeous!!!

[@Jane-fi3ud]

@@meredithheath5272 she is!

[@cassandrelosser5826]

Hahha I loved when you said "there is no bad weather there is only bad clothes, this is what they say here.." that's what you hear in every scandinavian country! it is like a war between them "who said that the first???!" xD

[@cassandrelosser5826]

I know it bcs I live in Sweden and visited all the scandinavian countries 😉

[@adevore1971]

Same in canada 💚

[@lanwan]

Love it. A very balanced view with an appreciation of the beautiful!

[@KristineDiGrigoli]

your videos are always so much fun to watch

[@mf4rosa]

I honestly love you and your whole self being... I first saw your video on how to travel cheap and at first I was like hmm...and then I started to watch a couple of more videos and then fully binged watched almost all of your videos and I am a Sorelle Amore fan and I really just love who your are and the sound of your cool voice.

[@CaraLucky777]

Will one day, have always wanted to!! I can't love this video enough!

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

taking some inspo from PM on the squarespace advert there haha such a good laugh. great video!

[@LuluTheMaltipooandMe]

traveled to Iceland few years back and I loved it, a strange feeling when I was there, so lonely because of so few people compared to san Francisco I living in, but once im back to the busy life in the state, I missed all the amazing nature and the "lonely" Iceland offer lol.. cant wait for the pandemic to be over and visit again

[@themilomilo]

so beautifully documented!

[@Snehal]

NEVER HAVE I EVER... arrived so early to watch your video! 🤗

[@leyrotis]

2:59 so beautiful and calm! Iceland is definitely your place to live 😊

[@michaelthomas3262]

Iceland - a wonderful magical country - i love our vacation there - deeply impressed

[@Kikia12340]

Haha Leon talking about the fuel price made me laugh! In the Netherlands fuel is about 2,74 Australian dollars (1,68 euros) per liter.. At least I'm always pleasantly surprised when I pay for fuel abroad!

[@sebastianherrera8689]

My God such a spot, it's great! I love it

[@WingChunMindForce]

Really pleased to find your channel Sorelle 😀 You wont believe this ( maybe) but I bought my Linguaphone Icelandic Course in 1976 with my first job ha ha. I am still hanging in there, SO many years but I have always come back to it. Being an Aussie trying to learn Íslensku in the 70's 80's 90's was just nuts but I just never fully lost interest, I just ticked away at it. I love the Sagas and the history and my ancestors were Scottish so there was always a link to Scandinavia. I have met Icelanders over the years, always amusing as they would always flip out that an Aussie was able to speak even a little of their language. I live near Byron and we have literally only got decent internet in the last 4 years. So now I'm finally getting a bit of pace up because of the remarkable amounts of Icelandic podcasts and KZbin etc. So I find your channel, you are such a cool animated person and I really really enjoyed your take on the life there. Actually this was the best most real look at Ísland I have ever seen! Beautiful filming, so clear and what a lovely house. Þakk fyrir og Kær kveðja Sorelle and boyfriend😀 Bless bless fra Davið

[@tatiana_films]

I love ya! Your videos make me so happy, love your vibe

[@SuperKattiiee]

The strawberries are called Smultron in Swedish (I am actually not sure about in English) but they are wild strawberries and grow much smaller! My favourite thing to pick in the spring

[@babetravelling]

Advance congratulations! I may not be the first to greet you but I can’t wait for u to get to a million subscribers 😍🎉💕

[@kaminigoh6836]

Would anyone be interested to know about living in Malaysia? I can make a video on that, lol. ANYWAY, can't believe you're going to go away, Sorelle. But support it either way. Hope you're doing well!

[@JordanPritchard]

I want to visit Malaysia it looks beautiful

[@kaminigoh6836]

Jordan Pritchard it is beautiful! You can come visit when the travel ban is lifted. Lol

[@kierstynsaoirse]

Yess

[@nadiam.k2601]

Yes

[@alextravelsph]

i loved Malaysia i was there 2 years ago, but hows now the political situation?

[@saoirse7167]

We have the same saying 'there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing' in the UK too. You can't give up on plans because of rain.

[@trishkarl5424]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@bjarnibjj]

Great video! I agree 100% with both the pros and cons you talk about.

[@thossi09]

"You don't change any of plans based on the weather." Too true. About 20 years ago, a part of my job was cleaning up Reykjavík's centre. On the weekends. You may imagine how fun that was in June/July, when everyone was staying out until the sun went down. Still, even in the middle of winter - with a blizzard outside our orange-coloured trucks - we'd spot some party-hungry folks. "I don't care if it's raging outside, I'm going to go clubbing in my miniskirt and tube top/in my fashionably-ripped jeans and white T-shirt!" Also, I think the "There's no such thing as bad weather, it's just bad clothing" thing is nicked from Bergen (Norway). I can't get it to rhyme in Icelandic ("Það er ekkert vont veður, það eru bara léleg föt"?), but it rhymes very easily in Norwegian: "Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær". Again: Wear wool, people! It's the greatest all-year-round material to wear (especially in a climate that's as unstable as Iceland's.) And ooh - 16°C isn't hot enough for ya? I'll wear a T-shirt for 10°C; even less, as long as the wind ain't blowing! Reminds me of my sister, who went to Barcelona as an exchange student. She was wearing T-shirts when every native was wearing layers and layers of warm clothes. The fact that she never even caught a cold while there only makes me more curious: i) Why do people think that "cold" temperatures cause it?; and ii) why is it called "a cold" when temperatures have nothing to do with it?

[@idky406]

She seems really happy. I hope to be as happy as you someday when I move to Iceland

[@charlottealbagnac9018]

I respect your decision of choosing Iceland. However, I am so interested in hear if you have ever considered New Zealand? From everything you told in this video New Zealand is exactly the same with the exception that we don’t the cons of Iceland, very long winter, but everything else is the same! And we are closer to Australia!

[@marialooksaround]

Have you ever been to Iceland? New Zealand is great, but it't beauty is kind of... vanilla? Please don't be offended! I love New Zealand and want to live there for a year or two some day. But Iceland is wild, raw and otherworldly. Iceland is uncomfortable and that is what's so fascinating about it. This forest they are in? It's one of the very few. Iceland is mostly (lava) rocks, moss and visible horizons in every direction.

[@charlottealbagnac9018]

Maria Sudermann absolutely! Every place has its own spirit! Unfortunately I haven’t been to Iceland yet, but I have no doubts how amazing it is. I didn’t mean that NZ is better than Iceland, but it has a lot of similarities with the big difference that the winter here last 3 months (which is enough for me) and it’s closer to her home 😊

[@wibblewobble489]

@@marialooksaround Ive been to NZ and would say the oposite is true LOL. Iceland with its lack of trees and basically anything interesting (forests and fertile lands etc) wise looks realllllly boring and generic... Looks like, from these vlogs anyway, you get a choice of dead barren looking land as far as the eye can see with grey sky and freezing temps... I'd choose NZ in a heartbeat for that and all the cons listed in this video alone. I wanna be able to eat a mango or a banana at any season, go fishing at any season, swim in 28c water on a 45degree day etc LOLOL

[@SAMMYJR00777]

been all over and yes ok there to visit etc they are ok but nothing like miami or hawaii

[@alieucamara8499]

Hi

[@ktrnkrnkh]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Quite interesting.

[@MrPicky]

Been following you since you came to Iceland and made your mark on the country 😉 This video basicly tells you how things are in Iceland. Glad you guys decided to settle here 😀👍 Verið velkomin heim 🙂

[@IngridsVanlife]

This is quite appliccable to Norway as well. Nice video Sorelle!

[@katinkaenglish2435]

I honestly had never even considered Iceland before seeing your recent videos. Now I’m definitely keen to visit. From Brisbane to Iceland..... one day!!

[@hmath3w]

Wow the hair flip at 0:10 nailed it.....

[@joliejournee]

Wow, it's exactly what I thought it was and even better, I want to have my permanent house there now! I would grow my food and all, I'm so excited now

[@hmath3w]

Wow.......Now I know Iceland......Geography doesnt suck anymore.....Love you Sorelle

[@jojoeltabey]

Thank You

[@howtomakeithappen3032]

Awesome @Sorelle, thanks for this beautiful video... planning to go back to Iceland after I spent a beautiful month in Thingeyri in the Westfjords last year... pretty much off the beaten path, and our experience there was epic. Loved the people, the nature, the weather... the swimming pool tradition!

[@scarletsteele1488]

I swear Sorelle you have the most BRILLIANT ideas for ads haha I LOVE the way you advertise squarespace -- keep up that joy and good natured humor girl! You are really living the dream :) PS love what you've done with the house!

[@kreepyits-o7761]

With all the smiles you have something tells me going to iceland for the first time is the best choice I ever made 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@apriljurnak1358]

Love your videos and your energy

[@MaroArmoni]

God I love Sorelle, her personality is so damn hilarious and down to earth. She's just so full of wisdom and knowledge!!! Your a beaken of light, love and positivity. I pray you always stay happy 🙏🙏🙏 I hope I can one day go to Iceland and meet you guys!!! Sending you so much love from California ❤️❤️♥️🤗🤗

[@frickfran]

Your happiness is contagious.

[@L.A.M]

I am thinking on going to do some voluntary work next year and Iceland is one of the countries I would love to live in for 12 months! Thank you for the video!

[@julialorettaromero]

I hope to visit one day. Thanks for your work ♥️

[@elenaamara5166]

Me too! I’ve always wanted to see the northern lights.

[@natalieriver870]

Yeah, Sorella, you’re quite incredible!

[@richardmonty7256]

I hope to visit too!!!

[@julialorettaromero]

Elena Amara ♥️♥️

[@julialorettaromero]

Natalie River 🙏🏼👌🏼

[@inakempt]

I like your videos! thank you 💕😀

[@MHasnain2663]

I love that the background is the kind of music i listen to. Lovely. like the song at 8.14 i was just listening to that. :)

[@misterppk1014]

thanks for the great video

[@isabelc.m9593]

loveeeeed this

[@alextravelsph]

i love Iceland i was there 3 years ago and i want to go again! the scenery of that country is incredible!! is true tho the food in the restaurants is crazy-expensive, but if you buy from the supermarkets is better. and the northern lights woooow

[@katieeisenhower1168]

My favorite part? The beauty of the landscapes.

[@ALUXKIA]

Nice Iceland. Nice work. Thanks. 🌷

[@marialooksaround]

I went to Iceland last year for a week (sigh) and in preparation, I have bought 8 books about Iceland, taking place in Iceland or by icelandic authors. I have been reading them slowly and I am obsessed with this country. From the first moment out of the airport I thought "I need to come back here for a few months or years". The lack of fruit and veggies is depressing, but you are doing it exactly right with your own greenhouse! Do you have a hot spot on your property so that the greenhouse can be powered by earth warmth?