The WEIRDEST things about living in ICELAND

[@Hrafna]

What are the weirdest things about your country? Any other weird things you've noticed about Iceland? 😋😋

[@davidshine7735]

About my country, it's citizens, bye from Italy

[@teliramirez3914]

In mexico I've noticed women talk on their inward breath when gossiping lol! I love the cold and cant wait to visit Iceland someday!

[@victoriabryan8448]

I live in the U.S. so the list of weird things is long

[@DoppelgangerKiev]

Why can't you turn on subtitles on your channel? this is weird lightly

[@marteen__superstraightphob1898]

Talking about super personal things with other people is also prevalent in Indian culture

[@manut1505]

Icelanders: 14 degrees? let's sunbathe Spaniards: 24 degrees? damn it's getting cold, where's my jacket?

[@nobbynoris]

Gives me a very pleasant image of a nearly naked Hrafna.

[@alexandlouise]

You will be shocked visiting and seeing us strip naked if it reaches 20 degrees 😂

[@caiooca5793]

Brazilians: 34 degrees? Normal winter.

[@williamhadley1580]

Heh. Sounds like someone from New England living in the South in the winter.

[@huntercj424]

Its been around 5-15°f at my home and I would be so happy for 14°c

[@RunnerA]

Here in finland we have a sport called eukonkanto (translates to wife carrying) where the goal is to carry a woman through an obstacle course. The winner gets a beer barrel that weighs as much as the woman they were carrying

[@newjerseybt]

I lifted my wife and broke my back. (hairline crack) I learned I am not a crane.

[@aaronfilcek8331]

Lol i want the biggest girl 😂

[@ciri151]

lmao

[@jayvanover4130]

​@@newjerseybt how big is your wife? holy shit

[@leewarren29]

That's fantastic 😅👍

[@kingiginrosie8992]

I sometimes think Alaska is its own country, especially the rural areas (which is most of this US state). We love dried fish here, it's a traditional food in many of the indigenous cultures. The mid night sun, sun guilt (never thought of it that way) are definitely relatable. We get asked about living in igloos and having pet polar bears too! Thank you for your video!

[@xser4321]

"Very personal questions during small talk" Laughs in Balkan :D

[@Peristerygr]

We don't even know what a "personal question" is -and whenever we hear that term we immideately assume it is something very sinister. If you say "non of your business" everyone thinks you are I don't know a drug dealer.

[@mossmoss2019]

i was literally like ??? personal Smalltalk??? omg i'd thrive in iceland

[@tarik6990]

Oh we Balkan people do that all the time.

[@SkogarmaorFeder]

So a Norse thing

[@Lampey22]

Yeah, i confirm this as a Turkish :D

[@ninadis8168]

My father was Dutch and my mother is Icelandic, so I recognise a lot! When I come back from Iceland after a family visit I constantly react to all questions with saying já on my inbreath 😂 In this pandemic I miss my Icelandic food! Not only harð fiskur, but also flatkökur with hangikjöt and my amma’s kjötsúpa. Please do the video about Icelandic food! X from the Netherlands

[@ivyM85]

I just drive to the Netherlands for Skyr, just because Germany doesn't sell Ísey Skyr 😭 I'm so glad you have it in some of the stores ❤️

[@ninadis8168]

ivyM85 yes I’m so glad too! But still not the same as the skyr in Iceland. With a bit of cream or milk is the skyr the best!

[@scipio436]

Kjötsúpa is the fucking best

[@codybonnet]

Being from Texas we get sick of the sun actually, at least I do! Love a good cool, cloudy and rainy day.

[@Blueking09991]

You would love Oregon then. We got all the cloudy rainy weather you could want.

[@caitlyndeambra2209]

Welcome to Phoenix. 🤣

[@numbernine3436]

In the southe we're happy when it rains so we have an excuse to be lazy & stay indoors

[@Nonayabizness360]

I’m in Northern Michigan and would love the dry heat in Texas. We never seem to have a long enough summer but our fall season is absolutely gorgeous.

[@TuFurritoPerron]

I want a video about traditional food pls

[@connorgioiafigliu]

That'd be awesome!!!

[@Raventooth]

Svið (transliterated as svid or svith) is a traditional Icelandic dish consisting of a sheep's head cut in half, singed to remove the fur, and boiled with the brain removed, sometimes cured in lactic acid. Svið originally arose at a time when people could not afford to let any part of a slaughtered animal go to waste.

[@creightonleerose582]

Good idea... Howbout a vid on the international Peen/Wiener/Male animal genitalia museum in Reykjavik? Shes prob to modest for that one though...Prob not Grandma approved? To think I was staying a few stumble steps away from such an oddity & never went?!..Next Time...

[@WilliamCoble]

Thanks for the video, i have a question about food. I live in the US, but have traveled to Scotland and fell in love with Haggis, the pictures you showed of the food depicted what looks like a sausage. What are the banes if some if them so i can look for recipes? Thanks very much!

[@alexandlouise]

Hey Mac! If watching me feed my girlfriend shark and brennivín (our very strong liquor) sounds interesting, please head over to our channel. Video is out on Friday!

[@LordPrometheous]

When you said, "super personal info", I thought you meant that they'd ask things like, are you getting laid regularly, how much money do you make, are you happy with your relationship, have you ever cheated/wanted to cheat? That would be super personal in the US, not a person's place of employment, unless maybe you already had an idea that maybe the person was involved in prostitution, selling drugs, or something they wouldn't want to advertise to everyone. Talking about jobs, where someone lives, etc., would be considered idle conversation that even strangers on a long plane trip might discuss. I mean, I don't, because I don't like people talking to me, but people who are sociable would typically be fine with that, unless they were uncomfortable with the person who's trying to make conversation.

[@DimitriMoreira]

Yep. My thoughts exactly.

[@jonsnows1188]

Yah by larger western European standards such line of question would be prying. Common in the USA tho

[@LordPrometheous]

@@jonsnows1188 Roger that.

[@HrafnNordhri]

Here in Canada, I've had complete strangers ask me things like "do you lock your door?" as well as the examples she gave. When it's friends you've not seen in years.. then they ask things like "what's your fave sex position these days?"

[@LordPrometheous]

@@HrafnNordhri ok, that's weird. I don't know how that rates by Canadian standards, but it seems weird to me.

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

8:46 well...that is spectacular. Honestly I need this hear where I live. It Feels like mountain Dungeon over here; 5 o'clock in the winter is completely dark over here, until maybe 8 or 7 is when actual real burning brightly warm light is present. Maybe unless it is foggy an rainy. For which, it is very unpleasant.

[@nolannernberg4627]

"I have seen him at IKEA at least two times!" This made me burst out laughing!

[@markust7709]

Doesn't he has people shopping for him? Why go by himself to IKEA if you are the president of a country? Well cycling is okay, this is sport, health, good example. IKEA...sorry🙂

[@markust7709]

@@Dbbehsuzysgx Must be true then

[@elin24thora]

@@markust7709 Just to clarify, I am Icelandic. The president’s have never had personal shoppers. Sure some have had assistants that have gone shopping for them. But when Guðni was elected he told the country that he would continue to do things the same as before. Because of his then young children. He would take them to kindergarten/preschool, shop with them if they needed stuff etc.

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi662]

@@elin24thora I see! That is awesome!

[@DustinOutCamping]

My wife and I were married in Iceland last year. We were prepared for the more stereotypical Icelandic weather we had gotten used to on past visits. Perfectly sunny day with highs of 16 caught us by surprise, but certainly couldn't complain.

[@otsoreijonen2433]

We keep the baby's name a secret too in Finland. Or at least that's how it used to be.

[@MrZarewna]

And we also talk while breathing in. I hear it all the time when older women are gossiping.

[@antonteponainen6417]

@@MrZarewna Hearing it does my head in ngl 🥴

[@cros13]

They do it in the Faroe Islands too

[@vaingirls9719]

And the sun guilt is so relatable to us too!

[@raymonds7492]

@@MrZarewna I can't physically do that

[@lightcarmell]

"They would question the existence of my country" - man, when I say I'm from Poland everyone's like "IN WHICH PART OF RUSSIA IS THAT" ?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@AeneasGemini]

Well if you're asking during the 1940's, the answer is: The fun part!

[@ThePhantom712]

That is sad.

[@galier2]

While actualy it should be: in which part of Germany is it? :-)

[@curraent]

;D

[@mirka]

I always say "I'm from Poland, starting with P", most people know.

[@TeutonicEmperor1198]

the thing about Sun guilt also exists in Greece! It's considered wrong to stay inside when the day is sunny which is completely rediculous as we have sun almost everyday! Probably that's the reason we are not so effective proffesionals!

[@МихаилРодной-п8б]

Dried fish is common in Ukraine, Russia, Bielorussia. Comes with heads scales and entrails - all together. You clean it while eating. Good match for beer.

[@rubenlatella3664]

It is also common in some places in Italy. I come from Calabria (the southest peninsula's region) and "pesce stocco" or "stoccafisso" - dried cod- is a traditional food. I think this is a common thing of historically poor places having the need to store food for long times.

[@МихаилРодной-п8б]

@@rubenlatella3664 rather where winter is long

[@michide72]

....and in Portugal, Brasil aso.....nothing very special.

[@PlanetJ32]

The Tasty Fox here..is called a Blizzard and you buy it at Dairy Queen..lol

[@PlanetJ32]

@NA NA LOL!

[@DavidHuffTexas]

Came here to mention Dairy Queen Blizzards 😁

[@kylekyle7386]

McDonald's its a flurry or McFlurry. You usually just get 1 ingredient like m&m's or reeces, or oreo's etc..

[@EG-ub3in]

@@kylekyle7386 at Culvers concrete mixer maybe a little closer to the fox lol

[@michaelfortunato3117]

I think I might have to go to Iceland for a tasty fox ;)

[@helekin2000]

the sun guilt part was touching. A true example of appreciating smth more when you miss it. Praise the sun!

[@titti7530]

I'm from Sweden, we also feel guilty when we can't go outside when the sun is out... :(

[@jackson5802]

In my region of the US, it's like our thing to be outside, but I know so many people who get tired of the sun and will become nocturnal in the summertime. It gets so hot.

[@titti7530]

Danielle Ross it is very hot in Sweden in summertime and Pretty cold in Wintertime. But the swedish people are never happy with the wearher😂😂😂🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jackson5802]

@@titti7530 I live a bit above the equator, yet still get snow up to my waist. I live in a very strange place (also part desert)

[@titti7530]

Danielle Ross where do you live in US?

[@jackson5802]

@@titti7530 northeastern Colorado

[@mikerouse6004]

Ok so when you speak Icelandic it sounds so strange to my ears but you look super cute doing it! I’ve heard a lot of different languages from around the world but your language is heard so rarely globally that it is quite surprising how it’s pronounced and spelled. I subbed because I wanna learn more about you and your culture. I’m on the east coast of Canada 🇨🇦 so I’m not that far away.

[@dom9412]

Nonce

[@ivyM85]

My husband and I were engaged for about 5 years before getting married. And we paid the wedding for ourselves. Greetings from Germany ❤️

[@tahliahfuller7845]

You are so delightful to watch. I just came back from Iceland. March 31st. 2022. Loved it! Will return. I didn't have the nerve to try brennivin and fermented shark but I did have some great fish at the Reykavik Fish House.

[@katasza]

I remember when icelandic president was in Poland some time ago and people went crazy because he travelled by train haha

[@Budismo7917]

👍😁😂

[@Budismo7917]

👍😁

[@benjaminfacouchere2395]

To be fair, being the president of a 340,000 population is just like being the mayor of some medium sized city in every other country.

[@quartzlump]

Maybe he wanted to experience the novelty of it? Iceland doesn't have a public railway system.

[@linkchikito209]

"People thought I lived in an igloo" my god I haven't laughed this hard in weeks

[@TOKObee]

Same

[@thisguy9042]

I had a plastic igloo in my backyard when i was 6. I loved that thing so much😍

[@LordSathar]

These were probably 12 year olds given that it was on Tumblr.

[@douglasstrother6584]

... from IKEA.

[@kimberlydufault9002]

Many ppl from France think people from Quebec(french canadian) live in igloos too or that we dont have cars etc ..Haha thats deep

[@АнтонМедведев-ч9н]

It's so interesting to hear something new and unusual about Iceland from you, thanks a lot!

[@toddwaring8929]

Iceland is one of my dream holidays but I’m obsessed with mythology mainly Greek so when I’m 18 I’m going to Greece to hopefully learn more

[@shagwellington]

We have tasty foxes all over the U.S. They have different names for it depending on the shop. It is often called a blizzard, or wizard etc.

[@mikaelorsteinsson1097]

Iceland and ice cream has to be in the book of world records. We have Ice cream shops for every 1000 people or something. So we have about 350 Ice cream shops hahah. We eat ice cream when it's sunny, when it rains and when it snows. Tasty foxes are just 2lb boxes full of ice cream mixed with all the fruit, candy and chocolate you can think of.. and like 2500 cals ;)

[@alyssapersinger5911]

I really enjoy your videos about Iceland! It makes me super interested in your country 😊 And the personal questions during small talk remind me of every single Christmas with my dads family!

[@linajurgensen4698]

The weirdest thing for me about Iceland is that you guys don’t have a railway system... this would make a lot of things easier and faster (and more environmentally friendly) for residents and tourists.😅 It’s probably not possible due the small population of the country.

[@Hrafna]

I agreee!!! I wish we had a railway system🙏🏻

[@mcbekon9019]

There were plans to build railway from Keflavik airport to Reykjavik, but its very difficult because of volcanic activity in Reykjanes. I think that railway in Iceland would be unprofitable, very high construction and maintenance cost would make prices of tickets too high. Straetó is cheaper to manage, but still tickets are very expensive, so it's not popular transportation between cities.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

@@Hrafna you need a destination, and as you said, there is only one city. I suppose a train would follow the perimeter of the island, rather than go straight across.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

Also Iceland has no aboriginal people prior to the Europeans settlers.

[@linajurgensen4698]

Mc Bekon I agree.

[@ayntmamiagaag]

As a Finn I can relate to several of these: - We also keep the baby's name secret until christening/naming ceremony - There is a crazy conspiracy theory (/meme) circling around the internet that Finland does not exist either 😔 - We also speak while breathing in - Sun guilt is also a thing here - It is also not uncommon to be engaged for years - I live quite near where the president of Finland lives and I've also seen him casually walking his dog. There is also this picture of the former president (Tarja Halonen) dumpster diving, which is just awesome! 😄 You don't see Trump doing that for sure. Btw, we also have these ice cream shops and my favourite toppings are different salmiakki candies and liquorice sauce ❤️

[@Ulvetann]

I must admit its been a while since I last heard Norway being a city in Sweden... The absolute heresy of such a statement. It is utterly shameful, thankfully it seems to be disappearing.

[@amarisb4686]

Licorice sauce?! That sounds amazing I need to try it!

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi662]

No, Trump only walk with guns!

[@hrafnm28]

Oh what I have been in Finland 3 times and I never saw these Ice cream shops. I saw sometimes just ice cream stands and no Ice cream shops open until midnight hahaha

[@dimkas1413]

Nahhh, you have so many great bands in Finland, so it's difficult not to exist as a country, me rakastamme suomea!!!!!!!!

[@tommysara]

Weird things about Germany: Being in the Sauna totally naked (I learned it’s not common in every country), don’t crossing the street when traffic lights are red although no car is to be seen 😂 carrying around sacks plastic bottles to get money back cause they are all going into recycling (a really good thing tho!) and some typical North German things like drinking black tea with rock candy and cream (I love it! It’s a tea tradition from East Frisia, where I am from), sometimes nodding or heads to say hi or greeting with the phrase „Moin“ instead of „Hello“. And North German folk has a really strange way of Humor 😂 I love to be North German and not like the other German folk 🤓

[@elsajohansson2159]

what's difference north german and south german? do you dislike south german or something?

[@HongKongKasper]

“Mojn” is also a greeting in Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland in Danish; a southern part of Denmark close to Germany 🇩🇪🇩🇰)😊

[@buntekarotte]

And I live in the middle of germany 😂

[@endomania]

Is Moin really a weird thing to say? As a non-German, I have met German game groups online and they say "moin" every single day. I guess it's just a Northern German thing

[@buntekarotte]

@@endomania Yes for me it is wierd 😅 In my region nobody sais "moin" 🙈

[@edwardparkhurst9804]

What a wonderful and informative video. Well done young lady. Thanks for sharing your life and times with us that watch your electrifying channel. Outstanding job.

[@SadBeautifulTragicTraducciones]

The weirdest thing about my country (Spain) is that some people think bullfighting is art 🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@ms-lr5vn]

😂😂😂😂

[@mariasilva1044]

Same goes to Portugal.

[@checkcheck1579]

looks cool tho!

[@SadBeautifulTragicTraducciones]

Ugrak Plethkilik it definitely doesn’t, trust me lol i believe mistreating animals is not cool at all

[@gary7846]

I thought the sport is respected? Was it?

[@barondelahoyde230]

HEY THERE!! I've never heard anything about Iceland, the more I hear the more I feel like visiting some day. This is a good channel with real material and a super cute host. Keep up with it please!

[@billybilodeau1991]

I like what I’ve learned about Icelandic naming traditions and this is a new one. I like how your first names are more important then your last names and also how there's no family name. And you don’t change last names after marriage. Basically you keep your name your whole life, which makes sense. Please correct me if I’m mistaken of course

[@yvonnewinters9699]

We have the icecream here as wel! The main brand is Swirls - but with less options. Usually there are some fruit options (cherries, strawberries and so on) chocolate and candies that goes along with it.

[@kindredkate8940]

When I went to Iceland, the weirdest thing I saw was that you could drive right up to the President’s house with minimal security! My friend and I were even able to pet the President’s cat! (And my friend accidentally kicked it when it suddenly ran away! 😂)

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

The president of Iceland is the equivalent of the mayor of a medium sized city, or the county executive of Westchester Country in New York State. In Iceland, all politics is literally local! Iceland is in an unusual spot, it is a part of an underwater mountain range called the Midatlantic ridge, it is one of the few parts of it that rises above the ocean surface, another such place is Bermuda. The Midatlantic ridge is where the North American and European plates seperate, the crust is pulled apart and some of the molten rock from below rises up through the gap to form the Midatlantic ridge, most of which stays underwater except for places like Iceland and Bermuda.

[@kindredkate8940]

Thomas Kalbfus Yep! And it’s the magma plume that Iceland is resting above that allows its hot springs to naturally occur and to use geothermal energy!!

[@scotverdin9401]

Interesting about accessibility to the Pres. When I went to recover my lost US passport....the US embassy was like a bunker/fortress!!! Not inviting at all and they wouldn't let me take a photo of the front of it.. I mean geez! it's Iceland not Jerusalem!!

[@oreosmitmilch2181]

@@thomaskalbfus2005 but i like the icelandic approach to politicians (its similar here too)... theyre just people XD i feel like in the states you can be like a rockstar

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

@@scotverdin9401 which would make it an inviting target for terrorists. The hard targets are in the middle east, which is why the terrorists would go for the soft targets, it is not Icelanders who would be the terrorists, but rather visitors to their island, and the US cannot afford to let its guard down.

[@arekpetrosian4965]

Cool video, and the conversational style made it a lot of fun to watch. Keep it up!!

[@russthicc]

Okay so, I'm not Icelandic and me and my mom LOVES dried fish and I smiled when she said they love dried fish. I mean, I might have to do some research on my geneology because I AM OBSESSED with Scandinavian and Nordic culture.

[@michaelglenn4678]

Great Videos! I've learned more about Iceland from you than from books. I've been to Iceland 4 times and look forward to returning!

[@RingoLoadagain]

If your whole country experiences sun guilt, are there companies that you can work for that will let people go outside in the middle of the work day if it's sunny outside??

[@Hrafna]

Yes!! I used to work at IKEA a few years ago and on super sunny days there would be very few customers so my boss would often let me and a few of my co-workers just go come home and enjoy the sun 😀 a lot of big companies in Iceland do this for their employees

[@RingoLoadagain]

@@Hrafna Amazing! It's like a Spanish Siesta for Icelanders :D

[@linajurgensen4698]

Hrafna whaaat?? Omg that’s amazing😆

[@justynafigas-skrzypulec3349]

@@Hrafna, we don't have a word for sun-guilt in Polish but I can sort of relate. I felt it when you said that! Yes, we have quite sunny (but also stormy) summers but the November-March period, much darker (on the shortest day of the year the sun rises at 07:44am and sets at 03:23pm in Warsaw), often with gloomy weather, makes some people depressed. I try my best to stay decently active each winter in order to save my sanity ;) and when it's sunny in late autumn and winter it feels like heaven! I'm blessed with somewhat flexible work schedule so I often put an OOO in my google calendar in the middle of a day just to go for a walk when the weather forecast is promising! Also, when spring comes, many kids and even university students have some classes outside :) I can remember that when I was a student at the Jagiellonian University we begged some teachers to give a lecture on the Vistula river banks instead of a classroom. Beautiful times!

[@sweetniblets]

In the US, we have frozen yogurt places everywhere like the "Tasty Fox" you mentioned. We can load up on whatever we want. When you're ready to pay, you weigh it and depending on how much it weighs calculates the cost. The blended part of Iceland's ice cream sounds more like a Blizzard, something you would purchase at a Dairy Queen.

[@shaungordon9737]

I'm from NZ. I didn't find any of this to be particularly weird, just different. We're also used to people thinking we don't exist, so I totally get what you mean with that. We're a small isolated country, although much bigger than Iceland admittedly. I've seen our PM in the streets too, although they usually have a couple of bodyguards with them, it's very discreet and you can get pretty close to him/her. I'd really love to experience midnight Sun! Sounds amazing

[@sasharama5485]

We know you exist... I love "airport security".🤗

[@linajurgensen4698]

sasha rama I love NZ I would love to visit!😊 NZ became really popular here in GER due lord of the rings ;)

[@sasharama5485]

@@linajurgensen4698 I totally agree with you. Those landscapes... It's like heaven in earth😍

[@sasharama5485]

@@linajurgensen4698 I totally agree with you. Those landscapes... It's like heaven on earth😍

[@pinklady6743]

Hi. Just started watching your videos. I will be visiting Iceland this summer so your videos on learning Icelandic have been very helpful. If you get the chance to visit the US again- you should come to Wyoming. Wyoming is a lot like being in Iceland- we have a lot (a lot) of wind and snow. Though we do talk to everyone and wave at each other. Thanks again..

[@christinalouisahyer6778]

That is so funny, we do also talk with in-breath in Greenland as well, when we are gossiping :D

[@davidmilhouscarter8198]

7:27 I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. I wear shorts and t-shirts when it's 0°C/32°F.

[@ChiaTirri]

Here in Italy we ask reaaaally personal questions too ahahahahah like “Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? What’s his/her name? What does he/she do? Do you work or do you go to school? What do you want to do when you finish school?”

[@onewayOG]

Ok, I know this video is from last year, but I am watching it today lol.. as a teen, I lived in Iceland for 3 years.. my dad was in the US Navy and stationed in keflavic. I love the country and dream of going back to visit some day. I also got aquiainted with several of the things you talk about.. the talking on the inbreath is indeed strange, but was easy to get used to. We lived, most of the time, off base and my downstairs neighbor had my same name.. Gunnar... that was awkward when my mom would call for me to come inside.. haha.. I love your videos ..

[@FacchiniBRTV]

Tried to speak breathing in. Sounded like a rottweiler fighting a water jet.

Lol.. as a rottweiler mom... I can hear it lol :). But I am Icelandic so I can speak in my inbreth lol :)

[@scottydouglass1892]

I get the sunshine thing (Seattle) we get mostly rain. So it can be 40 outside sunny and I am wearing shorts. Alaska has the midnight sun thing also.

[@jonasrud6609]

Haha, we Danes also do the “talking while inhaling” thing. It’s most common amongst short expressions like ‘ja’ and ‘nej’ (yes and no), though we don’t do it with actual sentences, plus women also tend to do it most. Gotta love the Scandinavian similarities.

[@mirka]

Norwegian do it also, it's kind of scarry for ppl who never heard of it.

[@TesterAnimal1]

Was going to comment on that. I went out with a Danish girl for a while and after a short time realised I totally understood an in breathed “oh” sound as meaning “yes”. 😜

[@asylymescapeie]

So in the Pacific Northwest, USA we have places like Cold Stone Creamery that do custom ice creams where they mix different ingredients into a flavor of ice cream for you. I would go and get Chocolate and Pistachio ice creams mixed together with brownie pieces, m&ms and topped with sprinkles or something like that. They always have a wide variety of things you can mix in and I believe you can mix up to 3 ice creams or so. They have chocolate caramel and some fruit flavored syrups to put on top too. I think this is pretty similar!

[@MariaPaula-ke3oo]

Iceland is amazing. here in Brazil when its sunny ---everyday--- I feel like I'm dying.

[@runandwine]

😂😂 here we almost have cloudy-day guilty

[@dudanunesbleff]

Conversa. Os brasileiros quando emigram queixam-se sempre da falta de sol e do frio. Deve ser daquelas coisas que nem se apercebem que adoram.

[@MariaPaula-ke3oo]

@@dudanunesbleff Eu me sinto extremamente confortável em dias acinzentados. Acho que depende da pessoa mesmo.

[@stan1027]

I have recently become very interested in learning about Iceland. It is so different than any other country in the world, the culture, the geography, the weather, and everything else. I would love to visit, except for two reasons. I can't stand cold weather, and I am uncomfortable in crowds. I subscribed to your channel, and I'm watching every video I can find on your channel. Thanks You!

[@Natalieanyaa]

We have sun guilt in Sweden too! I feel terrible when I can't be outside when the weather is nice 😆

[@itsROMPERS...]

I live in New Mexico, which is a state in America. It is actually sunny more than 300 days per year. The temperature range from about 0-40, but it mostly stays above around 10, so it's basically sunny and warm most of the time, and the humidity is very low so it's very pleasant most of the time, but even I get "sun guilt". I think, "The weather is so good here, but I don't appreciate it enough!" There's a lot of pressure to be outside since it's so nice, so you tend to feel guilty of you stay inside. There are a few weeks in the winter when it's cold enough that you don't want to go out for very long, but even then it's usually sunny and dry, so outside is comfortable. Even so we stay inside a lot in January to February. Skiing in the sunshine is great though! Then in the summer the sun can get so intense that if you do go outside, you have to stay in the shade. We are at 1830 meters elevation, so the sun is INTENSE.

[@snuggstcg]

Can relate to sun guilt. British winters aren't the harshest, but there are times where it's grey and wet for weeks on end. And the one day it's sunny you're almost guaranteed to be working through your 7 hours of sunlight.

[@iesroo]

I wish I lived in Iceland or Russia or Greenland, Because the Summers in The UK isn’t very hot and We don’t get a lot of snow 😢

[@JohaxAlvarado]

"They would question the existence of my country" same with all central american countries lmao

[@indoorsandout3022]

I live in a rural area near a small town. Nobody in town knows where my area is even though it's in the same county.

[@irfaanrahim4523]

What a contrast to our landscapes. We do have a lot of mountains but not volcanoes! Our country is mostly grassland, like where I live. But we also have a beautiful coastline, mountains, bush and deserts. We also eat the sheep head, it's called a 'smiley' cos you can see the teeth, and it kind of looks at you like it is smiling. We actually have penguins that live in the Western Cape near Cape Town, and seals too. We also have the Big Five, hippos, crocs, snakes, scorpions, and spiders. Sunny South Africa is almost always warm except mid-May to the end of August.

[@julianalima333]

This “talking on the in breath” is REALLY common here in Brazil, we do it all the time. When we a gossiping, or when we hear something chocking

[@jonnronin2153]

Hello! regarding the in breath talking while gossiping. I find it interesting because sound will might not travel too far, which is key while gossiping in a public place.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

2:40 - Drengur made me LOL given the Old Norse applications of that word. So all Icelanders are born drengurs ab initio, I'm impressed. Let's hope they live up to it!

[@dukegunthar]

I don't know if you know of Nanna Rognvaldardottir, but she is an Icelandic cookbook author and friend of mine. When we visited Iceland she hosted us in her home and served an assortment of traditional Icelandic snacks. A few I loved, some were...interesting. I also wound up buying the dried fish and butter to try. I loved it and would snack on it during our week visiting. I still miss having my fish and butter snack.

[@suntanman99]

My understanding is that there is a "cousin's app" in Iceland to prevent unintentional incestuous relationships. I don't know if any other country has something like that.

[@indoorsandout3022]

Alabama needs something like that.

[@willileo2373]

Very weird facts especially of the babies! But your country is really different and amazing! And you look gorgeous btw! As you barely have a shiny sun, where would spend your holidays?In which sunny country mainly?

[@amberj8606]

Your president sounds really cool, such a breathe of fresh air😊

[@Mieksmoon]

That thing with the gossip. We have the same thing here in the Netherlands. Super funny that you mentioned it! Greetings from Amsterdam!

[@lesliefranklin1870]

Some Finnish people also talk on their in-breath.

[@brucesuchman1253]

The "tasty fox" we have in the usa in a restaurant called dairy queen, the item on the menu is called a blizzard. Chocolate chip cookie dough, cheesecake, and a candy is my usual mixture.

[@indoorsandout3022]

I talked about coldstone in my comment

[@sarabjarnveig87]

as an Icelander that has been engaged 6 years I feel a bit called out :p still haven't planned the wedding.

[@cros13]

It's common in Ireland too. Also late average age of marriage is something we share, the average age of 1st marriage here for men is 36.8 and women 34.8, and 3 years later for same-sex couples. As I understand it's similar in Iceland.

[@sarabjarnveig87]

@Michael Miner how so?

[@kimvergilsanchez2246]

@Michael Miner lol

[@boland73]

Hrafna example of SUPER personal questions was a lot more tame and chill than I thought it would be given that those don’t sound like extremely personal questions to me because those are also common questions to ask of someone here in Canada that you haven’t spoken to in a long time as a way of catching up with them and what their life is like now.

[@DonnyDonowitz22]

The weirdest thing for me is the rotten shark snack.

[@Hrafna]

😂😂

[@ivyM85]

It's not even that bad 🙈 try it!

[@Kinobambino]

The WHAT

[@jc3drums916]

@@Kinobambino Hákarl, fermented shark.

[@SkidVicious1971]

I tried it. Its pretty bad. Think very small cubes of tofu with a VERY strong ammonia smell to it

[@stevethomasinnova]

We visited your wonderful country in 2015, for Christmas time, and we absolutely loved it. We hope to visit again someday.

[@seanvillanueva7583]

Greenland consists of ice while Iceland consists of lands; FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT

[@gcanary562]

Greenland consists of ice while Iceland consists of green -_-

[@juandiegovalverde1982]

Sean Villanueva , Iceland has many glaciers.

[@seanvillanueva7583]

@@juandiegovalverde1982 Don't ruin the joke m8

[@patrod2327]

Those Danes

[@marcanthony7020]

I nearly posted Americans of a certain age know Iceland as the villains of Mighty Ducks 2

[@hlodyn676]

I wished you mentioned Hákarl, the Icelandic fermented shark. I learned about that from a friend from Iceland and was always curious about it. Also, 12C sounds like a great temperature. Definitely, anything above 25C is too hot, but my heritage is Swedish/Norwegian, so that sounds warm. The tasty fox sounds great, and the love of the Icelandic people for it is almost like the love of my Italian friends for gelato (which is also awesome).

[@karamlevi]

I gotta talk on my in-breath during my next work shift doing customer service with stranger customers;-) Thanks for the crazy opportunity idea 😂

[@Ulvetann]

My God! This. This was something I should have done during my seven years of computer support My BOFH-level would increase a tenfold times. Dang it. Lost opportunity there.

[@claudekingstan4084]

Thank you so much for your thoughtful and adorable explanation of your lovely nation. Merry Belated Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and everyone ☺️🙏🏻🎉 May 2021 be better in all ways for all.

[@billynicole7230]

I live in Texas in the US and I never thought about this either until my boyfriend from Mexico noticed...An indoor gun range connected in the same building as a church. Haha!

[@indoorsandout3022]

I'm pretty sure that's unique to Texas.

[@paranoidrodent]

Canadian here. We kind of get the sun guilt thing in winter but our summer days are quite long (in the southern parts where 99% of the population lives - most of our population lives in the same latitude as southern France and the northern half of Italy but our winters are much colder). Long engagements aren't too odd here but it depends on the couple. Spotting the prime minister out and about in town happens now and then here in Ottawa (pop 1.3 million in the metropolitan area) but it is a bit rarer. The blended ice cream thing is common in North America but has different names depending on the ice cream shop chain. Most fast food versions have a single candy/cookie item.

[@DavidSmith-mt7tb]

"I have seen the president at IKEA a couple of times." LOL. I don't why but this made me laugh so hard. I'm American tho, and we treat or Presidents like royalty. I remember John Oliver once joked that in Britain they treat their Prime Ministers like crap because they have actual royalty. That's nice he gets to be a normal person and do that job.

[@alfonsorodriguez6437]

Have you guys ever considered window shutters to block out the sun like they use in Germany? Try chocolate ice cream with strawberry or pineapple toppings with caramel.

[@dan4856]

*KIIIINDA* experienced the same thing w/ foreigners about existence/location of My Own Country, -New Zealand

[@mofazzalmia4764]

Such a nice and honest presentation. You will be surprised how many things we have in common. I am from Bangladesh but most of my life I lived in the United States. By the way I love your dimple! Beautiful!!

[@LittleE1998]

I lived in iceland for 1 year and I can relate to so many things you've said 😅 I'm originally from Germany 🇩🇪 Oh, and btw huppu ísbúð has the best ice cream in the whole country in my opinion 😍🍦

[@senbonzakurakageyoshi662]

The ice-cream mixed you spoke about is called, here in Canada, Blizzard, in English or Tourbillon, in French or Blizzard in French as well !

[@justcreed4024]

You think your country's weird. Here in Australia I just had to lure a crocodile from my back yard 😂 Plus it's sunny 11 months of the year aswell, and dont forget that the hottest recorded day in Australia was 50.5°c 🥵

[@katsu7639]

Classic australia

[@aguy4247]

I live in Arizona. I can relate to 50.5, lol. We get at least 3 days of 48 every year in Phoenix. This year we have had 52 days above 43, 14 days above 46. Our record for days above 38 in one year is 146. Phoenix can be absolutely miserable lol. There's also the added fun of tons of roaches, scorpions, and tarantulas. No crocs though lol

[@linajurgensen4698]

Also everything is upside down

[@ThePhantom712]

50.5 ohh my lord some people must have dead working outside.

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

Idk man, people probably get eaten everyweeks by pythons here in Indonesia

[@indoorsandout3022]

We have the icecream thing in the US. Maggie Moo's and Coldstone are the two chains I know of that sell mixed icecream. I haven't been to one since 2001, but the way it worked back then was: You pick 1-3 kinds of icecream, and up to 2 candies in each. Each "scoop" of icecream was mixed with any two candies. Each scoop could be the same, or you could pick different ones. There were 16 flavors of icecream, and about 30 kinds of candy you could mix in. The icecream was mixed with special paddles on a stone that was kept very cold. The size of cup you showed in the video is capable of holding 3 scoops. Also, even though I live much further south than you, it gets much colder here I think. It's normal to have -16 F (-26.66 C) in the winter, but then 94 F (34.44 C) in the summer. The further you go towards the middle of America, the more extreme the weather gets. Where my paternal grandparents are from in South Dakota, it's much crazier in the winter. My dad said it was -30 F (-34.44 C) a few years ago when he was there in February. Islands usually have nicer weather than large continents. It's kind of funny, my grandma's grandfather Edward Friel was from Norway, and he said that Minnesota and South Dakota were colder. I believe it. Otherwise why would bison have so much fur on them?

[@bambam2577]

Hrafna "you rarely see the sun" Also Hrafna "peopel will do anything to Block the sun"

[@martinacherish9885]

I think she meant to block the light. You can have a brighter day even if it's not sunny

[@juandiegovalverde1982]

Bam Bam , they block the Sun to sleep.

[@juandiegovalverde1982]

Bam Bam , because they have midnight sun in summer.

[@linajurgensen4698]

They block the light. It needs to be done, otherwise the baby’s can’t sleep... did you even watch the video?😅

[@billyborn8432]

Ive always been a fan of vikings which is why i like Icelandic culture as well as Norway........etc. It's also a beautiful place as well. Your fun to watch too. I like how u transfer from your add to yoyr video its alway something cute or silly. You make great videos and i hope to see your subscribers rise. Dont kno why. Felt like saying. I never type to youtubers so 👍👍

[@epob4961]

I'm from Seattle and totally understand the "sun guilt" thing.

[@SG31792]

Yes same! I’m surprised we don’t have our own word for it lol

[@carcaridon]

Hi Hrafna, I'm from Brisbane, Australia. Your 14°c is mid winter here, Then high 30s no rain,but humid. A lot of people from colder climates who move here laugh at locals shivering and trying to warm up,as like yourself being born in freezer conditions,14c is gardening weather,however,within 1 to 2 winters the same people are just as acclimatised as us. It's mild,dry,cool big blue skies . Have you ever done such a climate crossover before ?: Enjoying your content heaps as you seem to be very genuine and sincere by nature. Oh,one more question, do you dream in Icelandic or English? Thanks

[@sisigpapi]

Talking on the in-breath's so weird to try out, that's a really unique feature of Icelandic

[@lafritegaming7713]

We do it in France when we say for example: Oui, so it's a breathy "Oui", which basically means " Yes". In Sweden and in other countries it also applies.

[@stevegbond85]

Wow..the moment covid restrictions are lifted I'm visiting Iceland. I have fallen in love with it over the last few years, especially in the last few months. Culturally, you Guys have it nailed! Beautiful people, beautiful landscape and I love the sound of the language and accent. I can't wait to get over over there and do some hiking, camping, and eating weird food of course :)

[@aragorniielessar1894]

I am pretty sure that the dry fish is originally Norwegian and came to Island from Norway during the Viking era.

[@jormungandr999]

@Jonathan Parks checkmate

[@miguelaleman7897]

Jonathan Parks and that’s a fact...

[@Danybella]

@Jonathan Parks Exactly .

[@michaeldelandsheer2313]

What's nice about you, you are honest as you've said and you have innocence that is crisp and wonderful and a face you can look at all day long. Haha keep it up!

[@likakostava7795]

In Georgia we had such weird thing a few years ago if someone caught you walking with someone and they don't know him ,you have to marry to him😂

[@fuzzy_wuzzy45]

Basically forced marriage?

[@mccaine1]

The bride's family paying for the wedding was a holdover from the dowry or brideprice traditions. The groom's family funding the post-wedding travel or honeymoon was a move to establish some parity between the two families.

[@glennwillem7922]

After 5 seconds in to this video, I suddenly feel a large urge to move to Iceland 😅

[@Tipi_Dan]

Right. The "weirdest" thing about my country is that it only has one or two women as beautiful as Hrafna, and they're married.

[@BurimPrroi]

In Germany the wedding cost approximately 10 x Netto month salary..... for example, you earn 2.500€ Netto salary for one month of work, and the wedding will cost 25.000€ but, of course, there are also much more expensive weddings. This is on average. What about in Iceland, how many months salary costs an average wedding?

[@TheTarpondude]

I like the idea of long engagements but that did sound weird to my American ears. :)

[@EpicB]

Where I'm from there exist frozen yogurt places that seem to operate in a similar manner to the "tasty fox" in how you can pick your own toppings. And Dairy Queen has the Blizzard which seems to be a similar kind of deal except you just pick a flavor and it isn't quite as bespoke.