Visit Hjalteyri - One of the Smallest Icelandic Villages

[@RankinMsP]

Touching. Beautiful. Thanks.

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@edda9362]

Thankyou for showing us your old family village. I'm sure in time improvements will happen .

[@JustIcelandic]

Hope so and thanks for visiting :)

[@fredmundur]

You forgot to say that when the sun comes down in Summer, so do the temperatures 😉! We had 2ºC in early july some years ago, watching the sun going down then up again from the beginning of old Ólafsfjarðarvegur, 30km North from Hjalteyri. This was so nice and incredible...

[@JustIcelandic]

Good point! but I love the summer solstice around there but it's more to come about that later on :)

[@rosecromhout5892]

Thankyou for the family photos. Memories to cherish. I'm sure a great idea will bring growth and tourism to the village.

[@JustIcelandic]

Absolutely, and thanks for stopping by :)

[@GoCoyote]

Another lovely look at the the wild beauty of Iceland.

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome, as always :)

[@deepquake9]

I hope you still have claim to a rock or two there. Its lovely.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks :)

[@Jordy120]

Thanks again for the lovely footage and the ongoing tour of Iceland. Btw, i pictured you being taller (3.27).

[@JustIcelandic]

😀 it's getting better :) and thanks :)

[@theotherandrew5540]

It really is an astonishingly beautiful country.

[@JustIcelandic]

It is, this video showing more the rough and rural side but then, the tourist stuff is not for me :) this is the real deal :)

[@RyJones]

Nice! I can’t wait to go back to Iceland 🇮🇸

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome to Iceland 🇮🇸

[@palyba1]

Oh my goodness! That sunset! Amazing! Thank you for sharing this

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for watching :) and welcome

[@rebeccashannon3080]

Good to hear that Hjalteyri seems to be making a comeback....Small towns are a great place for families and close communities to thrive. With all the beautiful scenery there, I was wondering if those four large fish tanks could be turned into artwork, painted murals. Icelandic horses galloping, whales and fish, sheep grazing, mountain and rocks and sky! There has to be a vibrant group of art talent with such beauty has Iceland has. My daughter in high school with her art class beautified an old brick wall of a building with one. I have seen where Reykjavik has some interesting designs on some of their buildings. Usually rural areas have some very gifted people. Just an idea, not that others don’t have better ones....Anyway, all the best to the town!

[@JustIcelandic]

I know there was a concert in one of hem a while ago due to the "special effects" and you're right, it's only chances there with all those buildings :)

[@erinmcdonald7781]

@@JustIcelandic You are right about using the buildings for shops or studios, etc, a venue for the arts. That would work well with the growing tourism in the area. It is such a beautiful, pristine place, as well. 💜🇮🇸

[@BaldurNBA]

Skemmtileg myndbönd hjá þér. Gaman að fræðast um þessi bæjarfélög. Þó svo að maður hafi keyrt í gegn um þau, að þá þekkir maður ekki alla söguna.

[@JustIcelandic]

Takk Baldur, svo er þetta lika fín aðferð fyrir mig til að rifja upp íslandssöguna þar sem á vantar, og til hamingju með árangurinn á KZbin, alveg magnað :)

[@rickc4317]

Beautiful and interesting, thanks for showing it to us.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure and welcome :)

[@ColumbusII]

How interesting to hear about Hjalteyri, also that it has a place in your roots. It certainly has great charm. We've passed it early January in thick snow. But in summer we are in the area again, so maybe we will visit. We love Iceland 🇮🇸 Have a great weekend, looking forward to see more videos. Best wishes from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Going out to eat raw herring later today 😊👍🏻)

[@JustIcelandic]

Aha, so you are the herring type of person 😊 and welcome back to Iceland :)

[@WastelandSurvival2]

Love these videos :)

[@JustIcelandic]

More to come!

[@craigmccann1028]

Brethren! Another, shout of respect.

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome :)

[@Avarua59]

What an interesting history and how it connects to your own family. I can see there is some potential there. I found an online story about a pilot plant set up there in 2022 by Íslandsþari to experiment with kelp farming.

[@robyngrieve9665]

It's a very pretty area. Good to signs of rejuvenation.

[@JustIcelandic]

It sure is and welcome :)

[@ChristophersMum]

Thank you Gylfi...yes it is small, but has a lovely charm all of it's own... Love from Scotland💌😁✨

[@JustIcelandic]

It really is! and greetings to Scotland 😁

[@ChristophersMum]

@@JustIcelandic 😁

[@pohhoopeng9569]

Beautiful place. Will be in Akureyri & Dalvik this Sept. My 2nd trip to Iceland. If time permits, maybe will drop by the village. Thank you for sharing. Regards from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@JustIcelandic]

Sounds great. and have a wonderful trip to Iceland, and welcome :)

[@kentbarnes1955]

What a BEAUTIFUL place. Hopefully someday I can visit. IF I could dream up a way to generate a profitable business there...I'd move in a heartbeat. Thanks for a great video.

[@JustIcelandic]

Go for it :) and welcome to Iceland

[@forthedisenfranchised4366]

You have amazing connections to this place, quite incredible - I guess now that Akureyri is such a large attraction, these other smaller towns and ports become far more sustainable (or promising for the future). I wondered whether there're any extremely remote old ports that are converted for Gas storage (not the most attractive industry perhaps, but potential for large cash generation that could boost the northern and eastern remote abandoned ports?

[@JustIcelandic]

There are ideas to service the Arctic Ocean route but it's on hold now I think, but I think tourism is the only way to make something serious happen there since the fishery quota system is preventing newcomers to enter the industry, and infrastructure like piers don't come cheap. But as for this town, I do remain hopeful :)

[@jujuvtx]

I love your country.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot :)

[@peter8605]

and another beautiful village added to explore for our next trip, thanks again! 👍😊

[@JustIcelandic]

Enjoy!

[@tonyrichards9794]

Nice i can't wait to visit Iceland for vacation with my wife

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome to Iceland :)

[@craigmccann1028]

You will love it. My daughter & I were there @ the end of September. Beautifull and is a very friendly country. Great through and through.

[@tonyrichards9794]

@@craigmccann1028 someone told me things are expensive in Iceland

[@Stoomhamer]

I was born in Ostend (Belgian coast). So I heard a lot of the fishermen's storys. It's really amazing how much they are similar to the ones you are telling!!!! You come from hard working people man! Beautifull vid.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you very much for this info and greetings from Iceland :)

[@Impackon]

Nice video again! Especially the sun footage at the end 👍

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you so much 😀

[@bondisteve3617]

Loved it. Great!

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kathleenschaubhut4174]

Beautiful area.

[@JustIcelandic]

It really is and welcome :)

[@zapfanzapfan]

Hydrothermal vents, cool! Or, maybe rather hot really! 🙂 That can draw some tourist divers.

[@petebeatminister]

Recently I read in the news that Iceland decided to stop the whaling now. A smart decision in my opinion, I think living whales are much more valuable for the tourist industry in Iceland than dead whales. Plus its improving the reputation of Iceland in general. Now its only the Japanese (and some Inuit tribes on a very small scale) who are still doing whaling, while trying their utmost not to speak about it. Lets see for how long they can continue that, despite the world wide opposition.

[@JustIcelandic]

I agree, it's a messy industry and whale watching is getting really strong :)

[@wtglb]

40 people, now THAT’s my kind of village!

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes it's not crowded at all :)

[@maybarnard1088]

Such an interesting place, is the lagoon natural or man-made? I can't help wondering how such low-lying places will cope with a rising sea-level, it would be very sad to lose them and all their history.

[@JustIcelandic]

It's a fresh water lagoon, very shallow, and yes, we would like keep it as is :)

[@maybarnard1088]

@@JustIcelandic I would never have guessed fresh water, especially with such a narrow band of land between it and the sea. Is there a paper on the flora and fauna in the lagoon?

[@freysigurnbjornson6036]

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[@JustIcelandic]

🤙

[@HeidaBjorkSaevarsdottir17]

☺🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Fallegt ☺

[@JustIcelandic]

Takk Heiða :)

[@aiidina67]

Is there a shower to use before going to the hot tub?

[@JustIcelandic]

I tried to find out but it's just no online info about this, but it usually is so...

[@theotherandrew5540]

What about kelp farming?

[@JustIcelandic]

We don't need to farm it :) it's plenty of it already, exported and sold locally as well :)

[@wifinomad8105]

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[@JustIcelandic]

💜

[@MyKharli]

I am reading old Scottish social history and there's a bit that says there were times when fishermen feared to leave due to the large amount of whales just outside the harbour , and even more unbelievably whales were so common they were originally hunted from land ! imagine what has gone for lamp oil !!!

[@MyKharli]

Also Icelandic houses look way better than what poor people live in here .The uk housing stock is barely fit for purpose and are made to give energy companies big profits !

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes wow, I'm glad it's over here and it looks as the whale hunting days are over for all times to come, whale watching has a big future here as well

[@therealhellkitty5388]

I wish Iceland had slightly more liberal immigration policies. Those empty places would be great to convert to retirement residences.

[@JustIcelandic]

😊

[@curthalldorson3802]

Pakk fyrir godi

[@JustIcelandic]

Velkominn...

[@wifinomad8105]

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