Visit Ólafsfjörður - The Arctic Coast Way Village by the Mountains

[@quitemountainwoman1592]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@JustIcelandic]

You're most welcome

[@trojanpony]

As soon as I hear your friendly “Hello!” at the beginning of each video my stress levels go down immediately. :)

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot :)

[@quitemountainwoman1592]

If I were a Icelander that would be where I would live. Lol on the edge of civilization like I do here. Thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot :) and welcome

[@sigridurhafsteinsdottir8942]

Don´t be so sure, I grew up in this little town, and it’s absolutly on the edge of civilisation…and the mountain road was horrible,specifically during the winter. I once got stuck up there between two avalanches at the top, and had to be rescued by the local search and rescue group. That was no fun☹️ Anyway, it’s a beautiful little place that I visit every summer, the midnight sun is spectacularly beautiful if you hike up the old mountain road

[@alanmadden771]

I like stories like this video. I find it interesting to hear these stories.

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you like them!

[@Shtaleeeeeeee]

Greetings from the less known Reykjanes peninsula in the Westfjords, me and my wife have been living here for 4 years with the population of 4-6 all year around. You afe welcome to visit us and make story of this peninsula and the old and new ways of saltmaiking.

[@JustIcelandic]

I might just do so but the west fjords belong on my channel for sure but you can contact me with ideas [e-mail]....greetings Gylfi

[@bondisteve3617]

Loving your work. Great lookin' country. Thanks.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you very much!

[@kathym5307]

Once again, very interesting! Thank you.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks again!

[@Jordy120]

Many thanks! Your photographs/Images of the countryside are just breathtaking. Cheers.

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks!

[@fredmundur]

I fell in love with Olafsfjoður many years ago on my 1st trip to Iceland - even if I just went past it quite quickly. 2nd time I had almost no time to stop either... but this place touches me deeply, even if I don't know why. Perhaps because it's so icelandic, living up there is such inhospitable conditions... no wonder people are hard. As Grimsey's house seems to have been sold, Olaffjoður is probably my 1st choice if could finally live in Iceland. Of course Siglufjorður looks nicer, touristy... and Disneyish! As always, massive THANKS for the video! And, happy new year!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot, my Siglufjörður video is online now kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m2XoF9fqxoaa8

[@forthedisenfranchised4366]

Incredibly remote and what a treacherous journey (even today with the tunnels) when the weather is bad. I can't quite understand such huge expense on the road infrastructure when this place was traditionally accessed via the sea - wouldn't it be better to improve the coastal access, and cheaper to buy everyone a decent boat (like we community cycles in big cities these days). If a community can't naturally prosper in a given location, won't people relocate naturally? Let nature take its course over blasting away mountains for roads at incredible cost.

[@JustIcelandic]

The neighbouring town was just added online :) it explains the story even better :)

[@rickc4317]

Fascinating, once again. Great job, sir.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks again!

[@ginnyvibes]

Thank you for your unique independent insider focus. I have been to Akureryri, but now I want to go to back and see more. And thanks for ending with the swimming pool, a part of Iceland we are completely in love with!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot, Siglufjörður in online now :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m2XoF9fqxoaa8

[@peter8605]

I can't put into words how fascinated and emotional I feel every time I see your amazing videos. Especially since my wife and I wanted to visit the north in May 2020 as our 5th Iceland trip, damn you Covid 😓. Seeing all your beautiful professional videos we can't come back soon enough. To experience once again the beauty of your nature and come in contact with the locals. You are truly THE best ambassador for Iceland. for travelers who haven't had the chance to visit yet, your channel is an unseen objective wealth of info. Your drone shots give a completely different view of the landscape and certainly where we have been lucky enough to roam in the past, this gives us a very large extra added value. Now it's time to make another coffee in my special "polar swan" mug 😉, waiting for the

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot Peter and thanks for your support, and excuse my late reply since my comment section gets flooded every now and then :) but it's way more to come, it's a promise, and restrictions will be off in few weeks so welcome to Iceland :)

[@peter8605]

@@JustIcelandic No worries. 😜 You're doing a great job.👌 It's always nice to read your comments to your viewers and of course to me, but please don't feel obligated. I think many of us see you like a friend with a special storytelling gift about a very beautiful place and culture...............keep it coming !

[@diannbarbacci1031]

Thank you for the video. Our family toured the north coast of Iceland in 2011 and I remember those tunnels vividly! What a treat!

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for visiting :)

[@TropicPoss]

Love your story of the old road and the avalanche. Would've been an adventure just to drive to the next town. Thanks for your always interesting films.

[@JustIcelandic]

Glad you enjoyed it, Siglufjörður video will be online in 1-2 days :)

[@Bonamici]

Love it!!! Great job!!!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@matthewcook3839]

I have a life long fascination for Iceland. Many thanks for your history, geology and brilliance, from a Yorkshire man. Maybe I've had a previous life there and It's my first place to visit on my bucket list.

[@JustIcelandic]

Sounds great and welcome to Iceland :)

[@SheldonT.]

Great vid Gylfi. "Most dangerous road in Iceland" That is saying a lot!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks Sheldon and Happy New Year, thanks for staying around :) Siglufjörður is next but the early town vids had no voiceover but I got some practice from all the volcano vids :)

[@helenatremblay4019]

Thank you for sharing your spectacularly beautiful country!!😁😁😁

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure 😊

[@Erika1965]

I drove around the peninsula last June. It was one of the highlights of my trip around Island! Loved the tunnels, but being alone it was also a bit scary. Luckily I had the right of way 🙂 Stunning views. It was on a whim that I chose this road and I was so glad I did!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for sharing and welcome back :)

[@18robsmith]

You keep adding places to my bucket list 🙂

[@JustIcelandic]

Plenty to come :) you will be very busy here in Iceland :)

[@18robsmith]

@@JustIcelandic I'll need a very good guide then - do you know of any?

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Just beautiful countryside. Love this video.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you very much!

[@marz_mitzi]

þú færð sub frá mér, nýjum ólafsfirðingi :) missti íbúðina á akureyri og var í hættu að verða heimilislaus, ég NEYDDIST til að flytja á ólafsfjörð, verður tímabundið hér því ég bara er svo einmanna haha, ekkert félagslíf hér

[@JustIcelandic]

Takk fyrir subbið og ganga þér vel á Ólafsfirði :)

[@doinafred3049]

Magical place. Wonderful people! It is true : people give life and make the earth preciousness. Thank you for interesting video.🌋 Is a volcanic area?

[@JustIcelandic]

Actually not but it's an earthquake region north from town, sub sea and rather bad one actually, and thanks for visiting :)

[@deepquake9]

Beautiful wildlife - thank you

[@JustIcelandic]

Many thanks

[@claudiavonkroge2793]

I like this videos so much. Thank you for that.

[@JustIcelandic]

I'm so glad to hear that and welcome :)

[@ariedekker7350]

Thank you for making this video and letting it see me.

[@JustIcelandic]

My pleasure!

[@tmtro]

Thanks for your content - I am just back from a trip to Iceland. Thanks to your video I saw the Northern lights from Héðinsfjörður and they were truly magnificent. Looking forward to returning for the Snaefellsnes peninsula and the South coast. Greetings from Ireland

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Wonderfully-crafted post: thank you JI. The problem with not wishing to live in places with a GEOLOGICAL or VOLCANIC risk, is that you would avoid some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Think of the Bay of Naples, and the Amalfi Coast, or the Tengger Caldera in Indonesia. What of Seattle and Mount Rainier? Sicily has its second largest city, Catania, sitting on the slopes of Etna. The problem is that 'Earth-time' is so much more extensive than the human lifespan of one individual; that assessing 'risk' can be difficult, even with the modern sciences to help us.

[@JustIcelandic]

Well said...

[@jannibelgum6696]

I found this quite interesting. I really love your volcano videos. I visited Iceland briefly in 2008 and for more time in 2014. Then I took a day trip to the South Coast.

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome back :)

[@peterinburlington]

I really enjoy these.

[@JustIcelandic]

Great, thanks :)

[@koljak9395]

I just love these town portraits, keep 'em coming!

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks, will do!

[@realanthonyrich]

Another great video from Just Icelandic! Another coincidence with my summer 2021 travel and the decision to skip N1 road after Akureyri and go North. Amazing road with amazing views. Unfortunately we didn't camp anywhere there and that's a goal for 2022 summer. For anyone coming to Iceland, I recommend at least two weeks with planned camps and lots of hiking around campsites. I've seen groups of travelers traveling for a month and that's adventurous and exciting but expensive of course.

[@realanthonyrich]

Would you please make a video about Hofsós and Þórðarhöfði?

[@JustIcelandic]

I have already shot the footage from Hofsós, online soon :)

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks a lot :)

[@darlenemckay265]

Beautiful video! Thank you for taking us on a tour of your beloved country!

[@JustIcelandic]

It's my pleasure and thanks for joining me :)

[@mariastein187]

Thank you, I Love your town videos. I miss Iceland.

[@JustIcelandic]

More to come!

[@steelydan473]

Great job again. Drone-shots are amazing. Stay well.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks, will do!

[@twigbird6058]

Aussie here with Norwegian Grandparent's I'd love to move to Iceland or Norway...plus other Scandi ancestry..tàkk!

[@JustIcelandic]

Welcome :)

[@fannyandersson3330]

Those single span tunnels are really a bit exiting to pass!

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes :) but in summer traffic ...ufff :)

[@thebadterrorists5323]

What a great video.

[@JustIcelandic]

Thank you!

[@RankinMsP]

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[@JustIcelandic]

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[@markuselias6017]

Great video again! I can see the good and bad sides about tourism as well. Maybe it's better if some towns are not flooded by tourists. Tourism is important of course, but a country shouldn't rely too heavily on it either. Do people in Ólafsfjörður mainly work in their own village, or do they commute to other towns?

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes some work elsewhere and the tunnel project was meant to make this into one "job zone" so that has helped a lot :) and thanks for visiting :)

[@stp182314343]

We stay at the town campground in the center of siglufjödur with our tent ,in the summer of 2020, when we traveled round Iceland. Was a fun place to stay. The tunnels are dope to drive, such a experience 👍

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for sharing! Siglufjörður video is next :)

[@General_Confusion]

The first thing that came to my mind when you mentioned Ólafsfjörður, was how the hell does an Englishman pronounce that. The second thing that came to mind was Christ that looks cold.

[@JustIcelandic]

Hehe, yes it can be cold around there :)

[@AndyGabrielPowell]

It is my vow to backpack in my retirement (very soon) Iceland is on that list... but, you know, it is not now the south I want to see, but the North. Þakka þér fyrir (Assuming Google translate is correct!)

[@JustIcelandic]

Takk kærlega :) and welcome to check out my latest vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m2XoF9fqxoaa8

[@sofiejosefsen242]

I have been in Olafsfjörður and have seen ski ramp which was used by an icelandic olympic games legend

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes most of our good skiers come from places like this but I have the neighbouring town Siglufjörður online now and welcome to check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m2XoF9fqxoaa8

[@phidhell122]

hello, very interesting video once again. 6'11 you showing a map, is it possible to have link for consulting it?

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes you can get it here, it's an okay site but shows well the road : www.arcticcoastway.is

[@SilviaCatharino-i7l]

I see some unused opportunities, in the lava and petrology of the insel. The university can build a really good Lava chemistry, rock chemistry, on both North American and European plate, so you have diversity. Can study both compositions, since it has 75% silica (NA) and 45% silica and minerals ( Euro), so, even in the different basalt (euro plate), you may have intrusions and variations. In one of the videos of you, I though I saw a ferromangano deposit or Iron-Mn in excess red, when is humid. It is nice to hear about iceland.

[@anitalind8497]

1:39 my grandfather was hit by an avalanche there but he luckily survived that

[@JustIcelandic]

Thanks for sharing and welcome :)

[@duncantaylor9584]

I'd say oversee developers had a hand in your tunnels then left you a price to hold you back as they fleeced your diamonds,I could be wrong my friend ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤

[@MyKharli]

It gets a bit like a `goldfish bowl` when you live on a peninsular with one road in and out i have found . Everyone knows someone who knows everybody , and large extended families are a thing .

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes thats right :) check my latest one about nearby Siglufjörður :)kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2m2XoF9fqxoaa8

[@schoolingdiana9086]

Very nice! Super informative. Do they have a hockey team?

[@JustIcelandic]

Not that I know of

[@tg4941]

Wow if there was an earthquake and avalanche on the other side of the fiord that would create a bit of a tidal wave wouldnt it too? I think the cruise ships come in there dont they? Pretty skies though the place reminds me of fiordland in NZ. 🙂

[@JustIcelandic]

Yes this is a earthquakes zone and I'm actually making a video about it just now, hopefully online this weekend :) and welcome

[@tg4941]

@@JustIcelandic cool look forward to it. 🙂🇬🇧

[@e4tango347]

Curious if anyone in the Transportation Department there had discussed contracting Elon Musk's Boring Company with regards to a cheaper option for new tunnels. Also, is there much of a push towards electric vehicles there now?

[@JustIcelandic]

Tesla's are coming in pretty strong now but I don't see Elon do any miracles as he promised though, it's a tough industry

[@e4tango347]

@@JustIcelandic Even miracles take time... 😉

[@wifinomad8105]

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[@Impackon]

I like to look at your videos about Icelandic towns and their history also, but they are a bit long, 18 minutes.. Maybe an idea to limit them to 10 of 12 minutes? Greetings from the flat Netherlands.

[@JustIcelandic]

It's a bit pending on the towns I cover, some are under 10 min but the longest one will be online soon, Akureyri, most likely 25 min but I'm only scraping the surface though :) but thanks for the tips

[@Impackon]

@@JustIcelandic you could split them up in two video's...🤔

[@barrysteven5964]

I disagree with you on this. I get sick sometimes on KZbin when so many of the videos are so short. They seem to be made for people with very short attention spans and often end up being too superficial. Sometimes it's nice to hear somebody talking for a bit longer. And seriously, 18 minutes is hardly a feature film.

[@Impackon]

@@barrysteven5964 you are fully entiltled to have you own opinion on this., but I do not feel it applicable to me