Visit Iceland - What To Know Before You Visit Iceland - Iceland vs USA

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Heading to Iceland & Not Sure What to Expect? Here we discuss some of the basics that travelers and tourists should know before they visit Iceland. We compare some of the basic ideas tourists like to know before they travel to Iceland. Transportation, food, money, language, safety and other things vacationers should know if they are heading to the Blue Lagoon outside of Reykjavik or if they are traveling the entire ring road around the country.
Visit Iceland - What you should know before you go to Iceland
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Copyright Mark Wolters 2017
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[@zjuvergaur]

I'm Icelandic and I can approve of everything except your explanation on how to pronounce our letters lol, LOVE your channel Mark (and family) :)

[@elsakristina2689]

The Dreaded Viking yeah, he pronounced the Icelandic æ like the Danish æ but it’s supposed to be pronounced like the German ei

[@Ima-si4kd]

The Dreaded Viking er líka íslensk hæ!!

[@horurheimisson5711]

And food and such is NOT only 25% more expensive... It's closer to 300% more...

[@Nattleby]

Hörður Heimisson Been to Iceland 3 times and I have noticed there is a cycle of Inflation and deflation. Things were more expensive the first trip and dropped by about 20% the second trip. Back up on the third trip.

[@xerinx24]

Aloha Dreaded Viking! i have a question for you but would like to ask privately. :)

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I miss Iceland so much. I was there February 2014, would definitely go again, saw the northern lights for the first time, tasted the shark. I'll probably in the summer next time. Great video as usual! And yes the water in Iceland is probably the freshest in the world.

[@woltersworld]

+Conway79 such an awesome place

[@garrett7390]

I always love to see your videos, I'm going to Iceland in a few months!

[@kcoxgrosso]

We're going back to Iceland in 2.5 weeks...I'm SO excited to see some things I didn't catch the first time around. Thank you for your awesome channel!

[@brettany_renee_blatchley]

Love your videos Mark; you have *such* a joyful enthusiasm!! Blessings & Joy!! 😄🌸🎶

[@BillGreenAZ]

What a beautiful country! It's nice to see that Jocelyn enjoying herself at the spa.

[@annawagner7774]

I love your videos! Thank you for spending so much time and effort on doing them!

[@woltersworld]

+Anna Wagner thank you anna. This one wasnt one of the best. The audio was so poor quality but i tried my best

[@Copper0Bre]

Thanks! This was very good information that a lot of other videos I watched didn't give. I'm glad you gave that tip about the plugs because I wouldn't have thought of that!

[@againstcliche]

This is prefect! And so are your other Iceland videos. Going there in April. Thanks!!!

[@uliketowatch]

Love it everytime you represent my country :D Great video as always keep it up! :-)

[@gflippy1544]

Love Iceland been 2 so good and majestic such a cool pless to go. Thank Walters world for a another Great video

[@woltersworld]

+Goldflippy 1 thanks for watchibg! Sorry about the audio

[@EBMbish]

we are heading there in June! Thanks for the info!

[@williamroesler2930]

I drove around Iceland in an RV and its a great place, I recommend going, its amazing everywhere.

[@ColoredStripes]

Great video Wolter, I was waiting on an Iceland video.

[@woltersworld]

+Buk Lau i will have a few more coming out over the next week or so. We have some older ones too. I have a playlist on our channel page and there are some links in the more info tab under the video

[@ColoredStripes]

Great, thank you

[@sunrise2day462]

Very helpful!! Thank you!!!!

[@nilspastor6254]

Nice Video, thank you about that 😉 Island is a beautiful country. Have Fun with your family 🤗 Greetings from Munich 👋

[@woltersworld]

+Nils Pastor danke schoen!

[@JamesI88]

Everyone should visit Iceland once. I took a photo extremely similar to one you show here, the stone arch with moss on it and the hole in the middle. Amazing place, saw some mink running around on the beach there.

[@davida.miller746]

Your videos are awesome!

[@kluntrum]

Have you watched the ferry in the background? So nice..😊 Not everyone is able to see them but you did! Great job!!☺

[@moonstruck562]

you sir have a Good Life!. thank you for sharing the world w us. your videos are very informative. i would LOVE to visit Iceland, looks beautiful and its safe.. tho wonder how cold? ill be watching ur other videos to find out lol p.s. your oldest son looks just like his mom. god bless your family

[@burrito758]

Man I'm jealous. You got a Jeep to drive around and you can see Iceland. That's all I need:) Good video.

[@woltersworld]

+MrDerAuswanderer i was very glad we had the 4 wheel drive

[@TravelsChases]

Being that all of the faucet water is heated naturally from the volcanoes , how did you guys react to the methane stench in the bathroom, and is it like that on all parts of the island ? A quick story , it was our first day ever in Iceland , we checked into our hotel in Reykjavik, and I went to take a shower , and was horrified by the smell . (Being the ignorant American that I was at the time , and Not knowing WHY it smelled that way) , I went to complain at the front desk , and they asked me if this was my first time in Iceland. I said "Yes". Then I got a brief geothermal lesson , and from there on , not only did I accept the smell , I enjoyed it. I really love Iceland . Must go back. Must go back !

[@RajeshBanerjeester]

Great information... i love iceland👍👍👍👍😀👍

[@woltersworld]

+Rajesh Banerjee thank you

[@solanos6400]

you're such a nice man lol I love your channel

[@ESUSAMEX]

Iceland, Norway and Spain are on my European to-do list. I just can't wait to visit Iceland in October 2017.

[@woltersworld]

+ESUSAMEX all great places. Have a great trip

[@siggiarabi]

i recommend going at summer time. warmer and sunnier. unless you want bad weather and snow

[@SCGMLB]

You are correct that Iceland follows Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), but you didn't mention that they follow it year round. In other words, they DO NOT follow daylight saving time. What this means is that while Iceland is currently 5 hours ahead of New York, once the US switches to daylight saving time, then Iceland will only be 4 hours ahead of New York. Similarly, when the UK switches to British Summer Time, Iceland will be 1 hour behind the UK.

[@jgw5491]

Daylight savings time would be meaningless in a land of midnight sun.

[@irairara5495]

how cool to take a puffin!!!

[@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi]

You are like a father!

[@papasmjordeig]

0:45 i "work" there, kinda. Its not a job but i do exactly what this 11 year old did, i guide tourist around the museum and tell them about the puffins, fish and history of the Westman Islands. Hope you liked this museum

[@Hammster69official]

Another popular alternative to guesthouses is to rent a Happy Camper while you're still in Reykjavik.

[@TheNickarnett]

Good vids man!.. also, I can see the wife REALLY didn't like driving in Iceland haha

[@karlpalsson7772]

One thing I want to mention. I highly recommend the wool sweaters and would say it's the definitive souvenir from Iceland BUT buy it handmade. The sweater shown in the video is from the company Icewear and it's machine maid and not 100% guaranteed to be made here. Icewear has a lot of good jackets, coats, hats and gloves but for the wool sweaters look for a Handcraft store. You will find the all over the country and local guides always know where is the best place in their region to find them.

[@ScottyHunter]

I have no knowledge of children or what age they might remember/understand things, but I sincerely hope your kids know how lucky they are to travel and see all of these amazing places, and I hope they are able to remember at least some of these experiences throughout their lives. Iceland is definitely on my bucket list. It looks amazing for sure! Question though... they speak Icelandic, but most know English well... So when you go into a grocery store, is all of the food packaging written in Icelandic? I'm just curious if when you go shopping it's a gamble picking things to buy just by looking at the pictures on the packages and deciding if it might taste good or not. lol

[@woltersworld]

+Scotty its a mix with packaging. Mostly icelandic but a lot like mainland europe with multiple languages on the labels

[@habibikebabtheiii2037]

awsome

[@woltersworld]

+Wes Phillip thank you

[@dafunk100k]

Went to the Blue lagoon after a Wow airline stop over so great.

[@woltersworld]

+Zach Serino i know right? :)

[@its_erikahere3837]

I life on the small island (vestmaneyjar) and i love it

[@johnclarke4701]

A request: at the end of the video. I know you have to have click-on labels to get KZbin points, but could you make them smaller so that we can see more of the scenes you use for the background. Thanks, John. I watch a lot of your travel videos to get ideas for traveling.

[@sahilanant123]

Has been on my bucket list for ages but definitely expensive when coming from India. Maybe an escorted tour would be cheaper.

[@CaptainKingsleyYeoo]

Hey Mark! absolutely love your videos :) ever plan on visiting Ireland? would be very interesting to hear an American's perspective on our little country

[@woltersworld]

+Matthew Tracey we went years ago. We have really old videos if you search for them :) im trying to set up an ireland trip for november for like 10 days

[@CaptainKingsleyYeoo]

ahh excellent, i did see them after I posted this comment. I disagree about the food though. Everyone knows pubs are for pints, not for food ;) haha liquid lunch maybe lol

[@lightbox617]

I just returned to Newark, NJ from 3 months based in Budapest. In Hungary, I understood the exchange rate for the Florint/Dollar but was confused by the coma/decimal point. In Zagreb, I did somewhat better with the exchange to Kuna. I always "tipped" because I was taught to (and because I worked as waiter and driver) though it was not expected or was included in the bill. If we both can function in 2018, we will spend 2 months in Zagreb and we are trying to find a way/reason to spend 2 months in Iceland in 2019. We don't yet know how to do that as we are brutally spoiled by Saturday Classical music concerts for about $2. in Budapest or cheap access to the museums in the "old City" in Zagreb

[@bbyjcky1]

I dream of going to Iceland one day ! Home of the Vikings !!!!!!!

[@-T-O-N-Y-]

Tip for the audio: Cut out the bass (lower frequencies) and then normalize the volume. Your voice is generally in the mid-frequency range, whereas the wind is coming in as bass against the microphone.

[@xChrisS41x]

Quite windy ;)

[@vicamur]

How long does it take to travel the ring road if you don't stay anywhere,? Can you drive it in one day? I have no idea how big is Iceland.

[@Manfly04]

One of the pictures was in seyðisfjörður wich i live in

[@Westmeath21]

Iceland is beautiful Im Irish🇮🇸💘🇮🇪

[@stephaniejunco9974]

Hey Mark! have you made a video on using wifi while abroad?

[@woltersworld]

+Stephanie Junco not yet. What would you like me to cover?

[@Travelingmel]

Ohhh wow. Those puffins look awesome. Can't wait to get to Iceland. How much time would you recommend dedicating to the country? Especially for outdoors lovers. >---- Family of Four Vlogging our Way through Iceland ----

[@jocelynwolters293]

TravelingMel, we did 2 full weeks. we could have done 2 months. It is one of the best destinations for travel with children especially those who love the outdoors (and not disney)!

[@Travelingmel]

Thanks so much for the response. We'll see if the budget can fit it in at the end of our year in Europe. It's a dream trip for all of us. Happily travels.

[@davidconte128]

One thing about the time, there is no daylight saving time in Iceland so during the summer, your time description is incorrect

[@HD-dq9kr]

the letter æ is pronounced like the 'i' in 'hi' hæ and hi are pronounced exactly the same. otherwise a very thorough and entertaining video to watch.

[@Aaron-io2wc]

Getting ready to go to iceland any problems with chip and pin or should I get money to avoid any problems.

[@gurdeepgill919]

If i have sechgen visa i am enter in iceland or not and if m illigal in iceland i do any type of work or not

[@vvsandgaming4648]

I like your videos. You should always lock your doors. Even though it's safe here, we do have quite alot of petty theft and people will go through your stuff if you're not paying attention.

[@ph11p3540]

I have heard far worse wind induced audio. Your camera man has a well protected microphone. The wind induced audio is not that hard on the ears as most windy day recordings are. Is it one of those fir covered boom mics?

[@LuvzToLol21]

So what does 1000 crowns roughly equal in dollars?

[@earthboyrod]

Iceland was on my bucketlist, but now I've heard more tourists are heading there then icelanders live there partly due to direct flights from north america i've decided to move it down the list and move sri lanka up

[@woltersworld]

+Rod Shepherd its significantly more tourists than people

[@hittingtax2670]

When was this filmed?

[@ericwright6608]

You forgot about camping in either a van/caravan or in tent. I know you coming at it from a family pov and that's fine, just wished you would at least mention it

[@caseyvee4419]

You said they are on the Icelandic Krone, but then you said breakfast may be 10-15 Euro. Do they take both? Also how does the exchange rate go? If they have 10,000 IK notes, then there must be a digit displaced some way when you are buying things. 1.00= around 116 ISK right now? So on a menu, I would see a 25,000 ISK item? I am familiar with using Euro and GBP, but this is new territory for me.

[@woltersworld]

+Casey Vee sometimes you get prices in euro and can pay in both some places

[@caseyvee4419]

Thanks!

[@oddurthorsson3436]

There is also a 2000kr bill but it's kinda like the 2 $ bill by never being used

[@woltersworld]

+oddur thorsson good point. Thank you!

[@angry_icelander3744]

oddur thorsson er það? Er ennþá hægt að fá þá?

[@gibbo7433]

I have been to Iceland before and it was amazing. i went to most sights and even the Northen lights, I would recommend going there although went u get there it smells of eggy farts

[@woltersworld]

+littlegibbo7 yep

[@danielorri2438]

8:12 Tvisturinn great store

[@Calvin-Santo]

Great video again! The audio is not good though

[@woltersworld]

+Carlos Santolin i know. I tried. It was about 50 times worse before i worked on it. Sorry

[@Calvin-Santo]

that`s ok! Love your videos anyway! I use them to practice my listening skill =)

[@pistolannie6500]

Is there much access to medical care should u get hurt while out exploring for example??

[@siggiarabi]

for natives, yes. im not sure about tourists. might need an insurance card or something.

[@hittingtax2670]

Have you ever been to Greenland?

[@woltersworld]

+hittingtax26 sadly no. They have like 2 hour flights from iceland to greenlnd thiugh

[@robd9490]

Hey Mark I am planning on a trip to a European country Iceland is one of the places I want to visit have do any advice what to do in Iceland

[@woltersworld]

+Rob Dunne we have 10 things to see and do in iceland. A few love and hate videos about iceland and more. I have some links in the info below the video that could help you out

[@joshg.1772]

Rob Dunne

[@frankpieters7010]

you mentioned that you were going to the Netherlands right ? if so... you should definitely check out GRONINGEN because the dutch always say 'er gaat niets boven Groningen' what literally means that there is nothing that goes above Groningen

[@woltersworld]

+frank Pieters i am planning on visiting there in may

[@kraftdinner4202]

When I visited Iceland, I thought the prices were a bit more expensive than here in Norway.

[@kjolskistudios]

i am form Ícland

[@siggiarabi]

öllum er sama

[@Zralock79]

During my whole one week trip do Iceland I hadn't seen how icelandic money looks like... I was always paying with my credit card. Even in the buses.

[@sampadrabha969]

Iceland👌

[@crisyorke1328]

Great video, Mark! I love Iceland!! Are you a liberal by the way?

[@crisyorke1328]

Copenhagen is one of the safest place in the world but I nearly got robbed when i was there. In Iceland, watch out for your belongings.

[@burrito758]

I certainly don't know, however, I assume he is a liberal:0 I love judging about people.

[@crisyorke1328]

I say this because he lives in Chicago and have an attitude of a liberal (sort of). I have seem hundreds and thousands of liberals and there is a trend.

[@JSTONE9352]

Why drag politics into a travel video?

[@terpag11]

Cris Yorke - Iceland is awesome. I like this KZbin channel. And I am as conservative as they come. Who gives a crap?

[@werdebauingenieur5825]

Where in Iceland is this big thermic sea at 3:30?

[@ÞorkellSigvaldason]

That would be the Blue Lagoon

[@siggiarabi]

blue lagoon. its between hafnarfjordur and keflavik

[@zk1960]

What's your favorited contrite in the world?

[@woltersworld]

+AlexTheGamer brazil

[@smundurgretarsson139]

I am from iceland ég er frá íslandi

[@SunriseFireberry]

If you were making a list of top countries to visit in the world, where would Iceland place?

[@woltersworld]

+TimeAndChance for my kids it was in their top 2

[@EsmeraldaMuOnline]

You should do kids top5 , that would be cute :)

[@moonstruck562]

Esmeralda Undzena what a great idea :)

[@jocelynwolters293]

TimeAndChance, Top 5 for me!

[@mattabesta]

Iceland is 25% more expensive at least, VAT alone is 24% here versus 0-10% throughout the USA

[@kirtjoe283]

Nice video! But what is the weather like there? P.S. anyone else that can anwser is also greatly appreciated :)

[@michaelcraig9449]

Why no historic sites and old buildings and stuff? I like the natural stuff better anyway..out door stuff.

[@yourefriendlyneighborhoodbuddy]

i wanna eat puffin

[@amandawright9108]

go to Utah USA

[@tallemajas]

I hate to be that guy but at some point you say "in other Scandinavian countries" which is kind of annoying since Iceland is not a Scandinavian country. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark, or if youre talking about the Scandinavian Peninsula Norway, Sweden and Finland (and some of Russia if i remember well but I'm not sure). Great video overall

[@woltersworld]

+emmievis thanks "that guy" we also get people that say finland is not part of scandinavia so we get it from all sides :)

[@siggiarabi]

finland isnt in scandinavia. denmark is though.

[@GUITARTIME2024]

ZINNIA language and ethnicity and culture is strongly scandinavian.

[@strawhatluffy1880]

Is it true that people are nude at the public spas and pools?

[@brynjolfurskulason3627]

No. No no no no no. Æ-æ is not a long A sound. It is just like I(a-ee), for example Hæ sounds exactly like Hi.

[@tomasjonsson9250]

Brynjólfur Skúlason True^^

[@aj-gt4vj]

i thing the only word you said rigt was bónus ég kann íslensku og er 11 ára gamall og fór í viðtal þetta sumar í vestmanaeyar

[@carliotu]

The background wind is starting to hurt my ears

[@Richdbiskit]

Iceland has the best Salmon dishes in all of Europe.

[@In1998able]

Mark your audio is of and off It's to windy and the water stinks bad haha

[@woltersworld]

+In1998able with the wind we had i edited the audio the best i could

[@siggiarabi]

the water stinks because of sulfur and because its pulled directly from underground where its warm

[@Ima-si4kd]

Umm the æ sonds like "i"

[@SuperGamli]

"æ" is not "aeeehh" :D Its like the English pronunciation of the letter "I"

[@Mycenaea]

Why is is painted white on the upper body? 3:31

[@auurkjerulf9313]

Mycenaea its the natural mask / clay from the blue lagoon, it is healing for your skin.

[@brooklynmetal1986]

Love your videos but your audio needs work

[@woltersworld]

+brooklynmetal1986 i worked on this video for hours to get the audio the best i could. The wind was hellacious

[@bom9843]

brooklynmetal1986 I think it's fine. I can hear him fine

[@moonstruck562]

Bo M ikr, i could hear it just fine. ppl complain about anything. thats real nature come on

[@horurheimisson5711]

25% more expensive??? It's closer to 300%...

[@86joncooper]

get a muff for the mic

[@Nubianette]

Oh, if you need to drink alcohol, buy it in the duty free! A lot cheaper! One of my friends in Iceland asked me to buy her a few bottles of alcohol in the airport. That's where they stock up. No drinking and driving!

[@mattabesta]

There is really no point to cash in Iceland, loads of places don't even have facilities to accept cash any more because very few people use cash day to day.

[@daniel117100]

Lmao try coming to northern England, can't support any of my local shops because it's cash only, and there's no chance I'm carrying 60 coins and notes on me

[@sarahsmith9144]

Goldmattress I had no problem using cash there.

[@tinytim8173]

Hæ isn't pronounced like hey and æ doesn't say ah

[@madness8353]

i am icelandic heres some words to prove it i am gonna, US: i love this movie, ég elska þessi bíómynd

[@tomasjonsson9250]

Olgeiros Plays þessa*, the form of this changes depending on what you're saying

[@siggiarabi]

easy to use google translate. and literally no one cares.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

haha l clicked on this because l thought it was Ireland...oh well. lol

[@TheMowgli420]

"insanely safe?"

[@siggiarabi]

yes