World's Largest Vegan Store is in Iceland - Tour the Store with Me

I think it is safe to say that most people would never assume that the largest all-vegan store is in Reykjavík, Iceland. In this video, I take you on a tour of veganbúðin (The vegan store) to show you the large variety of vegan products available. If you are plant-based or have someone in your life that is, please share this video with them. I have more vegan/plant-based content coming up, so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss out on it.
Thank you to veganbúðin for opening the store early, so I could make this video. Below is their website if you want to check out more of what they have in stock.
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[@Gilsworth]

I shop here all the time, it's a bit more expensive than Bónus or Krónan but the absolute peace of mind being in there and being able to buy literally anything and not have to worry is such a luxury. When holidays roll round they also always have amazing festive meals and seasonal cakes and the likes. Can't recommend it enough!

[@syolyte]

Not having to analyze a label all the time is so nice. Until stores like this are widespread I'll continue with my cheat sheets xD.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Agreed. I feel so free coming here. I hope more stores like this pop up around the world.

[@earlgreybouquet8906]

Just when you think Iceland couldn't get any cooler, THIS happens 🙏😩💚

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂🤗🌱

[@EmorettaRobinson]

I have never been this excited to see the inside of a store before. I even like the pink color of the outside of the shelves. And the cute picture of a cow that they used. I also didn't know there was a vegan Magnum. Or that Iceland had the world's largest vegan store. So thank you Jewels for sharing this. I enjoy learning things about the beautiful country of Iceland. 🙂❤

[@AllThingsIceland]

Yay!! So happy to hear that. Yes, it looks like they had a lot of fun decorating the store. I always feel so happy going in there. Glad to hear that you are enjoying this type of content.

[@EmorettaRobinson]

@@AllThingsIceland I definitely enjoy seeing content like this. I always wonder what stores are like there? Will I be able to get foods, clothing and even perfumes I like there in Iceland? I've even wondered what gyms there are like? So this helps me out a lot. It makes the thought of going there less intimidating. Sometimes it helps to know that even if your surroundings are different that you can still find things you are familiar with. And thank you again for sharing it.

[@gingerfoxx1476]

I wish I had access to all that incredible plant based goodness all in one location. What a treasure for you.

[@AllThingsIceland]

I do feel very fortunate

[@Hewehmunja]

Planning on moving there so I’m watching all your videos within the upcoming days

[@AllThingsIceland]

Awesome!!

[@ambiguouslyexisting6311]

I’ve wanted to move here for a few years but being vegan I wasn’t sure how that would work with the climate and everything so this is an amazing thing to see!

[@syolyte]

Yep those Magnum bars are definitely a special treat. Last time I bought a box was because they were on clearance for 2.09 USD. I checked the date on those so fast and they had plenty of time. Just no space on the new setup, love when this happens :D.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Nice!

[@zoerosedepaz2235]

I love you so much. I’m not vegan nor am I even remotely Icelandic whatsoever, but here I am. Lol Your videos make literally anything interesting. Keep up the awesome and informative content! ❤️

[@AllThingsIceland]

Aww, thank you so much! Much love to you too. ❤

[@brittaneyjwright]

Very cool! I saw many of the vegan brands we have in the US. When I was in Iceland in 2016, it was hard to find vegan/vegetarian food. I'm glad there are more options now!

[@doucelait1]

Who new🤗. Thanks for always bringing cool stuff 🥰

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure

[@michellepaul51]

I’m visiting Iceland at the end of the week! So happy I watched this!

[@veganjem]

This is SO wonderful to see!! I have dreamed of a place like this for years! I hope this comes to the USA. I have occasionally bought a veggie burger only to find out later on it has egg or some kind of dairy product in it. There are enough plantbased people now that this could work well! Its so nice to see the bulk stuff.. I remember when it used to be like this many years ago. we had to get a tare weight on our containers.. before getting oils, honey, shampoo, etc.. so good to see it come back, this is the answer to the plastic crisis the world is facing now! Thanks for this video! Whole foods sells lots of meats, dairy, and they email recipes for meat and dairy foods..

[@elise_h]

OMG, this is super exciting and makes me want to visit even more! So many of my favorite products, and I love that refrigerated room--it seems so much more efficient than the individual cabinets we have in the states. No more fogged glass and letting all the cold out. I've only seen these kinds of rooms used for alcohol here, haha. Also, you look fabulous in that lavender sweater!

[@HallaDita]

That looks like a great wholesome store - not just the vegan grocery section but the stands with cosmetics and bulk house supplies (I assume). Thanks for showing us 🥰

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure 😊

[@andreaizumoto9180]

Awesome store! Makes me want to visit Reykjavik even more now!

[@AllThingsIceland]

Yay!! So glad to hear that.

[@LiveLifeLori]

Thanks for this video!! I'm heading to Iceland tomorrow, so definitely checking out this store likely Monday! Whooohooo I'm also glad to see there's some all vegan restaurants there too. So happy about that. Love that they have the refill section too. Looks like the Iceland store is going to have to get more square footage, as there's a new store called PlantX in Chicago who claims the title now...it's ok I'm happy there's 2 all vegan stores now - the more the better :)

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳 Nice to hear that more all vegan stores are popping up 🤗

[@smurph4959]

Ohhh I’m arriving Sat snd need to shop before I hit the road … looks ideal 😍

[@slady7072]

Love love love it Jewells🌞. Again, thanks for sharing🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🧚🏾‍♀️🧚🏾‍♀️🌸🥂

[@AllThingsIceland]

You are so welcome

[@shawnbuchanan01]

❤

[@pacoandellie]

This is sooo cool! Very jealous that you can shop there any time you want. Thanks for showing the store to us.

[@ENFORCJW]

I will definetly make a stop here in May! Even here in australia Vegan specific supermarkets are hard to come by or are solely online. I'm not a vegan but I do love the various foodstuffs featured!

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@slady7072]

Love love love it Jewells🙏🏾🧚🏾‍♀️🌸🧚🏾‍♀️🙏🏾🥂🥂. Again, thanks for sharing🙏🏾🙏🏾. Will be visiting Iceland in the future

[@AllThingsIceland]

My absolute pleasure.

[@lesliecouncilor7771]

What a wonderful video! Very impressive store. Thank you so much for bringing us these great videos! I would love to see more!

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure 🤗

[@lanilok3696]

I’m so excited to tour this store when I get to Iceland in Oct. thanks so much for this vlog.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Yay and my pleasure 🤗

[@biancaazar8574]

Thanks so much for showing us this, it looks amazing!!!

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure 🤗

[@TheEGA4421]

Kudos to Iceland!!! You are correct about Whole Foods. That ice cream bar looked good. Were you the only shopper?

[@AllThingsIceland]

They were kind to let me to film before the store opened because I didn't want o invade people's privacy while they shopped.

[@missk4934]

SO COOL!!!!!💙💙💙💙

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳

[@RobJMeronek]

Impressive!

[@AllThingsIceland]

Agreed! 😊

[@gattiromani]

I found the Magnum at Lidl..finally..I am waitimg for the cornetto (like the talian Algida) .soo nice

[@happysheep6097]

Great video!!!

[@terribelle3]

Vegans,, apocalypse hits... BOOK IT TO ICELAND!! 🇮🇸 💗

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂

[@markuselias6017]

Love the video, Jewells! Crazy to see how much the store has changed since the last time I went there! They keep on getting bigger and better. I didn't see the employees in the video, haha.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Thanks! It seems that they might even have more space to grow. They were kind to let me film in the store before it opened so no one was obligated to be in the shots. 😂

[@yolandbator180]

Went there while in Reykjavík over a month ago.... was super impressed. Bulk home cleaning products were impressive.... and wow sticker shock... but worth it. Glad Jewels made it a focal point

[@AllThingsIceland]

🤗❤️

[@VKolomichuk]

Pretty cool considering you couldn’t even find an avocado in the not too distant past.

[@AllThingsIceland]

LOL true

[@markuselias6017]

Lol, it's still a challenge to find fresh avocado's in Iceland! I stopped searching and bought them in frozen bags.

[@aprilstarchild79]

The person who lead one of my day bus tours last year was my age (early 40's). When her parents were children, they only got fresh fruit (apples) for Christmas--all other fruit was dried or canned.

[@eliasg.thomas8423]

In 2016 (I think), Melbourne's vegan shop opened what they claimed to be the largest vegan shop in the world - at least in sq meters (possibly in terms of number of products, can't remember). It might have been true at the time, but it's nowhere near as big as this one! I'm very impressed! And the number of products apparently at veganbúðin seems incredible! Even better than Veganz in Berlin, which I loved (much smaller, but plenty of products, including fresh veggies and fruit). On one hand I'm envious, on the other hand my bank account is happy i don't have the veganbúðin nearby :D

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂😂😂

[@aprilstarchild79]

It was SO much easier to be (mostly) vegan in Iceland than I expected. I meant to make it out to Vegan Búðin and didn't, but Bónus had a surprising number of options?? Tofurky products, heat-and-eat meals, vegan jerky! Plus oat milk. And when my bus day tour of the South Coast stopped at a gas station, there were vegan bagel sandwiches (with humus and avocado!) that were surprisingly inexpensive for Iceland, and really tasty. My last trip to Iceland was only a week and I mostly stuck around the capitol region, but in the next few years I'm hoping to do the campervan/Ring Road thing, and it'll be SO nice to have a place to stock up on things. We have Food Fight! Grocery here in Portland (Oregon), which wasn't the first all-vegan grocery but is one of the more well-known ones, I think?

[@AllThingsIceland]

Glad this will helpful. 😊

[@ernestlcolemanjr]

I needed this!

[@chezmanya]

Thanks for letting us know about this store. Must visit on my next trip to Iceland. And Jewells, eat the ice cream :) I buy Magnum bars everywhere I travel. My favorite are the pistachio ones I find in Turkey, but now, I must try the ones you pointed out.

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure and awesome tradition. I think you’re going to like the sea salt caramel magnums. 😊

[@KO-wu2og]

Thanks!!

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure!

[@elegantgrannytv]

This is so cool 🖤🧡

[@cormangos]

I'm vegan and I enjoyed this video! Thank you for showing us this largest vegan store in the world. Could you do a shopping haul including prices in US dollars for comparison please? Thank you again. 😘

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure. Yes, I’ll do a vegan shopping haul and show prices. 😊

[@LunaciaBooks]

This is awesome! I would also love for you to talk about vegan cafés and restaurants in Iceland. (I'm vegan).

[@the_kenyanguy]

This is amazing!

[@AllThingsIceland]

Agreed! 😊

[@LoppyLoves]

I always spend so much money in there 😅 it's so nice being able to have such a large variety of products, I hope they open a branch here in Selfoss one day!

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂😂 me too. Oh, that would be lovely if they opened one in Selfoss!

[@susanowen1990]

Wow! I want to be there! My kind of place!

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@isaacperal9778]

Great video! Largest vegan store for the moment. Veganism is growing so quickly…

[@AllThingsIceland]

True, indeed

[@jessicadia7293]

Yassss!

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@brent-roybrooks6523]

Haló from jamaica, it is my dream to live in iceland because of the peace i hear it has, i also like cold atmospheres so já. And you are very pretty btw😁

[@AllThingsIceland]

Thanks 😊

[@laurettecarolyne8599]

I do want more grocery, market, and store videos. Hello from Ottawa.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Hi and great to hear. I can give a tour of the different markets here. 😊

[@laurettecarolyne8599]

Great

[@dicerosautismambient4894]

It looks like and older store. I also like the vibe of it. I noticed that it was not really anybody in the store.

[@AllThingsIceland]

I was the only one in the store at the time. They were kind to let me film in there before they opened so I was free to film without having others in it that might not want to be filmed.

[@harpermillerauthor]

This is heaven. Me the entire time watching: 🥺🤩😍😁

[@AllThingsIceland]

🤗❤️

[@marianaabreu4286]

💖

[@VeganGirl.]

I want to move to Iceland! ❤

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@chronos401]

Very interesting. Thanks. Maybe I missed it in another video...how do Icelanders have access to fresh fruits and veggies? Do certain kinds handle the seasonal weather okay, or are they grown in special buildings, or are they all imported?

[@AllThingsIceland]

My pleasure. A lot is imported. However, there are greenhouses here where tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, lettuce and some other produce are grown. During the summer people plant a lot of delicious herbs, veggies and fruits (like strawberries) but the season is very short.

[@panache1127]

Sold! I need to move there

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@jenniferf1518]

Maybe you can do a video about what you buy there and what foods you like to eat.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Yes, I'm planning to do a vegan haul and what I eat in a day. Our kitchen was being remodeled and is almost done, so I am excited about being able to use it for a video like that.

[@GeekFurious]

Well, I guess I can move back to Iceland now!

[@AllThingsIceland]

🥳🥳🥳

[@Diamond52894]

I am surprised they have such a large vegan market to sustain a store that size

[@Diamond52894]

They need to put you on the Icelandic post stamp and $100 equivalent

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂❤️

[@Islandicus]

Þetta er alveg ótrúlegt! Hvar er þessi búð í Reykjavík??

[@AllThingsIceland]

Veganbúðin er í skeifunni - Faxafen 14 🙂

[@SullyEyevie]

If they have chocolate/liqorice next time I'm in Iceland I'm buying all 🤣

[@AllThingsIceland]

😂😂😂

[@VgnRaj]

Fascinating video but get closer to the products and talk about them. People from outside of Iceland want to know the different Vegan products that are sold there. Thank you.

[@AllThingsIceland]

Ok, thanks for the feedback

[@Diamond52894]

It looks like the store wasn’t very busy lol

[@AllThingsIceland]

They were kind to let me film before they opened. I didn’t want to film other people who are there just to shop.

[@Diamond52894]

@@AllThingsIceland ahhh that makes sense. They are so cool for doing that. When i visit i will definitely stop here!!!

[@wolfgirl1659]

Hope it wont close!

[@breannabryant9351]

Is your husband plant-based too?

[@AllThingsIceland]

No, he isn’t.

[@virginieletertre8989]

Is it me or the vegetables section is pretty small comparing to other non vegan shops. In fact it is mostly manufactured vegan product well in fact you can be vegan without all of this

[@AllThingsIceland]

The veggie section is small but I think the reason is that you can get those veggies and more at other stores. What this store has is more variety of vegan products than any other store. Sure, you can be vegan without processed foods but that’s not how every vegan is. I respect that we all have different wants and needs, and I’m grateful that this store has things I can’t find in other shops.

[@navaatlas8098]

Of all the placs I've been in my 4 trips to Iceland, this was probably the one and only disappointment. It's a pain to get to by bus, and the interior of the store is sparse and drab. The day we went there was not one bit of fresh food. It may be the "largest" in terms of square footage, but it was quite unappealing as a shopping experience. Even Bonus has more of a selection of plant-based foods, if you factor in fruits and vegetables. All the supermarkets in Reykjavik have wonderful selections of vegan cheeses, sauces, and plant-based proteins - not to mention plenty of fresh produce. I wouldn't recommend this store at all. On the plus side, right nearby, there's a nice Asian grocery.

[@AllThingsIceland]

I think when you went the store was in the process of closing. For years the store was well stocked but recently it was not due to different circumstances and it ultimately closed.

[@navaatlas8098]

@@AllThingsIcelandAh, that explains it; it seemed so strange! And that small part of Reykjavik looks kinda like ... New Jersey. In any case, Jewells, I love your videos and enthusiasm for all things Iceland. I returned home (NY) from Reykjavik 3 weeks ago and all I can think about is going back. I literally dream of Vegan World Peace ...

[@jamesbong7852]

How much are the vegans, - are they cheaper than a lawn mower? 😎

[@AllThingsIceland]

?

[@jamesbong7852]

@@AllThingsIceland - just a silly joke, sorry 😇

[@jamesbong7852]

@@Bc500 - that's not exactly a green point of view...

[@johncafey7298]

With due respect to all here let me tell you being vegan is awesome but what's more important than that is healthy.. I hardly see much healthier products here.. Healthy means organic, unprocessed, unrefined, no trans fats, no hydrogenation etc.. I find none of them here.. and let me tell you lady the healthiest food in the planet is when you cook at home from the scratch instead of buying processed stuff from the supermarket.. shortcuts are not good.. peace & out.

[@jonahwhale9047]

Do they not sell grains, beans, seeds and nuts? Fresh produce is a difficult one for small stores & probably best bought from big stores or specialists because the profit/wastage balance. I used to run an whole food shop that pioneered fresh organic produce & the truth it, it was largely a loss leader to get people in the store. As in you wouldn't make money off it, but off other stuff people bought. Because the large supermarkets prices/margins are so low, it crushes independents. You'd make more on a bottle of vitamins or a beauty product than a basket full of veg. I guess so much fresh produce in Iceland must be imported and, hence, the prices really high.

[@DicyaninGlass]

Wow. How can people not see how utterly messed up this is??!!!

[@AllThingsIceland]

?

[@ivylovesrunning]

I can't believe how much different foods that are available there.

[@AllThingsIceland]

I know right?! It’s amazing to see.