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That's good to hear you only had a positive experience Kate :) maybe its just me, Iceland spoiled me with some of it's amazing views and now, unless the place is empty, i'm becoming too difficult to please haha

@ don’t apologise for having an opinion! I’d love to see the Taj Mahal with only me in the pic 🤣

thanks for sharing this Peter! Yeah, the October is usually something in between, but for me personally I really like this month for all the contrasts of orange colors and snow capped mountains. On the other hand, as with any other of the months, the weather in October can be miserable sometimes, too. Some tour operators are closing down for the winter by the end of September/October so that's a good point, it's a good idea to check beforehand which of the desired activities are still possible to do at the particular time of the year. Öxnadalsheiði pass next to Akureyri is a sketchy part of the road for sure, especially in the storm.

glad it's helpful, thanks mate! 🙏

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙏🏻😎

Thanks Steve 😎🙏🏻

Thank you! 🙏🏻😎

That sounds epic 🔥

no, this is Troll Peninsula, about 5-6 drive from Rvk

Best free registration (aka, no fee for the exam = Iceland). One other EU country with free exam I found was Luxembourg. The other countries charge a fee to take the exam.

Hi Harry! Good questions, what I meant was that there is no extra fees for the exam after you paid the registration. - And the remote ID, the explanation on website of ffa will probably explain it better than me, here's what they say : Remote ID is the ability of a drone in flight to provide identification and location information that can be received by other parties through a broadcast signal. Remote ID lays the foundation of the safety and security groundwork needed for more complex drone operations. Remote ID also helps the FAA, law enforcement, and other federal agencies locate the control station when a drone appears to be flying in an unsafe manner or where it is not allowed to fly. - I'm guessing nobody will be tracking it if you fly for example by some waterfall where it's forbidden, but more like in situations like flying near airport, government facilities and so on......all in all yes, kind of a big brother type surveillance 😅

@janiniceland hi Jan, thanks for your answer. I looked into this remote ID a bit more and the drone station is actually the person flying the drone. It will make it possible for anyone to track where the drone pilot is located. This tramples all privacy laws. I agree that a drone can be recognized, but to then give up YOUR personal location? That is ultimately the negative side of this ID thing. By the way, it's a regulation and not (yet) written into law. There is a lot of uproar in the US about the personal location of the drone pilot. To be continued. 😎

@@janiniceland Jan, can you please explain how to apply for a drone permit to fly over zones that are restricted? What's the procedure, the cost and how to apply the permit (if gotten) in such areas without being assaulted by possibly angry farmers/police/visitors😋?

it's really more about the length of the day, for example - February 1st : Sunrise 10:07 / Sunset 17:16 March 29th : Sunrise 06:56 / Sunset 20:11 - so it really depends on when you come, earlier in the winter it is, the better as you will be able to see the aurora earlier in the night (if the weather cooperates) and overall having more opportunities

Yeah, honestly that's what i would expect, too. The only thing I found was : ,,In order to fly in the open category, pilots must be registered on the Icelandic Transport Authority's registration website''. I will be doing so more digging in upcoming days and hopefully reach their office directly, so I will post an update when I know more. It's also a fresh update, so I-m guessing there's a chance they will be still doing some tweaking to the system and information provided on their website.

@@janiniceland In your video at 3.24 I noticed that above the 3 choices there is the yellow note that a says that if you are already registered in a EASA member state you do not need to register in Iceland... so that's the answer... did not notice it before...

@@massimocarnevali2785 omg I have no idea how I missed it 😅 thank you so much for double checking 🙏

honestly I had no idea until they released the announcement on December 5th. I agree with the weight, it worth it - ive flown mavic/air2s in all kinds of stormy weather without any issues other than having to calculate for longer time to return. Spoken to my friend who owns Mini, he only really uses it on a good weather day.

I can imagine it can become a headache if one travels a lot, there're always some changes...still I have to say, everything about the rules is at least more or less clear and easy to research, for example compared to many of asian countries. Let's see where it all goes, sadly there're so many people coming here (and i can imagine its the same elsewhere too) who don-t care about anything and are completely ignorant to others who are visiting local sites- so perhaps its just a matter of time before they will tighten the restriction even more, and like you said, that will just make it harder for those of us who actually do their best to follow the rules...Oh well, all we can do is to educate others and sleep well at night knowing we don-t fall into the wrong category of drone users 😅

@ Well said. All the rules and regulations in the world won’t impact the people who think they don’t apply to them. I was at Jokusarlon in 2018 and at the time it wasn’t entirely clear whether you could fly there or not. It was my understanding then that with permission you could do so. I asked around and was told to look for the house where the Ranger lived. If his truck was parked in the driveway you couldn’t fly. If the truck was gone, so was he and you could fly. We looked on the map for the boundaries of the National Park, and flew elsewhere. That same trip was when the DJI Mini had first come out and I watched a guy on the boardwalk at Gulfoss look around, take his brand new Mini out and launch directly in front of the No Drones sign. It happens everywhere and, in fact, more rules are being implemented to curtail drone flights for these and other reasons. I really like the new “compromise” in the Icelandic rules about flying being allowed only in certain times. Fortunately it looks like those times are early and late Golden Hour. YES! A good way to protect the large crowds and still allow for flying at the best times. Can’t wait to return to Iceland. Next trip will include a return to the North and a few days in Siglufjordur. Thanks again Jan.

thank you so much! 🙏

let's go shred together next time!

Thank you so much Ben!

thanks André! Maybe see you on the skin track! 😎

Thanks Mayeen! Enjoy your time here and fingers crossed for some good weather! :)

Maybe this video can help :) ruclips.net/video/2mAnoeqBGEc/видео.htmlsi=MojyRhDcBCiOpbG1

It definitely has its downsides, but you could maybe split your day a little bit differently and do more slow paced travel so for example you could spend the dark part of the day soaking in springs or lagoons and use the daylight to visit the sites. I would say that 1 day is enough time for golden circle to see the highlights, but you could divide it into two days if there're many things on the list you would like to see and do in that area. 1 day in Reykjavik is enough in my opinion, but you could base yourself out of there and also have one extra day to for example explore Reykjanes peninsula.

@janiniceland thanks for all the great hints :D

thank you Markus! Yes it sure is a nice part of the island. Feels very remote, too. Definitely worth visiting if one has enough time here.

Hello Sharon, thank you, I'm glad you like them :) I can guarantee you will have a plenty of snow here in February 😀

Thank you Dave! They use Icelandic wool and they manufacture in Asia.

​@@janiniceland thanks for everything. We want you to stay Safe and warm. The weather is so unpredictable and exciting especially with the live volcano erruting. Going to subscribe and wait for your next video.

Hello and thank you for sharing! I am currently not planning such a video and my overview in this topic isn't the best as i've been self-employed for past few years. You can google it easily though, there will be a lot of data online :)

glad to hear, I hope you found some useful info in there :)

thank you, I-m glad you find it helpful :)

yeah this is a very specific scenario, I wouldnt be really sure what to do either...I guess the best is to safely pull over like you did and see what's going on. i'm surprised there even was a police car, oftentimes they move a small houses here and dont even have any escort haha

Also forgot to mention: the police car had their flashing full beams on, which was badly disorienting and I didn't see what they were doing until very late. Until then, I thought the police were heading to some emergency and it was just a regular set of trucks. They should use more lighting to make the wide load more obvious.

Hi! Thank you, Im glad it's useful :) I replaced it and I marked all the routes using Caltopo app. More on that in the link in the description of the video 🙏