The Icelandic Volcano Town Grindavik - The Bigger Picture Part 1/3
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Welcome to this first part of my travel story to the new Icelandic volcano in Geldingadalir but it took me a while longer than usual to write and edit this story since the script turned out to be around 45 minutes so I'm publishing it in 3 parts. Part 2/3 will be online in the next days.
Part 1. The travel to Grindavík and the surroundings:
Part 2. Full Grindavík tour, culture and stories.
Part 3. Walking tour to the volcano and footage
So please excuse the delay but at least i can say that i managed to cover most sides stories and do the kind of video i originally planned for, or the life around the volcano and the danger to Grindavík, as seen from my own lenses.
So for those of you who just wanted to see the “red stuff” it’s less than you might expect, but i covered however the surroundings very well and it’s mixed with information about icelandic history, culture and mentality, which is an approach that I know many of my viewers like.
i’m back and thanks for your patience.
So i had no excuse to complain over lack of footage this time, but i want to mention though that i had to work under bad conditions by the volcano and it’s my plan to go up there again soon since the landscape is changing there day by day, and I will upload a short update on thuseday
Links:
Online Geological map of Iceland
jardfraedikort.is
14 month earthquake timelapse
• 14 month Time-lapse Sh...
Lava roads on the Reykjanes Peninsula
• Drive Trough the Reykj...
It is wide open and beautiful there. Thank you ✌
Thank you too
Very interesting and nice. It was like seeing it in person. 👍👍👍👍🌋🌋🌋
Thank you! the rest will be online very soon :)
Overcoming an attention deficit disorder, you have easily managed to captivate my interest. As a mere consumer of RUclips, may I compliment you on your excellent and effective grasp of English to write and produce a most informative visual commentary, with just enough dry wit to engage your audience and no ‘more’.
Vel gert; Þakka þér fyrir; vinsamlegast haltu áfram með góða vinnu! [well done; thank you; please keep up the good work!]
I LOVE your sense of humor!
Thanks a lot :) apprecciated
Always love watching, miss your beautiful country. Spent 3 years in keflavik from 1976-1979 . the home made bread fun inner Nardvict, was incredible
We choose ti live on the economy and made wonderful friends. Thank you for sharing
Nice to hear and it's plenty to come from places you know :)
Great video, i learned a lot about Iceland, not that i knew that much anyway, here in New Brunswick, Canada, Iceland isn't on of our primary subjects, but that why i watch RUclips to learn, even at 69 years old, i can still learn things.
Guy's your age are in super-shape while they keep them selves busy or so says my many years in retail, from speaking to many, many Icelanders, so enjoy my content but it's a lot to come in the next days...
That’s the good thing about YTube….. you can learn lots of things. It may be an important, geographical item like the volcanoes or a simple ‘how to’ …. make bread or sew a button on:). Good luck and I will now look at New Brunswick in my Atlas 👍…..and on Google earth😁.
Thank You so much for this video, the road trip from Reykjavik to just past the aluminum plant on the right brought back lots of memories. I was stationed in Keflavik 1979 to 1981. We had such a wonderful time there. Love the Lambdogs.
Wonderful! I have seen so many people who worked at the old base on my channel and it's fantastic, and it's my plan to drive trough the base this summer to show you how it looks now :)
@@JustIcelandic I will keep an eye out for the video, Thank You
Great perspective. Great video production.
Much appreciated!
I started watching you for the volcano earthquake updates, but i continue watching for the amazing history. Thank you for your efforts.
Glad to hear...You are very welcome :)
Thank you so much for sharing. I always enjoy your videos. Hello from Philadelphia, PA USA
Greetings to Philadelphia :) and thanks for visiting
Thank you so much for providing the bigger picture!!!!!
My pleasure and welcome :)
Thank you so much...it was very informative and touching the way that your homeland has formed your thinking...love from Scotland.
So glad to hear and greeting to Scotland :)
@@JustIcelandic 😁
Great video , can’t wait for next episodes.
The script was tricky this time since it's longer than usual, but since the voiceover is done, the rest is easy so it's not gonna take me long time to finish :) and thanks
The timelapse was beautiful and the aerials were great to understand the locations, Thanks for the great video
So nice of you and thanks for visiting :)
Very interesting material and footage, thank you for your very informative video! Subscribed and will certainly watch the other parts!👏👏👏👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🙋♀️🇩🇪🤝
👍 welcome to my channel and enjoy :)
@@JustIcelandic Thank you! I certainly will! 👍👍👍🙋♀️🌋🏕🛳❄🌊
That was really interesting, thank you 🙂
Thanks a lot :)
Great! Everybody can feel, that you love your wonderful country. Thank you so much for sharing this with all Iceland-Fans all around the world. If possible, please continue! 🙏
Thank you so much and part 2 is online now )
This is excellent! Thank you. I will be very interested to see the rest.
Thanks :) welcome
Excellent production, now of course I want to visit.... bucket list
You should!
I enjoy your information on Iceland and the interesting stories.
Thanks a lot :)
Thank you so much for giving us an opportunity to see this area of Iceland in all of it's historical context, and the important role that volcano's have played in it's creation. Very well done. I look forward to the next episodes.
Well done, sir!
Always appreciate understand the broader context of an area/topic. Looking forward to the next couple episodes.
Thanks a lot, part 2 is online now :)
Welcome back!! It is worth waiting for your videos and having these super interesting news! I love your way to share history, culture, and humour too 👍🇮🇹
Thanks a lot and welcome :)
awsome, thanks
Thanks :)
@@JustIcelandic last time one of Iceland volcano's went off we had epic sunsets like that all year here in Scotland. i think its one of the best bits of one going off.
A message from my young geographers: "Welcome back! This is one of your best videos. We learned so much in a short time." You have made their week and given them all projects to research. Happy volcanologists , all!
This is amazing. I learned so much from the maps in conjunction with the live shots. I look forward to parts 2 and 3. You are absolutely right. Lots of RUclips videos of the lava flowing but very little in the way of context.
Oh, that sunset was EVERYTHING! I so enjoy listening to your stories!
I'm so glad :) thanks a lot and enjoy
YAY! I've been waiting for this! Thank you for the history of these places. I love it.
Thanks a lot, plenty to come :)
The humor over deadly beaches and tourist behavior! 😹
It sounds just like us native Northern California coastal residents.
Darwins Law operating at full bore...
Thank you very much for the personal touch and interesting way of explaining videos, I have been able to put so much into proper context and understand the underlying history and geology far better than I had prior to finding your channel. 😽✅
wow, I didnt want it to end. Captivating on so many disperse Earth &
Human aspects. I can appreciate the uniqueness but my day must start here in UK. I will revisit later. I understand luck catching the perfect sun set, the raw beauty of open landscape-I miss so much of the simular bleak beauty of my own homeland. Dark humor to cope with ever present death by weather makes perfect sense to me. You have done a brilliant value to attract more stupid humans with full pockets to the land you love. 'your second wife' 6:30 UTC near Stonehenge (where they now keep the tourists inside a fence with another fence between them and the standing stones!)
:) thank you very much :) and part 2 is online now :) the joint history of Iceland and UK included :) hope u like it :) but we still love the Brits :)
I love hearing the history of Iceland, from the sagas to more recent stories, this is a great idea!
Thanks a lot, I'm trying to find my own ways of describing my country since the tourist business is more in the "sunny side" and welcome :)
@@JustIcelandic the ppl seem a bit blunt & they don't seem to suffer fools much.
You could say that they're kinda like NY'ers who live in Manitoba, Canada?
Love your country. ❤️
Oh, do you guys tap into wind energy @ all?
Incredible video packed with interesting information: Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot :) and welcome, more coming soon
Thank you ..so informational. Enjoy seeing and hearing about the country side
My pleasure!
Here is the land of fire and ice 🔥❄️
Literally :)
A true gem, sir; content with captivating, interwoven context. I cannot wait for episodes 2 and 3. Thank you.
Thanks a lot, part 2 is online now :)
I really enjoyed this video. The background of Iceland is hugely interesting, especially with the complication of the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the vulcanism that it entails. You bring up many fascinating aspects of the country and the volcanoes and their impact on the people. I look forward to seeing the 2nd and 3rd installments! Keep up the good work!
I'm glad you enjoyed it and welcome :)
I had heard that 'Chinese takeaway' line before but it still made me chuckle. Nice tour, thanks.
Welcome :)
What a wonderful video!
Thank you so much! 😃
Our family has learned so much about Iceland
It looks amazing 🤩
Glad you enjoyed it :) more to come soon...
Thank you very much for your wonderful story, because I don’t know much about Iseland and Iselanders. Thank you again!
Thank you too!
Thanks for sharing your journey and the story. Cant wait for part 2 and three. =)
Coming soon :)
Thank you for this great story, Iceland is really coming alive!
😬 thanks a lot and welcome :)
Wow, you have great documentary skills. Thank you for your diligent effort to cover the town in front of the volcanoes and land being built on or near recent lava ways
Thank you very much, glad to hear :) and part 2 is online now :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this film for us, with more to come. It was really interesting, and we get all the little tit bits of your experience thrown in too. Looking forwards to the next episode.
Coming soon and thanks for visiting :)
Thank you for another interesting backstory - can't wait to see the next two parts of this series!
part is online and thanks for visiting :)
Thank you such a beautiful back yard 😊 I can't wait for the flowers to start blooming. What did you think when you heard about that volcano 🌋 in Eastern Africa ? I'm so greatful that didn't happen to your beautiful land . It's Horrific and I have no words to explain how awful I feel for those people .
Thankyou. That was really interesting.
Thanks :)
Considering the events in 2023 and 2024 this series is quite prophetic and sad knowing what has become of Grindavik and it's residents. Thank you Gylfi for this and all your other excellent work.
"the chinese take away" ... love this humor 😂😂
Robust humor for people living in a robust environment.
LOL had me in stitches for a good couple of minutes.
Wow, and I thought sneaker waves were bad along the Oregon coast (NW US)!
At least the ones in Iceland don’t contain random giant cedar and fir logs.
Hello and greetings from
New Zealand. I've very much looked forward to your latest video edition!
🌱🌏💚
Welcome again, part 2 is online now :)
@@JustIcelandic Fabulous! Going to watch right now!
This is great! I'm looking forward to Part 2 .,.. i wish there was a transcript ( my hearing isn't good).
I know....I will add subtitles after part 3 is online :)
I just love listening to this man talk.
👍 thanks a lot :) and enjoy
Awesome landscape and great commentary!
Looking forward to the next instalment.
Thanks! 😀
Thanks a lot and welcome :)
Thanks for this video - it is like being back in your beautiful country, but with soemthing of the ‘inside’ story’. I can’t wait for parts 2 and 3 of your saga.
Part 2 is online and welcome :)
Very interesting start to the series, thankyou. My visits to Iceland have mostly been in the north (love Akureyri) so it's good to get some insight into the south. And I love the Icelandic sense of humour - it takes no prisoners, just like the landscape :)
Thank you and greetings from sunny Akureyri :)
So wonderful to enjoy Icelandic humour! My kind of dark. So hold tourists at the airport and require them to view your film before stomping around on the moss and daring to sea to not kill them. Where individuals defy warning signs, the cost of the rescue should come out of their pocket, not the government (or the firework manufacturers).
Absolutely brilliant. Great storytelling, I've witnessed the idiots on The Chinese Takeaway beach, but also the hospitality of the people of Grindavik too. This is the best Icelandic channel by a kilometer. Thanks for your work.
Thank you very much and great you liked Grindavík :) part 3 is online now :)
Fascinating insight into the Iceland that lies beyond and behind the tourist experience. Looking forward to further instalments.
Great to hear :) and welcome
Thank you again for another enthralling videography. Once more you have described "our Journey" for the layman to perfection. I cannot wait for future instalments.
Thank you so much and welcome :)
Great explanation of science of eruption and surrounding area. Having an eruption just down the road from the Keflavik international airport should kick off a great tourist season. One of the most enjoyable weekly events at Naval Air Station Keflavik in the late 70s was Friday night fish fry at USO. Nothing like having a piece of cod the size of your fist from Grindavik. Thanks for the renewed memories. Really appreciate the video!
It's wonderful to learn more about the context of the places I've only visited briefly as a tourist. A lot of information! You could easily have made 3 parts from this one already :) And the "chinese takeaway" - great :D :D
I love your videos! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the mix of science, history, and life currently in Iceland, we visited Iceland for 2 weeks in 2019 and were planning to come back in 2020 but as you know the world had other plans for all of us. We spent a week in Reykyavik and a week Akureyri, we used F35 to go north and loved the trip. Hope to come back in 2022 and spend 5 weeks in a camper van. Looking forward to parts 2 and 3.
These information are so highly appreciated. Thanks a lot!!! It's so great to get a taste of how you live!!!
Very welcome and thanks a lot :)
Excellent, nice to hear you again!
Welcome back!
LOL I love Icelandic humor!
Enjoy :)
Thank you for writing and producing this series, it is nice to have some background to the eruption and know more about the people who live here.
Thanks a lot :)
Thank you for making this series. Part 1 was quite enjoyable. Looking forward to the remaining 2.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing with beautiful footage. I'm planning a trip in July to social distance in the highlands ;-) but I will have a look at the volcano when it is still going. I'm considering Grindavik as my first accommodation so this information is right on time !
Sounds great, it's a excellent town but you will know more after I finish to edit part 2 :) online tomorrow
Thank you 💖
Welcome!
Fascinating, thank you for this
Thanks a lot :)
Although the volcano pictures are great, The Bigger Picture is better in it's own way. Thank-you for filming and narrating. I could listen to you all day.
Thanks a lot 😬
Thank you for your humorous, well presented video of authentic life in Iceland who are living daily with an erupting volcano. I have been longing for an informative video with geological content and a picture of the Reykjanes Peninsula (maps) in relation to the rest of the island. You have provided for the mind that wants to move beyond close-ups of oozing lava while fearing for the lives of people stepping on what appears to be a solid crust of lava to find the “real heat” to roast a hot dog. I appreciate the history of life in and around Grindavik and what the future may hold for them. Thank you for sharing your personal history to help us understand what it means to be an Icelander who loves his country at its best and worst. My husband and I are so pleased to find your channel and to find out more about Iceland from an authentic point of view.
I'm so glad to hear this because there is just so much tourist info out there that has it's limitations so to show people the real life here was never a question in my mind, and I will continue on this path so it's plenty more to come, and welcome to Iceland :)
I was totally enthralled by your tour and talk thanks so much for your efforts
So nice of you
Nice road trip! Love the video can’t wait for more but will...
Very soon :)
Love this travel mixed with history and geology. The people of Grindtavik must be on pins and needles over the volcano's activity, where's it going to flow, but people are finally able to visit....
Love your local insights and dry, sometimes dark Icelandic humor. Can't wait to see your coming videos!!! 💚🌍🌋🇮🇸🍀✌️😸
Thanks a lot, I'm trying to do this as I would be describing my county to foreign friend on the road :) Glad you like this approach :)
@@JustIcelandic Thanks for the reply! One day, I hope to be on the road there. Although I promise, I do know how to drive. 💜🇮🇸✌️😸
Very informative, thankyou for sharing, I have watched the volcano footage since day 1, then I checked out the 1973 eruption. Absolutely amazing no-one was hurt, the footage was awesome. Love Iceland and love the Icelandic people. Stay safe always. You live in an amazing place x
Thanks for your interest and always welcome, more on the way :)
Thanks for sharing this kind of view 👍 bw from Germany 🇩🇪 to Iceland 🇮🇸
Greetings to Germany 🇩🇪 and welcome :)
Just Icelandic thanks for your reply and take care of yourself , bye for today 💕💚💕 🍀😎🍀
Thank you so much. I am unable to travel, but I have always wanted to visit Iceland so videos like this are, to me, absolute magic. I have enjoyed your narrative as it expresses the views of a true Icelander, not just the script for a travel advertisement. I am very impressed with your rescue services and wish tourists would heed danger warnings . We have the same problem here in the UK. Sadly there will always be idiots who put other's lives at risk no matter where in the world they are. The work of fishermen is a dangerous and economically essential. Thankfully there are rescue personnel who are willing to risk all to save these brave workers when in difficulties.. I am looking forward to watching the rest of your story. Maybe you could do a series on other areas of your beautiful country.
Thank you so much and welcome :)
So informative! Thank you for the maps!
Glad it was helpful and thanks for visiting :)
Excellent storytelling. Thank you. I’m looking forward to the rest.
Awesome, thank you!
Very interesting 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼
Thank you! Cheers!
I very much appreciate your telling us more about the surroundings of the eruption and some of the further implications of the actual eruption process.
Thank you, new video online now :) ruclips.net/video/iwBngnUlrpo/видео.html
You're incredibly talented, and I loved every part of this video. Thank you.
Wow, thank you so much :) very inspiring .....
@@JustIcelandic I said talented, that doesn't do you justice...gifted, and using your gift so well, getting the Big Picture and the background to your fishing days, the tragic events (the importance of the Harbour). Every aspect of it was far better than a big budget documentary channel could do. Take care and I so look forward to your next instalments.
Wonderful! I love learning about the history of places and Iceland is very interesting! Thank you! Onto part two!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Video and very informative, I so miss working in Island. Tak Tak
Takk :)
Þúsund takk aftur. Takk fyrir að deila svona áhugaverðum upplísingum!
Steven frá Perth í Ástraliu.
Takk fyrir komuna og vertu alltaf velkominn, og kveðja til Perth :)
Looking forward to more parts. Thanks for the bigger picture, not just about Grindabik and its environment, but also about yourself and your former fishing work. Wonderful tribute to your fallen classmate too.
So nice of you :) part 2 is online now :) ruclips.net/video/ivxRK5zOCA0/видео.html
I really enjoy all the history, thank you
Glad to hear it and welcome :)
Yay...your'e back...thank you :)
You're welcome 😊 struggled a bit with this one, but the workflow is coming back now :)
Good to see you back love your videos
Thanks :) and welcome
I enjoyed this so much! The wonderful memories it brought back made me tear up a bit. I remember being warned about the sneaker waves! I wish I had done more hiking in those days. Too old and rickety now 😂 But seeing it now through the eyes of the Nov. 2023 events reminded of my taste of the land that straddles both the Atlantic Ridge and a mantle plume. Life on the edge of the world is full of natural beauty and a lurking sense of "Will it happen?" Thanks so much.
Love the horse picture by the way! Awesome shot!
Thanks a lot :)
The last time that I visited the Blue Lagoon, there was barely a parking spot available; you are the best Icelandic ambassador
Thank you so very much :)
@@JustIcelandic and took a photo of the memorial for the fallen sailors at Vik,
Very interesting to learn more about your country! I'm looking forward to seeing the next 2 parts😁
Thank you! 😃
Was wondering about the fishing town. That was a nice intro to the area. I saw they have a golf course near the town. Looking forward to part 2&3.
Thanks 👍 there will be photo's from the gold course in part 2 :)
This is true Geography, back when I was first studying it in about 1958, we were told that a true geographer looked at everything from the landscape to the people, from the history to the economy, and this does just that. Looking forward to the next episodes.
Thanks a lot, part 2 is online now :) ruclips.net/video/ivxRK5zOCA0/видео.html
Landscapes are a big, big factor in where people settle, and so it affects everything about them. I like the mostly-European approach of including the geology and earth sciences in the Geography department of universities. Ties things together better. 👍
Love the tour around the area, and the maps and satellite images are the best way to illustrate the landscapes and what you’re showing. One of the best “big picture” videos!
After listening to your excellent narrative, I just had to subscribe.
Be very welcome :)
This was so entertaining! You also have a very smooth voice which makes it even more pleasant to watch. Thank you!
Oh thank you so much :)
Thanks for this little insight and overview of the Reykjavik peninsula; for sure I will watch the other parts! :-)
Awesome, thank you!
the more i hear about iceland, its saga's, its geology, its more modern history - the more i want to get a passport and come over
You should :) and welcome :)
@@JustIcelandic once covid has pittered out....