We spent an evening with a nice Icelandic couple and proceeded to eat a bunch of their food, we stole many licorice-powered treats, we unloaded gobs of unhealthy American sweets and we even flew drones without an official license. I'm certain we're wanted in Iceland.
I was in a church in France and there was a sign that said no photos, but I’d already taken a photo. I didn’t get caught, but I deleted my photo, confessed to a nun and left a donation. I felt so guilty.
I was caught smuggling 3 good sized unpasteurized French cheeses in my hand luggage. Was told I have to either discard them - or eat them. I ate them. All of them. Didn't need any more food for an entire day.
Wow! I thought that I was the only one who knew these strange burial laws. I've no idea how I ended up on that part of the website a few weeks ago. Maybe I was trying to look up planning permission requirements but I carried on reading because they were so bizarre. I've never heard of the pickpocketing but I've had a few bad experiences on my way back after nights out downtown. It might not be illegal but tourists not showering properly before they climb into a swimming pool is my bugbear - they don't seem to realise that no one else in interested in them until they start to act shifty and avoid the showers / not strip off, then the rest of us will stare. I'm not a tourist but I think my only crime is bringing in proper sausages (and maybe a bit more alcohol than I am allowed to) - sorry, Icelandic ones just aren't meaty enough!
I confess I walked outside the ropes to get an amazing cliffside picture at Anarstapi in Snaefellsnes Peninsula. It was completely worth the potential falling to my death but I do feel bad about stepping on the local flora.
I was drinking a can of larger ( not covered by a plain brown paper bag ) in Mid -Town Manhattan in 1992. I was caught by a Swiss Guard protecting Pope John Paull II in 1985 - not that I intended to do the soldier or the Pope any harm. And I was arrested at the Soviet Mission to Italy - Russian Embassy - in Rome, but rapidly released and told to be upon my way. I didn`t need much encouraging with a machine gun pointing at my back. The daftest thing I have ever done abroad is take photos of a detachment of the Mexican Military in the middle of Mexico City, whilst at the same time being English ! Hells Bells, I`m glad I got away with that one.
@@TimeWarpIceland `Bad ass ?`Oh, no - not I ! You must come along over here to England and allow me to introduce you to some of my friends. They have almost singularly led a far more intrepid life than I have.
@@TimeWarpIceland I figured it had to be somewhere, but it didn't seem to have the amount of crime we have here in the US. I actually worked in a prison for 7 years in Texas. You know, I really love Iceland. It's the one place I've been that I really felt I could belong, but not sure why. I never felt I belonged anywhere, not even where I was born. I appreciate the peace I found there.
Lol yea sorry. I've been focusing on a new role at work. I have a few videos on the editing bay but it's proving a bit challenging to get into the video making heads pace again. I'll get there 😊
Wow I had no idea taking rocks was illegal. My great grandpa was an Icelander so I took some off of a couple ancestral farms. Oops. I’m not sorry about though lol
I went in March and while climbing Mount Helgafell, there was enough snow and ice on the ground that I lost track of the path and just ended up walking where there was level-ish ground. Even though I couldn't help it, I felt so guilty.
Do you know if it's possible for non-Icelanders to make arrangements for the dispersion of their ashes in Iceland? It's been our plan for a while now, and I suppose I should find out before the poor person we burden with the duty ends up in an Icelandic prison.
I haven't read this. But the info should be there. Let me know if you need more assistance with this. island.is/en/scatter-ashes-outside-designated-cemeteries
Taken pebbles from the black beach😢 BUT called out fellow countrymen, got discoverd when they understood me spewing bad behaviour words towards them, as the wife of a cuple jumped a fenced of area. NOT ok behaviour...on her behave😉
OK, I admit it, back in 2015. I took a stone from the black Sand Beach. That stone is now glued to the front of my refrigerator along with a Icelandic coin holding up a photo of me at the crime scene. For me to return the stone, I would be Required to pay freight on my refrigerator. sorry but I am not willing to do that. I will be returning to Iceland in 2025, but I have already started growing a beard and moustache to hide my identity.
Thanks for the list. I do try to be respectful of other countries & cultures. I sometimes get upset seeing tourists somewhere do things that they would be angry about if it happened at home by someone visiting. Is there a law that the returned rocks had to be quarantined first before moving them anywhere? Hope the person opening the box didn't break the law. 🙂
Melatonin is a prescription "drug" here but probably not illegal ... I hope. I always buy my melatonin in USA because its fraction of the price and over the counter. We are going to need those rocks back.
Lol, I've done that too. And too high. That was before they got strict though. I went to Þingvellir and flew there during covid. There was nobody there. Got awesome shots of Þingvellir completely empty. Literally only us there. But lost most of the footage 🥺
I'd have to say I've taken rocks from other states/countries and never had a problem. It's not as if I brought my handy-dandy pocket industrial jackhammer and destroyed the Earth to get them. I know sand from beaches can contain soil/bacteria/plant organisms so those have to be bottled and sealed or otherwise proven they're clean, but most often tossed. I hope I can bring back a Volcanic rock or two still, especially if they're going to be selling them at stores?
I see. A few racial undertones. Getting angry about non-Caucasians not leaving when their visa expires. Just remind me, what did the Danes do to the indigenous population in the first place?
Pick pocketing is why I always keep an armed mouse trap in each pocket!
I used to do that too until the accident...
Well. I may or may not have been looking at a small Icelandic lava rock on my desk right as you said that.
😅
We spent an evening with a nice Icelandic couple and proceeded to eat a bunch of their food, we stole many licorice-powered treats, we unloaded gobs of unhealthy American sweets and we even flew drones without an official license. I'm certain we're wanted in Iceland.
😂
I was in a church in France and there was a sign that said no photos, but I’d already taken a photo. I didn’t get caught, but I deleted my photo, confessed to a nun and left a donation. I felt so guilty.
Did she forgive you? 😅
Who knew the pebble we liberated from a random area of Iceland could carry so much weight. Icelandic guilt is as heavy as the knit sweaters…
Criminal! 😅
I was so careful with my driving speed during my visit, but I still came home with a “surprise portrait” from the Icelandic Police 😂!!
Really? Unlucky!
I was caught smuggling 3 good sized unpasteurized French cheeses in my hand luggage. Was told I have to either discard them - or eat them. I ate them. All of them. Didn't need any more food for an entire day.
😅
Too funny and insightful!!
Does it count as stealing rocks if the rock is molten lava when you pick it up? Just asking for all the scientists 😄😄
Well that's a good question...
The burial laws thing is wild! I had no idea and that should change. Who wants to pay to burn an empty box/urn??
It's stupid 🥺
I walk on moss while picking berries. There are no paths. BUT, I always apologizse to the elves and thank them for letting me disturb their home. 😊
Wow! I thought that I was the only one who knew these strange burial laws. I've no idea how I ended up on that part of the website a few weeks ago. Maybe I was trying to look up planning permission requirements but I carried on reading because they were so bizarre. I've never heard of the pickpocketing but I've had a few bad experiences on my way back after nights out downtown. It might not be illegal but tourists not showering properly before they climb into a swimming pool is my bugbear - they don't seem to realise that no one else in interested in them until they start to act shifty and avoid the showers / not strip off, then the rest of us will stare. I'm not a tourist but I think my only crime is bringing in proper sausages (and maybe a bit more alcohol than I am allowed to) - sorry, Icelandic ones just aren't meaty enough!
Haha yea that burial law thing triggered me to make this video. It's bizarre. I don't go down town Reykjavik after midnight. It's definitely not safe.
I confess I walked outside the ropes to get an amazing cliffside picture at Anarstapi in Snaefellsnes Peninsula.
It was completely worth the potential falling to my death but I do feel bad about stepping on the local flora.
I was pretty good. I did take one annoying baby but returned it once I found out how expensive and noisy it was. Great video.
😂
I was drinking a can of larger ( not covered by a plain brown paper bag ) in Mid -Town Manhattan in 1992. I was caught by a Swiss Guard protecting Pope John Paull II in 1985 - not that I intended to do the soldier or the Pope any harm. And I was arrested at the Soviet Mission to Italy - Russian Embassy - in Rome, but rapidly released and told to be upon my way. I didn`t need much encouraging with a machine gun pointing at my back.
The daftest thing I have ever done abroad is take photos of a detachment of the Mexican Military in the middle of Mexico City, whilst at the same time being English !
Hells Bells, I`m glad I got away with that one.
That's probably the coolest comment I've had so far. You are a bad ass!
@@TimeWarpIceland `Bad ass ?`Oh, no - not I ! You must come along over here to England and allow me to introduce you to some of my friends. They have almost singularly led a far more intrepid life than I have.
Intriguing...
Enjoying your vids now. I'm curious about prisons. You have that there somewhere in Iceland?
Yes, we have a few. Not really all that attractive as in other Nordic countries.
@@TimeWarpIceland I figured it had to be somewhere, but it didn't seem to have the amount of crime we have here in the US. I actually worked in a prison for 7 years in Texas. You know, I really love Iceland. It's the one place I've been that I really felt I could belong, but not sure why. I never felt I belonged anywhere, not even where I was born. I appreciate the peace I found there.
Is lava a Rock? My “friend” has some collected lava….which is now rock…❤
It is a good question. Why isn't it concidered frozen lava?
Hilarious and helpful 😂🙏🏼
Where are you, Karl? We haven't seen any new videos lately, and we're getting worried.
Lol yea sorry. I've been focusing on a new role at work. I have a few videos on the editing bay but it's proving a bit challenging to get into the video making heads pace again. I'll get there 😊
One of your best. :)
Thank you 😊🙏
I've thought about picking up rocks in Iceland even though I haven't been there yet. Is there an increased penalty for premeditated petty mining?
I bet there is but I doubt that it is enforced.
Wow I had no idea taking rocks was illegal. My great grandpa was an Icelander so I took some off of a couple ancestral farms. Oops. I’m not sorry about though lol
You'll return them someday I'm sure. Enjoy 😅
Very interesting views and totally understandable
I went in March and while climbing Mount Helgafell, there was enough snow and ice on the ground that I lost track of the path and just ended up walking where there was level-ish ground. Even though I couldn't help it, I felt so guilty.
In such situations all you can do is be as careful as possible. Ice and show hopefully protects the environment 😊
Same happened to me at Dynjandi Falls. It was all frozen snow &ice &I was just trying not to die on the way down 😂
Do you know if it's possible for non-Icelanders to make arrangements for the dispersion of their ashes in Iceland? It's been our plan for a while now, and I suppose I should find out before the poor person we burden with the duty ends up in an Icelandic prison.
I haven't read this. But the info should be there. Let me know if you need more assistance with this. island.is/en/scatter-ashes-outside-designated-cemeteries
@@TimeWarpIceland Takk fyrir!
Taken pebbles from the black beach😢 BUT called out fellow countrymen, got discoverd when they understood me spewing bad behaviour words towards them, as the wife of a cuple jumped a fenced of area. NOT ok behaviour...on her behave😉
Karl… your plants look wonderful!
Thank you. I exaggerated my short a bit. I have plenty of plants that are alive 😅
@@TimeWarpIceland Karl I love all of your shorts! …. many times with a bit of Icelandic humor thrown. ❤️
Thank you 😊🙏
OK, I admit it, back in 2015. I took a stone from the black Sand Beach. That stone is now glued to the front of my refrigerator along with a Icelandic coin holding up a photo of me at the crime scene. For me to return the stone, I would be Required to pay freight on my refrigerator. sorry but I am not willing to do that. I will be returning to Iceland in 2025, but I have already started growing a beard and moustache to hide my identity.
😂
Karl, we miss you dude!
Thank you, I haven't forgot and I'm working on it ❤️
Dude, the one liners on this particular video were 😂🔥🤣
"You stay on that road."😅
Thanks for the list. I do try to be respectful of other countries & cultures. I sometimes get upset seeing tourists somewhere do things that they would be angry about if it happened at home by someone visiting.
Is there a law that the returned rocks had to be quarantined first before moving them anywhere? Hope the person opening the box didn't break the law. 🙂
Haha no idea. I doubt it.
Just to be clear, you need a mining license to pick up rocks in Iceland.
Can you get it at the same place as the ash scattering license?
My wife and i went back in September. We brought melatonin.. 10mg each gummy.. I also got a few rocks back. Lock me up for good
Melatonin is a prescription "drug" here but probably not illegal ... I hope. I always buy my melatonin in USA because its fraction of the price and over the counter. We are going to need those rocks back.
Hmmmm, gummy? If you're saying what i suspect, then consider yourself lucky you weren't caught ;)
I think he meant Gummi melatonin.... I hope. But I know plenty of tourists who hake brought over the other kind. Definitely don't recommend that.
@@TimeWarpIcelandOh, what about plain CBD=not "the other kind?"
I belive that's legal. It's being sold all over atleast
I thought rocks were like horses, once they leave the country they're not allowed back in.
Haha apparently not.
oh no, I'm an Icelandic criminal. I collected some lava rocks, yikes!
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oh dear, just remembered that I did, indeed, spread a small amount of my parent's ashes while there as well. wow, I'm a regular Icelandic crime spree.
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😮I got a few pebbles from the beach in Vik. You should shame the tief on social media.
Privacy laws are taken very seriously in iceland. Probably much more seriously than stealing some coins from an unlocked car 😅
I must confess I have flown a drone in a forbidden area once or twice. To my defense, no or only a few people were present and no birds got hurt
Lol, I've done that too. And too high. That was before they got strict though. I went to Þingvellir and flew there during covid. There was nobody there. Got awesome shots of Þingvellir completely empty. Literally only us there. But lost most of the footage 🥺
I like to steal rocks.
I'd have to say I've taken rocks from other states/countries and never had a problem. It's not as if I brought my handy-dandy pocket industrial jackhammer and destroyed the Earth to get them. I know sand from beaches can contain soil/bacteria/plant organisms so those have to be bottled and sealed or otherwise proven they're clean, but most often tossed. I hope I can bring back a Volcanic rock or two still, especially if they're going to be selling them at stores?
Yea definitely don't buy it. That's ludicrous.
i took tbh only a small lava rock i found in hveragerdi and more not
Criminal! 😅
@@TimeWarpIceland but I enjoyed the stay on Iceland and will definitely come back. Next time i won't take a stone with me
Dropasteinar í hellum meira sem skiptir máli.
True
I see. A few racial undertones. Getting angry about non-Caucasians not leaving when their visa expires. Just remind me, what did the Danes do to the indigenous population in the first place?
Not me to be clear. 😅