Fascinating FACTS about Iceland

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  • Опубликовано: 13 авг 2019
  • What are some interesting facts about your country? Leave them down below! If you want more content from me then follow me on instagram @hrafnhildurrafns
    FAQ:
    how old are you? 21
    where are you from? Iceland
    what camera do you use? Canon M10
    love ya guys so much xx

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  • @Hrafna
    @Hrafna  4 года назад +399

    Correction: Iceland legalized gay marriage in 2010 NOT in 2006! Accidentally said 2006 haha ahh!

    • @darlinsuco84
      @darlinsuco84 4 года назад +4

      Hi Hrafna Im a fan of yours I really love your vlogs about Iceland hoping to see you here in Iceland..Im from Philippines..😊😊

    • @AnthonyDo
      @AnthonyDo 4 года назад +1

      How dare you...I will never trust again...

    • @wilajikovic2905
      @wilajikovic2905 4 года назад +2

      Hrafna Hello 👋 love ❤️ from Philippines 🇵🇭 🇮🇸

    • @kyliejenner6059
      @kyliejenner6059 4 года назад +1

      Roberto Insingo also in Israel

    • @wmeneses
      @wmeneses 4 года назад

      Greetings from Costa Rica!

  • @convirgin52
    @convirgin52 4 года назад +307

    I swear Icelandic people are the most chill people

    • @Hrafna
      @Hrafna  4 года назад +22

      Haha true

    • @Journeyman1642
      @Journeyman1642 4 года назад +6

      And sexy 😏. Most of the time lol

    • @Name-kd5jj
      @Name-kd5jj 4 года назад +15

      Yes its very cold there. They are very chill. Like hypothermia chill.

    • @unakarengumundsdottir3837
      @unakarengumundsdottir3837 4 года назад +4

      Stefan Savic True (i’m icelandic)

    • @miketed6527
      @miketed6527 4 года назад +2

      @@Name-kd5jj It does not seem to get that cold there.

  • @mumijevi
    @mumijevi 4 года назад +180

    We in Slavic countries also have the window weather idea but call it differently. In literal translation we call it sun with teeth cause it looks sunny but once you go outside the cold "bites" you 😂

    • @shannonihofmann
      @shannonihofmann 4 года назад +6

      Canada has this too

    • @mumijevi
      @mumijevi 4 года назад +13

      @Emanuil Serafimov I'm from Bosnia and Herzegovina but I'm Croatian if that helps at all, basically everyone here uses the term "zubato sunce".

    • @madalenamagalhaes861
      @madalenamagalhaes861 4 года назад +4

      I loved the meaning behind it 🤣🤣🤣

    • @annaa9487
      @annaa9487 4 года назад +9

      In serbia it is the same (in all balkan countries eventually). Zubato sunce can usually tick you when you see very nice weather through window and than you freeze outside 😂

    • @juliabrummer3302
      @juliabrummer3302 4 года назад +7

      Haha that's so funny cause here in Brazil when you see the weather through the window and think "oh it is probably hot outside"
      yeah
      it is

  • @eduardobenassi3072
    @eduardobenassi3072 4 года назад +214

    "Hrafnhildur"? Come on, it doesn't get much cooler than that... your name sounds epic af, lol.

    • @Hrafna
      @Hrafna  4 года назад +28

      Thank you!!

    • @Bjarnimaur
      @Bjarnimaur 4 года назад +47

      more epic if you translate it to english: Valkyrie of the Ravens or raven Valkyrie

    • @Krigsblakk9
      @Krigsblakk9 4 года назад +5

      They are still vikings and that's awesome! :-)

    • @winterd0tter
      @winterd0tter 4 года назад +2

      my name is Hilda! i had never met anyone with my name before i found your videos.
      i am really proud of my name and its meaning (warrior, fighter, basically its a pretty badass name) really suits me

    • @rolandochavez1839
      @rolandochavez1839 4 года назад +1

      @@winterd0tter its a very common spanish name hilda at least in México

  • @gumundurorridanannyjarson3212
    @gumundurorridanannyjarson3212 4 года назад +39

    Geothermal activity, basically we have a ton of hotsprings (due to lavaflow being very close to the surface) and we drill for boiling water underground, use the steam from it to generate electricity and then pump the hot water up in pipelines, filter it and use that as both bathing water and to heat up our houses, about 90% of housing in Iceland is geothermically heated.
    For my small apartment i pay about 25$ a month
    Hope this helped 🤷‍♀️

    • @jackson5802
      @jackson5802 3 года назад +2

      I love taking long showers but live with three other people, so I can't. I'm moving somewhere cold with cheap water.

    • @BurimPrroi
      @BurimPrroi 3 года назад +1

      Seems that God really loves you. You have cold outside (to stay near each other inside) and same time you have almost a free heating system and warm water :D :D :P Only for a month I paid 750€ heating

  • @pabloarjona9674
    @pabloarjona9674 4 года назад +209

    Iceland:
    Summer: am i a joke to you?

    • @LeafzRNG
      @LeafzRNG 4 года назад

      I hate that people think its cold on the summer and that gives me the rigth to say STOOOPID It reached 30° Here This summer so stfu

    • @pabloarjona9674
      @pabloarjona9674 4 года назад +2

      FixGamingYt The average max temperatura of the hottest month is just 13 º so, no, it’s not hot at all

    • @LeafzRNG
      @LeafzRNG 4 года назад

      @@pabloarjona9674 Are u dumb i live there i know the tempeture ot reached 30° you cant say shit bro

    • @LeafzRNG
      @LeafzRNG 4 года назад

      @@pabloarjona9674 U dont even know nothing bruh

    • @hildurleifsdottir2035
      @hildurleifsdottir2035 4 года назад

      Wavyz no except if you live in Akureyri

  • @milliex6997
    @milliex6997 4 года назад +235

    If I called a teacher by their first name, I’d get a detention hah

    • @e.donatahiri
      @e.donatahiri 4 года назад +1

      THAT LITERALLY HAPPENED TO ME OMG

    • @bangelawi
      @bangelawi 4 года назад +5

      Wauw. What country?

    • @HesseJamez
      @HesseJamez 4 года назад +4

      Same in Germany

    • @milliex6997
      @milliex6997 4 года назад +1

      bangelawi I live in the UK and it would most likely happen here, depends on how strict the teacher is

    • @adrianahforsberg4884
      @adrianahforsberg4884 4 года назад

      You would get detention in the US as well for using your teachers first name

  • @stadom9553
    @stadom9553 4 года назад +220

    The last name system is 'allowed' in norway and sweden. And on the faroese islands it is still dominant.

    • @skipling01
      @skipling01 4 года назад +9

      And Denmark

    • @aleksiheiska8286
      @aleksiheiska8286 4 года назад +4

      And Finland

    • @stadom9553
      @stadom9553 4 года назад +5

      @@aleksiheiska8286 no.

    • @bangelawi
      @bangelawi 4 года назад +7

      Yeah, we have those Danish spelled surnames that are inherited. We do, however, have more and more people taking on proper patronyms that are strictly personal. As we did since before Norse settlement in Iceland. I am Faroese, by the way

    • @borednow_
      @borednow_ 4 года назад

      Nicklas Skipper shut up & go away !

  • @sonjahelea9673
    @sonjahelea9673 4 года назад +57

    in Finland we call our teachers by their 1st name or even with a nickname🇫🇮

  • @denmiakki
    @denmiakki 4 года назад +132

    In Spain, when someone gets married, our last names don't change, neither! :) We got two last names, the first one is the first last name of the father, and the second, the first of the mother (the order can change if the parents want it. Great video Hrafna, greetings from Galicia!, Sp!!!

    • @linajurgensen4698
      @linajurgensen4698 4 года назад +2

      Den Ukkonen our spanish teacher told us this and that you often have endless names then xD

    • @thebenis3157
      @thebenis3157 4 года назад +5

      In Italy people don't have double surnames, but women also don't change their surnames after marrying

    • @denmiakki
      @denmiakki 4 года назад +4

      @@linajurgensen4698 Not really, I mean, there are people with two names (+double surname) or something like that, but it's not thaaat usual

    • @estherfernandez5560
      @estherfernandez5560 4 года назад +2

      Hey! I'm spanish too! So cool to find more spanish people that watch this channel 😊

    • @sofiadavila1593
      @sofiadavila1593 4 года назад +4

      Same goes for Latin american countries, we have two names (usually, but it can be as many as your parents want) and two last names

  • @nemeseax7123
    @nemeseax7123 4 года назад +58

    Some of these facts I knew , some not .
    Please give us a part 2 !
    Hugs from USA 🇺🇸 ❤️

  • @alinafabozzi8380
    @alinafabozzi8380 4 года назад +21

    In Russian, everyone is referred to by their first and middle name, we also do not use "Mr/Miss/Mrs". The middle name always comes from the father, adding "-a" for females, and "-vich" for males.

    • @austintomkewitz7206
      @austintomkewitz7206 4 года назад

      Awesome I love Russia and Russia's they are the only thing keeping masculinity alive keep up the strong work and the women are beautiful would love to learn Russian and visit but I wanna visit Iceland first what a cool country god bless us

  • @linajurgensen4698
    @linajurgensen4698 4 года назад +79

    Can’t wait to visit Iceland one day!❤️😊

    • @maxalbert8903
      @maxalbert8903 4 года назад

      expensive :(

    • @sos494
      @sos494 4 года назад +2

      Max Albert it’s doable if you don’t go out to eat at the restaurants and cook yourself. i personally found it kinda fun to work around that. ate out once during 5 days there

    • @aldoharaldsson3407
      @aldoharaldsson3407 4 года назад

      Linda Jürgensen what are u doing here hahaha, hallo!

    • @linajurgensen4698
      @linajurgensen4698 4 года назад +1

      Aldo Klaudiasson who are u? ;)

    • @aldoharaldsson3407
      @aldoharaldsson3407 4 года назад

      @@linajurgensen4698 Remember the video about Icelandic folk music? Thats me

  • @yarikus_1333
    @yarikus_1333 4 года назад +104

    In Ukraine 🇺🇦 we have a little bit similar name system to the Icelandic. We have SURNAME - NAME - PATRONYMIC NAME ( [father’s name] +suffix [ovych])
    So I’m Shevchuk Yaroslav Olexandrovych. Olexandr is my father’s name
    Sorry if too complicated🙃

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 4 года назад +16

      Yarikus_ Kyiv was established by the Vikings, so it is likely that the Russian/Ukranian patronymic name system came from them. Other slavic cultures don’t really have them.

    • @Eurapeein
      @Eurapeein 4 года назад +1

      Shit! I wish I read the comments before I posted about our Ukrainian names as well 😂😂

    • @monikamiroslava4074
      @monikamiroslava4074 4 года назад +3

      @@afcgeo882 There kind of are - in Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian. In Bulgarian, for example, patronymic and family names have the same form and you can tell which one is which by their order: Ivan Nikolaev Aleksandrov would be Ivan, son of Nikolai, (great) grandson of Aleksander. Still, the middle name usually appears on official documents only

    • @ana-mariabucur9608
      @ana-mariabucur9608 4 года назад

      Yeah, I was about to comment the same thing about russia... (Don't take my name into consideration since my father is romanian and as such I have a romanian name)

    • @jogobella1408
      @jogobella1408 4 года назад +4

      In Poland we don't have it and it has never been legally allowed as a name system but it appeared in our culture. Now, the suffix "owicz"/ "ewicz" is one of the most popular suffixes for surnames. For example two greatest Polish writers are Sienkiewicz and Mickiewicz. Sienkiewicz means son of Sieńko (some old eastern slavic name which doesn't exist in Poland now) and Mickiewicz also comes from sth like that. We have really a lot of surnames like these - Janowicz (son of Jan ), Abramowicz (son of Abram), Łukaszewicz (son of Łukasz) etc.
      Some of them (like Makłowicz) are not originally Polish ofc, they have Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ukrainian or Russian origin, but they have polonized through the centurys.

  • @aleksiheiska8286
    @aleksiheiska8286 4 года назад +27

    Here in Finland we use first names of almost everyone too.

  • @milodeescorpio3658
    @milodeescorpio3658 4 года назад +35

    Oohh! In my country (Costa Rica) we also generate most of our electricity on hydroelectric plants! 98% to be precise. Also we already had a female president.

    • @KnightRiderOfVoid
      @KnightRiderOfVoid 4 года назад +3

      Wtf, encontrarse otro tico en un vídeo de una islandesa. 😅

    • @milodeescorpio3658
      @milodeescorpio3658 4 года назад +1

      @@KnightRiderOfVoid !!! Jajaj que pequeño es el mundo! 🤔😂

    • @miltestcf1281
      @miltestcf1281 4 года назад +1

      Qué sean 3 xD. Lo que termina haciendo uno en vez de estudiar

    • @ArchYeomans
      @ArchYeomans 4 года назад

      You also have sloths and that is pretty freaking cool.

    • @Ana-jb4dt
      @Ana-jb4dt 4 года назад +2

      @@miltestcf1281 y 6 meses después otra tica jajaja

  • @arissarosme9734
    @arissarosme9734 4 года назад +34

    I'm going to Iceland for a week next month (my father lives there but he's Polish like me) and I'm super excited, I love your channel and all things Iceland related 💓
    I have dreamt about visiting your country since I was in middle school (even before my father moved there) so it's a big thing for me and I can't wait 💕

  • @sabishii7176
    @sabishii7176 4 года назад +6

    So happy I found out about this channel. I've always loved learning about Iceland. I'll be sticking around for a while 😁

  • @markmorrow2308
    @markmorrow2308 3 года назад +2

    My Grandpa was stationed in Reykjavík in the early 50’s with the US Navy. I grew up hearing tells and story’s for Iceland. I have a ton of pictures from his time there as a naval photographer. I hope to see them for myself one day.

  • @lysdexicadyslexica7270
    @lysdexicadyslexica7270 4 года назад

    Your videos are so great...I’ve been obsessed with your country for so long, so thanks for all the informative and well done videos...Mad respect from NY

  • @markhalford3108
    @markhalford3108 4 года назад +4

    I was just in Iceland with some friends. Truly an amazing country! Both people and landscape! Thank you for being a part of such beauty

  • @ladygwenhwyvar7
    @ladygwenhwyvar7 4 года назад +14

    Here in the U.S. a growing number of people wish they had the money, connections, and desired skills to move to another country.....

  • @tavolaluija
    @tavolaluija 4 года назад +1

    These videos about Iceland make me want to learn Icelandic and visit your country so much 😭
    Love, as always, from Italy 💕

  • @boland73
    @boland73 4 года назад

    Yay another video! I was missing you when I didn’t see a video last week
    Also omg I love seeing how much you’re BLOWING UP in subscribers lately!! ❤️

  • @stevenpowers546
    @stevenpowers546 4 года назад +15

    In Part 2, you should discuss the fact that Icelandic Women seem to dominate the Crossfit Games competition. Annie Thorisdottir (2 Championships), Katrin Davidsdottir (2 Championships), Sara Sigmundsdottir has finished 2nd numerous times and Thuri Helgadottir is always in contention as well.

    • @MrThingstodotoday
      @MrThingstodotoday 4 года назад

      Just built that way but also alot of people do roids. Same with strong man compition

  • @hildajonsdottir837
    @hildajonsdottir837 4 года назад +10

    "Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an icon"
    Me (an icelander): *nods aggressively*

  • @sunscorpiochris
    @sunscorpiochris 4 года назад +2

    I love your accent. Your videos are so cool. Love hearing about your country and culture!!!

  • @matthewthorne5473
    @matthewthorne5473 3 года назад

    It's so nice to get genuine facts and some how I feel more connected to iceland every time I watch your videos, can't wait to go back. Thanks

  • @xLarsson96x
    @xLarsson96x 4 года назад +8

    Swedish people also call people by their first name but sometimes (or even quite often) people call eachother by their lastname or ''nickname''. Exception is our Royal family. We adress them by their titles if we're ever were to stumble upon them.

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 4 года назад +2

      xLarsson96x And yet your name is “Larsson”, which means the son of Lars.

    • @edvins8863
      @edvins8863 4 года назад

      George L his dad’s name probably isn’t Lars though. We stoped using that system a long time ago.

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 4 года назад

      Edvin Alcantara I know, but it was likely his ancestor’s name.

  • @vasilissaroglou4243
    @vasilissaroglou4243 4 года назад +4

    i am from greece and i like your videos! please make a video and talk about art,describe what you like most about arts,and what means to be an artist in iceland?

  • @robertstoner3561
    @robertstoner3561 4 года назад

    Heeeej girl, i missed you :) Thank you for this video - it's very interesting and it answers for a lot of my questions about your great country.

  • @fiskurwong195
    @fiskurwong195 4 года назад +1

    I love the language and beautiful landscape in Iceland,planning to travel in Iceland in 2020!Love your videos too haha!Greetings from China!

  • @sergiosantos815
    @sergiosantos815 4 года назад +32

    Here in Portugal if you call a teacher by his 1st name, you're gonna be toughly punished🇵🇹

    • @alantinoalantonio
      @alantinoalantonio 4 года назад +3

      Good

    • @xdeltaptx
      @xdeltaptx 4 года назад +1

      In university is different whit some professors, specially if you are at phd

    • @sergiosantos815
      @sergiosantos815 4 года назад +1

      @@xdeltaptx Yeah

    • @sadiomane7720
      @sadiomane7720 4 года назад +1

      Same here in Germany

    • @jogobella1408
      @jogobella1408 4 года назад

      Saaaaame in Poland. Recently, there was a case in the news, that some high school student was calling his teacher by his first name, and talking to him per "you" and he was even sued for insulting the public servant. That's very unique sittuation ofc, they usually call parents, knock down behavior mark, maybe he would get expelled in some priva te school, but I don't think so. If that's a single thing.

  • @rebecamonte5445
    @rebecamonte5445 4 года назад +16

    In Brazil, we also call people by their first names! Even professors and doctors

  • @beverly2255
    @beverly2255 4 года назад +2

    In the US (and I’m sure in other countries similar) we have some people who’s last name is Richardson, Watson, Anderson, etc. Those names usually date back to European countries with last name systems like Iceland :)

  • @evacousticmusic
    @evacousticmusic 3 года назад

    I could listen to you say, asked, all day long! Very cute and entertaining videos!

  • @SimonFrank369
    @SimonFrank369 4 года назад +3

    Great informative video again, takk fyrir Hrafna!
    But if indeed 60.000 Icelanders visited Ed Sheeran´s concerts there, it´s not only every seventh, but rather even every sixth (!) Icelander who has seen him performing live! ;-)
    And I´m really looking forward to visiting Iceland this October, I barely can´t wait to be there for one week (secretly hoping to cross your way one day...)!!
    Bless

  • @thanos6770
    @thanos6770 4 года назад +14

    As someone who learns Icelandic, i have the keyboard problem too xD almost every time i type 'm' instead of 'n' or 'l' instead of 'k'

  • @cigalasmr4117
    @cigalasmr4117 4 года назад +1

    I'll be visiting Iceland In Feb 2020. Thanks for your videos. Definitely very informative. :)

  • @joelhoye5773
    @joelhoye5773 4 года назад

    Thank you for your videos. Very helpful for those of us about to visit.

  • @alejandralauman7706
    @alejandralauman7706 4 года назад +9

    In Argentina, when there is a party and the cooker makes barbecue we give an applause.

    • @ArchYeomans
      @ArchYeomans 4 года назад

      Argentinians know how to throw down a barbeque. 100%.

    • @lysdexicadyslexica7270
      @lysdexicadyslexica7270 4 года назад +1

      I love Argentina 🇦🇷, Buenos Aires and Reykjavík are probably my two favorite cities I’ve visited. Greetings from NY ❤️

  • @deansong
    @deansong 4 года назад +3

    Your dimples are so cute!

  • @caueandrade4374
    @caueandrade4374 4 года назад

    Here in Brazil we call other people from they first name too!
    Thats awesome. Btw, I love you content and channel Hrafna

  • @FernandaHermsdorff
    @FernandaHermsdorff 3 года назад +1

    Loved this video! And you’re so pretty! Are all Icelandic so pretty like you? Hahahah sending some love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️

  • @bettinak.4
    @bettinak.4 4 года назад +9

    An interesting fact about Hungary:
    BUDAPEST HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF THERMAL SPRINGS IN THE WORLD.
    LOVE FROM HU. :)

  • @pedropierre9594
    @pedropierre9594 4 года назад +20

    You look like a Skyrim character which is a good thing lol

  • @NilsKennethFordal
    @NilsKennethFordal 4 года назад

    I love this video. Thank you for sharing 🤠

  • @bodoorabdullah6703
    @bodoorabdullah6703 4 года назад

    Heyy girl! love your video! I hope you know that some of us (like me) enjoy your iceland content but I would also love to see your videos related to crossfit, taekwando and makeup (or whatever other passion you might have). So keep the Iceland content coming but know that I don't watch your channel for the sole purpose of that! have a nice day.

  • @rimdidim22
    @rimdidim22 4 года назад +30

    I love your name! It sounds really good. And the name thing is really interesting. But how do people call your family? For example here in Germany we say like "This is Familie Müller" how do you say it when you don't have the same surname as the rest of your family?

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 4 года назад +2

      Sometimes families use their house as a family name (mine does, I'm Icelandic btw) or where one of your family member and his/her family were raised.

    • @ylfakristin5415
      @ylfakristin5415 4 года назад +1

      We don’t really say anything like that

    • @rimdidim22
      @rimdidim22 4 года назад

      @@huldagujonsdottir397 and whats the name of the house? I never heard a house name

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 4 года назад

      @@ylfakristin5415 my family does and my best friend's family does. That's also why I said "sometimes"

    • @huldagujonsdottir397
      @huldagujonsdottir397 4 года назад +1

      @@rimdidim22 my family uses the house where my grandma used to live. Idk how to explain this hshsh

  • @mmmvhernandez6633
    @mmmvhernandez6633 4 года назад +19

    WOW Iceland is incredible
    For a long time Ive wondering to visit Iceland
    Greetings from México

  • @pamelabies
    @pamelabies 4 года назад

    I find it very relaxing when you say ‘dottir’ haha :) Iceland is such a smart country. I think it’s amazing you call everyone by name cause like this everyone is equal. No need for titles :)

  • @colmduffy4769
    @colmduffy4769 4 года назад

    i dont know how your video came up in my feed or what have you, i do really like your content though ay. on mythology, Icelandic history and the random facts :) only seen a few videos but i will watch more for sure!
    im a carpenter and artist from ireland but i do wonder how many different kinds of people and of all ages enjoy this content two ay. or am i just weird XD
    thanks anyway , hope all is well and continues to be so for you and yours! all the best from Ireland!

  • @devanalaya
    @devanalaya 4 года назад +16

    I’m going to Iceland tomorrow for vacation!!! I’m so excited 😆

    • @alejandralauman7706
      @alejandralauman7706 4 года назад +1

      Great! Have a nice travel :)

    • @noispoi
      @noispoi 4 года назад +1

      Im from iceland and if I was you I would cook at home or hotel if you can the restaurants here are very expensive but you can just see for yourself mabey you have the money

    • @devanalaya
      @devanalaya 4 года назад +1

      Nói Páll we are staying at air b and bs and they come with kitchens. My sister and I are quite picky eaters so our mom packed us a lot of dry food we can cook for ourselves. I’m so excited to leave tonight!! Thank you so much for the tip!

    • @noispoi
      @noispoi 4 года назад

      @@devanalaya have fun !

  • @kianariyan5263
    @kianariyan5263 4 года назад +24

    Actually as i know, the arabs are similar in calling their names. e.g :
    Muhammad ebn-e abdullah (muhammad the son of abdollah)
    Fatemeh bent-e abdullah (fatemeh the daughter of abdullah)

    • @lyviaAsturi
      @lyviaAsturi 4 года назад

      Not just Arabs, it's the Muslim naming convention in general which behaves similarly to the naming conventions used by the Icelands, Danes, ect

    • @lyviaAsturi
      @lyviaAsturi 4 года назад

      Not just Arabs it's the Muslim naming convention in general that behaves similarly to the naming convention used in Nordic countries

  • @engenheirometaleiro2268
    @engenheirometaleiro2268 2 года назад +1

    It’s crazy to think that the whole country of Iceland 🇮🇸 has my city’s population in Brazil 🇧🇷 I love your videos and culture!! :))

  • @florinevanes9870
    @florinevanes9870 4 года назад +2

    I want to go to Iceland so bad! Immediately subscribed:)

  • @K_magazine_
    @K_magazine_ 4 года назад +28

    Omg do an Asmr video in Icelandic 😍

  • @HidekiBakamoto
    @HidekiBakamoto 4 года назад +15

    Let me just take a moment to apreciate that when you chose an example of respected person, you picked a teacher. From where I'm from, teachers don't get the respect they deserve, or at all, which is sad.

    • @austintomkewitz7206
      @austintomkewitz7206 4 года назад +1

      I try to respect teachers that actually teach stuff but sometimes I was very hard xd from USA Pennsylvania

    • @HidekiBakamoto
      @HidekiBakamoto 4 года назад +2

      @@austintomkewitz7206 sometimes teaches are just like us, they need a healthy environment to work properly. As children and teenagers is really hard for us to understand that, but I think, and a lot of American movies picture is that all this healthy environment needs trust and humongous doses of good will and humor

    • @austintomkewitz7206
      @austintomkewitz7206 4 года назад +1

      I think they just get paid too much but the ones who teach I should've respected them more but I was just caring less and less I barely passed but I'm glad I did because I can forget it now haha

    • @HidekiBakamoto
      @HidekiBakamoto 4 года назад +2

      @@austintomkewitz7206 I'm from Brazil. Here they get twice the minimum wage, which is not much at all. At a high school level job, I get around 3x min wage, which again is not very much. Teachers in Brazil are in a bad bad situation. But some still strive for a better world and country.
      Edit: the government states that below 5 min wages are borderline poverty

  • @Ashaliyeva
    @Ashaliyeva 4 года назад

    I’m from the US, California to be exact- never lived anywhere else. So I am very much a Californian 😊
    I really do love California! It’s becoming painfully expensive to live here, but there are so many things I love about my home state!
    I absolutely love the big rolling hills and all the trees! I’m in Sacramento, aptly nicknamed “The City of Trees”. 🌳💗🌲 I love living close to the American River, and I’m not too far away from Lake Tahoe or the ocean!
    I have a lot of love for Sacramento, especially the art/music culture. I feel like my city really appreciates and supports the arts! 💖
    I like the Icelandic naming system- I’ve thought about it before; mine would be Thomassdaughter, or Tómassdóttir. And if it was matronymic, it would be Kathysdaughter, or Kathysdóttir. (Obviously my mom’s name is Kathy, but the closest Icelandic name to that would be Katrín- so, Katrínsdóttir.)
    Funny thing is, my last name follows that tradition, Wilson- “son of Will” (which is cool and all... except for the fact that I’m not a man, lol.)
    Also, I kept my maiden name when I got married- my husband has always been fine with that, he wanted it to be my choice, which makes me happy. 💗
    His last name happens to be Terwilliger; which is incredibly Dutch, even though ethnically he is very Italian, lol!

  • @missbell5876
    @missbell5876 4 года назад +1

    Oh goodness! I've been watching your videos for so long, but never noticed your beautiful blue eyes! You've been very blessed 💎💙 😊

  • @ward6070
    @ward6070 4 года назад +9

    Icelandic Dept of tourism needs to hire this absolutely Beautiful ❤️ articulate, knowledgeable, gorgeous, sweet woman!!!!! love you Hrafna 😍

  • @candidafelix1999
    @candidafelix1999 4 года назад +3

    In Portugal each family has a different last name but when we get married women have the option to change it or not .

    • @nirfz
      @nirfz 4 года назад +1

      Same goes for most of central europe i would say.

  • @jantelogin9754
    @jantelogin9754 3 года назад

    love your videos!!

  • @yaroisawayoflife
    @yaroisawayoflife 4 года назад

    I was really not interested in Iceland until I saw this. Hrafna such a nice name. I am not a subscriber but had to say this country seems interesting after some of your comments since I know nothing of Iceland .

  • @linkchikito209
    @linkchikito209 4 года назад +8

    Are Björk and Sigur Ros popular in Iceland?

    • @denmiakki
      @denmiakki 4 года назад +3

      I'm not from Iceland but I'm sure they are xD (big fan of both!)

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 4 года назад +1

      Probably not as much as Of Monsters and Men or Emiliana Torrini.

    • @Spermwhales93
      @Spermwhales93 4 года назад +1

      One of my friends is a fairly well known musician from Iceland and he said that this isn't the case at all. He actually has a bit of a giggle when people compare what he does to Bjork or Sigur Ros.

    • @sciadi7716
      @sciadi7716 4 года назад +2

      As far as I know (I'm not an Icelander, but I'm a huge fan of Icelandic music) everyone knows them because they are (expecially Björk) the people who brought Iceland to the world and Icelanders are very proud of them.
      But they haven't got a very big fanbase there, people know some hits, but aren't really fans.

    • @afcgeo882
      @afcgeo882 4 года назад

      Sciadi Their time was long ago. Back in the 1990s they were big, all over, but today? No... people and tastes move on.

  • @clioneye8039
    @clioneye8039 4 года назад +7

    I think it's awesome that you guys don't have an army! ☺️ I visited Iceland last year and it was so peaceful, so hardly shocking that your government wouldn't consider that a priority! 😂

    • @LucasMANchannel
      @LucasMANchannel 4 года назад +1

      THE JURASSIC KING Very unlikely as they are members of NATO.

  • @karatekanben2959
    @karatekanben2959 3 года назад

    Thanks for all your interesting information, I used to live in different countries and in the Netherlands it was pretty normal to call everybody by his first name, even your boss. I think its cool. Now I live in spain and here we also generally use first names,even my son at school towards his teachers. Since I am german and over there we are still kind of stiff and distanced i think it makes us more human to use first names. The daughter/Son addition in your last names is very special and one of the many things you guys can be proud of. Sending you some Sun from Tenerife! Anja

  • @crazydougthewolf
    @crazydougthewolf 4 года назад +2

    My favorite fact about Iceland is that he Sagas of the Icelanders was repeated as an oral tradition for hundreds of years with such accuracy that today you can buy a copy of the book and use it as a travel guide of historic places in Iceland :)

  • @bentorodrigues4397
    @bentorodrigues4397 4 года назад +11

    It is easier for me to learn Japanse than pronounce your name correctly. rs
    But you're gorgeous notwithstand i love your videos.

    • @MrKorton
      @MrKorton 4 года назад

      It´s easy... you only just have to tie a knot to your tongue... then it´s easy...

  • @kelerhtz2200
    @kelerhtz2200 4 года назад +54

    Apparently my tounge did not evolve enough to pronounce your name.

  • @marttialfredsson
    @marttialfredsson 4 года назад +1

    I absolutly love your dialect!!

  • @crusival1103
    @crusival1103 4 года назад +1

    Why is pretty much everything about Iceland so cool!! Grrr... Makes me want to visit Iceland so badly in the future! Iceland is in my top 5 countries to go and visit!

  • @carreragt8516
    @carreragt8516 4 года назад +5

    You should collab with Melina Sophie, she’s a German RUclipsr but lives with Iceland!

  • @xLarsson96x
    @xLarsson96x 4 года назад +8

    Funny thing about Sweden is that we're always messing with our
    neighboring countries especially Denmark, and of course they are messing with us right back. A common phrase in Swedish is ''Danskjävel!'' which translates too ''Dansih Bastard''. Everytime Denmark is mentioned Swedish people will start saying ''Danskjävel' and mimic their accents xD

    • @tavolaluija
      @tavolaluija 4 года назад

      Almost all of the Italian people speaking about France and French people 😂

    • @edvins8863
      @edvins8863 4 года назад +1

      When you clear your throat and your danish friend agrees

  • @theequinealchemist9448
    @theequinealchemist9448 2 года назад

    Don’t doubt your English! You speak better than many Americans. I love everything you share about your country 💚 thank you for all your hard work in making videos for us!

  • @paulgliadon909
    @paulgliadon909 4 года назад

    Very enlightening. I truly enjoy your videos

  • @miavaughn2393
    @miavaughn2393 4 года назад +5

    What about transgender persons in Iceland? I know the laws and rights are awesome, but how do people in Iceland treat transgender men and women? Are there older folks that are negative toward transgender people? Idk. Kind of have the dream of moving to Iceland later in my life. I am a trans woman! Love youuuu Hrafna, you're videos are amazing, your love of your country is infectious!

    • @bezerkura6e715
      @bezerkura6e715 4 года назад +2

      There is no transgender people.

    • @Minuz1
      @Minuz1 4 года назад +2

      Ask here, this is the gay community in Iceland.
      facebook.com/samtokin78/
      Don't think you'll have any problems but I'm sure there are some assholes here, just like everywhere else.

    • @K0bbii
      @K0bbii 4 года назад

      People look past the disease and try not to show their disgust and some people actually think it´s normal but gay people have it better than transexuals and are not as shunned but i´d say it´s as good as it gets here

    • @bezerkura6e715
      @bezerkura6e715 4 года назад

      @@Minuz1 I'm sure our ancestors are very proud. Being gay in other cultures is different then it is in America. Here is a example for ya. I go to the dog park every day after work for years. All it promotes is a safe place for dogs to run and people are generally nice to one another regardless of their lifestyle. The benches in various locations are a nice earth brown color. Someone decided to come to the park at night when it is closed and paint one of the benches a rainbow color. It was done well and it looks nice, however it was a statement to prove something. I really don't care about someones lifestyle. But to purposely shove it in my face I feel is unnecessary. It is a neutral park but someone had to make me aware of their sexuality. Like really?

    • @duarteromano2702
      @duarteromano2702 4 года назад

      Bezerkur a6e yeah that’s just dumb ,but is Iceland homophobic that he/she felt the need to do that ?

  • @Lita1
    @Lita1 4 года назад +3

    Interesting facts about Norway they love fjords and they love Norway skal bra And best chocolate ever is Freia melchocolade 🍻🍫

    • @bettinak.4
      @bettinak.4 4 года назад

      I want to visit Norway so badly! I hope I can travel there in a few years. Beautiful country!

    • @Lita1
      @Lita1 4 года назад +1

      @@bettinak.4 you can travel to Norway. Check the Norwegian ambasatey in your area and honestly visit the fjords. They are just beautiful and peaceful. And of course there's infinite nature, hikes, some ski places best in winter, Oslo and there's a really cool sailing place on the south coast of Kristiansand. And the Norwegian chocolate 🍫. Yes!!!!💖🍫🇳🇴🇳🇴

  • @valen123456
    @valen123456 4 года назад

    I am taking a trip to Iceland in October so your little info pack here is very interesting.

  • @melinnacantu25
    @melinnacantu25 4 года назад

    Literally one of the few times I’m early to your videos ☺️😂

  • @marcofemto9417
    @marcofemto9417 4 года назад +4

    It's LGBTQ-RSTUVWXYZ missy 😤😤

    • @missbell5876
      @missbell5876 4 года назад

      @@katrinmaria5670 he is joking 😊

  • @georgerimbos
    @georgerimbos 4 года назад +6

    Why Iceland has such beautiful girls?!!💙

    • @landrion7
      @landrion7 4 года назад +1

      Because the Norse didn't take the ugly ones back home LMFAO

  • @leonardknorr5920
    @leonardknorr5920 4 года назад +1

    Window weather made me thing of something: where I'm from in Vermont, we have a bunch of made-up "seasons", and one is called sticks season. It's the late part of fall when all the leaves have fallen, but we haven't gotten any snow yet, so all the trees just look like naked sticks.

  • @MrNarwha1e
    @MrNarwha1e 4 года назад +2

    This is just my opinion. I feel like a lot of people around the world think of Americans as the same. I'm from Colorado. We were the first to overturn alcohol prohibition. First to legalize marijuana. One of the first states to legalize gay marriage outright. I'm a Coloradoan before I'm an American! Love your videos and all the hard work you do!

  • @ellisblack5742
    @ellisblack5742 4 года назад

    Girl, your make-up is always awesome 😊 love your vids

  • @carlmolands5703
    @carlmolands5703 4 года назад

    Entertaining as always :)

  • @Rock0Fuck
    @Rock0Fuck 4 года назад

    It was really interesting! I love your videos ! I have a question about icelanders, do you often hike in the snow/ice ? and is everyone equipped for this activity ? Do you go visit ice cave sometimes with your friends ?

  • @teethelowlife5879
    @teethelowlife5879 4 года назад

    Suddenly became very interested in Iceland and its language after watching a couple of your videos. I'm swedish and can understand a word here and there it's like old Swedish!

  • @bikerdave1274
    @bikerdave1274 4 года назад

    Hi Hrafna, my uncle who pretty much raised me was in the British Airborne Artillery and was stationed in Reykjavik for a while during WW2. He didn't like taking about the war very much but he did however like to talk about the places they were stationed and people he met and often lived with. He would tell me stories of the beauty of Iceland 🇮🇸. Another of his favorites was Belgium, where the couple that shared there house with the allied soldiers called Sabbe, he became firm friends with until the end of their days

  • @svetlanabaikova3037
    @svetlanabaikova3037 4 года назад

    Hi Hrafna! Thank you for this interesting and informative video! In Russian (and I believe in most Slavic languages) we also use this kinda thing in names "*fathers name* daughter or son" and we have our surnames as well. so in summary we have 3 names. by the way, I really wanna visit Iceland one day!

  • @dekar820
    @dekar820 4 года назад

    Thank you for all of the information. I'd love to visit Iceland one day. Peace :)

  • @jiseon8283
    @jiseon8283 Год назад

    Very interesting, thank you!

  • @HesseJamez
    @HesseJamez 4 года назад

    Your full name is so cool - couldn't be more Icelandic* Love it.

  • @jaym8257
    @jaym8257 3 года назад

    Hrafna, I'm a geologist and I fully understood what you said about electricity in Iceland being generated by hydroelectric (surface water flow through turbines) and geothermal (steam that was formed underground in a hot volcanic terrain which is then run through a turbine). You have a lot of running water and a lot of underground heat! Cheap electricity is why you have the large aluminum refining plants in Iceland.

  • @ambergetsbutterflies
    @ambergetsbutterflies 4 года назад +2

    When I was in the art department of my college, all of the professors went by their first names which I appreciated but in general in America at least, you’d typically call a professor or teacher by their last name. Older people in general you might call by their last name but usually first is fine. To be polite you would add Mr./Mrs./Ms. in front.

  • @MalikTheMambaEvans
    @MalikTheMambaEvans 4 года назад +1

    Icelands geothermal heating is because of their volcano and their underground hot springs. What's super interesting is that because of this, you can actually smell sulfur when you run the water at a hot temperature. (As a foreigner this was super shocking, but super easy to get use to.)

  • @angelmorales6870
    @angelmorales6870 4 года назад +1

    Asked, hahaha i died, great video and really interesting content

  • @victoriaalbastra6325
    @victoriaalbastra6325 4 года назад +1

    Icelandic names are so cool! Your fullname is awesome!

  • @peterkarargiris4110
    @peterkarargiris4110 4 года назад

    Using your father's name as your surname dates all the way back to ancient Greece. Where it was common for somebody to be called, for example 'Socrates son of Sophroniscus'. Wonderful channel Hrafna. You have inspired me to read my copy of the translated Islendinga sogur.

  • @colorful.polaroids
    @colorful.polaroids 4 года назад

    I love your videos so much I was wondering what you use to edit💕