Every visit to this channel is like a mini vacation, one of few things that helps me get through Covid isolation. I came here for the volcano, and stayed for the history, photography and humor. It’s far more interesting than anything in southern Arizona where I live. I still laugh when I think of some of the food related videos.
Truly enjoy the effort put into these videos thank you for the free beer and fun conversation we had made us feel welcomed in your beautiful country will definitely be back to catch the northern lights in December!
Thank you so much for this video. I've often considered stopping in Akranes during previous visits to Iceland but simply never got around to it but this video inspired me to do so. I just got back home a week ago from another holiday in Iceland (7th visit) and can honestly say that Akranes is a beautiful town and well worth stopping for a few hours at the very least. We visited the lighthouse, the church and took some great photos of the Höfrungur shipwreck which looks eerily majestic as well. The town is also strewn with beautiful murals which were great little finds while walking around and we made some friends in a small local restaurant at lunch time. Such a wonderful town and I would like to go back again and try the pool facilities. Many thanks Gylfi!
Was there last week. That tunnell is quite a feat of engineering. I miss Iceland a great deal. But I'm going back in January and I tend to explore this town a bit more after this video. Thank you.
The tunnel in fantastic and fast, but I would advise any more-than-once visitor to Iceland to take the long trip round the fiord at least once... the road is quiet and spectacular!
Certainly it is a very picturesque town, and who doesn’t like lighthouses.....?Wonderful to be able also to view Northern lights from such surroundings! Only one drawback that can be imagined but may never be an actual problem; the peninsula part appears not to be a great deal above sea level. Through remnants of recent hurricane Fiona, Nova Scotia received much damage as well as parts of Newfoundland. Some of this came from storm surges that took away homes. Hopefully, with Iceland being much more Northern, this will never happen. Thanks for another great production from Iceland. Your work is appreciated!
@@JustIcelandic we have a beautiful one at Peggy’s Cove here in Nova Scotia and there were quite a few in New Brunswick . Our son from British Columbia wanted to get as many as he could for his photography. I guess people who don’t live around the sea find it a wonderful background or should I say foreground?🧐 I find them interesting also except I would love to go to the top of each one....(which you can’t usually, of course) You can with a drone though!😊
I’ll always remember driving a Hyundai rental car in the wind/rain upon exiting that tunnel - after entering it in fair weather. My wife was so nervous… “pull over and wait it out!”. Nah… 😅😂
Boy, you’re really getting good with google maps and transitioning to actual footage you’ve taken. Nice work! And I love learning about your island. I always wanted to come visit and I will. There are so many interesting parts of the island… Iiiiiiiiiceland. ❤
So it's not my imagination that Icelandic architecture is all over the place. I love it! The sheer variety of styles and colors in neighborhoods are so much more pleasing than look-alike apartment blocks. Another fascinating education, with jaw-dropping views and humor that makes me chuckle while learning. (Historians on steroids - lol!) Thank you!
Oh what an awesome and beautiful city! I love it! It looks so peaceful and the scenery is unbelievable! Thank you so much for teaching us about your wonderful country!
Like many of your subscribers, I live in the USA, and find, as "AB" said, your videos to be like a mini vacation. While I do live near a national forest and a local preserve, and it's pretty quiet (except during frog mating season 😂) I think the quiet of your country must be refreshing. The views of the auroras must be breathtaking...and since we are experiencing a solar maximum for the next few years, they must be almost non-stop. Thank you for the nice tour and histroy of Akranes...enchanting town. 🤗
Question: do you miss, notice, feel that Iceland has "no" (i.e. very few big, bigger) trees? I've seen a dozen or so of your wonderful clips. I would seriously miss not seeing pines and fir trees - or even palms or baobabs if I moved to Iceland. Take Oregon, USA as my youth reference. Trees everywhere. Now living in France and driving to see your country in June 2023! Looking forward to watching more of your work and hoping we'll avoid earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Thank you for your stories and facts on Iceland! Linda
Thanks Linda, we do actually have growing forestry, ike I mention in my new video I just uploaded :) and I have gathered woodland videos for some time to do a forestry tour on my channel some day :)
Do homes in Iceland have basements? Are many of the citizens in Akranes descendants of the Irish founders? Some DNA might explain why the soccer players come from there. What would be the entrees in the most popular restaurants in the area/ What seafood is typical there?
Some have basements, see don't, no rule there :) and I haven't found any info about if they are descendants of the Irish founders, doubt so actually, but I recommend Galito, the only place i've tried, and many these times actually :) recommended :) galito.is
I am really interested to know how you get fresh vegetables, fruit and other foods. Is everything imported. Is Iceland a tax haven? I guess I'll find out when i get up there. Do you have any forests, i see some trees.
Fresh Icelandic vegetables are grown mostly during summer, less during winter and fruits are imported. as for firsts I'm recommending this video :) ruclips.net/video/5lAegYUc1lU/видео.html
Every visit to this channel is like a mini vacation, one of few things that helps me get through Covid isolation. I came here for the volcano, and stayed for the history, photography and humor. It’s far more interesting than anything in southern Arizona where I live. I still laugh when I think of some of the food related videos.
Great to hear! I need to make more of them :)
Thanks for your videos. I love your country.
Thanks for watching :)
Truly enjoy the effort put into these videos thank you for the free beer and fun conversation we had made us feel welcomed in your beautiful country will definitely be back to catch the northern lights in December!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊 and welcome back for the northern lights, check my top ten aurora tips video 😊
trip advisor with friendly voice over, many thanks🙂
Nice, thanks.
Thank you too
I love your channel Gylfi ❤️
I love that you love it ❤ and greetings from Iceland
Will you be making a video on Hafnarfjörður? 😁
Of course, I have already shot it and it will be online before Christmas
Thank you so much for this video. I've often considered stopping in Akranes during previous visits to Iceland but simply never got around to it but this video inspired me to do so. I just got back home a week ago from another holiday in Iceland (7th visit) and can honestly say that Akranes is a beautiful town and well worth stopping for a few hours at the very least.
We visited the lighthouse, the church and took some great photos of the Höfrungur shipwreck which looks eerily majestic as well. The town is also strewn with beautiful murals which were great little finds while walking around and we made some friends in a small local restaurant at lunch time. Such a wonderful town and I would like to go back again and try the pool facilities.
Many thanks Gylfi!
I’ve been to Norway four times and I liked the style of the wooden Norwegian houses a lot.
Beautiful pictures of the Aurora you made.
Many thanks!
Was there last week. That tunnell is quite a feat of engineering. I miss Iceland a great deal. But I'm going back in January and I tend to explore this town a bit more after this video. Thank you.
Welcome back :)
The tunnel in fantastic and fast, but I would advise any more-than-once visitor to Iceland to take the long trip round the fiord at least once... the road is quiet and spectacular!
Thanks for sharing and greetings from Iceland, welcome back
👍
Welcome
Certainly it is a very picturesque town, and who doesn’t like lighthouses.....?Wonderful to be able also to view Northern lights from such surroundings! Only one drawback that can be imagined but may never be an actual problem; the peninsula part appears not to be a great deal above sea level. Through remnants of recent hurricane Fiona, Nova Scotia received much damage as well as parts of Newfoundland. Some of this came from storm surges that took away homes. Hopefully, with Iceland being much more Northern, this will never happen. Thanks for another great production from Iceland. Your work is appreciated!
Many love lighthouses and I'm actually going after such footage from time to time, might edit it into something later on :)
@@JustIcelandic we have a beautiful one at Peggy’s Cove here in Nova Scotia and there were quite a few in New Brunswick . Our son from British Columbia wanted to get as many as he could for his photography. I guess people who don’t live around the sea find it a wonderful background or should I say foreground?🧐 I find them interesting also except I would love to go to the top of each one....(which you can’t usually, of course) You can with a drone though!😊
Awesome as usual. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Thank you so much 😀
I’ll always remember driving a Hyundai rental car in the wind/rain upon exiting that tunnel - after entering it in fair weather. My wife was so nervous… “pull over and wait it out!”. Nah… 😅😂
Icelandic weather 😂
Boy, you’re really getting good with google maps and transitioning to actual footage you’ve taken. Nice work! And I love learning about your island. I always wanted to come visit and I will.
There are so many interesting parts of the island… Iiiiiiiiiceland. ❤
Thanks a ton, this was a fine practice with the map addition :)
This is my town
Lucky you :)
Glymur, one off our memorable hikes in Iceland, Hope you ar able to make drone views of it someday. Thanks G
I will for sure :) it's a tricky one, need to have the sun from the right direction to lid up the canyon,, this will be fun :)
So it's not my imagination that Icelandic architecture is all over the place. I love it! The sheer variety of styles and colors in neighborhoods are so much more pleasing than look-alike apartment blocks. Another fascinating education, with jaw-dropping views and humor that makes me chuckle while learning. (Historians on steroids - lol!) Thank you!
Oh what an awesome and beautiful city! I love it! It looks so peaceful and the scenery is unbelievable! Thank you so much for teaching us about your wonderful country!
Thank you too :)
Interesting video, thank you fof your work. I have subscribed to your channel. Greetings from Hemsedal, Norway 🇸🇯👍
Thank for subbing and welcome 😊👍
Thank you for giving another view of Akranes. I never bothered to visit it more than to Kronan for shopping, found it a boring town. Haha
😄 can't say I blame you, but I do actually like it to drive trough, especially with a camera, or to dine at Galito :) good place
We went here! Great little coffee shop in the town square. We love Island!
Welcome back :)
Takk fyrir að gera vídeó á Akranesi
Takk fyrir að heimsækja rásina :)
Like many of your subscribers, I live in the USA, and find, as "AB" said, your videos to be like a mini vacation. While I do live near a national forest and a local preserve, and it's pretty quiet (except during frog mating season 😂) I think the quiet of your country must be refreshing. The views of the auroras must be breathtaking...and since we are experiencing a solar maximum for the next few years, they must be almost non-stop. Thank you for the nice tour and histroy of Akranes...enchanting town. 🤗
As always, thanks a ton :) I'm actually editing aurora time-lapses tonight, it's a bit tricky but hopefully online soon, and greetings from Iceland 🤗
yay! I visited Akranes and the lighthouse, and also a beautiful shipwreck in 2019. great video!
Awesome! Thank you!
Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante, qui m'a beaucoup appris. Je n'avais pas encore prêté attention à Akranes.
Thanks for visiting and welcome :)
Wonderful video - I really enjoyed learning about Akranes. Such an amazing and beautiful setting.
Many thanks!
Beautiful phography, now how is the ground shaking going?
Not now, but I have a Hekla update in the making with footage I shot there last summer :) online in 1-2 days
This City was too out of my route. Next trip maybe!
Welcome back :)
Travelled the tunnel in early 2018 before it was free
Welcome
Question: do you miss, notice, feel that Iceland has "no" (i.e. very few big, bigger) trees? I've seen a dozen or so of your wonderful clips. I would seriously miss not seeing pines and fir trees - or even palms or baobabs if I moved to Iceland. Take Oregon, USA as my youth reference. Trees everywhere. Now living in France and driving to see your country in June 2023! Looking forward to watching more of your work and hoping we'll avoid earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Thank you for your stories and facts on Iceland! Linda
A Siglufordur il y a un superbe parc naturel avec beaucoup de variétés de sapins.
@@valerielessire7985 merci.
@@valerielessire7985 je vais rechercher SIglufordur. Thanks. Tu est en islande ou a voyager la bas? In any case I appreciate your reply. Linda
Thanks Linda, we do actually have growing forestry, ike I mention in my new video I just uploaded :) and I have gathered woodland videos for some time to do a forestry tour on my channel some day :)
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Do homes in Iceland have basements? Are many of the citizens in Akranes descendants of the Irish founders? Some DNA might explain why the soccer players come from there.
What would be the entrees in the most popular restaurants in the area/ What seafood is typical there?
Some have basements, see don't, no rule there :) and I haven't found any info about if they are descendants of the Irish founders, doubt so actually, but I recommend Galito, the only place i've tried, and many these times actually :) recommended :) galito.is
I am really interested to know how you get fresh vegetables, fruit and other foods. Is everything imported. Is Iceland a tax haven? I guess I'll find out when i get up there. Do you have any forests, i see some trees.
Fresh Icelandic vegetables are grown mostly during summer, less during winter and fruits are imported. as for firsts I'm recommending this video :) ruclips.net/video/5lAegYUc1lU/видео.html