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

I swear Icelandic people are the most chill people

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 😂

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 🤷‍♀️

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

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

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

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

Iceland: Summer: am i a joke to you?

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

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!!!

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

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.

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🙃

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 💕

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

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!! ❤️

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.

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'

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 :)

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

Omg do an Asmr video in Icelandic 😍

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

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!

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

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

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.)

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!

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

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

I love this video. Thank you for sharing 🤠

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

Your dimples are so cute!

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.

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

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

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)

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?

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

love your videos!!

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

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! 😂

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

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!

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

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

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.

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 :)

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

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

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

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!

Are Björk and Sigur Ros popular in Iceland?

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!

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

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

Why Iceland has such beautiful girls?!!💙

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

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

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

It's LGBTQ-RSTUVWXYZ missy 😤😤

Very enlightening. I truly enjoy your videos

I keep falling in love with Iceland!

I absolutly love your dialect!!

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

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!

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

Greetings from Canada! I've always wanted to visit our neighbor Iceland looks awesome!

Entertaining as always :)

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

I could listen to @hrafna read the phone book and I'd hang off every word

You’re the best❤️

Icelandic names are so cool! Your fullname is awesome!

Very interesting, thank you!

I have long thought Iceland seems an interesting place. You make it even more so, and charming as well.

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.

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 .

Congratulations on being an author!

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

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.