I'm from Iceland and you actually to things right - not something you see a lot. Nice overview of what to try in Iceland Nice work.

Excellent glimpses of Iceland. I was born and raised in Reykjavík and spent a couple of summers on a farm, north of there. The Reykjavîk you filmed is a far cry from the city of my childhood-a great improvement. BTW, I cannot stand fish (love lobster, however) and I think that's a result of overexposure as a child. I have eaten whale, but it has a fishy. taste that turns me off. Lamb is quite another matter and I have yet to find any that can compare with the Icelandic. You did not mention hangikjöt, which is delicious smoked lamb. Skyr, which we used to buy in dairies, right out of a tub, can now be had in some of NYC's supermarkets, but it is expensive. It might interest you to know that beer (and owning a TV set) was illegal in Iceland when I lived there and hard liquor was only sold in state stores, but one could call a cab company at night and ask for a "fluid drive". I still speak and write Icelandic (though a bit rusty), but my mother was Danish, so I do very well in that area. I am a writer/author, but I write (mostly about jazz and blues) in English. Thank you for taking me back to the country of my birth.

I lived in Iceland for a couple years. I'm from Oklahoma. The hotdogs... amazing. Icelandic hotdogs are awesome. The shark and brenivin/snapps (must try , terrible). They have a salt cured ham with potatoes in a sweet wheat sauce, it is one of the greatest things I have ever eaten. Great place to visit. Word of advice for single men. Do not get married there lol. I recommend visits in peak summer and new years.

I'm from Brazil and your channel is so good to practice my listening skill

Iceland is a great country.

Been searching through so many travel channels, and I think yours is by far my favourite! Great advice and information without being pretension. Great work ! :)

The red mayonnaise you were talking about is called kokteilsósa. It is super simple to make at home and tastes amazing! All it is is you mix ketchup and mayonnaise together. Put mayonnaise in a bowl and then add ketchup and the just blend it together. (Use more mayonnaise than ketchup) The more ketchup you use the more kind of stinging taste you get, a stronger taste. I personally use just a tiny amount more of mayonnaise than ketchup, maybe like a spoon or so. Hope this helps to make your very own kokteilsósu and enjoy it with every meal!

Great advice! We were in Iceland in September. The fish is fantastic! Another general note is that going out to eat is VERY expensive...even just like a pizzeria ran the two of us up $50 canadian with one beer, coke and couple slices of pizza. We grocery shopped at Bonus and ate 60-70% of the time from those, and allowed ourselves one meal out a day. Also the coffee..very expensive - for the equivalent of a small here it was approx.$5-7 canadian.

The world is beautiful....infact it is heaven.

Went in mar 2017. tasted the ginger soda at an Indian restaurant which I enjoyed. also had a seafood bisque. I might be crazy but once I stepped out of the airport I noticed how fresh and clean the air smelled. Great country for my first trip abroad.

Your sons are sooo cute. I love seeing the videos with your whole family getting stuck in! Jocelyn is such a trouper for sampling the shark!

This makes me miss Iceland so much. I spent a week there about 3 years ago and I also spent 2 months living in Stockholm, 1 month in Copenhagen, and a week in Tromsø, Norway. Scandinavia and the entire Nordic region have been calling for me since I first started teaching myself about Iceland in high school. I think I mat move there permanently one day.

"No you dont have to go to Maine for Lobster...come to Iceland!" 😂

I'm traveling to Iceland this year, so thank you.

we have over 100 types of icelandic beers.. not just a few brands :) but yeah.. the skyr is the main thing to try.. we have every tastes you can dream of.. from all fruits you can think of, up to créme brulée and strawberry cheescake, caramel, chocolate, liquorice.. just name it. The fish, lamb and the water is world class.

the fish is what I'm looking forward to the most for eating! I absolutely love seafood in general. *2 weeks until Iceland!*

We loved the food when we were there. It was amazing.

I have a friend who is a famous cookbook author and she told us about using dried fish kind of like bread when she was young. One of the common snacks in Iceland is buttered dried fish. It sounds awful but I absolutely loved it and would usually make that as a snack at the end of the day. But then I also didn't mind hakkarl, so maybe I'm just weird.

The fried haddock at Icelandic Fish and Chips!!!👅

I learned quite a lot from this channel! Keep up the good work! Greets from The Netherlands

such a beautiful place definite on the bucket list fish and lamb 2 of my favorites

People have to try kjötsúpa (meat soup) It is with lamb, various of vegitables, herbs and more it is really nice. Myself is from Iceland but I have never tried brennivín and most people that I know dont like it. The sauce you are talking about is named kokteilsósa and the basic ingridients are ketchup and mayonnice. We eat it with every thing specially french fries :)

Skyr is a top tier alternative to protein shakes.

Binge watching your videos because I’m glad I’ve found an informative, friendly, and wholesome travel channel!! Bless this family :)

Foal steak is a must try as well! Yes, we eat horse meat and we love it!

I was stationed there from 1994 to 1996 beautiful country. I would like to go back one day to visit

I like lutefisk so I think I'll try the fermented shark when I visit Iceland. It just HAS to have some redeeming qualities.

I'm taking my daughter to Iceland in April for 8 days.Can't wait to get there.

been in Iceland 2 times and I want to be there forever ;)

Born and raised in Iceland love the video i live in the usa now

We get Einstök Icelandic beer here in England. Their White Ale is fantastic.

Mark, obviously You like fish as much as I do. I already watched another iceland video on this channel. Thanks.

bonus note: Iceland is very vegetarian/vegan friendly everywhere :)

Thank you these are great I'm in Iceland right now

Oddly enough, best burger I ever had was on our way to Vík (I think… lol). It had a ring of raw bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, and what I can only describe as tzatziki/ranch type sauce. Most refreshing burger I’ve had lol also, the convenience store sandwiches were SO GOOD. Such a beautiful country ❤

The food was super fresh. Loved the dark rye bread. Despised skyr- it’s technically cheese and not yogurt.

I really miss skyr!!!!!! 😭

We are going this spring- thankfully we have Wolters World for tips!! The best!

I tried Arctic char for the first time at a Bonefish Grill a few years ago. It was SO good! Unfortunately, it is only sold when it is in season. I'd imagine it is more widely available in Iceland. With that said... I WANT TO VISIT!!!

You are so well traveled and I appreciate you making these videos so much!! So helpful!

First time here , already love you're channel :)

The veggies are definitely imported. Not many veggies are grown here except rubarb.

I loved the skyr drinks also liked the dried cod snacks.

Go to Cyprus, you will love it!!!

You are mu super tourist guide! like to listen your countries food....will i see you in restaurants, hotels, and like that outside everytime I going to on my hollidays. Here also i order french fries, ice creams, some burgers....

I like you having different scenery behind you as you make the presentation. Gives depth! :) Sir, you look better! More in-shape.

Just an FYI about beer, there are also local craft breweries that make excellent beer here. Look for something by Borg, Kaldi or Einstök. The beers Mark mentions in the video are the most common brands you'll find, but there is more variety on offer.

I can understand that Liam was upset that you did not have Appelsín in America

Heh, I saw that they had a bunch of Subway sandwich shops, i will probably just eat there every day and I am sure it will be less than $50/6 inch, maybe $40.

I would have to stop at the Chuck Norris Grill.

Hi Mark, since u have a plethora of travel stories to tell did u ever consider writing a book or travelogue or travel guide? As u r a professor u would have grip in language as well i believe..so...i would buy it lol

Brennivin is more like a schnapps-it's super strong. Yummy though

My gut would be wrecked after a week of food like this lol

Thank You for this good video. It is good and the information correct. But the shark is good :) I´m local person of cause.

Love your videos. Nice fast pace, clear English..useful info...keep it up!

I'm Icelandic and your video is perfect! I really enjoyed it!

I'll eat anything except that fermented shark or whale

I love your videos! So informative.

I had a lot of fun watching this

There's quite a bit of drinking. I think you're just better behaved than many. It's expensive, but people drink. The food is so good there! Had the best hamburg of my life there. I didn't see the fermented shark, and I wouldn't have tried it, but I did try the dried catfish which you sip in homemade butter. Not too bad as a bar snack. It wasn't very smelly at all.

Harkarl is one of the few dishes Anthony Bourdain can't abide- and he'll eat about ANYTHING.

I fly there on Feb 3rd. Thanks for the awesome info

Glad to hear there is more than fish. I don't like fish and I am going to Iceland in October.

Just has seafood and lamb today, & and an amazing beer... So I ate close to a Icelandic meal hahahahah.... And I did a lot of walking, I would love love love to visit Iceland one day, I plan on hitting England working up to Scotland then jumping over to Iceland then Norway once my life calms back down. Hope all is well with you and your work out is going awesome. Yeah rotten shark meat is a fun time for sure I have seen people eating it. they weren't too impressed, hahaahah...

Iceland, normay, france = heaven

Ok, thank you for this Video, Skyr is yummy ... 😊 And now i am so hungry ...🙄🙄🙄🙄😝

The water in the city smells horrible but in other places the water smells and tastes sooooooo good

Im binge watching your channel! ❤❤

Awesome mate. We are there on 24th May and will love the fish. We are not into lamb how about chicken, some salad and rice

What a crazy backdrop for a video. It hardly looks real!

The fact that lamb is plentiful is all I needed to hear

Coming here in one week!! Thank you for the tips!

I am from icland

I would try Skyr.

Try the Minke Whale or the horse steaks! Yum!

I love Icelandic food, reason: i live there. 😂💗

I can't wait to go to Iceland!! It's definitely in my top 2 destinations list

come to alaska in the summer and Ill take you fishing!!

They grow many fruits and vegetables in greenhouses, including bananas.

Here’s something you have to eat in Iceland EVERYTHING

Your video is very informative thank you so much

The food looks really good!

Wow. I Iike that backdrop. Do people swim in that water with the icebergs? I'm from the West Indies so it looks like a very interesting beach to try out.

Appelsin ist the best!

The best Lobster dish my wife ever ate was in Vik. Ever.

What about vegetarians????

Mmmmm this video made me hungry. What an amazing place Iceland is. Can't wait to go back. Tell the truth , did you try puffin?

Have a lovely day in iceland (:

If you are a "foodie" this may not be the place for you. Restaurants are NYC pricey. Fish and lamb are very good but very bland. Everything I ate over 4 days was over salted. Wondering where they get fresh berries and tomato? Acres of green houses heated by geothermal piping. The unspectacular food is vastly outweighed by the seriously kind, helpful and outgoing people most of whom speak better english than I do.

thanks for a great video!

Uum, the brand is not exactly called "Appelsin". Appelsin just means "orange". The brand of that particular soda is called "Egils". But besides that, yes, the "appelsin" (orange) flavoured sodas and juices are very common and popular in the Nordic countries, especially with kids, but also with many adults, including in my own country of Denmark 😉

I love fish

I am iclandic

Any vegan food there?

thx for the infos, plz keep up the good work

I'm icelandic and I love it when english pepole try to say icelandic words😂😂😂 It is soooo funny😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 nobody says that right😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Skyr.... Its cheese not yoghurt.

I heard you mentioned you stayed in a guest cabin? How did you find it and book it? VRBO? AirBNB? If this info is in one of your videos, let me know. :) Thanks

Great!

I will eat well ova there. Puffins, no way. Too cute.