Visit Hellissandur and Rif - Historical Icelandic Towns

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11 ай бұрын

The history of these small communities spans everything from Christopher Columbus to the beginning of the many cod wars that Icelanders fought for full control over that valuable natural resource.
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Пікірлер: 106

@schoolingdiana9086 9 ай бұрын

5:30 Those are the most delightful birds ever! Too cute. ❤

@JustIcelandic 9 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

@SoCo_Surfcasting 11 ай бұрын

Snaefellsness was my favorite part of our 6 day road trip.The Terns were plentiful in Rif! Amazing!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes it's one of the regions I categorise as undervalued :)

@matthewcook3839 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Makes my day while the wife watches all her soap operas.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton, more to come soon :)

@Stephen-zq2wf 11 ай бұрын

A Daily Dose of IceLand is Always Welcome

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton

@ronjaj.addams-ramstedt1023 11 ай бұрын

Oh my, watching this whole series will lead to adding several days to our trip next year. Thank you so much from Finland, this kind of information really helps us to envision where we want to go and what we want to see.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that and good luck with the planning :)

@vardaruus5243 10 ай бұрын

whole Snaefellsnes peninsula was a highlight of my short trip due to lack of tourist busses. Just a handfull of other tourists, and more pristine not caged out nature. It was spectacular

@Avarua59 11 ай бұрын

The drone footage of the communities is smszing. It is almost like viewing a video game!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank a lot and greetings from Iceland :)

@Bergettoken 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the history lesson from Iceland!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@wendywilson18 11 ай бұрын

You are an amazing (and funny and entertaining at the same time!) history raconteur, Gylfi. Such interesting things you are doing for the benefit of not only your beloved country Iceland, but for all interested arm-chair explorers, and actual boots on the ground tourists too. Thank you so much for this video in the series you are building, with your wonderful drones and other equipment too, for such important documentary work. It is yet another great piece in the larger jigsaw puzzle of Icelandic origins. ☑ with an A-plus grade for you.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

WOW....😮 thanks a ton :) for me this is practice for full length documentaries, the vlog form allows me to do some mistakes, and hopefully see them when I look at this later on, but it's also about to find my own presentation style and extremely helpful into the future :) and greetings from the volcano island :)

@wendywilson18 11 ай бұрын

@@JustIcelandic 👍🥰

@rebeccashannon3080 11 ай бұрын

Very glad you are resuming your series on Icelandic towns as they are so interesting. Most would agree we are glad not to see Barbie and super heroes placed on Icelandic architecture....All your work is appreciated as it is given from your Icelandic perspective. Thanks!😀

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always welcome 😀

@heatherdeavalon 11 ай бұрын

It is so pretty there! When I was a kid, there were nesting birds on the way to school that always dive bombed me. All I see in my mind is a guy on a bicycle with a really mad bird on his head! 😂

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes wow I loved this story and heard it from him self, absolutely the best Arctic tern story I've heard :)

@SabeanPagan 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@bonniebickel6962 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyable, informative and much appreciated. Way better than a brochure. Thank you

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@stephanieparker1250 11 ай бұрын

So beautiful, I never get tired of watching your amazing drone footage (and photos!). I love hearing the history as well. ❤

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@vardaruus5243 10 ай бұрын

just got back from Iceland this night after 3.5day trip. Snaefellsness peninsulas was definitely my favourite day trip even if i had to rush it due to lack of time

@me5768 11 ай бұрын

Search wonderful history in the area and that mural of the ram on that building was beautiful.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@jan-ovepedersen5764 11 ай бұрын

Great video, we drove by Hellissandur and Rif in June. We did not stop there, but we stopped in Olavsvik where we had locally catched Cod for dinner, very good fish I must say. Definitively fresh 🙂

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always fresh around there 🙂

@lieutenantdan9337 11 ай бұрын

Iceland has always seemed like mysterious place full of barren land and volcanos, but you're channel has really flushed out the more intriguing parts of your country. Keep up the great content!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that and thank you

@DiscGoStu 11 ай бұрын

Your videos are one of the main reasons I made sure to take a trip off Route 1 to visit Snaefellsness and Hellissandur was the first place I camped on my trip around the ring road, it will always hold a special place in my heart. Thanks so much for your content. I’m watching in Palm Springs, California, quite possibly the literal exact opposite of Iceland

@brianyoung9014 11 ай бұрын

Iceland has such interesting history, Thanks for sharing it with us.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always welcome :)

@sabine8308 11 ай бұрын

I’m always stunned, how beautiful your Iceland is. Great video, as well as the history bits.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@suehuff8065 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for another entertaining and informative video to help us learn more about your lovely Iceland. I appreciate the the humor and the quality of information and commentary you share on whatever topics you present. I appreciate your commitment to excellence. Now I am always looking forward to see what you will be sharing next. I have the image of the poor boy on his bike with the angry bird on his head seared into my memory. Such a funny story that was probably quite traumatic at the time...poor boy and poor bird... :)

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes I love this story to, came across it shortly for I finished the video and knew instantly I had to ad it to the script :)

@pixelpeter3883 11 ай бұрын

Looks very clean and well organized :-)

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@jenniferlevine5406 11 ай бұрын

Great video! I really appreciate the history that you teach us while touring your island nation. Thanks for the captivating footage as well. These are truly unique productions. Well done!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton :) I'm working on the next episode now :)

@RankinMsP 11 ай бұрын

Gorgeous scenery, witty commentary, history and culture. What more could you ask for? Thanks Gylfi.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always welcome 😊 and thank you

@anjag2603 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. I had been there in June. I love Iceland. And I enjoy every video from you.❤

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to hear that and greetings from Iceland ❤

@travellinglight77 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing history, so fascinated by Icelandic cultural tales (and angry or not, I like these fearless terns --- imagine their incredible travels from the Antarctic, wow!)

@Tgoldenboy 11 ай бұрын

I miss your town series in Iceland!!!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Working on the next episode now :)

@marcelasantander7457 11 ай бұрын

Fascinant Land! And your original and "not-fancy-ish" style to share it, stories and...the rest...You keep it, Gylfi!

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@kriswilliams7399 11 ай бұрын

Great video, love your beautifully put together info video. I am a bit surprised you've not mentioned the 2 waterfalls just before Rif from Olavsvik. We came across them in 2019 but we did miss the road to the church 😮. Please keep up with the content, they bring myself joy and information from such a wonderful beautiful country. Thankyou good sir!!🙆

@barrydysert2974 11 ай бұрын

i really love it when You teach us the history of Your beautiful country !:-)

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

More to come soon :)

@foreverfaith7 11 ай бұрын

Thx for sharing this! Greatly looking fwd to the rest of your informative videos in this series as u have time. Fascinating learning from USA. Hubby is gonna enjoy watching these too. Such amazingly beautiful drone views u get! Take care over there! 🙂

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Thanks and greetings from Iceland😀

@Moobby 11 ай бұрын

as i was in iceland i didnt know hellissandur. i was very surprised when i found all these amazing art in this small village.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always something new to find here in Iceland 😀

@palantir135 11 ай бұрын

Good evening Gilfy from the Netherlands. You call them village or town (dorp in Dutch). We would call them hamlets (gehucht). Totally different type of houses; more like Norway. We have terns (stern) too and also black ones.

@alienallen2983 11 ай бұрын

👍🙏>>>💚~~~thank you I do like it your way

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it :)

@annabee1984 11 ай бұрын

And.... a daily dose of normality 😊

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Finally some norm from Iceland :)

@adamabele785 11 ай бұрын

Long wave radio broadcast is pretty much history. Only few of these still operate in Europe. Germany, Austria and Switzerland do not longer operate it.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

The other LW mast in East Iceland was destroyed a while ago and this one will be a goner within 2 years, but the plan is to make the FM network better first.

@pauljames5281 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this video..well presented and amazing history.. Impressed.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks

@adamabele785 11 ай бұрын

From the former Haseatic League there were only three cities left, Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck. The first two managed to keep independent and have as mere cities with only little land around equal rights as the much larger German Bundesländer. If you want to, you can percieve the Hanseatic League as one of the precursor organisations to the European Union of today. The idea was pretty similar as it was intended to set the same standards in all participating cities and areas and us the power of many to create something that had no King or Emperor, and allowed trade to grow and mutual benefit over the borders of many territories and political entities. During the last one or two decades it has become popular among all of the former participants (cities) to remember the common history and reconnect ties and honour the legacy. It was very successful at its time and slowly went down, as global trade with the colonies started on a much larger scale with larger ships etc.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes iv'e heard this EU predecessor mentioned before, very logical. The Hanseatic League more and less owned the complete Reykjanes Peninsula for a while, incl. Hafnarfjörður and went into warfare agains the English in Grindavík but it's gonna be more about the in my upcoming episodes :) and thanks for your input :)

@adamabele785 11 ай бұрын

@@JustIcelandic I was not aware that it extended to Iceland. Iceland is only mentioned once in the German Wikipedia article about the Hanse. It seems that the "Stockfisch" from Iceland was somehow transported to Bergen in Norway. In Bergen was a Kontor that collected it from the larger area and transported it to London and Hamburg in exchange for other goods like salt or cloth. A Kontor is a large warehouse near the harbour, it also traded goods locally, but it had no political purpose. It seems that they had some kind of monopoly on the trade of stockfisch, which was a very important resource in the south as a staple food with long shelf life. The Brits just left out the man in the middle and bought it directly from Iceland, which was the end of this business model. But I am definitely not an expert in this subject.

@MountainFisher 11 ай бұрын

I went to Hellissandur last year after going to the Westfjords. Stayed in a waterfront apt. I don't remember Rif, just Olafvik and Hellissandur. Our guide stayed with me and my son and his friend stayed in another place.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Always welcome 😀

@MountainFisher 11 ай бұрын

You know once the search and rescue folks seeing I was disabled gave me a ride right up to the eruption. Very kind. When we went out of Reykjavik it was a lot less crowded the further up North we went. Everyone we met were friendly as could be and even offered to have us come for supper.

@MajesticNaturePhotography 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely love this series! Your channel is amazing, and I greatly appreciate your content, Gylfi 😁 Thank you!

@nickylambert5462 11 ай бұрын

Great video, visited these 2 little places in May this year whilst travelling around the peninsula 😍

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful! always welcome to Iceland :)

@Moobby 11 ай бұрын

i visited iceland last month. and got attacked by these birds too. not knowing anything about them. i met them at the port to heimaey. so they scared me and all the tourists away :D

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes and there are some nasty Icelanders who love to see the tourists go running form them birds, not me of course 😂

@abs0lutelyn0t 11 ай бұрын

we had our own share of angry arctic terns on Snaefellsness peninsula. it is really hard to escape them once they notice you, haha.

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Yes it hurts to get get poked in the head :)

@kathywolf4558 11 ай бұрын

This is lovely. Thank you for being a tour guide. The best guides are the ones who have a good point of view about the local folks, local wildlife, "tourist eruptions", etc.... Thank you for showing the arctic terns too. I have a question about linguistics: the spelling of Hel often shown as Hell...Do you know why Hellissandur is spelled with two 'L's' instead of one 'L'? (I know different languages have spellings based on word composition and usage in the sentence....just wondering if that is the case here...??)

@EverydayRoadster 2 ай бұрын

We will come to Hellissandur for the total eclipse in 2026. I'd buy the story of the oldest church built with concrete, since Iceland was leading the pioneering with this materials at the time.

@JustIcelandic 2 ай бұрын

The Snæfellsnes peninsula is an excellent choice and welcome to Iceland :)

@petrosros 4 ай бұрын

The Danes did carry out surprise attacks up the Thames that caught the English off guard, so it was not just a one way street. I am old enough to remember the Cod War as they called it here, and as a kid I felt the British behaved like bullies, and at the same time the Icelanders have been proved right. I still l think they have the best tasting Cod, I buy it frozen from a big chain store called Iceland, frozen and individually packed it taste a lot fresher than the Cod from the supermarkets which is mostly at least a week old/dead.

@Mieke.. 11 ай бұрын

That was so nice to watch. Beautiful footage and love the Birds! Thank you Gylfi !

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@duncantaylor9584 7 ай бұрын

I have watched many of your videos, (43 in this section it says)I hope to be there ñext year 2024, Gods willing, hope to meet you, so old yet so young ,strength could be much stronger as it shall

@kevinbartlett1017 11 ай бұрын

I have visited Rif in May, the terns were not aggressive at that time

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Still tired from the long travel I guess :)

@timecomments 10 ай бұрын

Could there be a video about Icelandic village houses? Respects.

@stephenhammond6962 11 ай бұрын

Elska þetta myndband Gylfi ❤

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

Takk kærlega :)

@Johnnerss 10 ай бұрын

Hefurðu gert egilsstaða og geturðu gerir dálítið vidjó um það í þessari seríur líka kveðjur frá egilsstöðum eða um eskifjörð því það er með meira stærri sögu

@stephanieparker1250 11 ай бұрын

I’ll visit Rif, only place I can pronounce. 😅❤❤

@JustIcelandic 11 ай бұрын

:) If you use the village Króksfjarðarnes to practice with, the rest will be easy :)

@stephanieparker1250 11 ай бұрын

@@JustIcelandic lol good tip, thanks! 🙌