Visit Hjalteyri - One of the Smallest Icelandic Villages

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2 жыл бұрын

Hjalteyri by the Arctic Coast Way is the home of 40 people but it's one of our "Klondyke" villages that sprang up beside the Herring industry, and almost died when the Herring years were over.
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@edda9362 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for showing us your old family village. I'm sure in time improvements will happen .

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Hope so and thanks for visiting :)

@GoCoyote 2 жыл бұрын

Another lovely look at the the wild beauty of Iceland.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome, as always :)

@RankinMsP 2 жыл бұрын

Touching. Beautiful. Thanks.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@craigmccann1028 2 жыл бұрын

Brethren! Another, shout of respect.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome :)

@RyJones 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I can’t wait to go back to Iceland 🇮🇸

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Iceland 🇮🇸

@rosecromhout5892 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the family photos. Memories to cherish. I'm sure a great idea will bring growth and tourism to the village.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, and thanks for stopping by :)

@theotherandrew5540 2 жыл бұрын

It really is an astonishingly beautiful country.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

It is, this video showing more the rough and rural side but then, the tourist stuff is not for me :) this is the real deal :)

@deepquake9 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you still have claim to a rock or two there. Its lovely.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@BaldurNBA 2 жыл бұрын

Skemmtileg myndbönd hjá þér. Gaman að fræðast um þessi bæjarfélög. Þó svo að maður hafi keyrt í gegn um þau, að þá þekkir maður ekki alla söguna.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Takk Baldur, svo er þetta lika fín aðferð fyrir mig til að rifja upp íslandssöguna þar sem á vantar, og til hamingju með árangurinn á KZfaq, alveg magnað :)

@Sexyblkmetalchick 2 жыл бұрын

You give a us another great video about your country and history.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them and welcome, more to come soon, Akureyri next, a long one

@WastelandSurvival2 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos :)

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

More to come!

@robyngrieve9665 2 жыл бұрын

It's a very pretty area. Good to signs of rejuvenation.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

It sure is and welcome :)

@jujuvtx 2 жыл бұрын

I love your country.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

@kathleenschaubhut4174 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful area.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

It really is and welcome :)

@pohhoopeng9569 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful place. Will be in Akureyri & Dalvik this Sept. My 2nd trip to Iceland. If time permits, maybe will drop by the village. Thank you for sharing. Regards from Malaysia 🇲🇾

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great. and have a wonderful trip to Iceland, and welcome :)

@rebeccashannon3080 2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear that Hjalteyri seems to be making a comeback....Small towns are a great place for families and close communities to thrive. With all the beautiful scenery there, I was wondering if those four large fish tanks could be turned into artwork, painted murals. Icelandic horses galloping, whales and fish, sheep grazing, mountain and rocks and sky! There has to be a vibrant group of art talent with such beauty has Iceland has. My daughter in high school with her art class beautified an old brick wall of a building with one. I have seen where Reykjavik has some interesting designs on some of their buildings. Usually rural areas have some very gifted people. Just an idea, not that others don’t have better ones....Anyway, all the best to the town!

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

I know there was a concert in one of hem a while ago due to the "special effects" and you're right, it's only chances there with all those buildings :)

@erinmcdonald7781 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic You are right about using the buildings for shops or studios, etc, a venue for the arts. That would work well with the growing tourism in the area. It is such a beautiful, pristine place, as well. 💜🇮🇸

@palyba1 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! That sunset! Amazing! Thank you for sharing this

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :) and welcome

@wtglb 2 жыл бұрын

40 people, now THAT’s my kind of village!

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's not crowded at all :)

@fredmundur 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot to say that when the sun comes down in Summer, so do the temperatures 😉! We had 2ºC in early july some years ago, watching the sun going down then up again from the beginning of old Ólafsfjarðarvegur, 30km North from Hjalteyri. This was so nice and incredible...

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Good point! but I love the summer solstice around there but it's more to come about that later on :)

@bondisteve3617 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Great!

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Jordy120 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the lovely footage and the ongoing tour of Iceland. Btw, i pictured you being taller (3.27).

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

😀 it's getting better :) and thanks :)

@kentbarnes1955 2 жыл бұрын

What a BEAUTIFUL place. Hopefully someday I can visit. IF I could dream up a way to generate a profitable business there...I'd move in a heartbeat. Thanks for a great video.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Go for it :) and welcome to Iceland

@rickc4317 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and interesting, thanks for showing it to us.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure and welcome :)

@tonyrichards9794 2 жыл бұрын

Nice i can't wait to visit Iceland for vacation with my wife

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Iceland :)

@craigmccann1028 2 жыл бұрын

You will love it. My daughter & I were there @ the end of September. Beautifull and is a very friendly country. Great through and through.

@tonyrichards9794 2 жыл бұрын

@@craigmccann1028 someone told me things are expensive in Iceland

@ColumbusII 2 жыл бұрын

How interesting to hear about Hjalteyri, also that it has a place in your roots. It certainly has great charm. We've passed it early January in thick snow. But in summer we are in the area again, so maybe we will visit. We love Iceland 🇮🇸 Have a great weekend, looking forward to see more videos. Best wishes from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Going out to eat raw herring later today 😊👍🏻)

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Aha, so you are the herring type of person 😊 and welcome back to Iceland :)

@Impackon 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video again! Especially the sun footage at the end 👍

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@ChristophersMum 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gylfi...yes it is small, but has a lovely charm all of it's own... Love from Scotland💌😁✨

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

It really is! and greetings to Scotland 😁

@ChristophersMum 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic 😁

@Stoomhamer 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Ostend (Belgian coast). So I heard a lot of the fishermen's storys. It's really amazing how much they are similar to the ones you are telling!!!! You come from hard working people man! Beautifull vid.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this info and greetings from Iceland :)

@forthedisenfranchised4366 2 жыл бұрын

You have amazing connections to this place, quite incredible - I guess now that Akureyri is such a large attraction, these other smaller towns and ports become far more sustainable (or promising for the future). I wondered whether there're any extremely remote old ports that are converted for Gas storage (not the most attractive industry perhaps, but potential for large cash generation that could boost the northern and eastern remote abandoned ports?

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

There are ideas to service the Arctic Ocean route but it's on hold now I think, but I think tourism is the only way to make something serious happen there since the fishery quota system is preventing newcomers to enter the industry, and infrastructure like piers don't come cheap. But as for this town, I do remain hopeful :)

@peter8605 2 жыл бұрын

and another beautiful village added to explore for our next trip, thanks again! 👍😊

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@freysigurnbjornson6036 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

🤙

@petebeatminister 2 жыл бұрын

Recently I read in the news that Iceland decided to stop the whaling now. A smart decision in my opinion, I think living whales are much more valuable for the tourist industry in Iceland than dead whales. Plus its improving the reputation of Iceland in general. Now its only the Japanese (and some Inuit tribes on a very small scale) who are still doing whaling, while trying their utmost not to speak about it. Lets see for how long they can continue that, despite the world wide opposition.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it's a messy industry and whale watching is getting really strong :)

@HeidaBjorkSaevarsdottir17 2 жыл бұрын

☺🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Fallegt ☺

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Takk Heiða :)

@maybarnard1088 2 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting place, is the lagoon natural or man-made? I can't help wondering how such low-lying places will cope with a rising sea-level, it would be very sad to lose them and all their history.

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

It's a fresh water lagoon, very shallow, and yes, we would like keep it as is :)

@maybarnard1088 2 жыл бұрын

@@JustIcelandic I would never have guessed fresh water, especially with such a narrow band of land between it and the sea. Is there a paper on the flora and fauna in the lagoon?

@theotherandrew5540 2 жыл бұрын

What about kelp farming?

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

We don't need to farm it :) it's plenty of it already, exported and sold locally as well :)

@aiidina67 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a shower to use before going to the hot tub?

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

I tried to find out but it's just no online info about this, but it usually is so...

@MyKharli 2 жыл бұрын

I am reading old Scottish social history and there's a bit that says there were times when fishermen feared to leave due to the large amount of whales just outside the harbour , and even more unbelievably whales were so common they were originally hunted from land ! imagine what has gone for lamp oil !!!

@MyKharli 2 жыл бұрын

Also Icelandic houses look way better than what poor people live in here .The uk housing stock is barely fit for purpose and are made to give energy companies big profits !

@JustIcelandic 2 жыл бұрын

Yes wow, I'm glad it's over here and it looks as the whale hunting days are over for all times to come, whale watching has a big future here as well