I find very interesting that people at the store don’t talk to you or help you. I am Mexican and I know now that I can visit Iceland but it would be very difficult to adapt to the culture, we tend to talk to everyone and don’t look at our watch, time slows down in Latinoamérica. Thanks for the information, very interesting.
One of my favorite things about Mexican (and most Latino people I’ve encountered) is their friendliness! My roommate is college was from Mexico and her sense of humor was the best. Her whole family was hospitable and easy going. I still miss them!
When I went to Austria, we noticed the babies outside in the pram/stroller too. Mom's were enjoying the outside cafe, having lunch/glass of wine, etc. All of their babies were in the strollers with fur blankies and little red cheeks, just sleeping or smiling happy! I thought that was so delightful.
Fun fact about the prams! They've imprisoned mothers and have taken away their children for doing the same thing in the US. Even if the baby is healthy and in good condition.
Because in the US, there's a real danger of kids getting snatched and harmed. I don't know if we just have more perverts and crazies here than in other places, but parents sometimes don't even let children play outside unsupervised for fear something bad will happen to them.
Maybe the people being in a hurry all the time in Iceland comes from living in a place with short warm weather seasons where there is a limited amount of time to build homes, grow crops and so on and a underlying sense of urgency to get things done fast
Then again : people on Iceland came from Norway. Vikings on Iceland were originally Norwegian. So it should not be shocking when people find simularities 😅
funny hearing the babies sleeping outside, I remember my Dad saying they did it all the time when he was little, leave them on the porch for their afternoon nap, no car seat, just strap them in. nowadays in North America it won't happen, but nice that it's safe for them there
@@kilipaki87oritahiti Do you use other terms instead or simply say "Excuse me" or "Hello" etc when getting someone else's attention? I like this idea a lot, too. Formal mr. and mrs. is so unnecessary.
True fact: hot dogs are HUGE in Mexico. The grocery store will have 25-30 flavors! And if you order sausage in a restaurant they just might bring you a hot dog!
Just returned to the UK from my first ever visit to Iceland with my daughter. It is one incredible country, we both fell in love with it and plan to return in a couple of years. We managed a whole lap of Iceland in a camper van in 5 days 🤪 the landscape is stunning and as a photographer I was in heaven. Unfortunately we didn’t interact very much with Icelanders due to being on the road so much but those that we did meet were courteous, interested in why we were there and ALL spoke perfect English. It was an educational visit as much as a holiday (tin roofs, local food and why sheep roam in groups of 3) were all googled whilst on the road 😂 Icelanders are very welcoming and the ones we did meet made our trip unforgettable 🇮🇸❤️
It's the patronymic naming system which is still used in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The father's first name plus the word -son/sson or -datter/dottir. One gets used to it when doing genealogy research in Norway, Denmark (-sen/datter) or Sweden (-sson/dottir). Norway went to a single surname (by law) in 1923, and Sweden went to a single surname (by law) in 1902. Denmark went to single surnames in the mid-1800s. One gets used to the patronymic naming system while doing genealogy research in the traditional three Scandinavian countries (sometimes a matronymic name, but not as often back then). I prefer working with the patronymic names, in fact; I always know who the father is. If one is not used to the patronymic naming system when doing genealogy research during those periods of history one gets hopelessly lost in finding one's family back then.
I must correct. Born and raised in Iceland, parents from Faroe Islands. I think it is more common to use family names in the Faroe Islands, even thoug the -dóttir and -son system is used as well. In Iceland, I was raised to use my -son name, and less my faroses family name. In The Faroe Islands, and Denmark, I use my family name. Even abroad, as majority of people could´t neither pronunse or write my -son name correctly. :-) Might be, since the younge generation of faroese has more awarness of independency, they have started using all kind of family names, who sound faroese. I seen that change in my family name. We had excactly the same thing happening in Iceland, as Icelaners were in the independet mood in middle of last century. That with taking up family names.
We spent about 30 hours in Reykjavik in 2011 because of a layover. We stayed in a lovely hotel just outside the city. There was a bus stop in the parking lot of hotel. So we head out for some adventure and asked the woman who checked us in which bus numbers came to their bus stop. She looked at me and said “you don’t need a bus, it’s only 2 km that way (pointed in a direction), you can walk”. So I said to her “yes, that sounds fun but at the end of the day, being jet lagged from our delayed flight, we might just want to take the bus back.” It’s been 11 years and I still have NO idea what bus goes there. We walked about 2 km ‘that way, past the excursion company’ and eventually did come into Reykjavik. Walked around the city all day and then walked back. No idea if we took the long way around or if we went directly ‘just 2km’.
Because 1-2 km is nothing if you're a Nordic person. Most of our cities are small enough for them to be walkable, so not having to be dependant on a car, and we also tend to have great public transport. Also we are cultures were hiking, being active and out in nature is an essential part of our identity. I know that's very different from teh US were people hardly walk anywere, same with hiking, why many of you are so big, besides the food you eat that contains so much chemical and hormones.
@@kilipaki87oritahiti Our country is huge. People from other countries often want to see all the sights and don't realize the distance between is NOT a short drive. So car culture is big. In rural areas car culture is even more important, because 1 activity is going for a drive. No destination, just out driving. We also don't shop everyday, so what you buy at the supermarket is the amount to last a couple of weeks. Easier to do with a car. Lots of reasons, but the shear size of the country and road trips are as essential to our culture as hiking is to Icelandic culture.😊
I think we are gaining on the Icelanders for going from summer to Christmas. I just walked into Hobby Lobby just the other day to look for their summer stuff and was told it was in the last two aisles. In the meantime at least 6-8 aisles in the beginning of the store and another few aisles away were Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. I'm not a big fan of summer but come on. Let me live out my life slowly, not running into the winter holidays so quickly which are my favorite seasons, but I can wait.
I agree! Some things (like pumpkin pie, eggnog, the decor) used to feel so special because they were only available for a short time during Nov-Dec (maaaaybe Oct). But now they hang around so long, it doesn't feel as special.
We loved going to Iceland, we had a great time there. We are only there for six days. We thought it was very cool that you actually grew your own bananas and we did see people with their babies sleeping outside and thought that was a little different and we were still wearing coats and jackets and the locals were wearing T-shirts and short and some of them were wearing bikini tops. We also truly enjoyed that every neighborhood had hot tubs and cold swimming pools.
It certainly changes your perspective on shopping - having to come up with a strategy on what, when, and where to buy, how much will you be saving, how to bring it home...
I thoroughly enjoyed these Icelandic presentations! Thank you so much! I love learning about different cultures. That's why when I visited other countries or even different states, I always seek out local haunts.
I found interesting the baby sleeping outside thing. It just shows Iceland is a safe place and they trust their neighbors. That is good. In Japan I would see small kids traveling solo on the train. My wife and I would get SO worried. The poor things couldn't even carry his book bag. Customs are amazing.
This is the norm in all the nordic countries, not just Iceland. And I've been to Japan as well. Different culture, country, and society with different views and values, why it's different from the US. As a Norwegian I just find the school kids venturing around alone as normal, as we do the same here in Norway. We learn from an early age how to be independant. We aren't overly protective, as it's suffocating, and we also let them learn through lived experiences as that's how we gain skills, and grow into confident human beings, let it be handling a knife, falling off the bike, or play high up in trees, and fall down etc. It's about resilience.
@gille87oritahiti I fear that American parents have stripped resilience from our children. I'm 70 so grew up in an entirely different world that my siblings and friends called " 1950s benign neglect". Parents wouldn't be caught dead helicoptering over us. It would have been considered very, very odd and a sign of emotional problems in the parent. We went to the corner stores for Mom, wandered over 3 square blocks at Halloween, and were never tardy even with a mile walk to school. I remember a handful of times getting a ride to school from a neighbor. Rain. Heat. Flooding. Didn't matter. I love seeing that other cultures consider even small children very capable. We were required to be capable. It's such a loss to see kids lost trying to perform simple tasks. I have hope that one day we will return to the capable and resilient child model.
In Japan, children and women can walk alone on the streets even at midnight. I never even locked my house in Japan, even when I was away. There are even unmanned stores in Japan. It is a system in which customers voluntarily leave money.
In Sweden we also speak on inhale. Many of us are also sauce-lovers and call people by their first name, no titles. The trend to use English words is more and more common in Sweden too, I'm not too keen on this though. Babies sleep outside in Sweden as well. Fresh air is healthy. Maybe more common in the countryside though, not so much in the cities. Nordic habits, perhaps?
Wait... what American is surprised by love of sugar? All of those things about candy at stores, pop at meals, cakes at work in the break room is the most American thing Ive ever heard of.
Many Americans are hyper aware of this sugar culture in America and there’s definitely many who chose not to engage in it. Also, as Americans being constantly put in the lime light for our bad health due to bad eating choices, we are bewildered that other cultures can consume such high quantities of sugar as normal and are not suffering from the health problems many Americans currently have. I only drink water and like one cup of coffee in the morning. Only when on vacation do I sometimes indulge in other drinks.
Yeah. We even put brown sugar in our carrots, which baffled my British friend when she started living over here. That is not a difference between cultures at all.
I am not sure what part of the US you are from, but in the North East, Our pizza places always have deals... buy a pizza, get 2 L soda. And there is a HIGH consumption of sugar here, and there is always cakes/cookies brought into work. And have you never heard of a Dairy Queen Blizzard?
Lol, laughing right now about the breath taken in while talking. I first noticed it when traveling in Ireland. I thought something bad happened 🤣when she did it. The Danish also do that. Then I went to Iceland and noticed it also
It's not soley to speak while inhaling, it's when and how we do it and the meaning, we do the same in Norway, as that's were the Icelandic vikings once came from. We mostly do it when agreeing, or saying yes in certain situations, but depends on the context. I guess it is a Nordic/Scandinavian thing.
We were in Iceland a couple years ago; we had the best time! The land and people are wonderful. We stayed at a AirB&B where they raise Islandic horses, and the rules about Icelandic horses is also very interesting!
When I was a baby we lived in the east in Iceland and sometimes my mom needed to tie my stroller to a pole with rope because of bad weather, she did it so I could sleep outside because I used to sleep better outside then inside. Still today I like to sleep with open window and hear the wind.
I just returned from Island 9/27/21. I didn’t spend nearly as much money as I thought I would. The people are wonderful (altho they drive like maniacs. Lol), food is fantastic, not to mention the unbelievable beauty of the country. I felt like I had gone home. I fit right in. I’m going back in early spring. Takk!
I love how he's just like "yup, we do these" Also, not sure how long you've been out of the USA but each year christmas season has creeped up earlier and earlier. Costco now puts out their christmas decor in the beginning of October here.
Not that early. The last week of August he said going in to Sept no one I know in America is putting up Christmas decorations and plugging them in to twinkle twinkle. Lol Now you may have those people that leave their lights up on the house all year but they aren’t plugging them in for display. September is wayyy too early for me. Lol
The idea of babies in strollers outside blows my mind but in a good way. How awesome it is to live in a country where that is the norm and not the anomaly! Where I’m from, if a parent did that, they’d be called negligent or whackadoodle. It would definitely be a problem.
My wife and I are planning a trip this December. It's going to be amazing. Can't wait. Thank you for all your awesome videos. We think the babies sleeping outside is a bit different.
My parents put us outside in the carriage EVERY day rain or shine, in NYC. We grew up healthy. I put my kids outside in a carriage in the suburbs of NYC, rain or shine, and they grew up healthy too. But that was only in the backyard of the house, never at a public place. Very interesting. Thanks for mentioning baby monitor.
The hot dogs are wonderful! After we returned, my husband ordered hot dogs and all the sauces, etc. for me for my birthday - we live in Missouri! It was a fun surprise!
The comment that that Icelanders write a phrase or sentence in their native language and insert an English word of phrase, here in America is called Spanglish 😮😂😂. All everyone who speaks more than one language do it at one point or another. Especially, when you're with someone who you know also does that same😊. It happens in texting too.
If our air was as clean and fresh as Iceland, I could see the benefit of a child napping outside. Of course in America, I would have a Rottweiler guarding the stroller.
Walking fast, doing things fast has to do with cold climates. Southern climes people talk and move slower. Why? My personal theory is that in the frozen north, if you dawdle, you freeze.. keep moving quickly to stay warm. You rush around that that in the hot south, you will succumb to heat exhaustion by noon.
Years ago I had a layover in Iceland. I was in the airport and needed a warm hat. I purchased a skullcap but didn’t understand the currency? This little knit skullcap cost me $78! Didn’t realize it until I got back home to the US? 😮
Actually responding with an inhaled answer usually has a different meaning. It's usually puts emphasise on a strong emotion, somthing that took your breath away.
such a nice video! they also inhail on words in Norway and there are NO rules at the check out... every man for themselves😂 I relate to all of these idiosyncracies, but we learn to love it eh? thanks for all the iceland travel tips. headed your way in a couple weeks🤩 -CanadianinNorway
We do it mostly when we are saying yes or agreeing. Especially if getting tiresome or boring and we just want the conversation to end, or we are not really paying attetion...
As a baby my mother let me sleep during the day in the pram in the front garden and was happy to see my tanned legs. That was in the Netherlands. in Europe we don't eat as much sugar as here in America where I now live. I loved chia pudding in Iceland. never had a better one.
You’re an American surprised by soda with pizza, cake in the office, monster milkshakes, and hot dog stands? California? Colorado? Wild guessing here because Icelanders sound like New Yorkers to me.
True! I was questioning the same. You get all that sugary stuff in America. As a matter of fact, carbs are a huge part in the American diet. Needless to say, diabetis runs rampant in the US.
I didn't know that speaking on the inhale was so prevalent. It is also common where I am from, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The most common thing said on the inhale is one long yea followed by 4 quick/short ones.
I'm an American. I'm pretty sure if you left your baby outside, no matter how safe, you wouldn't get a fine. You may be arrested and child protective services would be called and possibly the baby would be taken away.
Please don’t ruin the Icelandic language!! Not so long ago it was the purest language in the World- mainly because it was a very isolated country , so the language didn’t change. I’m 4th generation Canadian of Icelandic heritage and damn proud of it!
The Icelandic language has changed, to be sure, but not very much. It is mostly a matter of pronunciation. You, a descendant of our "vesturfarar" (lit. the people that traveled to the West) appear to be concerned. The phraseology used by your great-great-grandparents, the ones that had to flee hunger and famine over a century ago may sound quaint but it is still traditional. My youngest daughter, now doing her 4th year in medical school, uses abysmal Icelandic - modern, teenager Icelandic - but our best language scholars tell us not to worry: The Icelandic Sagas used abbreviations like you see in modern text-speak. Nowadays it reflects conservation of keystrokes, in the olden days it reflected conservation of calfskin, the "paper" of the day. We went through some manic periods of defining and preserving "genuine" Icelandic 100 years ago and, by now, the language is firmly established. There are numerous scholars that have verified that the modern Icelandic language is the closest to Old Norse you can get. Of course suitably removed, but recent "checks" made by Dr. Jackson Crawford proved that modern Icelandic is pretty damned close to Old Norse.
Why I agree that every culture should keep their language, I'm sure there are plenty of isolated small communities throughout the world that have a language that hasn't changed in hundreds or thousands of years
They need to have more babies. I mean, that’s hyperbolic, obviously not *everyone* needs to have a kid right this minute. But the future belongs to those who have children. Have them and teach them. Culture is so important, but it is passed down and a few generations can change things, including language, drastically.
Definately guilty of pouring sauce on everything. I miss Icelandic Icecream (Bragdarefur aka Flavorfox), my favorite mix is fresh strawberries, snickers and þristur. Back in the day when I lived in Iceland I'd have caramel and cherry sauce, snickers, þristur and whatever I felt like that day which could be tromp, twix or daim for the most part (I live in Denmark now)
8:53 I suspect that Iceland just did the same as we did here in Norway and as I believe they did in Sweden and Denmark. Basically we quit using titles and stuff. In Norways case I believe the end to that came with the youth generation of 1968 and all the cultural changes back then. But basically while titles still made sense for people that was old then and used to the old system the rest of society stopped using it. Nordic people are not fans of authority nor of anyone thinking of themselves as better then anyone else, there's always been some tendencies in that direction in germanic culture, but when the region turned towards the left in the late sixties and early seventies our cultures greatly changed. And polite speech like what you described went from being considered polite to optional to inpolite to today being seen as an insult over here. If you where to use the Norwegian equivalent of "Sir" and my last name in Norwegian I *would* be insulted. It would be indicating that you thought I was so stuck up that I thought I was better then myself, it would be indicating that I was too stupid to see that I'm an equal just like anyone else, it would be a mockery of all that I am. Using our equivalent of "Sir" (Herr)" or "Mrs" (Fru) og "Miss" (Frøken) as well as a last name is only on done without the intent to insult with people born before 1968 on rare occations. In other words, I believe it has nothing to do with Iceland being a small island or Norway being a low population country. And everything to do with the cultural shift of the sixties and seventies. Unless Iceland is different from Norway in this regard and didn't have these titles even before then...
My friend were due to go there in 2020 but the world had other plans 😟. Hopefully we can make it there in 2022 and visit this beautiful place. Love from Australia
I like your videos. You are echoing a bit in this video and I would suggest subtitles for your Icelandic friend. It is hard to understand what his comment are. 😊
Your not alone.. I'm from Ireland and lots of us speak on inhale... Especially short words and we say that word as many times as we can...... Yes,yes,yes....... Bye,bye, bye...... Right,..... And so on
No sugar for me I am a insulin dependent diabetic. I do miss good dark chocolate . Soda is not good for you. Give me hot tea or iced tea . Iced hazelnut coffee w/ cream.
The SAUCES, OMG! And some of them are weird, like sweet sauces on savory dishes. I had to start asking for them on the side. I had a flashback to this video.
Wow! I wonder if I lived in Iceland and an Icelandic parent came over and saw my baby sleeping on top of the dryer, would they call the police? Lol! Once you became a parent, you adapt to what helps soothe the baby. In my case, it was the vibrations from the washing machine or dryer that did the trick. So just put the little pne on top of the dryer once you bring him back inside😂
Icelandic will NOT die in the foreseeable future, we are too conservative to let that happen. Icelandic survived centuries as a Danish colony - any foreign words used when I was a kid (I was born in 1950) were Danish. Then came the Beatles, American movies and the internet so any linguistic 'pollution' these days is English. No big deal. I just hope that we will never have to suffer e.g. Russian, Chinese or Arabic in a similar way. I'm not denigrating those cultures and languages as such, they are just too incompatible with our culture.
Oh, my goodness, Scandinavian countries also leave their babies in stroller outside. But, They leave them outside of Restaurants. I remember seeing a special about them sitting inside by the window & looking thru the window at the baby. ~ I think the Small Population in Iceland must have a lot to do with it.. ~ August Christmas Lights makes Sense when you think of the shorter daylight. I live in Minnesota, USA, and suffer SAD (Seasonal Affected Disorder by September because we have already lost an hour of Daylight.. If you put lights up, you are prepared for Longer nights... ~ Must learn about February Holiday like Halloween..
Nothing to do with the size of our population. It's just normal here in the Nordic and Scandinavian countries. You have to look at the things that makes us different from America: the society it self, the culture, the country and the values. There are more trust in general between people, and in our government. Only thing that are decided by the size are the crime. Of course we have them, but not on the same scale. We don't have to worry about human trafficking here (Norway), and seldom are there any kidnappings. What I hate about these videos made by foreigners of this ''phenomenon'' is the lack of cultural context. It's not like the babies are left outside unatended, becasue that's what they make it seem like. Never. If not cameras, the parent(s) do keep watch, or the caretaker, other people in that cafe, restaurant or shop. We are also brought up and taught to be independant from and early age, having chores, and to go back and forth to school alone as early as 1st grade in elementary school. Playing outrside alone is completly normal, wether it's out in the driveway, street, park, playground or forest even. Even in America this was once normal, but suddenly you became extremtly over protective for some reason. People blame creeps, and molestors etc, but those are everywhere regardless of culture. I blame Super Nanny lol. But on a serious note, again difference in culture, and society. Trust is everything here.
I find very interesting that people at the store don’t talk to you or help you. I am Mexican and I know now that I can visit Iceland but it would be very difficult to adapt to the culture, we tend to talk to everyone and don’t look at our watch, time slows down in Latinoamérica. Thanks for the information, very interesting.
I'm with you!
One of my favorite things about Mexican (and most Latino people I’ve encountered) is their friendliness! My roommate is college was from Mexico and her sense of humor was the best. Her whole family was hospitable and easy going. I still miss them!
honestly, I live in the mid-atlantic in the U.S. and it's like that here sometimes. Depends on the store.
Ah, you're going to miss on a few things. To be treated like god in Europe, you have to be from the US.
When I went to Austria, we noticed the babies outside in the pram/stroller too. Mom's were enjoying the outside cafe, having lunch/glass of wine, etc. All of their babies were in the strollers with fur blankies and little red cheeks, just sleeping or smiling happy! I thought that was so delightful.
USA that would not go down
@@asamanyworlds3772 I agree, people would be reporting you for child abuse or child endangerment. 😊
Fun fact about the prams! They've imprisoned mothers and have taken away their children for doing the same thing in the US. Even if the baby is healthy and in good condition.
Because in the US, there's a real danger of kids getting snatched and harmed. I don't know if we just have more perverts and crazies here than in other places, but parents sometimes don't even let children play outside unsupervised for fear something bad will happen to them.
It makes perfect sense for vikings to do their shopping abroad ;)
I came here for the views on Iceland and stayed for the Icelander's awesome accent
Babies outside started in Iceland as anti-TB action, and is standard in all of Scandinavia now.
Maybe the people being in a hurry all the time in Iceland comes from living in a place with short warm weather seasons where there is a limited amount of time to build homes, grow crops and so on and a underlying sense of urgency to get things done fast
Speaking on the inhale: very much a Norwegian thing as well. We're not aware of it, but foreigners learning Norwegian always point it out.
Not everyone but lot of people in the North East of Scotland do this as well
A lot of Swedish speakers do it too, and Swedish speaking finns. It had to be pointed out to me too before I noticed myself doing it lol.
Newfoundlanders do it too.
Then again : people on Iceland came from Norway. Vikings on Iceland were originally Norwegian. So it should not be shocking when people find simularities 😅
I’m a 3rd generation icebreaker in the US. You video has cleared up all the quirks about my family. Everything makes sense now. Thanks
Icelander lol
@@kristimcarthur7436 but icebreaker sounds like a funny euphemism for Icelanders who leave to go live and work abroad.
funny hearing the babies sleeping outside, I remember my Dad saying they did it all the time when he was little, leave them on the porch for their afternoon nap, no car seat, just strap them in. nowadays in North America it won't happen, but nice that it's safe for them there
The Philippines start playing Christmas carols and decorating on September 1st.
I love it 🤣! Christmas just can't come soon enough!
no titles, no mr and mrs.. that is what i love about Iceland..
All of the Nordics are like this. We also don't use mam, or sir. We are more laid back, chill and unformal.
@@kilipaki87oritahiti Do you use other terms instead or simply say "Excuse me" or "Hello" etc when getting someone else's attention? I like this idea a lot, too. Formal mr. and mrs. is so unnecessary.
True fact: hot dogs are HUGE in Mexico. The grocery store will have 25-30 flavors! And if you order sausage in a restaurant they just might bring you a hot dog!
Just returned to the UK from my first ever visit to Iceland with my daughter. It is one incredible country, we both fell in love with it and plan to return in a couple of years. We managed a whole lap of Iceland in a camper van in 5 days 🤪 the landscape is stunning and as a photographer I was in heaven. Unfortunately we didn’t interact very much with Icelanders due to being on the road so much but those that we did meet were courteous, interested in why we were there and ALL spoke perfect English. It was an educational visit as much as a holiday (tin roofs, local food and why sheep roam in groups of 3) were all googled whilst on the road 😂 Icelanders are very welcoming and the ones we did meet made our trip unforgettable 🇮🇸❤️
The ice cream with candy toppings thing is also very American. And hotdogs too. Who knew?
It's the patronymic naming system which is still used in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The father's first name plus the word -son/sson or -datter/dottir. One gets used to it when doing genealogy research in Norway, Denmark (-sen/datter) or Sweden (-sson/dottir). Norway went to a single surname (by law) in 1923, and Sweden went to a single surname (by law) in 1902. Denmark went to single surnames in the mid-1800s. One gets used to the patronymic naming system while doing genealogy research in the traditional three Scandinavian countries (sometimes a matronymic name, but not as often back then). I prefer working with the patronymic names, in fact; I always know who the father is. If one is not used to the patronymic naming system when doing genealogy research during those periods of history one gets hopelessly lost in finding one's family back then.
I must correct. Born and raised in Iceland, parents from Faroe Islands. I think it is more common to use family names in the Faroe Islands, even thoug the -dóttir and -son system is used as well. In Iceland, I was raised to use my -son name, and less my faroses family name. In The Faroe Islands, and Denmark, I use my family name. Even abroad, as majority of people could´t neither pronunse or write my -son name correctly. :-) Might be, since the younge generation of faroese has more awarness of independency, they have started using all kind of family names, who sound faroese. I seen that change in my family name. We had excactly the same thing happening in Iceland, as Icelaners were in the independet mood in middle of last century. That with taking up family names.
In Canada we let our babies sleep in their strollers in the winter all bundled up. So healthy!!!
We spent about 30 hours in Reykjavik in 2011 because of a layover. We stayed in a lovely hotel just outside the city. There was a bus stop in the parking lot of hotel. So we head out for some adventure and asked the woman who checked us in which bus numbers came to their bus stop. She looked at me and said “you don’t need a bus, it’s only 2 km that way (pointed in a direction), you can walk”. So I said to her “yes, that sounds fun but at the end of the day, being jet lagged from our delayed flight, we might just want to take the bus back.” It’s been 11 years and I still have NO idea what bus goes there. We walked about 2 km ‘that way, past the excursion company’ and eventually did come into Reykjavik. Walked around the city all day and then walked back. No idea if we took the long way around or if we went directly ‘just 2km’.
Because 1-2 km is nothing if you're a Nordic person. Most of our cities are small enough for them to be walkable, so not having to be dependant on a car, and we also tend to have great public transport. Also we are cultures were hiking, being active and out in nature is an essential part of our identity. I know that's very different from teh US were people hardly walk anywere, same with hiking, why many of you are so big, besides the food you eat that contains so much chemical and hormones.
Amazing that you survived your trek into the city lol!
@@kilipaki87oritahiti Our country is huge. People from other countries often want to see all the sights and don't realize the distance between is NOT a short drive. So car culture is big.
In rural areas car culture is even more important, because 1 activity is going for a drive. No destination, just out driving.
We also don't shop everyday, so what you buy at the supermarket is the amount to last a couple of weeks. Easier to do with a car.
Lots of reasons, but the shear size of the country and road trips are as essential to our culture as hiking is to Icelandic culture.😊
@@kilipaki87oritahiti I've seen plenty of chubby Nordic folk.
I hope they have used clothes stores out there if the people have to make such an effort to get new clothes. Especially, baby gear and kids clothes.
I think we are gaining on the Icelanders for going from summer to Christmas. I just walked into Hobby Lobby just the other day to look for their summer stuff and was told it was in the last two aisles. In the meantime at least 6-8 aisles in the beginning of the store and another few aisles away were Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. I'm not a big fan of summer but come on. Let me live out my life slowly, not running into the winter holidays so quickly which are my favorite seasons, but I can wait.
I was in Joann’s a couple of days ago and all the summer stuff (including 4th of July) was on clearance! Good grief! It’s still June!
@@brendafrazier811 lol I know! Its nuts lol
I agree! Some things (like pumpkin pie, eggnog, the decor) used to feel so special because they were only available for a short time during Nov-Dec (maaaaybe Oct). But now they hang around so long, it doesn't feel as special.
@@stephaniewozny3852 we still have Spekulatius and Glühwein/Kinderpunsch.
Hobby Lobby is its own category. That’s where all the crafters who make stuff go so they need more time to get ideas and make stuff happen 😂
My family lives in Sweden even though I live in Colorado USA. The baby sleep outside all the time in Sweden also.
We loved going to Iceland, we had a great time there. We are only there for six days. We thought it was very cool that you actually grew your own bananas and we did see people with their babies sleeping outside and thought that was a little different and we were still wearing coats and jackets and the locals were wearing T-shirts and short and some of them were wearing bikini tops. We also truly enjoyed that every neighborhood had hot tubs and cold swimming pools.
I live in the Highlands of Scotland and both my children were left outside to sleep and were very safe and happy
The hot dog everywhere thing and infants left outside in their strollers was a great heads up.
It's a Nordic thing, we do it in Norway as well, and all the Scandinavian countries.
Im from Iceland though my family moved to Norway when i was 2, and i always thought that it was weird when no one else spoke while inhaling
Umh we do it all over Scandinavia, especially in Norway, so dunno what you're talking about. Icelanders originally came from Western Norway, Songdal.
@@kilipaki87oritahiti personally I've never heard anyone else speak while inhaling in Norway unless it's a friend making fun of me for doing so
@@kilipaki87oritahiti Mother and Father of Leif Eriksson came from Rogaland and Trondheim.
A lot of people go on shopping trips abroad. Even in Hawaii we do that.
It certainly changes your perspective on shopping - having to come up with a strategy on what, when, and where to buy, how much will you be saving, how to bring it home...
I’m from Nfld. We also “speak on the inhale”, esp when saying yeah. It’s not just an Icelandic thing . . .
I thoroughly enjoyed these Icelandic presentations! Thank you so much! I love learning about different cultures. That's why when I visited other countries or even different states, I always seek out local haunts.
I found interesting the baby sleeping outside thing. It just shows Iceland is a safe place and they trust their neighbors. That is good. In Japan I would see small kids traveling solo on the train. My wife and I would get SO worried. The poor things couldn't even carry his book bag. Customs are amazing.
This is the norm in all the nordic countries, not just Iceland. And I've been to Japan as well. Different culture, country, and society with different views and values, why it's different from the US. As a Norwegian I just find the school kids venturing around alone as normal, as we do the same here in Norway. We learn from an early age how to be independant. We aren't overly protective, as it's suffocating, and we also let them learn through lived experiences as that's how we gain skills, and grow into confident human beings, let it be handling a knife, falling off the bike, or play high up in trees, and fall down etc. It's about resilience.
@gille87oritahiti I fear that American parents have stripped resilience from our children. I'm 70 so grew up in an entirely different world that my siblings and friends called " 1950s benign neglect". Parents wouldn't be caught dead helicoptering over us. It would have been considered very, very odd and a sign of emotional problems in the parent. We went to the corner stores for Mom, wandered over 3 square blocks at Halloween, and were never tardy even with a mile walk to school. I remember a handful of times getting a ride to school from a neighbor. Rain. Heat. Flooding. Didn't matter.
I love seeing that other cultures consider even small children very capable. We were required to be capable. It's such a loss to see kids lost trying to perform simple tasks. I have hope that one day we will return to the capable and resilient child model.
In Japan, children and women can walk alone on the streets even at midnight. I never even locked my house in Japan, even when I was away. There are even unmanned stores in Japan. It is a system in which customers voluntarily leave money.
In Sweden we also speak on inhale. Many of us are also sauce-lovers and call people by their first name, no titles. The trend to use English words is more and more common in Sweden too, I'm not too keen on this though. Babies sleep outside in Sweden as well. Fresh air is healthy. Maybe more common in the countryside though, not so much in the cities. Nordic habits, perhaps?
Also ib Nederland
Wait... what American is surprised by love of sugar? All of those things about candy at stores, pop at meals, cakes at work in the break room is the most American thing Ive ever heard of.
I agree!
I agree too. Also every pizza chain in the USA has been doing the 2 liters of soda specials forever, even back in the 80s.
Many Americans are hyper aware of this sugar culture in America and there’s definitely many who chose not to engage in it. Also, as Americans being constantly put in the lime light for our bad health due to bad eating choices, we are bewildered that other cultures can consume such high quantities of sugar as normal and are not suffering from the health problems many Americans currently have. I only drink water and like one cup of coffee in the morning. Only when on vacation do I sometimes indulge in other drinks.
Yeah. We even put brown sugar in our carrots, which baffled my British friend when she started living over here. That is not a difference between cultures at all.
Maybe it's time to go home.
I am not sure what part of the US you are from, but in the North East, Our pizza places always have deals... buy a pizza, get 2 L soda. And there is a HIGH consumption of sugar here, and there is always cakes/cookies brought into work. And have you never heard of a Dairy Queen Blizzard?
Right? I was dumbfounded listening to these things, even being in a hurry.
Lol, laughing right now about the breath taken in while talking. I first noticed it when traveling in Ireland. I thought something bad happened 🤣when she did it. The Danish also do that. Then I went to Iceland and noticed it also
It's not soley to speak while inhaling, it's when and how we do it and the meaning, we do the same in Norway, as that's were the Icelandic vikings once came from. We mostly do it when agreeing, or saying yes in certain situations, but depends on the context. I guess it is a Nordic/Scandinavian thing.
We were in Iceland a couple years ago; we had the best time! The land and people are wonderful. We stayed at a AirB&B where they raise Islandic horses, and the rules about Icelandic horses is also very interesting!
Great video, love learning about another culture. So glad I came across your channel!
Baaahh dont apologize. Anyone being offended will always find something to be offended by. Ignore them. Have fun. 😊
When I was a baby we lived in the east in Iceland and sometimes my mom needed to tie my stroller to a pole with rope because of bad weather, she did it so I could sleep outside because I used to sleep better outside then inside. Still today I like to sleep with open window and hear the wind.
I just returned from Island 9/27/21. I didn’t spend nearly as much money as I thought I would. The people are wonderful (altho they drive like maniacs. Lol), food is fantastic, not to mention the unbelievable beauty of the country. I felt like I had gone home. I fit right in.
I’m going back in early spring. Takk!
I love how he's just like "yup, we do these"
Also, not sure how long you've been out of the USA but each year christmas season has creeped up earlier and earlier. Costco now puts out their christmas decor in the beginning of October here.
Noooo!!!! Halloween and Thanksgiving deserve more time!!!
Lowe's (a hardware store chain) had lit-up lawn ornaments (they're big, the name is a misnomer) in August. August!
@@IcelandwithaView Halloween is better than Christmas in my opinion.
Not that early. The last week of August he said going in to Sept no one I know in America is putting up Christmas decorations and plugging them in to twinkle twinkle. Lol Now you may have those people that leave their lights up on the house all year but they aren’t plugging them in for display. September is wayyy too early for me. Lol
@Kim-427 Costco in NC, USA had their Christmas decorations out *today*
We just visited Iceland and I wanted to thank you for all your helpful insight. You truly made our journey a better one.
The Christmas observation is the same in America. I go to Dollar Tree before October and both Christmas and Halloween decorations are in full effect.
Finns speak on an inhale too and it still surprises me. They're very breathy when they talk.
The idea of babies in strollers outside blows my mind but in a good way. How awesome it is to live in a country where that is the norm and not the anomaly! Where I’m from, if a parent did that, they’d be called negligent or whackadoodle. It would definitely be a problem.
It's definitely something to get used that's for sure. 😊
I've noticed that people from Newfoundland speak on the inhale also.
So fascinating!
My wife and I are planning a trip this December. It's going to be amazing. Can't wait. Thank you for all your awesome videos. We think the babies sleeping outside is a bit different.
Babies sleeping outside is common in other Nordic countries as well.
My parents put us outside in the carriage EVERY day rain or shine, in NYC. We grew up healthy. I put my kids outside in a carriage in the suburbs of NYC, rain or shine, and they grew up healthy too. But that was only in the backyard of the house, never at a public place. Very interesting. Thanks for mentioning baby monitor.
Same in Ireland, it's called a Gaelic gasp here...I thought people were having trouble breathing!
In the last few years, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween show up at once in September in the US.
Just found this channel, very cool, love it!
SO glad you are here! Welcome and thank you for watching.
I love your comments. I've been living in Sweden for fourteen years. Oh my God 🤗
The hot dogs are wonderful! After we returned, my husband ordered hot dogs and all the sauces, etc. for me for my birthday - we live in Missouri! It was a fun surprise!
The comment that that Icelanders write a phrase or sentence in their native language and insert an English word of phrase, here in America is called Spanglish 😮😂😂. All everyone who speaks more than one language do it at one point or another. Especially, when you're with someone who you know also does that same😊. It happens in texting too.
Jens is jacked!
Maybe extra sauces are a holdover to keep from having food fatigue from when the food options were more limited? 🧐
If our air was as clean and fresh as Iceland, I could see the benefit of a child napping outside. Of course in America, I would have a Rottweiler guarding the stroller.
The air quality from wild fires and just general air pollution would be enough for me not to do it in America, unfortunately.
Here in the US, despite having Halloween and Thanksgiving, Costco put Christmas stuff out in October. Soda with pizza - no. Beer.
If you want good hot dogs in the States, get kosher beef. It's very pure and clean.
In Denmark people also leave their kids outside in the stroller, completely normal 😉
Jens Andry ... He actually smiled?! I'm 😱
Walking fast, doing things fast has to do with cold climates. Southern climes people talk and move slower. Why? My personal theory is that in the frozen north, if you dawdle, you freeze.. keep moving quickly to stay warm. You rush around that that in the hot south, you will succumb to heat exhaustion by noon.
Please could you do an icelandic phrases video for travelers from an english/American perspective, sooo hard 🤯
Iceland is one of 3 countries I always want to visit . Love from Pakistan
I’ve been to Iceland twice and I’m obsessed. If I didn’t have so many animals I’d totally move there.
Years ago I had a layover in Iceland. I was in the airport and needed a warm hat. I purchased a skullcap but didn’t understand the currency? This little knit skullcap cost me $78! Didn’t realize it until I got back home to the US? 😮
Blending of languages happens with a lot of cultures.
Talking about ice cream " please go try that" made me laugh out loud.
Good one.
Dairy Queen Blizzards tooo much sugar for me but my kids loved it
Ísdenglisch is my familienlect, a dialect made up of a blending of languages spoken in a family or among friends.
This was fun! As an NYCer, I can relate to the always-in-a-hurry thing.
Nice
Im in Iceland 🇮🇸 right now!! Thanks for all the tips!!
Actually responding with an inhaled answer usually has a different meaning.
It's usually puts emphasise on a strong emotion, somthing that took your breath away.
such a nice video! they also inhail on words in Norway and there are NO rules at the check out... every man for themselves😂 I relate to all of these idiosyncracies, but we learn to love it eh? thanks for all the iceland travel tips. headed your way in a couple weeks🤩 -CanadianinNorway
We do it mostly when we are saying yes or agreeing. Especially if getting tiresome or boring and we just want the conversation to end, or we are not really paying attetion...
Elevator etiquette is you allow the people off first then you enter. That jiggles my mind!
That was interesting! Seing things from another angle. The population of Iceland is allready 374,000
Baby sleeping out side is insanity, no way. I’ll never come to Iceland.
There was sauce on everything. I loved it!
In Maine USA, where I live, several words are also said on an inhalation, so that doesn't sound weird to me.
As a baby my mother let me sleep during the day in the pram in the front garden and was happy to see my tanned legs. That was in the Netherlands.
in Europe we don't eat as much sugar as here in America where I now live. I loved chia pudding in Iceland. never had a better one.
You bet they are in a hurry, the store closes at 6😂😂😂
You’re an American surprised by soda with pizza, cake in the office, monster milkshakes, and hot dog stands? California? Colorado? Wild guessing here because Icelanders sound like New Yorkers to me.
True! I was questioning the same. You get all that sugary stuff in America. As a matter of fact, carbs are a huge part in the American diet. Needless to say, diabetis runs rampant in the US.
I didn't know that speaking on the inhale was so prevalent. It is also common where I am from, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The most common thing said on the inhale is one long yea followed by 4 quick/short ones.
I’m surprised about the abroad shopping. They don’t get killed with customs or import taxes?
I'm an American. I'm pretty sure if you left your baby outside, no matter how safe, you wouldn't get a fine. You may be arrested and child protective services would be called and possibly the baby would be taken away.
Swedish people also speak when inhaling. Especially like you said, yes is always just an inhale sound
Please don’t ruin the Icelandic language!! Not so long ago it was the purest language in the World- mainly because it was a very isolated country , so the language didn’t change. I’m 4th generation Canadian of Icelandic heritage and damn proud of it!
The Icelandic language has changed, to be sure, but not very much. It is mostly a matter of pronunciation. You, a descendant of our "vesturfarar" (lit. the people that traveled to the West) appear to be concerned. The phraseology used by your great-great-grandparents, the ones that had to flee hunger and famine over a century ago may sound quaint but it is still traditional. My youngest daughter, now doing her 4th year in medical school, uses abysmal Icelandic - modern, teenager Icelandic - but our best language scholars tell us not to worry: The Icelandic Sagas used abbreviations like you see in modern text-speak. Nowadays it reflects conservation of keystrokes, in the olden days it reflected conservation of calfskin, the "paper" of the day. We went through some manic periods of defining and preserving "genuine" Icelandic 100 years ago and, by now, the language is firmly established.
There are numerous scholars that have verified that the modern Icelandic language is the closest to Old Norse you can get. Of course suitably removed, but recent "checks" made by Dr. Jackson Crawford proved that modern Icelandic is pretty damned close to Old Norse.
ókei maður afhverju kallar þú síma fóna, og bíla kara?
Why I agree that every culture should keep their language, I'm sure there are plenty of isolated small communities throughout the world that have a language that hasn't changed in hundreds or thousands of years
They need to have more babies. I mean, that’s hyperbolic, obviously not *everyone* needs to have a kid right this minute. But the future belongs to those who have children. Have them and teach them. Culture is so important, but it is passed down and a few generations can change things, including language, drastically.
@@RosieJ7223such a good point!🤍
In America everyone has to worry about their child being abducted, even visiting a store.
The nonformal/first name speech is like Finland. His accent and build reminds me of Finnish cousins/brothers.
I’m due to visit Iceland in April and found this video very interesting and informative and looking forward to our trip 😁👍🏻
Thanks for watching, Michael! Maybe it will help you understand the locals when you get here.
Definately guilty of pouring sauce on everything. I miss Icelandic Icecream (Bragdarefur aka Flavorfox), my favorite mix is fresh strawberries, snickers and þristur. Back in the day when I lived in Iceland I'd have caramel and cherry sauce, snickers, þristur and whatever I felt like that day which could be tromp, twix or daim for the most part (I live in Denmark now)
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I suspect that Iceland just did the same as we did here in Norway and as I believe they did in Sweden and Denmark.
Basically we quit using titles and stuff.
In Norways case I believe the end to that came with the youth generation of 1968 and all the cultural changes back then.
But basically while titles still made sense for people that was old then and used to the old system the rest of society stopped using it.
Nordic people are not fans of authority nor of anyone thinking of themselves as better then anyone else, there's always been some tendencies in that direction in germanic culture, but when the region turned towards the left in the late sixties and early seventies our cultures greatly changed.
And polite speech like what you described went from being considered polite to optional to inpolite to today being seen as an insult over here.
If you where to use the Norwegian equivalent of "Sir" and my last name in Norwegian I *would* be insulted.
It would be indicating that you thought I was so stuck up that I thought I was better then myself, it would be indicating that I was too stupid to see that I'm an equal just like anyone else, it would be a mockery of all that I am.
Using our equivalent of "Sir" (Herr)" or "Mrs" (Fru) og "Miss" (Frøken) as well as a last name is only on done without the intent to insult with people born before 1968 on rare occations.
In other words, I believe it has nothing to do with Iceland being a small island or Norway being a low population country.
And everything to do with the cultural shift of the sixties and seventies.
Unless Iceland is different from Norway in this regard and didn't have these titles even before then...
Icelandic is the Old Norwegian language. Everyone spoke old Norwegian in Norway before the Danish language influenced Norway.
My friend were due to go there in 2020 but the world had other plans 😟. Hopefully we can make it there in 2022 and visit this beautiful place. Love from Australia
I hope you've been able to visit! It is such a beautiful place.
He has a great sense of humor 😁
I like your videos. You are echoing a bit in this video and I would suggest subtitles for your Icelandic friend. It is hard to understand what his comment are. 😊
Your not alone.. I'm from Ireland and lots of us speak on inhale... Especially short words and we say that word as many times as we can...... Yes,yes,yes....... Bye,bye, bye...... Right,..... And so on
He is awesome!
No sugar for me I am a insulin dependent diabetic. I do miss good dark chocolate . Soda is not good for you. Give me hot tea or iced tea . Iced hazelnut coffee w/ cream.
I love the sauce aisle. Even more than sugar😂
The SAUCES, OMG! And some of them are weird, like sweet sauces on savory dishes. I had to start asking for them on the side. I had a flashback to this video.
I remember the inhaled “ja” when we lived there. So funny…brings back great memories😊
The cold weather is a natural slimming force. So indulge in sauces and candies! I'll love it.
Wow! I wonder if I lived in Iceland and an Icelandic parent came over and saw my baby sleeping on top of the dryer, would they call the police? Lol! Once you became a parent, you adapt to what helps soothe the baby. In my case, it was the vibrations from the washing machine or dryer that did the trick. So just put the little pne on top of the dryer once you bring him back inside😂
I had friends from the outer Hebrides in Scotland who would say Aye, Aye (yes, yes) while inhaling.
Icelandic will NOT die in the foreseeable future, we are too conservative to let that happen. Icelandic survived centuries as a Danish colony - any foreign words used when I was a kid (I was born in 1950) were Danish. Then came the Beatles, American movies and the internet so any linguistic 'pollution' these days is English. No big deal. I just hope that we will never have to suffer e.g. Russian, Chinese or Arabic in a similar way. I'm not denigrating those cultures and languages as such, they are just too incompatible with our culture.
As a middle easterner, I totally agree with you!
Don’t let an American say what you said
Oh, my goodness, Scandinavian countries also leave their babies in stroller outside. But, They leave them outside of Restaurants. I remember seeing a special about them sitting inside by the window & looking thru the window at the baby. ~ I think the Small Population in Iceland must have a lot to do with it.. ~ August Christmas Lights makes Sense when you think of the shorter daylight. I live in Minnesota, USA, and suffer SAD (Seasonal Affected Disorder by September because we have already lost an hour of Daylight.. If you put lights up, you are prepared for Longer nights... ~ Must learn about February Holiday like Halloween..
Nothing to do with the size of our population. It's just normal here in the Nordic and Scandinavian countries. You have to look at the things that makes us different from America: the society it self, the culture, the country and the values. There are more trust in general between people, and in our government. Only thing that are decided by the size are the crime. Of course we have them, but not on the same scale. We don't have to worry about human trafficking here (Norway), and seldom are there any kidnappings. What I hate about these videos made by foreigners of this ''phenomenon'' is the lack of cultural context. It's not like the babies are left outside unatended, becasue that's what they make it seem like. Never. If not cameras, the parent(s) do keep watch, or the caretaker, other people in that cafe, restaurant or shop. We are also brought up and taught to be independant from and early age, having chores, and to go back and forth to school alone as early as 1st grade in elementary school. Playing outrside alone is completly normal, wether it's out in the driveway, street, park, playground or forest even. Even in America this was once normal, but suddenly you became extremtly over protective for some reason. People blame creeps, and molestors etc, but those are everywhere regardless of culture. I blame Super Nanny lol. But on a serious note, again difference in culture, and society. Trust is everything here.