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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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    From the love of hiking, to complicated last names, to gender equality.. dating an Icelandic woman is an interesting experience for sure. Erm.. Stomach-sister anyone?
    Dating Beyond Borders is a UA-cam channel that focuses on highlighting the cultural differences that come into play while dating people from other countries. Join me as I travel the world and explore culture and dating trends. We release weekly videos every Thursday so hit the subscribe button and the little bell icon to come along on the travel journey weekly!
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    CREW:
    Jason Tojeiro (video/editing)
    / jay_film
    Chandler Qian (co-writing)
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    Actors:
    Hrafna: / hrafnhildurrafns
    Her YT channel: goo.gl/hxYWae
    Ahd: / ahdt
    Ymir: / ymigud
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    Filmed in:
    Reykjavik, Iceland
    Thanks to Guide to Iceland & Blue Car Rentals!

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  • @DatingBeyondBorders
    @DatingBeyondBorders  2 роки тому +16

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  • @olawcristophersoun1373
    @olawcristophersoun1373 3 роки тому +1212

    My wife is Icelandic, came up to me in a bar and asked my full name, she said 'I am not letting you get away ''. That was twenty years ago. Crazy women.

    • @therealjulez7886
      @therealjulez7886 3 роки тому +113

      that was beautiful she's defff a keeper, love straight to the point women

    • @findcholis
      @findcholis 3 роки тому +24

      Great woman!

    • @JS-jh4cy
      @JS-jh4cy 3 роки тому +11

      Crazy as in a good way in life and bed? Or crazy in a bad way??

    • @HazasDump
      @HazasDump 3 роки тому +67

      That's quite a Viking woman.

    • @captaineurope6564
      @captaineurope6564 3 роки тому +19

      I witnessed a similar situation with a German gay. He replied the 🚺; nein, nein, nein. The lady thought he was threatening to call the police.

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 6 років тому +4396

    You forgot the part where she beats you in armwrestling, and you discover she's a Crossfit champion and her father lifts giant boulders for fun. Her name is Thorsdottir, you should have known.

    • @iemgote7249
      @iemgote7249 5 років тому +196

      Women here are stronger than most men in other parts of the world, and men even stronger.

    • @MilatovichFamily
      @MilatovichFamily 5 років тому +61

      @@iemgote7249 Guys here in Slovenia are pretty much whimpy, except in country side, where we are really strong men, lifting up heavy logs and shit in the forests in the mountains.

    • @junryCavaneyroBucane
      @junryCavaneyroBucane 5 років тому +3

      @@iemgote7249 new friend here

    • @junryCavaneyroBucane
      @junryCavaneyroBucane 5 років тому +1

      @@MilatovichFamily new friend here

    • @joris1039
      @joris1039 5 років тому +24

      Best comment on UA-cam ever, thanks! Had me laughing out loud

  • @stephenmcconnell7868
    @stephenmcconnell7868 4 роки тому +643

    I was deployed to Iceland for a while. Had a friend who dated an Icelandic woman. She took him home to meet her parents. When she went out of the room, her parents told him they hoped he enjoyed dating their less intelligent daughter, because she only spoke 4 languages and their other one spoke 7.

  • @agust8474
    @agust8474 5 років тому +1497

    Im from iceland and my grandpa (my mothers father) is one of 16 children and my father is one of 16 children as well. I really need to be careful when it comes to my dating life.

    • @domino6866
      @domino6866 5 років тому +78

      Then you need to visti eastern europe more often . We love viking looking men

    • @princekrazie
      @princekrazie 5 років тому +37

      How did that happen? That is an insane number of kids.

    • @agust8474
      @agust8474 5 років тому +46

      @@princekrazie i know, my grandpas siblings also live to be very old, my grandpas sister recently passed away at the age of 98

    • @princekrazie
      @princekrazie 5 років тому +7

      @@agust8474 what a venerable age.

    • @agust8474
      @agust8474 5 років тому +24

      @@princekrazie i know right, my grandpa is 88 years old and still drives a car, and lives in a normal house with grandma.

  • @MaryamaAmina
    @MaryamaAmina 5 років тому +604

    The Icelandic girl acting was really natural .

  • @zachlove2689
    @zachlove2689 5 років тому +1590

    You know you're dating an icelandic woman when she's from Iceland

  • @philipcooper8297
    @philipcooper8297 5 років тому +2071

    You know you are dating an Icelandic woman when her last name ends ''dóttir''.

    • @junryCavaneyroBucane
      @junryCavaneyroBucane 5 років тому +5

      Philip Cooper new friend here

    • @robertcuminale1212
      @robertcuminale1212 5 років тому +34

      I have two great grandmothers who were sisters named Hendrixdochter. They were Dutch. Using Patronymics is a very old custom among the Nordic and Germanic peoples. The names used to change with each generation. One great grandfather was Cornelis Aertsen. His son was Peter Cornelisen. His daughter was Belitje Cornelisdochter. It got very confusing for the English because there could be many people with the same names so some added the place they were from like van der Bilt (from or of the Bilt)

    • @Mina9135
      @Mina9135 5 років тому +18

      Ugh, whenever I travel with my family and we are in a foreign airport, they'd always ask why our last names don't match. Annoying as hell!!!

    • @sadiomane7720
      @sadiomane7720 5 років тому +5

      @@robertcuminale1212 in german Tochter = daughter

    • @BiglerSakura
      @BiglerSakura 5 років тому

      it may be Norwegian as well

  • @Hrafna
    @Hrafna 6 років тому +1148

    This was SO much fun!! Thank you guys so much, this was amazing❤️❤️❤️ ahhh! 🇮🇸

  • @maelstrumyes3595
    @maelstrumyes3595 5 років тому +1091

    wait I know her
    shes the one who taught people how to pronounce norse words properly in youtube

    • @princekrazie
      @princekrazie 5 років тому +33

      Well, she and Jackson Crawford

    • @the-bruh.cum5
      @the-bruh.cum5 5 років тому +23

      Þór not thor

    • @counterkidnapping1737
      @counterkidnapping1737 5 років тому

      Really?

    • @darpmosh6601
      @darpmosh6601 5 років тому +64

      You know you're dating an Icelandic UA-camr when you've seen her before.

    • @SirenaWF1
      @SirenaWF1 5 років тому +1

      @Adrían Þjóðvarðurson I thought she was younger. Hrafna is 20.

  • @anthonyclarke2367
    @anthonyclarke2367 3 роки тому +72

    This was totally funny especially the "stomach sisters" part. I nearly died! Icelandic girls...my kind a woman!

    • @හේෂාන්පෙරේරා
      @හේෂාන්පෙරේරා 3 роки тому +1

      Actually what is that stomach sisters
      And cousin app

    • @arni733
      @arni733 Рік тому +1

      Nobody says this tough

    • @Qwerty-ks8dn
      @Qwerty-ks8dn Рік тому +1

      Ideal for the pu**y-whipped guy.

    • @Dave-sw2dm
      @Dave-sw2dm Місяць тому +1

      That was kind of gross. Turns sex into just a physical act and not a bond between husband and wife. No wonder there is so much divorce these days.

  • @rociovelazquez735
    @rociovelazquez735 6 років тому +219

    Omg that first scene was hilarious. I was not expecting that.

  • @robertoprestigiacomo253
    @robertoprestigiacomo253 5 років тому +90

    From my experience dating some Icelandic girls in Denmark:
    - They only take the initiavite in Iceland. When they're abroad, men are expected to do the first move, as usual. In the best case, what can happen is that if they feel like they want to sleep with somebody that night and you are considered acceptable for the task and available, they may tell you directly that after the date they want to go to your place etc, but this doesn't imply they're interested in you. You must be aware of this behaviour (which is in general true for Scandinavian) and accept it or it will lead to unpleasant situations.
    - They may be quite picky , even in Iceland... Don't believe that you go to Iceland and girls will go after you just for being an outsider.
    Good thing: they are really friendly for being Scandinavians, they talk to people and don't get spooked if you talk to them before alcohol kicks in.

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 Рік тому +1

      night and you are considered acceptable for the task and available," dammma haha thats osunds sad asf

    • @asbisi
      @asbisi Рік тому +1

      Icelanders are not Scandinavian.

    • @semprefidelis76
      @semprefidelis76 11 місяців тому

      this is like heaven. my mind doesn`t accept this video and what you wrote. it is against the flow of life. and i look like the guy in this video. holy jesus i will look up the flights to rejkvajik. and i know FOR SURE, when i go there, it will be NOTHING like the video and what you wrote, it sounds too good to be true!!!

    • @erikg3732
      @erikg3732 9 місяців тому

      I had once sex with an Icelandic girl and she took all iniative and was very straightforward with her sexual intentions. This was in Thailand where I met her and I have actually never been to Iceland

    • @nicholasdoyle7342
      @nicholasdoyle7342 9 місяців тому

      @@asbisiperhaps not from a government or geological standpoint, but linguistically, culturally, and historically (they moved from Scandinavia) they very much are Scandinavian.

  •  5 років тому +18

    Fascinating country and people, amazing how they produce so many strong men ( and women ) from such a small population.

  • @deuteriuscawl
    @deuteriuscawl 6 років тому +1189

    wait; hook-up culture is big and also almost everyone is related..........

    • @annimu9081
      @annimu9081 6 років тому +344

      You just made a very valid yet disturbing case....

    • @spikydemon86
      @spikydemon86 6 років тому +138

      Usually afterwards in awkward ways. But it's not as common as you'd think. Nowadays we totally check beforehand. And we usually consider anything further related than 4-5 generations to be fine. After all we're literally all related. 7 generations is quite common (that goes back to the 1700s).

    • @spikydemon86
      @spikydemon86 6 років тому +77

      Very true. My husband and I are 6th generation related. That's distant enough, no birth defects if we have kids and no chance of us being at the same family reunion as kids!

    • @eminemishh
      @eminemishh 6 років тому +52

      If you marry someone from the same country as you, you guys are probably 5th cousins.

    • @spikydemon86
      @spikydemon86 6 років тому +6

      I haven't seen that at all, never heard of it either.

  • @benphillip5749
    @benphillip5749 5 років тому +123

    Such a beautiful country, with beautiful girls as well

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 5 років тому +29

    The cousin app is mostly because you don't inherit the family name, as explained later in the video. So no other way to know whether you are related.

  • @johnpaulsylvester3727
    @johnpaulsylvester3727 6 років тому +48

    I’ve seen most of the vids in this series, but this was by far the funniest! I literally spat out toothpaste at the “stomach sisters” part!

    • @johnfrancisdoe1563
      @johnfrancisdoe1563 6 років тому

      John Paul Sylvester As a guy in a different country I only knew the male equivalent, which is (here) called "hole cousins", and seen as awkward.

    • @auroraborealis6398
      @auroraborealis6398 6 років тому +1

      I think it was funny in the video but I won't find it funny in reality haha

    • @patrickrameau
      @patrickrameau 6 років тому +1

      @@johnfrancisdoe1563 that's very... "Ewwww! Sloppy seconds!"

  • @im1who84u
    @im1who84u 6 років тому +28

    I've been to Iceland and have nothing but good things to say about the country and the people. The people were especially friendly to me and crime is pretty much non existent. I was even able to fool one of them in the mall, she thought I was from Iceland and not a tourist until I finally spoke and told her in English that I didn't understand a word she was saying to me. She smiled and was a little embarrassed but we still kept talking but in English now.
    I am from America and was touring with a group and had some free time on my hands and thought I would walk to the mall.

  • @JohnWaldron-cm7ce
    @JohnWaldron-cm7ce Місяць тому +1

    My sister traveled to Iceland with her hubbie and loved it. Me, I'm not big on colder countries. It seems a bit too small, kinda like Japan, which I was stationed at for 2 years-John in Texas

  • @rafaellsaraujo
    @rafaellsaraujo 5 років тому +1531

    nice place!

    • @fvazquez64
      @fvazquez64 5 років тому +19

      En argentina tambien sucede...

    • @rouky123456
      @rouky123456 5 років тому +38

      Similar with quebec women. :)

    • @charlitocr5209
      @charlitocr5209 5 років тому +13

      @@fvazquez64 en serio???? Eso sí que nunca lo había escuchado

    • @fvazquez64
      @fvazquez64 5 років тому

      @@charlitocr5209 asi es...

    • @Cashparadise1217
      @Cashparadise1217 5 років тому +27

      Word women should make the 1st move💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @JESUS-IS-LORD-HALLELUJAH
    @JESUS-IS-LORD-HALLELUJAH 6 років тому +418

    I never knew about the cousin app, that’s so crazy!

    • @johngonzalez4298
      @johngonzalez4298 6 років тому +25

      Same here. I would've never thought an app like that to be made.

    • @tak94zet68
      @tak94zet68 6 років тому +4

      Because it's fake

    • @YeOldeGabe
      @YeOldeGabe 6 років тому +22

      lmfao, It isn't fake. Its called Íslendingabók.

    • @Fanney47
      @Fanney47 6 років тому +24

      It´s not real. We do have a thing called íslendingabókinn, but it’s for geneology and was never intended for any kinda incest checking thing. I guess you could use it that way, but it was not made for that.

    • @sitdowndogbreath
      @sitdowndogbreath 6 років тому +11

      @@Fanney47 it is now
      They need to start using it Ashkenazi they have a high rate of genetic defects some say because of incest to keep the money in the family that's the old theorem however on the more modern error I will have to say adultery and when those kids that are a product of it hook up later on in life not knowing that they share DNA because of what their parents did

  • @BlackTalonGaming
    @BlackTalonGaming 5 років тому +88

    Its like watching an Imperial living in Skyrim or some shit.

  • @ninabambinaaa
    @ninabambinaaa 6 років тому +85

    I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SERIES. Oh! Norway and Sweden next! ♡♡♡

    • @marthagutierrez9373
      @marthagutierrez9373 6 років тому +8

      I agree that they should Norway and Sweden next.They should cover the Baltic states as well.

    • @yusufuzun2314
      @yusufuzun2314 6 років тому

      And Estonia please

    • @KaiMarcad
      @KaiMarcad 6 років тому +2

      Don't forget Finland.

    • @KaiMarcad
      @KaiMarcad 6 років тому +2

      @DarthVader The racism is very selective here. If you are from a western country and have western values you're fine. If you are against western values and spit on them, you find racism. The refugees who come here with their middle fingers up are the reason for that poll result. We don't want to end up like some other European countries.

    • @KaiMarcad
      @KaiMarcad 6 років тому +2

      @DarthVader If you are from USA then you should be fine. Although I saw a situation in my home town where a guy was shouting "go back where you came from, we don't want you here", and then the black guy responded "USA you mean?" I was positively surprised that the shouter actually apologized for thinking him as refugee solely because of skin color. Ironically the racism here is mostly not based on race. It's discrimination based on country of origin.
      The comments here are mostly against Middle Easterns if you've noticed, so is the racism. Police in Germany just arrested a guy with Middle Eastern name that raped under aged girls here. He escaped from Finland to Germany but it didn't help. Result is that refugees in a city of Oulu (place of committed crimes) are now afraid to go out. News like this increase racism here.
      Statistically both Iraqis and Afgans commit sex crimes about 41 times more than native Finns here according to recent police statistics and are dominating the statistics clearly. That is the main cause of racism. That's 2,7% of the men arriving from those countries so not everyone from there is a rapist but the sudden increase is a problem that has alarmed the police and politicians, and rightfully so.

  • @stamat1a
    @stamat1a 5 років тому +603

    Isn't this Hrafna?(I always forget the right way to say it ugh)

  • @a_a_k369
    @a_a_k369 5 років тому +1

    Iceland people are so kind and loving and peaceful peoples.
    I personally and too much eagerly waiting to meet someone..!

    • @a_a_k369
      @a_a_k369 5 років тому

      @NotJo I try!

  • @ROCKNROLL947
    @ROCKNROLL947 5 років тому +347

    Damn, Iceland looks like a good place to find dates, cause I can't make the first move 😅😂

    • @ROCKNROLL947
      @ROCKNROLL947 5 років тому +20

      @WRLD I'm from Colombia, you have to make the first move obligated.

    • @ROCKNROLL947
      @ROCKNROLL947 5 років тому +2

      @@ItsJayYork Bogotá

    • @Meow45146
      @Meow45146 5 років тому +17

      @Gjergj Kastriot Scanderbeg don't worry as mediterranean I prefer stay in a hurricane over than stay in a cold climate which freezes the balls all seasons😂😂

    • @danielxbox28
      @danielxbox28 5 років тому +36

      @@beurteilung713 I'd love to come just to piss you off now

    • @AKABILASETOFICIAL
      @AKABILASETOFICIAL 5 років тому

      @@beurteilung713 Ja

  • @johngonzalez4298
    @johngonzalez4298 6 років тому +25

    Great video Marina! Beautiful view of Iceland 🇮🇸. The Icelandic girl is very pretty. I hope to visit there one day since my parents got to visit Iceland.

    • @DatingBeyondBorders
      @DatingBeyondBorders  6 років тому +1

      Thanks, John!

    • @johngonzalez4298
      @johngonzalez4298 6 років тому +1

      @@DatingBeyondBorders Hi Marina! Love your videos. Hello from Miami 😘

    • @richardschiffman7657
      @richardschiffman7657 6 років тому

      You're poor. You're never going to Iceland HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @johngonzalez4298
      @johngonzalez4298 6 років тому +1

      @@richardschiffman7657 I know you're poor but what am I

  • @randomobserver8168
    @randomobserver8168 Місяць тому +1

    I love that this comes with Portuguese subtitles.

  • @AntoinetteEmily
    @AntoinetteEmily 6 років тому +229

    This was brilliant!! I’ve never met anyone from Iceland but after watching this I need to! If you ever decide to make a dating a New Zealander video let me know 😊

  • @andrepitts8552
    @andrepitts8552 6 років тому +4

    Thank you Marina for uploading a video about dating an Icelandic woman and guide to Iceland

    • @DatingBeyondBorders
      @DatingBeyondBorders  6 років тому +1

      Guide to Iceland is still coming but you are welcome. 😀

  • @zebulonswearingen9935
    @zebulonswearingen9935 5 років тому +1

    The more I see this lady, the more I like her. Hrafna, you’re a beautiful woman, fascinating and impressive. I will be continuing to check out your channel. I will be continuing to check you out.

  • @princekrazie
    @princekrazie 6 років тому +186

    pfft, you're only 3rd cousins. That's no need to call it off!

    • @leoborros
      @leoborros 5 років тому +61

      Sweeet home, Alabama...

    • @MilatovichFamily
      @MilatovichFamily 5 років тому +4

      @@leoborros Deliverance.

    • @lilyydotdev
      @lilyydotdev 5 років тому +4

      Mate we have to be 4th cousins so it's legal.
      wait is that any better?

    • @Bastyanul
      @Bastyanul 5 років тому

      Cousin only counts if the level is an odd number

    • @johnchristianson515
      @johnchristianson515 5 років тому +2

      When your entire country consists of 300,000 people with some families having as much as 16 children it's better safe than sorry

  • @nenoroalzafen30
    @nenoroalzafen30 6 років тому +24

    The first one made me laugh so hard XD
    "i did not sign up for this" XD
    Okay i need a ticket for Iceland NOW !!!!!!!!

  • @tshadow6
    @tshadow6 Місяць тому +1

    My wife and I visited Iceland in 2022. We loved it.

  • @erine.5680
    @erine.5680 6 років тому +243

    O.k Icelanders are officially the coolest I've seen till now I hope I'll get the chance to meet some one day!

    • @hildajonsdottir837
      @hildajonsdottir837 6 років тому +5

      Thank you so much XD

    • @IslamcomesfromHell
      @IslamcomesfromHell 6 років тому +1

      it's pretty "cool" there

    • @erine.5680
      @erine.5680 6 років тому +1

      @Thomas H and why would they?Do they also have an immigration issue?

    • @joshpearson7873
      @joshpearson7873 6 років тому

      @Thomas H Sweden

    • @erine.5680
      @erine.5680 6 років тому +2

      @Thomas H Man that sucks I'm Greek and I know, we got drowned be them thanks to our president too.I can only hope thinks to turn around faster for Island and everyone else who faces the same issue Xx

  • @reginageorge1935
    @reginageorge1935 6 років тому +291

    yesss do more nordic countries!

    • @Gayredheadbitch94
      @Gayredheadbitch94 6 років тому +1

      They've already done denmark

    • @Pyrels
      @Pyrels 6 років тому +6

      nordic people are not white or europeans

    • @catya
      @catya 6 років тому

      I second this

    • @alanguages
      @alanguages 6 років тому +3

      I especially want to see the non common places like Greenland, Faroe Islands, Åland Islands, and Svalbard. Only after the main Nordic places are finished first.

    • @timsummers870
      @timsummers870 6 років тому +5

      @Zalden N: WTF are you talking about?

  • @sleepy_dobe
    @sleepy_dobe Рік тому +3

    From all the videos I've seen about Iceland and her culture, I sure would love an opportunity to live and work there for at least a year to experience life there. I think it'll be very enjoyable and mind-blowing, especially with all that beautiful-beyond-words landscape.

  • @aastroawarenesss554
    @aastroawarenesss554 5 років тому +306

    I must find an Icelandic girl as soon as possible

    • @gilgamesh7055
      @gilgamesh7055 5 років тому +21

      Well, i live in Sweden and have some single icelandic friends if yall wanna make the trip to viking-land.

    • @jcf0240
      @jcf0240 5 років тому +13

      ​@@gilgamesh7055 you had my curiosity, now you have my attention!

    • @gilgamesh7055
      @gilgamesh7055 5 років тому +6

      @@jcf0240
      Just don't forget a fresh bottle of Mountain glacier vodka. We Scandinavians be big on that eco-friendly shiet.

    • @Amandus6056
      @Amandus6056 5 років тому +11

      i'm icelandic

    • @Bladeki
      @Bladeki 5 років тому +1

      @@gilgamesh7055 ah, I'm down to date any Icelandic or Scandinavian person! I just need to save up money now xD I'm getting bored of staying in the US anyways

  • @nicholascave3012
    @nicholascave3012 6 років тому +29

    I love how this language sounds.

  • @mileswinslow7553
    @mileswinslow7553 4 роки тому +1

    I went there a couple of Decembers ago to see the Northern Lights. It's a beautiful country. The people are very friendly.

  • @pesco7
    @pesco7 5 років тому +144

    Best ad ever to get single guys flocking to Iceland.

    • @oilersridersbluejays
      @oilersridersbluejays 5 років тому +15

      Spread my German-Canadian seeds in Iceland and deepen that gene pool open with some fresh Germanic DNA.

    • @damagecontrol7
      @damagecontrol7 5 років тому +27

      you better cross your fingers and hope you don't get aids or herpes from those smuts. not wifey material.

    • @damagecontrol7
      @damagecontrol7 4 роки тому +5

      @ never said i wanted them to. but nice try.

    • @emperordonaldtrump1st614
      @emperordonaldtrump1st614 4 роки тому

      Ludwig van Beethoven nazi empire

    • @emperordonaldtrump1st614
      @emperordonaldtrump1st614 4 роки тому +2

      John M. Hell nah just have fun wit them hit n quit

  • @igotcheesewannabemypeppero3762
    @igotcheesewannabemypeppero3762 5 років тому +22

    I love Iceland, i love the language and i love everything about it, the landscapes, the mythology, the people, everything! As a half Native American half Greek girl, Iceland seems so beautifully mysterious, and so different from what i've experienced. I'm definitely going there.

    • @mypanexogamouslineage965
      @mypanexogamouslineage965 5 років тому +1

      I'm South American, Greek, and South American Native American.
      Suck on that!!!

    • @imok3487
      @imok3487 5 років тому

      Me too! I hope I can live there one day

    • @igotcheesewannabemypeppero3762
      @igotcheesewannabemypeppero3762 5 років тому

      @@mypanexogamouslineage965 Lol, Is it a competition then? Bring it ooon!

    • @beurteilung713
      @beurteilung713 5 років тому

      If you go to visit, it would be fine, but honestly if you go to live there, it probably would not be the best just being honest. With your ethnic background, the climate would be unnecessarily harsh. That is why you do not see very many brown people in Eastern Europe, and you didn't see them for a long time in Scandinavia, Germany, and Austria. The climate is way too harsh if you are not adapted to it.

    • @brahimalgeria9692
      @brahimalgeria9692 4 роки тому +1

      Hi my princess I'm from Algeria

  • @robthebull6367
    @robthebull6367 5 років тому +6

    I think I need to move to Iceland 🇮🇸!!! Fascinating country and culture.

  • @feardrinker
    @feardrinker 6 років тому +408

    Third cousins? Smash.

    • @migukmoonpark4312
      @migukmoonpark4312 6 років тому +22

      Second cousin is my safe base.

    • @nico_chopper_br
      @nico_chopper_br 6 років тому +1

      I thought that too, and i'm not even icelandic

    • @dingdong475
      @dingdong475 6 років тому +11

      So second cousins are when your parents are cousins but third is when your grandparents are cousins?

    • @NoctLightCloud
      @NoctLightCloud 6 років тому +1

      @@dingdong475 Yep. Then your second cousin is your parents' cousin's kid. You and your second cousin share the same great-grandma, though. (It's 2am and I might have miscalculated here)

    • @dingdong475
      @dingdong475 6 років тому +3

      @@NoctLightCloud so your parents parents parents siblings child's childs children is your third cousin but your parent's parent's siblings childrens children is your second cousin. Ok all clear now.

  • @NarendraMnr
    @NarendraMnr 6 років тому +21

    "Oh, We are going OOUUTT" - That's Iceland for ya !!

  • @derekhodgson6384
    @derekhodgson6384 5 років тому +2

    The casual culture is so desirable, like please I want to live there

  • @jamegumb7298
    @jamegumb7298 6 років тому +366

    That taking the last name was a thing in all of Scandinavia as well as the Netherlands. As far as the Netherlands goes, Napoleon came in, demanded last names for administrative purposes, and everyone laughed and many gave ridiculous names because they all were confident Napoleon would be kicked out, just like everyone else has been kicked out over the centuries. Poepjes (Farts), Piel (Penis), Maandag (Monday), Naaktgeboren (Born Naked), and those are just the decent ones.
    Napoleon gets the boot, and they figured last names would be gone. Except the new state thought of last names as rather handy dandy and decided to keep em. Everyone up in arms because they gave shit names and wanted to change it. Nope. So to this dayyou have people with last names that sometimes are literal profanity, most of these are luckily rather archaic now (Ploert for example, meaning whore or pimp).
    Now I know the first comment, and no, changing a name is not possible as a rule. You need exceptional cause for a judge to approve this. They are a lot more lenient with first names than last names, and "roepnaam" is changed really easily (I knew a girl first name Anna-Lidia, and her parents gave her a roepnaam at age 12 or so, and schools, airlines, subscriptions, all use Angelina and she registers anywhere as Angelina, her roepnaam, but her passport still says Anna-Lidia, it's a thing). Anyway, even when a namechange is approved, the change as a rule needs to be so minor that the old one is easily deduced, so across from us for years there lived a woman named Piël, and I had a clasmate named Poëpjes. Not even kidding, it made me curious and look up why this was the case because it was obviously Piel and Poepjes before.
    Many just registered as Janszoon (son of Jan, Jan being the most common first name) and Pieterszoon. But even with the refusal to change all the names and to this day being unwilling to change names, they did shorten all the -szoon and did not even do it consistently. So there is Janssen, Jansen, Pietersen, Pieterssen, Keessen, Kessen, Keesen. Interestingly, Kezen could be altered to Kesen, because Kezen is slang for fucking.
    Not sure how Sweden, Denmark and Norway lost their "your mum/dad gives you your last name" thing, but there you have it for NL.

    • @regularwarya
      @regularwarya 6 років тому +30

      Intresting and educational.
      Thank you

    • @paularthur5563
      @paularthur5563 6 років тому +9

      fascinating story and history assuming you didnt make it up

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 6 років тому +5

      @@paularthur5563 Google it.

    • @paularthur5563
      @paularthur5563 6 років тому +1

      @@jamegumb7298 - mind if i repost this? i'll keep your name on it of course

    • @jamegumb7298
      @jamegumb7298 6 років тому +5

      @@paularthur5563 Go right ahead. I claim no copyright.

  • @MrBrunchbreaker
    @MrBrunchbreaker 6 років тому +12

    I knew I saw you there in the church 😄 Iceland is so beautiful, isn't it? Good Video though, always nice to learn more about different cultures.

    • @DatingBeyondBorders
      @DatingBeyondBorders  6 років тому

      In Church? You mean in Iceland?

    • @MrBrunchbreaker
      @MrBrunchbreaker 6 років тому +3

      @@DatingBeyondBorders yeah I heard your voice and was like "wait a second.." 😂

  • @andoniades
    @andoniades 4 роки тому +2

    The very first scene just blew my mind.
    Learn something new everyday.

  • @michaellucky1796
    @michaellucky1796 6 років тому +4

    Honestly I have always dream of having a future with an Iceland woman, but watching this videos makes me want to be with them more honestly, Feeling Blessed ❤️

  • @Dragging79
    @Dragging79 6 років тому +6

    I visited Iceland while in the US Navy. Great country. Damn good beer.

  • @SamohtNox
    @SamohtNox 5 років тому +35

    icelandic random person: "yooo, i slept with that girl too, bro...how was she? we are stomach brothers now"
    me:...........WHAT THE F@*%$

  • @MayaBella22
    @MayaBella22 6 років тому +16

    I really like this episode. And the icelandic language sounds so beautiful to me :)

  • @ifer1280
    @ifer1280 6 років тому +33

    It's not calling people by their first name, it's calling them by their name. The great majority of Icelanders don't have last names - they have patronyms. Using their 'last name' would be like saying "Hey Jake's daughter!".

  • @fluffy9592
    @fluffy9592 3 роки тому +12

    What an amazing country! Such a beautiful scenery! Would love to visit Iceland! ❤️

  • @ievgenkolomiiets6884
    @ievgenkolomiiets6884 5 років тому +178

    Funny fact, in her Q&A she wonders why everybody keeps asking about this "cousin app" as it doesn't exist. While she's in the video that informs us about its existence lol

    • @ievgenkolomiiets6884
      @ievgenkolomiiets6884 5 років тому +8

      @ go check her Q&A before you shit in the comments bro

    • @Kryptic_Karma
      @Kryptic_Karma 5 років тому +1

      I was so confused by this too! Haha

    • @BjörgvinÚtíheimi
      @BjörgvinÚtíheimi 4 роки тому +26

      The app was short lived, but there is still the web page, islendingabok.is, where you can log in and check how related you are to the person you just hooked up with - and if you are closely related we use a condom.

    • @Sp1n1985
      @Sp1n1985 4 роки тому +12

      @@BjörgvinÚtíheimi gross

    • @BjörgvinÚtíheimi
      @BjörgvinÚtíheimi 4 роки тому +12

      @@Sp1n1985 LOL don't believe everything you read from a random stranger on the internet ;)

  • @anthonystromeyer1399
    @anthonystromeyer1399 4 роки тому +16

    Just when I let my guard down, thinking my crush on Hrafna couldn't get any worse...
    I just got to see what dating her would be like.

  • @RT-mn2pb
    @RT-mn2pb Місяць тому

    Very nice how you do this with a good sense of humor.

  • @tireachan6178
    @tireachan6178 6 років тому +447

    That actually seems like a top date, an attractive, friendly, chilled out girl who likes getting outdoors and enjoys a social drink. Keep doing what your doing Iceland, you got this.

    • @D0N_Nadie
      @D0N_Nadie 6 років тому +15

      I'm sure dating an icelandic woman would be fun and it would most likely never become a boring relationship

    • @benjaminvan9126
      @benjaminvan9126 6 років тому +8

      Yup, and don't turn into one of those Buzzfeed feminist bitches

    • @antonypiniepedus1066
      @antonypiniepedus1066 6 років тому +4

      Nooooo......stop defiling your precious blood-line!
      Look at the jews!
      They too don't procreate with non-jews!!
      And why? -- to keep their precious blood clean!!
      Stop mingling with outsiders, apart from your distant relatives in Scandinavia, of course - as long as they are healthy, white and sound minded.

    • @grendelum
      @grendelum 6 років тому +1

      Ultán Ó Néill - don’t forget most of them speak multiple languages as well...

    • @demukazz
      @demukazz 6 років тому

      @DarthVader or maybe arab muslim?

  • @ricardosindicic7934
    @ricardosindicic7934 5 років тому +172

    Ahhh that explains why the Icelandic soccer teams players always ends up with -son on their last name

    • @danishviking8002
      @danishviking8002 5 років тому +7

      All nordic people has that, Son or Sen

    • @philippecoppieters4742
      @philippecoppieters4742 5 років тому +22

      Danish Viking that’s not true. The other countries don’t use the patronym system anymore.

    • @ivandarri1944
      @ivandarri1944 5 років тому

      @@someoldytaccount He is Icelandic-danish and he has a danish name

    • @jacobrichter
      @jacobrichter 5 років тому +2

      Philippe Coppieters true. We still have the names, but they now function as family names and have for hundreds of years

    • @welingtonfac
      @welingtonfac 4 роки тому

      Why don't they mixed their teams with player from another nationalities? Like almost every european national team?

  • @k.b.8744
    @k.b.8744 4 роки тому +45

    Casual dates? Women making the first move? Liberated country? Beautiful nature? BRUH I'M IN

  • @nordichellas3155
    @nordichellas3155 5 років тому +2

    Anybody I know who has been to Iceland said it was the most weird place they have ever visited and that the average person there is not only REALLY COLD but highly strange. Can't wait to experience it myself someday.

  • @sanatandharma4435
    @sanatandharma4435 4 роки тому +3

    I nearly spat my tea out laughing! Excellent!

  • @derekmorgan8534
    @derekmorgan8534 4 роки тому +3

    I love the outdoor part! My kinda of woman!

  • @mjkramer4376
    @mjkramer4376 Місяць тому

    Ms T is not only a world class athlete. She is a world class LADY. Educated, graceful, polite. An outstanding ambassador for her nation.😊

  • @sukanasuke88
    @sukanasuke88 3 роки тому +22

    I'm going to check how much do flight tickets to Iceland cost.

  • @TCTGFAM
    @TCTGFAM 6 років тому +14

    That one with the Eskimo sisters it cracked me up :)

    • @belindamak1608
      @belindamak1608 6 років тому

      GreGuaR 😎 stomach sisters

    • @TCTGFAM
      @TCTGFAM 6 років тому +1

      whatever :P

    • @3ndlessL00p
      @3ndlessL00p 6 років тому +4

      In Denmark we have the same thing but instead it's "Kæp-Søstre" (Stick-sisters) or "Hul-brødre" (Hole-brothers) 😂

    • @belindamak1608
      @belindamak1608 6 років тому +3

      YeOldeBaite .. sexual communism 🤗

    • @TCTGFAM
      @TCTGFAM 6 років тому +3

      Hole-brothers? Now from where would that expression come from? 🤔

  • @30AndAWakeUp
    @30AndAWakeUp Рік тому +1

    This is sooooo great! 😂

  • @michaelmccabe3079
    @michaelmccabe3079 6 років тому +52

    Very nice video, and excellent shots of the scenic beauty! I definitely dig the casual attitude and women feeling free to speak their minds. Feedback is always good, and especially when it doesn't come camouflaged in mind- and word-games. :P
    One of my European friends told me about an internet scam that claimed that there weren't enough men to go around in Iceland, and claimed the government was willing to pay people to move there. Just like how a Nigerian prince wanted to leave his fortune to somebody by lottery. X'D

    • @DatingBeyondBorders
      @DatingBeyondBorders  6 років тому +4

      I have heard of this one too but it is just a rumour aparently. I cover more of the dating scene in Single's Guide to Iceland very soon!

  • @juliusembile7664
    @juliusembile7664 5 років тому +23

    Hey, its Hrafna! 😁 Just watched her "Icelandic pronounciation" video a minute ago...

  • @Dave-hk3pv
    @Dave-hk3pv 3 роки тому +1

    love it, learning something new and adding humor to it. bravo guys.

  • @kimacable
    @kimacable 4 роки тому +3

    😂😂😂 I am surprised she didn't carry him over her shoulder when crossing the rocky terrain as he was trailing behind too slowly for her.

  • @Keyhan-c8c
    @Keyhan-c8c 5 років тому +30

    Its time for men to take it easy and women make the first move, what a nice life it gonna be .i mean the rest of the world.

    • @shipuden97
      @shipuden97 4 роки тому

      or maybe men should stay men

    • @Keyhan-c8c
      @Keyhan-c8c 4 роки тому +2

      @@shipuden97 naaaaaaa

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 Місяць тому

    Ive know about the dateing app years ago because they talked about it on the Bob and Tom show. Id like to go visit.

  • @pankrysar1625
    @pankrysar1625 5 років тому +18

    She is gorgeous. And hiking as a date idea seems great for me 🙂

  • @Lei_1
    @Lei_1 6 років тому +6

    Man, exactly my kind of environment haha. Much love from Brazil.

  • @santiagomedina1997
    @santiagomedina1997 4 роки тому +1

    Lol seeing Hrafna in here caught me by surprise😂 A pleasant one for sure

  • @souphater6428
    @souphater6428 5 років тому +20

    Wtf, I've just watched an older video of Hrafna where she said that it's just a rumor and there is no app for Icelandic people to look it up if they're related to the person they're dating with. She also said that she doesn't even know where this thing came from

  • @eniayoayoola1442
    @eniayoayoola1442 6 років тому +79

    Watching the first couple of seconds...
    Me: Why are they being so awk - oh my... 😆

  • @dougmael
    @dougmael 4 роки тому +1

    So very true .... all of it! My first real girlfriend was Icelandic, and you have basically described her in the first 2/3 of this video.

  • @erisyoshida2766
    @erisyoshida2766 6 років тому +17

    "The zuera never ends", "Meu consagrado", "PQP! Já dei pra ele também", "De boas", "SAAAAAAAIIIIIIIII", "Corre C@$@¨%!"... Parabéns ao brasileiro que colocou essas traduções e easter eggs nas legendas. HAHAHAHAHHAHA! Depois que eu vi o "E AÍ, GOKU!" Só nós mesmos pra fazer umas zoadas com os idiomas alheios.

    • @Lei_1
      @Lei_1 5 років тому +1

      KKKKKKKK nem tive chance de ver, removeram.

  • @StefanG5
    @StefanG5 4 роки тому +5

    I love the casual style; no pretensions. We're all one big happy family 😆

  • @hammer-r
    @hammer-r Місяць тому

    Hmm I need to move to Iceland. No BS, just straight up honesty. Sounds perfect

  • @ConorClyneNewEurope
    @ConorClyneNewEurope 6 років тому +18

    Upgrade in production quality. Nice. 😊

  • @damagecontrol7
    @damagecontrol7 5 років тому +30

    Parts of this make it sound like it's basically a STD infested cesspool.

    • @selohcin
      @selohcin 4 роки тому +6

      It's certainly possible, but not more than in any other sexually open country. I think you'd see similar rates of STIs and STDs in any Western country.

  • @johannnorris6350
    @johannnorris6350 3 роки тому +1

    I’m originally from Iceland guys are funny I like your show specially the tourist American and now I live in North America Canada

  • @VictoriaBC610
    @VictoriaBC610 6 років тому +10

    Alright, Icelandic might be THE coolest language I've heard so far!! WOW!

  • @beargrilling9785
    @beargrilling9785 6 років тому +32

    Goes out with you because you’re not related to her, god what a country

  • @michaelbishop9127
    @michaelbishop9127 4 роки тому +1

    Gives a whole new meaning to Long Distance Relationship.

  • @mikkat8613
    @mikkat8613 5 років тому +31

    I've never seen Iceland why did my dream look almost exactly like it

  • @nickystyles868
    @nickystyles868 6 років тому +4

    1:33
    This alone is reason for going there. A nation whose women are actually living in the 21st century! Well down, Iceland. Very well done!

  • @MikeGathercole
    @MikeGathercole Місяць тому

    I had an Icelandic classmate in college, beautiful blonde haired girl. She was married but her husband and I became good friends. Steiner knitted me a beautiful woolen sweater in 3 days.

  • @elizaslater4338
    @elizaslater4338 6 років тому +18

    She definitely has to reveal her hair care routine because....wow. And amazing vid, as always

    • @DatingBeyondBorders
      @DatingBeyondBorders  6 років тому +5

      Haha guess you should check out her channel!

    • @andrepitts8552
      @andrepitts8552 6 років тому +2

      @@DatingBeyondBorders what is her name and her UA-cam channel

    • @elizaslater4338
      @elizaslater4338 6 років тому +3

      @@andrepitts8552 just type Hrafna in the search bar. The first one should be her

  • @yggdrasil2911
    @yggdrasil2911 5 років тому +85

    In Sweden you call everyone by first name too

    • @yggdrasil2911
      @yggdrasil2911 5 років тому +1

      F-zero91maru idk

    • @yggdrasil2911
      @yggdrasil2911 5 років тому +5

      F-zero91maru ok idk but you never call someone “sir” or “Mr” and so on. You just say their first name

    • @yggdrasil2911
      @yggdrasil2911 5 років тому +3

      F-zero91maru we don’t get offended but you just say gotta way the first name nothing more

    • @AlexLuik
      @AlexLuik 5 років тому +4

      yeah, in Estonia too

    • @jerryberry5480
      @jerryberry5480 5 років тому

      F-zero91maru What is AfS 2022?

  • @topixfromthetropix1674
    @topixfromthetropix1674 4 роки тому +1

    Quite amusing! Last year, my friend in Thailand had to go to Iceland for some friends wedding. Living in Thailand for ten years, he had no cold weather clothes. I lent him my arctic coat and some long jonhs and gloves and off he went. I live vicariously through my laundry!

  • @fionaautumn
    @fionaautumn 6 років тому +5

    Icelandic culture is so fascinating!

  • @TheTomplom
    @TheTomplom 5 років тому +4

    As you say.. normal. Love from your brothers and sisters in Norway ;-)

  • @halludba7043
    @halludba7043 4 роки тому +2

    She has a UA-cam channel btw.
    The channel name is: Hrafna

  • @aisKLN
    @aisKLN 5 років тому +5

    Ah, this is a breathtakingly stunning country! Such a pleasure to watch your videos!