10 Questions ICELANDERS HATE answering 

Elvis is still alive!

elves make our tech...look at silicon valley....or are they Loki...the tricster

Vulcans and Romulans are space elves

They make cookies and live in a tree, I know they are real because I buy their cookies.

The elves they’ve gone too far 🙈

OMG

no thats in the coldest northern parts of Sweden

LOL!!! "boyfriend-cousin.:D

You forgot her elf family that she lives with.🤣

The Inuit are the ones who lived in igloos not the vikings, now they've all got modern houses

Mines also 🥱😂

Not penguins. We Chileans do have penguins, they are soooo cute! Just keep them in this hemisphere, ok? :P

Penguins live in the Antarctic region, not the Arctic.

OK, some live in zoos.

@@MichaelScheele There are some species of penguins that are native to other parts of the world - some live in Florida and in South Africa as examples. The east coast of Canada has Rock Hoppers too. What everyone thinks of however is the Emperor Penguin which is solely native to the Antarctic.

@@uialion1740 Are you sure there are penguins in Florida? (Aside from the zoos, I mean) I knew that the northernmost place where penguins live is Galapagos...

And English-speaking Canadians don't like learning French. 😅 (I imagine the French Canadians feel the same about having to learn English. I know a lot of Quebecois get very snooty when people don't know any French.)

@@corinna007 Nigerians too... 😂

That’s crazy, Swedish is so beautiful 🤣

Meh it's the same for everyone you are a Scandinavian country 🤔

@@corinna007 I'm an English-speaking Canadian, I speak French fluently, and I liked learning it. I live with a Québécoise, and like all others of her type, she is anything but snooty when people don't know French. And as an ESL teacher, my francophone students from here jump at the opportunity to learn and improve their English. You may wish to update your stereotype of others who aren't you, at least up til 1990. ;-)

Of course you don't ride llamas. You'd get spit in the face everytime you tried to start it.

A lot of this comes from text books in geography that was trying to get the attention of younger students. Unfortunately, many kids grow up believing these misconceptions as facts .

Eveyone knows only the Vikings use llamas instead of cars. Cómo se llama su llama?

Its just that in remote parts of peruvian andes they still use llamas to some extent, and live a lifestyle that hasnt really changed much since inca times.

@@torehaaland6921 yes thats true, but most of peruvians doesnt live like that. I only see llamas if i go out to the contry. But i undesrant, i also thought africa was like tarzan movies until i saw the city at the south africa world cup XD. Its innocent ignorance we shouldn't get mad

Can you please apologise to the Elves to make the pandemic end? Thank you.

Don't f'k with the elves

An Italian talking about "ancient culture"... wow!

​@@cursocuritiba i knoow,considering the ancient culture he cones from!

Þakka þér fyrir

Ω υπάρχει κι άλλο ελληνικό κοινό σε αυτό το κανάλι χαχα Yeah. Kisses from Greece ^.^

@@angiempaltouma2861 εννοείται

@@angiempaltouma2861 Εννοείτε! But Greece and Island is soo damm opossite as countries!

παιδιά εγώ είμαι από Ελλάδα και μαθαίνω ισλανδικά! ^^ ég er frá Grikklandi og ég er að læra íslensku! ^^ bless!

Yes they are bcuz they are such a small state or country🤔 they can run into their third cousin.. They have an app for that sort of thing😬

@@thelovelyone1582 Congratulations on being ignorant. We don’t have an ancestry dating app in which we use, that’s a rumour, and nobody dates anybody they deem family here lol. Ive only ever dated Icelandic ethnic people and non are deemed ‘cousins’.

@@meganaxeliar with only ~360k populace and ~222k of them in Reykjavik area you will stumble upon relatives (of more or less grades) naturally. the app in question is a just mobile access to _Íslendingabók_ and you know that. :p en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dslendingab%C3%B3k_(genealogical_database) the coverage of islanders born in 20th and 21st century is 100 %, everybody is able to trace everybody else _and_ their grandma's cousins if they so desire. per se not a dating app, but your dating knows all your aunts and uncles and whatnot immediately.

@@rivenoak Again, non-ethnic Icelanders are always the loudest on topics they don’t understand lol. That supposed ‘app’ is not something any ethnic Icelander in this nation uses, nor have we heard of. I’ve never ever heard of it. This is just a myth. It isn’t rocket science to figure out that Icelandic is an ethnic identity, and just like every other ethnic identity in the world or homogenizing populace, you date within your bloodline. Non-Icelanders seem to only just be figuring this out so are fascinated by the fact ones significant other is their distant descendant, so distant that they aren’t considered immediate family. You must have been thrown at a wall as a child if you think your great, great grandmothers, sons, daughters, cousins, son is your family, your ‘uncle’ or whatever😂

@Ecard Ecardian No it’s actually a running ignorance, typically from Americans, I mean look at the people here who believe it lol.

I’ve had an girl from UK ask me if I kept my gun under my pillow. Had a Croatian man ( we were both in the military, he was training at the same school as me) ask if I had ever tried cooked vegetables. I admit here in good ole’ USA we eat a lot more raw vegetables than cooked, but seriously dude.

Michael Boland Well, you do have snow on the ground for ten months out of the year, and Spring, Summer and Fall are all crammed in together into July and August. ... From an American, of course.

Lol Canada is a terrible place.

Americans have on a few occasions asked me what we do during winter. That is, the question was kinda like; ,,During winter, do you guys do... anything?'' Apparently they thought that we just completely snow in and then just stay inside our houses for 4-5 months and wait it out. They imagined there being no school, no work, no social gatherings, just several weeks of snowed in solitude.

@@snapman218 Québec is fine

I am not sure if it is puffin that they eat, but there is an bird called a Ptarmigan that is a delicacy served in Iceland.

@@del2665 scamaill sa spéir 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Vikings were already nonexistent for 400 years around the 1400's.

@@Dorisasaurus1133 I think you refer to this www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=colby and that still doesn’t mean you have Viking ancestry. The Vikings invaded and ruled large parts of the British isles so the remains of their languages and heritage is what you will see all over the uk but the rule and the people stopped around the latest at the battle of Hastings 1066. You don’t have Viking ancestry because of 1066 and just because of your name. I suggest you read up a bit on the history and the ancient Norse language and how it co existed along English. It’s also very fascinating. Unless you are nobility, you can’t trace your ancestry back that far. They are the only ones that for sure know exactly where each family members were born married died going back many centuries. There are no authentic, preserved birth records for the rest that far.

My Aunt traced our families ancestry back when I was in high school I clearly remember her saying that we were descendants of 3 Viking Brothers. My 13 times great grandfather was Anthony Colby who helped found Plymouth Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts he was married to a woman named Susannah Hadddon Colby who was good friends with a famous victim of the Salem Witch Trials by the name of Suzannah North Martin. I have traced my lineage back pretty far but, it is a good idea to go back and look more into my “Norse Roots.” I love history and it is completely fascinating to learn about my own heritage. I know for a fact though that I do have Viking Blood in my family lineage that’s proven. I do badly want to learn more about my Norse Ancestors but, it’s hard without buying a subscription to genealogy or something like that. I promise I am not just blowing smoke up your ass about my Viking Blood though. These days I am not on good terms with the aunt who did the research, I could ask my daughter to try to get the information though. I should, I’d love to read it and see it

@@Dorisasaurus1133 Not trying to be mean, but why do you feel like my culture is yours! 13 times grandfather the fact that you even count that is beyond pathetic. If you did a Dna my heritage test it would come back 2% Scandinavian that is nothing. I also assume you don't speak Norwegian or any other nordic language. All you Americans dreaming of your '' viking heritage'' it's honestly sad for someone who actually come from a nordic country.

@@vekteren3549 Dude all I said was that I have Viking Blood and that my Moms last name is derived from the Viking’s I’m not comparing my heritage to yours in anyway Kid take it down a notch okay?... all I am saying is that my family are derived from Vikings which is Fact and nothing more than that other than I’m proud to be able to say that. Now, Why are You so Offended by my comment??

🤣🤣🤣❤👍

so true

*Danish D & Stød intensifies*

I want to learn Icelandic.

@@brandonhey7797 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--JuMecUI7oo.html&pbjreload=101

Æðislegt vel gert hjá þér🥰

@@sigurlauganna5619 þakka :D

When countries have beauty pageants they usually send of the contestants to some sunny beach for some nice pictures. Not what Norway did though, they sent the miss Norway contestants to iceland....to build igloos

I lived for 2 years in Chauvin Alberta for work in 1999 and I'm from Québec city Québec Canada

We got some artificial norse-nostalgia on the rise over here in the Scandinavian countries as well these days. I've been seeing a lot of the classic new age hippie-trappings with generic wellness/eco-conscious living/yoga-retreat stuff, but repackaged in a viking-ish aesthetic.

if you hear old norse spoken 1000 years ago, its like 90% spoken icelandic

@@pjesapjes except we don't really know how it sounded. We can just assume and reconstruct. But we will never for sure know how they really pronounced it.

@@x3kiwiix3 at least we/I can read it and understand it

@Trudy J why you say so? are you icelandic? at least we/I can read it and understand it

greetings from iceland!

I live where summer temperatures are triple digits (Fahrenheit). It can get up to 112. The low temperature is often around 80. There is no rain at all in the summer, so it is very dry. Air conditioning and ceiling fans are a necessity. Although I love the abundance of sunshine in the summer, it can get overwhelming.

I'm in the Toronto region and have floored some people I have spoken to from the southern US that it can get to 115 F here in the summer. It's like they think all of Canada is on Baffin Island or something.

Are used to get annoyed with silly questions but now I change my answers so if somebody asks about living in igloos and what kind of weather we have I’ll just tell them yes we all live in igloos and we all are driving a dog sleds.. winter is always dark and summer never gets dark. It’s priceless to see their facial expression. You ask silly questions you get a silly answer that’s just me. Eventually I tell them the truth.

Did you not ever read Mr Poppers Penguins they in Southern Hemisphere

I'm curious too cause her subs is almost, almost the entire population of Iceland

Ok! Now, how to pronunciate your name?? (right, maybe my name can be a little difficult for you as well)

As an Icelander, ive recently moved to united states and everyone asks me those questions too!

What's wrong w/ eating paella? I like paella... Sangria's good too, I'll have some of that with my paella! Have to take it easy on the beverage there tho', I want to go ride my Bultaco later! ;-)

I've been there 😊❤ love spain

My answer to that is always, "I killed two bulls before coming to work this morning; just taking it really chill today."

@@nunyabidniz2868 nothing wrong with paella, it's nice (as long as you don't put chorizo in it...Jamie Oliver!), but hey, there's so much more to eat and drink in Spain...

@@70stunes71 thank you!

only if you want your clothes to stink from sulfur haha

I'd ask this but not directly, and making sure rapport is built.

She's mine William, Lol !

And she says she diesn't have slaves....

Back off im her simp

Aren't they the best?

@@JariDawnchild Of course.

Did you intentionally put the Saltire in that? Not complaining. I'm a proud Scotsman (I know disappointingly little about Scotland, though).

That's a very Icelandic sounding username you got there x'D

Hrafna gets very animated, which can make it difficult for a stationary camera to focus, when she's talking about something that she's passionate about.

What's humble about that..the word you should have used is 'chill'

there are people in Iceland that practice Ásatrú and actually, my son is one of them in December of 2019 there were 4.723 people in the Ásatrúarfélagið witch is not a big percent of the Icelandic nation but and here is a link to there website asatru.is/

per say 😂

One can ask an Italian who lives in Rome whether he is a Roman? Technically the answer is yes, one of the definitions of Roman is somebody who lives in Rome. So did the Vikings ever do anything the Romans didn't do? (Besides discover America) the answer is no. Everything the vikings did, the Romans did as well. The Vikings raided villages and so did the Romans. The Vikings took slaves, and so did the Romans. What was different between the Vikings and the Romans? The Vikings had better ships and the Romans were better organized.

@@thomaskalbfus2005 But didn’t the Romans/ Greeks accept other sexuality’s before it was Christianized

@@melon7514 Emperor Hadrian was a homosexual I believe. I don't know what the Vikings thought of homosexuals, though in the show Vikings, Laggatha did have a girlfriend for a time, not that it was an authoritative source on Viking culture, maybe Hratha could fill us in on what she thinks.

@@thomaskalbfus2005 I didn’t actually know that because I haven’t seen the show. Also, you don’t need to say homosexual. You can just say gay

@@melon7514 well technically Laggatha would be bisexual since she still is interested in men, and I'm not sure whether she was really attracted to the other woman or was just in a state of rebellion because her husband cheated on her and got another woman pregnant and married her. The actress who played her was a real beautiful woman, so Ragnar had to be insane to stray. Most of the Viking men in the show were lousy husbands in my opinion.

You are wrong. I clearly saw them on TV

@@Ed19601 hahaha :D

😂😂😂

What does master Hrafna want? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@brandonknapp4186 People are allowed to have a crush on someone you know...

Count me in

Bruh, that's gay as fuck.

When the freezer light gets lit.

I think that the average summer temperature in Iceland is generally around 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) but it can get warmer, say around 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit)

Hmmm about 20 degrees :0

if a day is sunny or not doesn‘t depend on temperature... it depends on if there is sun or not.

I have had it at -26 and sunny so -26 was a sunny day. It does not depend on temp.

Yes, many Icelanders love growing their own herbs, vegetables and fruits🙂

Next time someone asks it, have fun with them! Like mess with them a little bit. Put on the most Canadian of Canadian accents and go with it! I love doing it to stupid questions about Australia. I put on the thickest Aussie accent I can (like think crocodile hunter multiplied by 10!) and just run with it

@@therealfluffybushranger5331 haha actually whenever it happens online I usually tell them I can't stay online 2 long or the heat from my laptop will melt my igloo. Loloo

That's exactly what I'm talking about dude! Absolutely perfect response 🤣🤣🤣

@Cory D haha I'm fluent in both English and French. Usually when sum1 asks I'll respond only in French and then continue to speak that way and completely throw them off. They usually respond with... "Wait what???"

That's a real stupid question indeed. We all KNOW you do.

Omg me too

Icelandic beaches have black sand. No joke.

@@brandonhey7797 I forgot about that

@@vladtimofte6511 I think that's pretty cool if you ask me.

Yes tourists can go to any public beaches in Iceland and not all of them are black sand😉

@@sigurlauganna5619 most black metal sands ever

Agreed

Ehy, not everyone from Southern Ontario are dumb and ignorant. Dumb people ain't got no nation or race

I'm doing my last year of BA in Iceland right now, and I can tell you that I'm having a blast. It's worth it by more than 100%

@@computair6920 I read studying in iceland is tuition free for americans. Is that only open to Americans through some agreement between the two countries or is open to other foreigners. For example I am Saint Lucian.

@@computair6920 What do you study?

@@poshy6534 I don't know... I'm from the EU and we have exchange programs like Erasmus to move around, but I have no idea of how things work for Americans. Try asking your university, or maybe even the international office of the uni of Iceland

@@lifefan1 Foreign languages and linguistic