Hey everyone!
I'm on the road trip!
We are driving to the Westfjords.
For three days.
With the Mink Camper in the back.
I'm on my way to the Westfjords with a friend. (most remote area in Iceland)
And we have the Mink Camper in the back!
It's a camper van.
The first time that I'm driving with a trailer.
I'm always getting many questions about Iceland and I never really made a video about them.
So, I've got 10 facts for you now!
If you ever wondered on which side the petrol cap is.. the arrow next to the fuel symbol tells you!
First I'm going to talk about the temperature, because I think many people can't have any idea of it.
I couldn't either!
In the three summer months July till August it's mostly between 10 and 12°C.
But it can also get 18°C, what then is really hot here.
When the sun is out, it feels really strong.
What often causes the cold is the wind really.
It can get really really cold when the wind comes out.
And in the winter months where it really snows and where it's really cold,
November, December, January, February..
It could get to -16°C. But mostly it's really something between -4°C and +4°C.
At least that's what I noticed..
There is a sheep that can't turn around again.
It's laying on its back.
I don't know if I just can go on the land..
It's a matter of life and death.
I think it's dying.. it has foam at the mouth..
It's not moving anymore..
But the farmer is coming now..
It died..
Can you see the rainbow circle around the sun?
That happens when you are too stupid to fill up..
60 km later in Flókalundur!
7.516 ISK. 70 EUR.
Two ravens..
Just before going to sleep, the second fact.
About the northern lights..
In the three summer months you can't see them of course, because you have 24/7 of daylight.
End of August it starts again that you can see some white northern lights.
And from end of August you can see them till around April. There you still have a good chance to see them.
To see the northern lights it has to be completely dark..
It also has to be cold - the colder the better..
And of course the sky has to be clear.
It's just unbelievably amazing..
To sleep here inside..
To open this window and feel the wind..
So, I'm going to make some hot coffee now!
Hüly knows it now!
So, we are cooking at the moment.
And as the 3rd fact I want to talk about Icelandic last names.
If you ever kept yourself busy with Icelanders then you might know that their last names
are often the same or that many people have the same last name.
That's because every child who is born is called the father's name's son by their last name.
So, if my father would be called Jón, I would be called Hüly Jónsdóttir.
When you are a girl then you are the daughter, so it's dóttir.
And when you are a sun, it's son.
Mostly, the name of the father is taken, but since a few years it's also possible to take the name of the mother.
I've eaten too much.
Awesome thing!
4th fact!
The nature looks different every single day.
Really.. you can drive the same road every day and every day it will seem like another road.
And you're always like: Am I right here?
It becomes more green every single day during summer.
And also, everything becomes just suddenly green.. like over night.
And then suddenly everything has an end and everything becomes yellow..
Awesome, awesome, awesooome!
So, we are in Breiðavík now.
Almost in Látrabjarg.
And here is the next fact.
It's about the language.
People speak Icelandic and English here.
And everyone is still learning Danish as a 2nd language in school as well.
And I would say for Germans it's not a really difficult language, when you are linguistically talented.
I can tell you a few important words or sentences.
'Góðan daginn!' - Means 'Good morning!' / 'Good day!'.
'Takk fyrir!' - Means 'Thank you!' / 'Thanks ((for) that)!'
'Já.' and 'Nei.' - Means 'Yes.' and 'No.'
'Ekkert mál!' - Means 'No problem!'
And I think Icelandic is a really bautiful language.
There is an online platform where you can learn Icelandic for free.
I will link that in the description box for you!
We arrived at Látrabjarg now!
Normally you can see puffins here, but I guess they flew away already now in September.
To somewhere where it's warmer.
And the 6th fact is that there are 340.000 people living here in Iceland.
As at 2017.
Wow, we thought this is white sand.
But these are tiny shells..
We are now again in the Mink Camper.
And we can see northern lights and the stars!
So, it's the last day today that we are travelling through the Westfjords with the Mink Camper..
I haven't shown you the inside yet, I think.
So, there are two berths.
There is a shelf where you can store things.
There is also a table that is outside now and two chairs which I will show you soon.
And a shoe box.
Here is a heater and USB connectors.
Window..
We saw the northern lights through each window yesterday ..
But here is the next fact..
I wanted to talk about the capital city.
It's Reykjavík.
And more than 60% of the people here in Iceland are living in Reykjavík.
Then there are a few bigger cities around Reykjavík, for example Hafnarfjörður and others.
And maybe one of the important ones or also one of the bigger ones
is for example Akureyri in the North or Selfoss in the South.
It's definitely worth to have a look at all of them!
This is one of the chairs!
So crazy.. it looks like a director's chair!
And this is the table!
And this is our brunch..
The next fact is about the Icelandic flag.
It's red, white and blue.
Blue stands for the Atlantic Ocean (but mainy for the mountains).
Red stands for the volcanic activity, so for fire.
And blue for water.
The white stands for ice, so for the glacier.
And then there is the Nordic Cross which symbolises being part of the Scandinavian countries.
But it also stands for Christianity.
And I really love the Icelandic flag.. it's so beautiful..
It's really beautiful.. Look at it..
So, there is a gate coming soon.
On the way back from the Westfjords to Reykjavík.
It costs 1.000 ISK, so I thought I will tell you a few things about the Icelandic crones.
1.000 ISK look like this.
And 1.000 ISK are around 10 EUR.
But actually it's 8 EUR at the moment.
But I always keep it in mind like that 1.000 ISK are around 10 EUR,
but actually it's a bit less.. so it's 8 EUR.
So, 2.000 ISK are around 20 EUR, but it's actually a bit less.
That's how I keep it in my mind.
And there is the gate!
Ok, good to mention that it costs 200 ISK more when you have a trailer in the back!
And I wanted to tell you that you can pay everywhere with credit card.
And then there is already the last and 10th fact for you.
You can make a ring road tour around Iceland.
The street is called street number 1 or ring road.
If you would drive it at once it would take 17 hours.. Without sleep, without anything.
As I was here the first time I rented a car and drove around Iceland in 10 days.
I can link you those videos in the description box.
I can really recommend to rent a car or a camper van like we have now.
The Mink Camper is really amazing.
It's really comfortable and you can park everywhere.
Or you could even take it off and just continue with the car, depending on where you are driving.
Or you can also rent a real camper, like a car that includes the bed and so on..
Or you can drive with Couchsurfing groups.
Or hitchhiking.. There are many ways to travel around Iceland.
I'm really happy to travel with a camper van this time.
It was really fun!
Especially to see the northern lights through the windows!
Thanks to Mink Campers for the van!
Check out their Social Media channels when you are interested to travel around Iceland with a camper van!
Thanks for watching!
I hope you enjoyed the video and I could give you some good information about Iceland.
If you have any questions write them in the comments below.
See you next time guys.. Bye!
Bye, bye!
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