|
Deceitful Penguin posted:Don't recognize the waterfall but then again I'm rather bad at names. Faxi í Tungufljóti caberham posted:Is the music going to sound like EVE online
|
#
¿
Sep 2, 2013 17:59
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 29, 2024 11:20 |
|
|
I'd be surprised if you'd get shivved in Iceland at all.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 2, 2014 00:50
|
|
|
inscrutable horse posted:In Iceland, I'm pretty sure you could leave your poo poo unattended on the street for weeks, and it would still be there when you came back for it. If you leave it outside your house, chances are it wont go anywhere. goku chewbacca posted:Don't parents leave their babies in their carriages unattended outside shops and cafés while they're inside? And don't Icelandic parents believe that cold air is good for their child's health, and so stick them outside when they're napping? Yes, carriages are commonly left outside shops and such because bringing it inside is just a hassle. And while i'm not sure about the cold being good for health thing, but yes, small children often take their naps outside. Average Icelanders perception of crime? I don't know if i'm average, but i definitely notice crime. (I work at a metal shop and we used to put stainless steel outside the shop in a bin for recycling, but we had to stop putting it outside because it was always stolen) There is a bad neighborhood, or at least, a neighborhood that is commonly referred to as being bad. Oh, we are very aware of pedophilia, but i think we're not really paranoid about it. (I remember being told not to accept stuff from strangers etc.)
|
|
#
¿
Jan 2, 2014 19:30
|
|
|
Skeesix posted:nevermind, this isn't a travel thread and I should stop using it like one. Just use it as a travel thread, i'm sure no one actually cares
|
|
#
¿
Jan 17, 2014 08:57
|
|
|
Christoff posted:Do you guys really have some elf expert that you call when building a new road or house that will politely ask the elves if it's ok to build there? Stories you heard growing up? Sightings, etc? The parliament is the one by the small park, and the your description of the protest is close enough, people brought out pots and pans and banged on them. Commonly called 'Búsáhaldabylting' which translates roughly to Cookware revolution Our White house is on a small peninsula, and like our parliament, has basically no protection what so ever. People don't care about homosexuals or religious preferences (although there are people strongly opposed to a mosque, for whatever reason), but i feel that transsexuals aren't really accepted, at least not that i've noticed, but i don't keep up with current affairs in the LGBT community, so i'm not sure. While i'm not sure about sulfur, whatever mixture of sulfur and silica that is in the blue lagoon sure as poo poo seems to work for people with skin conditions. Our history goes as such: Vikings moved here, submitted to Norway, were given to Denmark during somethingorother, got independance, the end. Sprinkle some expeditions to Ireland, Greenland and Canada in there, add a few volcanic eruptions and you're basically there.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 23, 2014 12:27
|
|
|
Noctis Horrendae posted:So you guys mean to say that Icelandic folk are really just the descendants of Scots or Irelanders? How could us drunkards settle down in an entirely new unsettled place and eventually become some of the most peaceful people on earth? :itisamystery: Scots, Irish, Norwegians and Danes
|
|
#
¿
Jan 23, 2014 23:39
|
|
|
Christoff posted:So do you guys get a lot of poo poo for all the whaling? Active protest in the country or towards the whalers? Thought it was funny that whale meat was pretty much the cheapest meat available. And again, whale burgers were delicious fried up on the bbq. Most people i know have nothing against whaling, they don't necessarily eat it, but don't mind those who do. I have not tried it, but i want to, and will, at some point. They aren't really a pest, but people like to say that they eat 'our fish' so therefore whaling is good.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 24, 2014 12:03
|
|
|
Prince John posted:Very well so far thanks! Out of interest, I haven't yet seen a bathroom sink with a plughole in it, either in the hotel or in restaurants. Do you guys just shave using running water rather than filling a bowl? Most sinks have this little thing at the back of the tap that you pull to close the sink. I usually just let the water run when shaving. Christoff posted:I meant do people actively protest in the country and are they attacking whaling ships etc? I can't remember the last time i heard of an active anti-whaling protest here. Not a whole lot of people eat whale, or at least not to my knowledge. But it seems to be very easy to find whale meat, smoked or otherwise. While i'm not sure, i have heard that cooking whale meat can be a bit problematic, because if you do it wrong you can get a bit of cod liver oil taste.
|
|
#
¿
Jan 27, 2014 09:53
|
|
|
breathstealer posted:Icelandic dried fish is delicious and I just has a friend bring back lots. Is there any particular way to eat it other than just cramming it into my mouth? Seems like it might make a good soup or something... Add a bit of butter.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 9, 2014 13:31
|
|
|
Punc posted:So, just got back from Iceland. It was wonderful and the weather wasn't that bad. What's the deal with Akureyri and stupid kids with loud cars that just drive around for no goddamn reason? You were probably in Akureyri during Bíladagar (car days). It's supposed to be an annual festival or car enthusiasts, but in reality it's a bunch of idiots driving around town like idiots. Mývatn is named for it's flies, 'Mý' meaning Gnat, and Vatn meaning water, so flies are to be expected.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 21, 2014 10:29
|
|
.
|
Christoff posted:You guys laugh pretty hard at the Mighty Ducks movie, eh? Is ice hockey even popular at all over there? Just so funny they focused a whole movie around it when you guys don't even play the drat sport There are 3 active hockey teams, compare that to (at least) 36 active (association) football teams, and no one really follows it, not that i know of anyway.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 21, 2014 23:28
|
|
|
ZombieLenin posted:Do you believe in elves? No. I guess some people do, but i dont think it's at all common.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 9, 2014 15:51
|
|
|
Deceitful Penguin posted:Ekkert Bruðl doesn't really lend itself too much, 'cept mebbe no loving around. I thought it was "Býður Betur" nowadays
|
|
#
¿
Sep 13, 2014 03:59
|
|
|
Kujaroth posted:What's the deal with work permits for operating your own business? From what I've been able to find on Google, they exist, but not a lot more info beyond that (eligibility criteria, capital/investment requirements if any etc.) Not that I expect you to really know all the answers to that, but in general are these also pretty tough to get? In order to create an Ehf. you need 500.000kr, in either assets or money (which will go into the company), although from what i hear, going with money is way easier. And then you need to pay an additional 130.500kr as a registration fee. ( There are probably more fees). I don't know if you need a kennitala (basically a SSN) in order to register an Ehf., but it wouldn't surprise me.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 13, 2014 09:32
|
|
|
RE: churches, god,etc About 75% of the country belongs to the National Church of Iceland, but i doubt a lot of people go to church on a regular basis. Churches are everywhere because people couldn't really travel anywhere in the old days, so you simply had to have a church nearby. MisterOblivious posted:That's called "Minnesota Nice" here in Minnesota. Same deal: we made all of our friends and connections early on and there aren't really any slots open for new folks. I generally tell folks moving here from out of state to find other folks who moved here from out of state as that's their only real chance at more than superficial friendliness. Doctor Malaver posted:I'm staying in Iceland for a week, with friends who live in Reykjavik. On Saturday we are renting a car and doing the Golden Circle and sleeping in a cabin in Stafafel. I'm worried it will be a stretch, seeing the Geysir and the Myrdals glacier and all the interesting stuff in so little daylight, plus getting to the cabin in time to eat and rest. The daylight ~should~ be enough, but you might have to set off nice and early in order to be able to seen everything. You could take an ATV tour, but i'm not sure how expensive they are. There is also a 4x4 rental that where you can drive a modified Land Rover Defender with a guide on some mountain roads, but i'm almost certain it's expensive. You could also check out the penis museum. The airport isn't really far away from Reykjavík, only about 50km, besides, the Airport is where the US built it, blame them.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 13, 2014 12:36
|
|
|
To be honest i'm bad at recommending tourist stuff, since i basically never do any of the touristy stuff, especially museums. Reading the thread will probably give you better idea than i ever could.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 15, 2014 16:31
|
|
|
Doctor Malaver posted:+ Despite the country's focus on tourism, we ran into problems with machines speaking only Icelandic language. Once I called a tourist agency and once a car rental, on numbers that were specifically given to us to call in case of any problems, only to be confronted with voice mail/answering machine in Icelandic. Also, gas stations don't have attendants, they are automatic - and the language on display is Icelandic. I don't know how similar they are to US gas pumps, but I come from a country where you pay at the register to a living person. Good luck filling that tank, me! 1. Some, but not all automatic gas stations have a language selection, and i think it's strange that tourist agencies/car rentals wouldn't think of having their phone system in english, or at least an option for english. I'm guessing no one working there thought of it. v0v 2. Esja is a very easy mountain to climb, and you really don't need any experience or professional equipment, just some nice shoes and warm clothing. I can walk up there and i'm in terrible shape. But generally i agree with most of your post, don't plan too much, just go out there is do whatever you feel like, it's what i generally do when i travel abroad.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 20, 2014 13:17
|
|
|
nm posted:Yeah, icelandic gas pumps were an issue. Also, they wouldn't take my chip and pin credit card, but would take my dumb mag stripe only debit card. If it only had chip and pin i get that it wouldn't read it, but they should all take mag stripe cards. It was only recently that we started doing the chip and pin thing and automated gas station already had mag stipe readers and needed pin so i guess they just figured "we don't need to do poo poo".
|
|
#
¿
Nov 20, 2014 17:37
|
|
|
1. Smyril Line (http://www.smyrilline.com/) has as ferry that sails from somewhere in Denmark and stops in the Faroe Islands along the way (to the best of my knowledge anyway, never been myself) 2. I assume they sleep in some sort of social housing, but i'm not sure. 3. In the southern part of the country the winters aren't that bad really. Generally only mildly cold and not to snowy. But this varies year from year. 4. A quick google search showed that frozen cherries are 1140kr about $8.6 (Local store is closed, cant just go and check) 5. I don't smoke but a rehab center does a price check every once in a while and according to them it's about $25 6. I don't live in Reykjavík, so i don't know. 7. Most roads are kept open, but sometimes roads do close because of snow/avalanches/mudslides. The Road Administration has a very informative website where you can check the status of most roads (Closed, clear, a bit icy, very icy, snowy etc) 8. During the summer quite a few ships stop fishing because the owners have run out of quota and figure it's a good time to do some maintenance that would be too time consuming to be done 'in season'. But in the past few years the trawlers have been modified to fish mackerel since it's in Icelandic territorial waters, but since a shitload of people want to be on those trawlers (because of the high pay) you may need to know someone to get a spot on one of those. 9. Very high. I've worked with foreigners who have lived in Iceland for >10 yrs and barely speak a word of icelandic. dor1 fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jul 12, 2015 |
|
#
¿
Jul 12, 2015 20:51
|
|
|
i am retarded and i double post.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 12, 2015 20:52
|
|
|
Kopijeger posted:Really? From which countries? In your experience, are there certain categories of foreigners that are more willing to learn the local language than others? Mostly from Poland, but that's because they are (by far) the biggest immigrant group. What happens is that there is a group of Poles/Lithuanians/whatever and one of them speaks Icelandic, so that person is taken along to translate, but some of them do know a bit of English, but that is massively dependent on age. I worked with a Brit who has lived here for not terribly long and he spoke alright Icelandic, and when in doubt he just asked me to speak slower.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 13, 2015 00:55
|
|
|
Demiurge4 posted:Cool. I'm working long shifts for the forseeable future but I'll probably be settled in late August. I can only speak to the activity within Þorbjörn, but right now the activity is average for mid-late july, ie people just now realizing that stuff is supposed to be ready by August.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 20, 2015 16:56
|
|
|
Deceitful Penguin posted:That's life. My org didn't think that their goddamn summer brochures ready for summer was any big deal, were subsequently baffled sales were worse this year than last. Þetta reddast.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 20, 2015 23:11
|
|
|
Demiurge4 posted:Grindavik is kind of a shithole. Nothing to do but hit the gym and go swimming and I don't have Internet yet. We're going bowling with the company on Friday though so here's hoping the bar scene is ok. Shithole is a bit strong, it's a small town and suffers slightly from being close to much bigger towns. Not having internet yet though is lovely, it should really only take a week for them to connect it.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 12, 2015 10:34
|
|
|
Demiurge4 posted:No there's a swimming pool with a gym attached a little bit behind netto inside grindavik. Everyone has told me the blue lagoon is overpriced trash so I haven't gone yet. Sure, it's overpriced, but it's still very nice to go there every once in a while, and since you live close to it you can get a season pass and go as often as you like and pay relatively little.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 13, 2015 10:36
|
|
|
inscrutable horse posted:Yeah, I don't think anyone actually refers to you guys as Icelanders here anymore, it's just "jáarar" It's either "já já..." or "jæja...."
|
|
#
¿
Aug 22, 2015 10:08
|
|
You guys do have this strange obsession with starting almost every sentence with "Já já, ..."
|
Tias posted:Having read the entire OP I can see that you learned Danish in school. When did that stop, and are you still fluent? While i cant speak for OP, but i started learning danish in 7th grade and stopped when i was 18ish. I can read some danish/norwegian/swedish (because they are all the same), but i cant speak any of them beyond asking for beer.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 14, 2016 14:04
|
|
|
Demiurge4 posted:Hopefully living in Keflavik instead of Grindavik (I like Grindavik but it's really tiny) Grindavík is orders of magnitude better than Keflavík. Not biased at all
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2016 10:28
|
|
|
"There really should be a KFC in Akureyri"
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2016 19:48
|
|
|
I just keep being amazed how many people vote D, and i really really hope it wont be a B+C+D gov't. I could deal with a C+D+V gov't.
|
|
#
¿
Oct 30, 2016 12:21
|
|
|
Deceitful Penguin posted:BCD looks to be fairly likely. The only thing stopping it would be the principles of a loving "centre"-right party, which is so tragicomic that relying on that would by like flapping your arms to slow down a fall from top of a skyscraper IIRC whatshisface who runs Viðreisn has said that won't happen. And I saw today that VG won't work with D. And we have what, 2 weeks until the budget plan is due? Helvítis sjallar maður
|
|
#
¿
Oct 30, 2016 23:33
|
|
|
Fuckin Trump Riot posted:How's things if you qualify as highly skilled? I'm thinking specifically computer programming. IIRC you need to get a job before you move
|
|
#
¿
Nov 10, 2016 13:23
|
|
|
IIRC Schengen should cover it, you shouldn't need a passport when traveling within the Schengen area
|
|
#
¿
Jun 17, 2017 01:17
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 29, 2024 11:20 |
|
|
Jeoh posted:A drivers license is not a travel document. No it's not, but you shouldn't need travel documents when traveling within Schengen.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 17, 2017 01:44
|
|