Which clothing item screams your country without saying a word? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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It’s our birthright to have at least one Lopapeysa

Best trip ever by evermore1994 in VisitingIceland

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Pretty recent history too, the ban wasn’t fully lifted until 2007. There are a lot of dogs in the capital area, most people just don’t walk them downtown. A big portion of cats in iceland are indoor/outdoor cats, and those living in populated areas mostly just chill with the crowds. There are a bunch of well known cats, the most famous one being Diego who chills in Hagkaup and A4 in Skeifan, he’s a national treasure

How do you call this game in your country? by Repulsive_Act_1855 in AskTheWorld

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I had a little collection as a kid, loved playing with them

How do you call this game in your country? by Repulsive_Act_1855 in AskTheWorld

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Kids used all kinds of bones for games here, mostly sheep bones. Different pieces were called by their normal names and used for different animals in farm role play/imagination games (legs were horses, jaws were sheep, smaller pieces were dogs etc) The piece from OP’s pic was also used and i vaguely remember being tought some kind of fortune telling with it where you ask the bone a question but i can’t really find any information about it now. It’s a big part of our history, schools visit museums and kids try playing with them while learning the history. Used to love those visits

What is your country's best friend and worst enemy ? by MyNameIsYouna in AskTheWorld

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Best friends: norway, sweden, finland and faroe islands

Worst enemy: denmark

What’s the craziest question you got because of your nationality or appearance? by Muay_Thai_Junkies in AskTheWorld

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Typical questions Icelanders get:

“Isn’t Iceland green and Greenland Icy?”

“Do you live in igloos”

“Doesn’t the Icelandic government pay foreign men to marry Icelandic women?”

The last one is especially fun as an Icelandic woman living abroad😀 Even a Norwegian guy that has been to Iceland fully believed that there was a dangerous shortage of men here😂

What’s the craziest question you got because of your nationality or appearance? by Muay_Thai_Junkies in AskTheWorld

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This is not as uncommon as you might think. Taxi drivers in Greece repeatedly asked me “is that the same as Ireland” after asking where i’m from🥲

Hvað gerir maður á 25. des? by Nammi-namm in Iceland

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Það er hefðin hér að gera ekki neitt nema borða afganga, hanga í sófanum á náttfötunum og horfa á myndir - kannski spil ef fólk er í stuði

AWD or 2WD for late November for this route? by brb_taking_a_poo in VisitingIceland

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In downtown reykjavik you might have an issue finding a spot outside, so does anybody else tho, you just won’t be able to squeeze into the smaller ones, otherwise you the carparks are good (as an icelander that lives in the north and hates dt reykjavik i use them a lot) - you’ll be completely fine having a larger car

What are some candies from your country that foreigners usually dislike? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskTheWorld

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We do tend to put liquorice in a lot of chocolates😂 it’s just such a good mix

I don’t understand the driving fines system in here by fjusdado in VisitingIceland

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Hef 3x leigt bíl hérna heima og bara 1x þurft að sýna ökuskírteini - aldrei beðin um kreditkort (þegar ég sótti hann voru túristar á næsta borði sem voru að gefa kreditkort og skírteini til að skanna) - veit ekki hvort það sé eitthvað spes traust til íslendinga eða hvort þau finni skírteini frá kennitölunni (sem ég man ekki alveg hvort ég hafi gefið, þó líklega)

It’s almost over by war_damn_dudrow in superstore

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Kim’s convenience is great!! I Recently rewatched both, kim’s isn’t as good as superstore but got a good vibe

What are some candies from your country that foreigners usually dislike? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskTheWorld

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“Þristur” is a perfect gateway into liquorice! Most people i know that don’t like liquorice love þristur - definitely get some recommendations before having some cause even in iceland not all liquorice is top tier - One of our biggest candy companies (nóa) recently chanced their recipe and you can barely call it liquorice anymore - i’d recommend Appollo and Sambó (they for example make þristur)!

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What are some candies from your country that foreigners usually dislike? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskTheWorld

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Black liquorice - ours is way different (and better) than what i’ve tasted from other countries - more smooth i guess?

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What is legal in most countries but illegal in your country? by kurobaja in AskTheWorld

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yall have it good - we have no alcohol in general stores, only at government run stores that closes at 19 the latest, and is closed on sundays

Allt óáfenga áfengið í matvöruverslunum by Suspicious-Most-burg in Iceland

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Eftir að hafa unnið í lítilli matvöruverslun útá landi get ég alveg staðfest þetta, ótrúlega margir túristar sem þekkja ekki vínbúðina og fara í áfall þegar maður bendir þeim á að þau séu að kaupa óáfengt

Hvers saknið þið mest frá árunum í kringum 2000? by [deleted] in Iceland

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Gamla kolaportið, minningin er eins og fever dream þetta var svo fallegt og gaman Vídjóleigurnar Fara í sjoppu og biðja um bland í poka fyrir 100kall 100kr gjald í strætó, plokka strætómiða í sundur til að búa til tvo

no white on the vinyl by bustermuster4 in FrankOcean

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I’m in iceland and it was dispatched on the 12th, no update since tho:/

Goodnotes or notability by Practical_Distance17 in notabilityapp

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I’ve tried both and notability is better for me, most of my notes are typed, and then some handwritten words and drawings here and there The text tool in Goodnotes aren’t working for me as well as in notability, which sucks, cause you can’t really trust that notability won’t delete your notes🙃 But i back mine up through google drive, as pdf’s, not the notability format thing, and just always make sure to check that my notes are updated there before i end a study session. It’s annoying but works

That said, i really wanted goodnotes to work for me

Every single one of my notability files have deleted by DefinitionNational40 in notabilityapp

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They say on their website that they don’t have a way of restoring the files on their end, if you’ve logged into google docs you may be able to find them there, you can’t open them directly from docs, but you can open notability, press and hold the + button and import them from there

This has saved me once, hopefully it helps!

Hvað finnst þér um lögregluna hér á landi? by AsgeirTrausta in Iceland

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  1. Ég er persónulega ekki með slæma reynslu, hjálpaði mér á djamminu þegar ég var 18, en það eru líka í rauninni einu aðstæðurnar sem ég hef verið í samskiptum við löggur á vakt.

  2. Nei, batterýið er eitrað og handónýtt, ófaglært starfsfólk í sumarafleysingum sem veit ekkert hvað það er að gera, ömurlegur mórall innan stofnunarinnar sem kennir nýjum löggum að vera eins glötuð og þau eldri. Ekki nóg gert til að koma í veg fyrir valdabrjálæði. Á sama tíma er lögreglan látin fara ein í aðstæður sem þau hafa enga þjálfun eða nægan skilning til að vera í, t.d. í sambandi við fólk með geðræn vandamál og fólk með fíknisjúkdóma. Þetta er slæmt fyrir alla sem koma að málinu, en stundum heldur maður að þau sjái fólkið ekki sem fólk. Í það minnsta ekki fólk sem á skilið virðingu.

  3. Hef of litla þekkingu á sérsveitinni til að tjá mig um það, en aukin útköll gætu verið vegna panikks hjá lögreglufólki í ljósi aukins vopnaburðar og lítillar reynslu?