If you go on a trip to a wonderful island country where the Vikings' heirs live and wonder what to bring from Iceland , our article will help you solve this problem.
Fortunately, the island is full of unusual souvenirs that will not only surprise, but will please your loved ones, will benefit them. So immediately abandon the traditional, but such boring magnets and cups - there are a lot of things more interesting!
Delicacies
More details about culinary preferences of Icelanders, we wrote in a separate article. But as a culinary souvenir (we will not focus on exotic and strange dishes) from this country you can bring:
- smoked salmon with dill;
- Clean Iceland - it consists of dried cod, cod liver, seaweed and other seafood;
- pate from cod liver;
- colored salt;
- spices, prepared from seaweed;
- tea from birch buds and Icelandic moss;
- Omnom Chocolate - salted Icelandic chocolate.
Icelandic spirits
Alcoholic drinks in Iceland are quite expensive, but also delicious, and therefore will be an excellent gift or souvenir. Especially, connoisseurs of quality and tasty alcohol. So, if you decide to bring strong drinks, choose:
- local vodka Reyka;
- Icelandic whiskey Flóki;
- potato schnapps Brennivín;
- tinctures cooked on Icelandic berries and moss;
- varied beer.
With its unique taste, local strong drinks are required by the purest Icelandic water used for their preparation!
To save on alcohol, buying it is best in duty free at the local airport .
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Woolen products
In Iceland, a myriad of sheep, and therefore there is enough wool. Given the harsh climate, do not be surprised by the traditions of making woolen products, allowing you to warm up in the coldest frosts. They are surprisingly high-quality, retain their presentable appearance for many years. Therefore, if you do not know what kind of souvenirs from Iceland to bring as a gift to your relatives, choose:
- capes;
- plaids;
- socks;
- gloves;
- hats, etc.
Wool sweaters deserve special mention. They are knitted only by hand and they are able to warm, even when the air temperature is lower and lower than zero.
Due to the fact that for these sweaters a special kind of yarn is used - the lopi. Its outer layer is so coarse that it will provide protection even from moisture, and the inside is soft and warm.
Winter clothes
By the way, in Iceland it will be possible to buy high-quality, durable winter clothes, in which it will be comfortable in any frosts and bad weather. There are many shops in the country that offer reliable:
- jackets;
- sweaters;
- pants;
- hats, mittens, etc.
Among the variety of brands, 66 ° NORTH clothes deserve special mention, which local fishermen adore (and nowadays fishermen from other countries of the world), which says a lot!
Jewelery and bijouterie
Jewelry in the traditional form is hardly worth buying. Well, who are they able to surprise? But jewelry made of lava or jewelry with the addition of lava - this is something unique and special.
Iceland has a lot of lava, and so that it does not disappear for no reason, aimlessly lying on the surface, Icelanders began to make jewelry from it:
- Beads, worn on chains of silver;
- silver earrings with splashes of lava;
- ordinary lava stones;
- a clock with stones made of lava or with the deposition of volcanic ash;
- Other lava ornaments, both for men and women.
If you do not want to spend money, just collect a few stones of different sizes and, using imagination, already at home make jewelry yourself.
Cosmetics
Do not know what to bring from Iceland as a gift to my mother, friend, sister? Of course, cosmetics, which here are simply magnificent, because for its creation unique, natural, pure components are used:
- water with a lot of minerals, including thermal;
- Icelandic herbs;
- salts from geothermal sources.
It is hardly worth mentioning specific brands, types of cosmetics, because this question is somewhat delicate - everyone needs his own, whether it's anti-wrinkle creams, skin tightening, etc.
Discs with music
They say that every sixth person in Iceland is a writer. Apparently, the unique northern nature promotes the discovery of the creative abilities of local residents. Because if you walk through the music shops, you get the impression, whether there are at least twice as many musicians here.
And although the Icelandic bands for us are practically unknown, if we do not mention the incomparable Bjork, the discs with their records can be an excellent gift for music lovers! Therefore, if you, your friends love unusual, but high-quality music, be sure to bring a few discs!
"Pieces" for the Vikings
Do you remember that Iceland is a country of Vikings? And they say that they were the first to sail to the American continent! Here you can buy many souvenirs, one way or another related to the subject of the Vikings:
- models of ships;
- helmets with horns;
- ashtrays in the form of a Viking ship;
- clothes and much more.
Other trivia
And you can not fail to note a lot of other small things that will later become an ornament of your house or a pleasant souvenir for relatives, close people:
- for example, small stones of lava - it is necessary to glue a flat magnet to them, as it turns out a unique northern souvenir that will "live" for a long time on your refrigerator;
- pieces of volcanic glass;
- Icelandic coins, which depict fish, crabs, etc .;
- black sand, which will be an excellent decoration of your home aquarium, if it, of course, is yours;
- and much more.
Summarizing
As you can see, Iceland can bring not only original, but also very useful souvenirs. The main thing is to approach their selection not only responsibly, but also with imagination, taking into account the preferences of the person to whom you want to present souvenirs.
Now that you know what to bring from Iceland, you only need to buy a plane ticket and go to Reykjavik . Direct flights from Moscow are not present - it is necessary to make one or two transplants. The travel time, depending on the chosen route, will be from six and a half to 20 hours.