Icelanders

Skerries

do they still come over here to shop?
That used to be the story years ago that they would fly over here to do their xmas shopping because it was cheaper than at home.
Also I'm surprised there aren't more of them over here

Morph the Cat

Flights are expensive. Looked into going there before - hassle.

I think you're thinking of country folk.

They used to go to Dublin on 8th December, now they have their own shops.

lertsnim

Surely they'd be better off going to New York? The difference in distance can't be that much

A_Sober_Paddy

Flights between Ireland and Iceland are very infrequent from my memory...like 5 times a year or something

Banjo String

Harrison fjord was here not so long ago.

Frosty McSnowballs

"Icelanders"?!

Dude, they prefer the term "Bjorkatarians"!

Benny_Cake

They did for a while in the 90s/early 2000s. I can remember some of the larger shops in Dublin putting signs in Icelandic up. They'd fly in on charter flights in the morning and fly home the same evening.

Given the economic problems in Iceland since 2008 and the exchange rate, it's hard to see how it would make sense now.

Ghost Buster

I have a notion its Scotland they fly to. Saw it in an Icelandic movie once dontcha know.

DEFTLEFTHAND

The pint of a price in Iceland was nearly 10 euro at one point in Krona. Don't join EU big fishing and restrictive Whaling makes money in a population so small.

They got a nil all draw last night against Croatia in the football WC Qualifiers, I'd love for them to go through, it would give me a team to get behind next summer.

kneemos

Maybe we should be encouraging them to visit.
Extremely wealthy by all accounts.

Skerries

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The pint of a price in Iceland was nearly 10 euro at one point in Krona. Don't join EU big fishing and restrictive Whaling makes money in a population so small.

They got a nil all draw last night against Croatia in the football WC Qualifiers, I'd love for them to go through, it would give me a team to get behind next summer.

are you supporting them on here?

MonstaMash

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The pint of a price in Iceland was nearly 10 euro at one point in Krona.

True that, expensive place for a pint...on the other hand, a large proportion of the ladies are blonde-haired, blue-eyed Amazonians

mosstin

kneemos wrote: »

Maybe we should be encouraging them to visit.
Extremely wealthy by all accounts.

Their economy imploded in 2008. I'm not quite sure what account that was. Perhaps one drawn up by our very own Central Bank.

Teyla Emmagan

I remember a lot of it when I was in college. Big 'welcome to Dublin please give us your money' signs up in Icelandic in St Stephen's Green shopping centre and stuff. Seems mad now really.

kneemos

mosstin wrote: »

Their economy imploded in 2008. I'm not quite sure what account that was. Perhaps one drawn up by our very own Central Bank.

Doesn't mean they're not individually wealthy.

mosstin

kneemos wrote: »

Doesn't mean they're not individually wealthy.

There's just over 300,000 of them. Their economy imploded. It would be impossible for a large majority of them not to be affected.

Grandeeod

Skerries wrote: »

do they still come over here to shop?
That used to be the story years ago that they would fly over here to do their xmas shopping because it was cheaper than at home.
Also I'm surprised there aren't more of them over here

Its still going strong.

http://irishaviationresearchinstitute.blogspot.com.es/2013/10/icelandair-commences-dublin-christmas.html

Annasopra

Skerries wrote: »

do they still come over here to shop?
That used to be the story years ago that they would fly over here to do their xmas shopping because it was cheaper than at home.
Also I'm surprised there aren't more of them over here

From the Ilac centre?

Seaneh

Skerries wrote: »

do they still come over here to shop?
That used to be the story years ago that they would fly over here to do their xmas shopping because it was cheaper than at home.
Also I'm surprised there aren't more of them over here

Seeing as their currency is worth about 1/3rd what it was 10 years ago, I doubt it.

Grandeeod

Seaneh wrote: »

Seeing as their currency is worth about 1/3rd what it was 10 years ago, I doubt it.

Incorrect.

moxin

Would love to go to Iceland carrying an Iceland supermarket shopping bag someday, just to see how actually icy it is there

Seaneh

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Flights between Ireland and Iceland are very infrequent from my memory...like 5 times a year or something

There are no regular direct flights from Dublin to Reykjavik at the minute but you can get a direct flight from Manchester to Keflavik for about €100 - €140 return fairly regularly.

If you're lucky/smart with booking you can get Dublin - Manchester - Keflavik for about €130 return if you fly to Manchester with Ryanair.


Yes, I have been thinking about going to Iceland in the near future.

Seaneh

Grandeeod wrote: »

Incorrect.

It used to be worth a lot more than €0.0061, that's for sure.

I remember getting a lot less than 163 Korna for a euro when I was looking into it several years ago.

Grandeeod

Seaneh wrote: »

It used to be worth a lot more than €0.0061, that's for sure.

Ah your probably right about the money. I was talking about them still coming to Dublin for christmas shopping. See my link above. They still do.

Seaneh

Grandeeod wrote: »

Ah your probably right about the money. I was talking about them still coming to Dublin for christmas shopping. See my link above. They still do.

Ah, gotchya.

mosstin

Seaneh wrote: »

There are no regular direct flights from Dublin to Reykjavik at the minute but you can get a direct flight from Manchester to Keflavik for about €100 - €140 return fairly regularly.

If you're lucky/smart with booking you can get Dublin - Manchester - Keflavik for about €130 return if you fly to Manchester with Ryanair.


Yes, I have been thinking about going to Iceland in the near future.

Go. Stunning country and wonderful people.

timthumbni

Iceland... The banking giants. I remember about 6 years ago their banks (think if was icesave and kaupthing edge) were major players in the uk banking sector.

Then it was discovered that the whole thing was being run by a few cod fishermen and someone who owned a shopping centre in Reykjavik.

Major bank collapse followed. Gordon brown used anti terrorist laws I think to freeze the Icelanders British cash.

Those were the days. They offered great savings rates though. I raked in a fair bit from them before they imploded. Think they were paying 7.5% at one stage. Lol.

Boom__Boom

Seaneh wrote: »

It used to be worth a lot more than €0.0061, that's for sure.

I remember getting a lot less than 163 Korna for a euro when I was looking into it several years ago.

Had a look at the rate over the last 10 years.

Back in 2004 it was just under the 90 ISK to 1 EUR. It stayed at around the 90 mark until the start of 2008 when is started declining in value. The night of the 8th October 2008 was when the Central Bank of Iceland abandoned its attempt to peg the Icelandic krona at 131 kronur to the euro. By 9 October, the Icelandic krona was trading at 340 to the euro when trading in the currency collapsed. :eek: The rate is currently around the 165 to 1 EUR

rockbeast

Ha, remember those days.

The annoying b'stards would make you fill out a form every time that you sold them something:pac:

karlth

rockbeast wrote: »

Ha, remember those days.

The annoying b'stards would make you fill out a form every time that you sold them something:pac:

Ah! That's why don't come to Dublin anymore!

Most of the Christmas shopping traffic goes to Glasgow and the USA now. I know that those who flew to Ireland enjoyed their trips there. I'm guessing that the strong Euro and not as frequent flights are the main reason we don't shop in Ireland as much as we used to.