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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,881 --> 00:00:10,552 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:10,593 --> 00:00:12,679 - Let's do this! 3 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:14,472 - Yeah. 4 00:00:14,514 --> 00:00:17,851 I'll see you back at the cars. 5 00:00:17,892 --> 00:00:19,644 Okay, here we go. 6 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,564 [overlapping chatter] 7 00:00:22,605 --> 00:00:26,026 - There's no tension. We're okay. 8 00:00:26,067 --> 00:00:28,695 You can feel the breeze, but it's cozy. 9 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:31,156 - It's cozy... - And a little cool. 10 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:32,532 - Okay. - Yes. 11 00:00:32,574 --> 00:00:35,410 - It's a nice warm breeze from the Arctic Circle. 12 00:00:36,661 --> 00:00:39,205 This is a show about happiness. 13 00:00:39,247 --> 00:00:41,166 - Breathe in through the nose... 14 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:44,461 on three and out on six. 15 00:00:44,502 --> 00:00:46,546 - As you can see... 16 00:00:46,588 --> 00:00:49,799 I'm not exactly all smiles right now. 17 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:51,926 So how did I get here? 18 00:00:51,968 --> 00:00:55,096 [high-pitched rewind whine] 19 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:01,811 [projector humming] 20 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:04,522 I grew up as a big-headed baby in Seattle, 21 00:01:04,564 --> 00:01:06,775 moved to Nicaragua when I was three, 22 00:01:06,816 --> 00:01:09,736 made friends with parrots and sloths. 23 00:01:09,778 --> 00:01:11,905 Moved back to Washington State when I was five, 24 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:13,365 learned to play the bassoon. 25 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:15,825 Moved to Illinois and joined the drama club, 26 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:18,661 and eventually, I landed in Los Angeles 27 00:01:18,703 --> 00:01:21,915 as Dunder Mifflin's Assistant to the Regional Manager. 28 00:01:21,956 --> 00:01:24,084 - Please welcome Rainn Wilson. 29 00:01:24,125 --> 00:01:26,586 - Rainn Wilson. 30 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:28,755 - Yet for all my success, 31 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:30,757 my wife and son, whom I love, 32 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:34,886 a nice house, people tattooing my face on their feet... 33 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:39,599 [beeping, whirring] 34 00:01:39,641 --> 00:01:41,351 [sighs] 35 00:01:41,393 --> 00:01:43,937 You'd think I'd be happier. 36 00:01:43,978 --> 00:01:47,190 [upbeat music] 37 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:49,776 * * 38 00:01:49,818 --> 00:01:52,821 But like so many others, I struggle... 39 00:01:52,862 --> 00:01:53,780 to find fulfillment. 40 00:01:53,822 --> 00:01:55,448 Amy. 41 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:58,368 To find true joy. 42 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:00,453 I need to be honest with you all. 43 00:02:00,495 --> 00:02:01,955 It's just I've been going through 44 00:02:01,996 --> 00:02:03,248 a really hard time recently 45 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:04,749 on a number of different levels, 46 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,793 and I've been feeling a little bit low, 47 00:02:06,835 --> 00:02:08,670 a little bit less than, a little depressed 48 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:11,089 and humbled and lost these days. 49 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:15,135 * * 50 00:02:15,176 --> 00:02:17,012 And so I've churned through countless therapists 51 00:02:17,053 --> 00:02:19,222 and self-help books. 52 00:02:19,264 --> 00:02:21,474 I've tried journaling and meditating. 53 00:02:21,516 --> 00:02:24,728 And I tried this, whatever-- 54 00:02:24,769 --> 00:02:26,312 I don't even know what that is. 55 00:02:26,354 --> 00:02:27,772 - Are you happy? 56 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,107 - I am happy. 57 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,608 I'm happier than I used to be. 58 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:33,028 - I even founded SoulPancake, 59 00:02:33,069 --> 00:02:36,781 a media company focused on life's big questions. 60 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:40,368 [staticky channel changes] 61 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:42,871 And yet, life continued on autopilot. 62 00:02:42,912 --> 00:02:44,330 Ecchh. 63 00:02:44,372 --> 00:02:47,083 [staticky channel changes] 64 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:48,668 Happiness is out there, 65 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:52,630 hiding in some of the places you'd least expect. 66 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:55,467 What I want to know is, which places? 67 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:57,010 [Nicky Blitz' "Blast Off"] 68 00:02:57,052 --> 00:02:59,346 - * Getting too close, better pull on back * 69 00:02:59,387 --> 00:03:00,930 - What if I travel the world, 70 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:03,516 exploring what makes some places happier than others? 71 00:03:03,558 --> 00:03:05,727 - * Need a one-two... * 72 00:03:05,769 --> 00:03:07,687 - I'm looking at the ways that where we are... 73 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:09,356 - * Yeah, I'm a-comin', I'm a-comin' * 74 00:03:09,397 --> 00:03:10,690 - Affect who we are. 75 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:11,816 - * Whoo, I'm a-comin' * 76 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,943 * I'm a-comin', yeah... * 77 00:03:14,652 --> 00:03:16,696 - It's been said that the search for happiness 78 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:19,532 is the chief source of unhappiness. 79 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:21,451 - * I'm a-comin', I'm a-comin'... * 80 00:03:21,493 --> 00:03:23,244 - Well, that's okay. 81 00:03:23,286 --> 00:03:27,332 I'm already unhappy, so I've got nothing to lose. 82 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:29,084 - * Let's go * 83 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:31,336 * Let's all blast off * 84 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:38,009 [birds chirping] 85 00:03:40,136 --> 00:03:43,723 [bells tolling] 86 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,272 [bouncy music] 87 00:03:51,314 --> 00:03:53,900 For my first stop of this harebrained experiment, 88 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:55,777 I'm visiting a place that does happiness 89 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:57,946 as well as anywhere on Earth. 90 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,409 For a decade now, Iceland ranks as one 91 00:04:02,450 --> 00:04:05,745 of the top five countries on the World Happiness Report. 92 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:09,624 The United States has never cracked the top ten. 93 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:13,086 A lot of people hear this and wonder, Iceland? 94 00:04:13,128 --> 00:04:14,337 As in that island country 95 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:15,630 floating in the North Atlantic, 96 00:04:15,672 --> 00:04:17,507 submerged in near-total darkness 97 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:19,342 and tongue-numbing cold? 98 00:04:19,384 --> 00:04:22,345 [wind howling] 99 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:24,889 Yes, that Iceland. 100 00:04:27,809 --> 00:04:29,978 But how the hell do you measure happiness? 101 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:32,063 It's complicated, but each year, 102 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:34,274 hundreds of thousands of people around the world 103 00:04:34,315 --> 00:04:35,817 rate the quality of their lives 104 00:04:35,859 --> 00:04:38,445 on a scale from one to ten. 105 00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:41,823 Okay, so it's not really that complicated. 106 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:44,659 Is there any truth 107 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:46,619 to this so-called science of happiness? 108 00:04:46,661 --> 00:04:49,789 Well, I intend to find out. 109 00:04:49,831 --> 00:04:52,208 I'm here in Iceland's capital of Reykjavík 110 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,794 during the still pretty much freezing springtime, 111 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:57,130 wondering what alternative reality 112 00:04:57,172 --> 00:04:58,882 I've stumbled into where-- 113 00:04:58,923 --> 00:05:02,761 [baby cooing] 114 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:04,929 It's a baby. 115 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:12,354 Where people leave babies unattended 116 00:05:12,395 --> 00:05:14,856 and find joy in endless winter. 117 00:05:17,025 --> 00:05:20,987 How do you find happiness against all odds? 118 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:23,031 Hi, Icelandic dog. 119 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:29,120 There are no strangers on this island of 370,000, 120 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,122 roughly the population of Cleveland. 121 00:05:31,164 --> 00:05:33,124 So when you hit up your Icelandic actor friend 122 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,959 for a favor, he happily stands 123 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:37,087 in front of a tourist information booth 124 00:05:37,128 --> 00:05:39,881 and pretends he just happened to run into you. 125 00:05:39,923 --> 00:05:42,467 [horn honking] 126 00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:45,178 - What? - Rainn? 127 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:48,598 - Icelandic cultural icon, actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson 128 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,226 - Say what? - Hey, how's it going? 129 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:54,020 Oh, good to see you, man. 130 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:55,772 - So you could not find a smaller car? 131 00:05:55,814 --> 00:05:57,357 - This is the smallest they got. 132 00:05:57,399 --> 00:05:58,400 - Okay. - Yeah. 133 00:05:58,441 --> 00:06:00,026 Here we go. 134 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:01,444 Raaah! 135 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:03,988 - Boom. - Hey. 136 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,740 - Sing. - No, no, thank you. 137 00:06:05,782 --> 00:06:07,534 I'm not--I'm all right. 138 00:06:07,575 --> 00:06:11,371 - Ólafur Darri Ólafsson is an iconic Icelandic actor, 139 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:12,747 and one of the most 140 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,582 joyful people I know. 141 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:17,711 He's like a 6'5" Viking teddy bear. 142 00:06:17,752 --> 00:06:19,295 Don't you guys ever watch "Shark Week?" 143 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:21,756 I met him while filming "The Meg" a few years back, 144 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:24,217 and spoiler alert--= we both get devoured 145 00:06:24,259 --> 00:06:26,511 by a massive mackerel shark from the Pliocene epic, 146 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:30,181 and we won't be reprising our roles in "The Meg 2." 147 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:32,809 - Do you-- because I almost always 148 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:34,352 get killed in everything I do. 149 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,563 - We're planning on killing you on this show, too. 150 00:06:36,604 --> 00:06:38,231 I hope that's okay. - Absolutely. 151 00:06:38,273 --> 00:06:39,649 I would expect nothing less. 152 00:06:39,691 --> 00:06:41,484 [laughter] 153 00:06:42,819 --> 00:06:45,071 So whenever you come to Iceland, 154 00:06:45,113 --> 00:06:47,490 there's one thing all of us have in common. 155 00:06:47,532 --> 00:06:49,617 - Okay. - We go to a hot springs. 156 00:06:49,659 --> 00:06:51,828 - A hot springs. 157 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,247 Icelanders love their nature. 158 00:06:54,289 --> 00:06:56,875 Around here, winter means being locked inside 159 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:58,835 for months on end, so they learned 160 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:01,713 not to take their surroundings for granted. 161 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,673 Look how beautiful this is. 162 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:05,842 - I wanna say you get used to it, but you don't. 163 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:11,639 [upbeat jazzy music] 164 00:07:11,681 --> 00:07:13,933 This fjord, we're in a pretty massive fjord. 165 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:16,936 It's called Hvalfjordur, or whale fjord. 166 00:07:16,978 --> 00:07:18,772 - You steer for a second. - Right. 167 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:22,525 So this is where we're going, huh? 168 00:07:22,567 --> 00:07:23,610 - Yes. 169 00:07:23,651 --> 00:07:25,487 - Mountains up ahead. 170 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:27,614 This is with Darri driving. 171 00:07:27,655 --> 00:07:29,366 There's his hand. - Ha. 172 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:31,409 - There's his meaty little hand. 173 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:32,994 - Rainn, are you coming back? 174 00:07:33,036 --> 00:07:35,663 You gonna take the wheel at some point? 175 00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:37,749 - Um...at some point. 176 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:40,752 - This is fun. It's fun, though. 177 00:07:40,794 --> 00:07:43,880 [sea birds calling] 178 00:07:45,674 --> 00:07:47,425 You know, Rainn, if we wanna do this 179 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,887 the real old-school Icelandic way, 180 00:07:50,929 --> 00:07:53,765 we really should drop our trunks. 181 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:57,352 - Just two... enormous, naked men. 182 00:07:57,394 --> 00:07:59,813 - Yeah. Go au naturel. 183 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:02,524 - In a fjord? - Yes. 184 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:04,859 - All right. Let's do it. - Let's do it. 185 00:08:09,364 --> 00:08:10,907 - Okay. 186 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:12,867 - Whoo! - Here we go. 187 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:16,538 [splash] - Oh, wow. 188 00:08:17,539 --> 00:08:18,873 Ooh, it's a little stinky, right? 189 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:20,417 - It's a little stinky. 190 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:22,836 - Ahh... - That's the sulfur. 191 00:08:22,877 --> 00:08:26,464 - Wow. We're in a bubbly, sulfuric, 192 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:29,467 Viking armpit. 193 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:32,721 I look around, I'm like, well, 194 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:34,764 I could be happy here. - Yeah. 195 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:37,308 - Anyone could be happy here. I mean, this is-- 196 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,060 there's so much beauty. 197 00:08:39,102 --> 00:08:41,021 - It's not something you get used to. 198 00:08:41,062 --> 00:08:43,690 It knocks you on your feet almost every time, 199 00:08:43,732 --> 00:08:45,442 any time you go into nature. 200 00:08:45,483 --> 00:08:48,737 'Cause, you know, our capital city is the biggest city. 201 00:08:48,778 --> 00:08:50,947 It has about half the population. 202 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:53,241 But you can be in the middle of nowhere in, like, 20 minutes. 203 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:54,451 - Yeah. 204 00:08:54,492 --> 00:08:55,869 Are those birds gonna attack us? 205 00:08:55,910 --> 00:08:57,620 - I think they like-- they don't like us being here. 206 00:08:57,662 --> 00:08:59,873 - Intruders! Intruders! 207 00:08:59,914 --> 00:09:02,250 - Turning into a Hitchcock movie fast. 208 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:06,046 This closeness to nature... 209 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:08,506 when I talk about nature, I mean the whole thing. 210 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:12,802 Like, the closest to the weather. 211 00:09:12,844 --> 00:09:15,305 The weather will go from sunny to snowing 212 00:09:15,347 --> 00:09:18,183 to sunny again to raining in one hour. 213 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,185 You know, you never know what's going to happen. 214 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,187 [thunder rumbles] 215 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:25,440 This is a very, very alive, as a country. 216 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:27,192 - Well, I love you saying, like, the land is alive, 217 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:28,818 'cause it really does feel that way. 218 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:31,654 There are hot springs. There are geysers. 219 00:09:31,696 --> 00:09:34,074 There are waterfalls everywhere. 220 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:35,325 There's glaciers. 221 00:09:35,367 --> 00:09:37,452 It's chockablock with glaciers. - Yeah. 222 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:39,079 - And active volcanoes. 223 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,625 Like, this is not a kind of a mellow landscape. 224 00:09:43,667 --> 00:09:46,336 It's changing, evolving, moving. 225 00:09:46,378 --> 00:09:47,587 - And I kind of like that. 226 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:49,339 It's a place you have to respect. 227 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:53,343 But if you treat it with respect, it is so rewarding. 228 00:09:57,305 --> 00:09:59,224 - There's a concept in positive psychology, 229 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,517 the study of human happiness, 230 00:10:00,558 --> 00:10:03,687 that explains the joy Icelanders derive 231 00:10:03,728 --> 00:10:05,271 from the nature around them. 232 00:10:07,148 --> 00:10:10,902 It's known as the biophilia hypothesis. 233 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,612 It says that on a genetic level, 234 00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:15,740 human beings are happiest when we feel most connected 235 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:18,118 to other living things. 236 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:21,454 It's why we feel that sense of calm watching a sunset. 237 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:23,998 Or in my case... 238 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,292 scratching the bellies of Amy and Snorty, 239 00:10:26,334 --> 00:10:28,461 my pot-bellied pigs. 240 00:10:28,503 --> 00:10:30,380 It's a pig life. 241 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:35,885 Icelanders understand this, and the respect for nature, 242 00:10:35,927 --> 00:10:38,138 its beauty, its volatility, 243 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:40,140 it forms the very foundation 244 00:10:40,181 --> 00:10:43,226 of how they view the world around them. 245 00:10:43,268 --> 00:10:45,979 - So we have a saying every Icelander knows, 246 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:47,856 which is [speaking Icelandic], 247 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:49,983 which is basically, ah, it'll work out. 248 00:10:50,025 --> 00:10:52,610 And that comes with, I think, 249 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:56,656 having an environment that is constantly changing. 250 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:59,701 And I think that doesn't only come with 251 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:01,202 how you deal with nature, 252 00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:03,913 but it becomes a part of your entire life. 253 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:06,499 If you decided that, you know, we're going to-- 254 00:11:06,541 --> 00:11:08,752 tomorrow we're gonna...get hay. 255 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:12,881 You know, we're gonna go and take hay and put in the barn. 256 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:15,008 But tomorrow, it's gonna be raining. 257 00:11:15,050 --> 00:11:16,926 You just have to go and do something else. 258 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:18,428 - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - And I think in Iceland, 259 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:21,306 that's what we do very often. - Mm-hmm. 260 00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:25,518 - And I kind of love that adaptability. 261 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,228 - You talked about the changeability of the weather. 262 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,064 Since we started our conversation, 263 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:32,901 there is an icy, icy wind 264 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:35,111 coming from the north. 265 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:38,698 * [whistling] * 266 00:11:38,740 --> 00:11:40,408 Adaptability. 267 00:11:40,450 --> 00:11:43,828 It's an important first lesson as I begin my journey. 268 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,205 To understand happiness, 269 00:11:45,246 --> 00:11:48,541 I'll need to embrace what comes my way. 270 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:49,918 - Hey! 271 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:57,425 - Aah! 272 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,723 [mellow music] 273 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:05,600 - Antifragile. 274 00:12:06,476 --> 00:12:09,229 It's a term in mathematics used to describe systems 275 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:10,689 that actually thrive 276 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:13,274 when exposed to volatility and disorder. 277 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:20,573 Icelanders are the epitome of antifragile. 278 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:24,911 - My favorite Icelandic expression 279 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:26,162 is probably [speaking Icelandic]. 280 00:12:26,204 --> 00:12:27,372 - [repeating same expression] 281 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:28,998 - [repeating same expression] 282 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,209 It means, like, it will work itself out. 283 00:12:38,717 --> 00:12:40,552 - [Icelandic expression] 284 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,387 Even on the verge of becoming roadkill, 285 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:45,598 Icelanders insist upon their unofficial national motto 286 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,226 that everything will work itself out. 287 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,478 - In the last month, didn't have a job, 288 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,397 but I knew it would just work out. 289 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:55,692 And now I have a job. So...it just works out. 290 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,738 - I'm struggling to buy into all of this 291 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,239 because I am wired to believe 292 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:04,242 that the worst is always lurking around the corner. 293 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,245 - Why do I think the world thinks 294 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:08,830 Iceland is one of the happiest-- 295 00:13:08,872 --> 00:13:10,790 - Oh, God. [laughs] 296 00:13:10,832 --> 00:13:13,168 That's a heavy question. 297 00:13:14,085 --> 00:13:16,796 I can imagine that people think that we are very happy here, 298 00:13:16,838 --> 00:13:19,049 which we are, I assume. 299 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:20,884 - It's all about good marketing, I think. 300 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:23,595 - We just make our own happiness. 301 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:26,139 - Magic mushrooms... [chuckling] 302 00:13:26,181 --> 00:13:29,017 definitely do their part. 303 00:13:29,893 --> 00:13:33,313 - But Icelanders have no hallucinations of grandeur. 304 00:13:33,355 --> 00:13:35,231 In a country where chaos 305 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:37,067 is always one volcanic eruption away, 306 00:13:37,108 --> 00:13:39,778 plotting and planning to control anything in life 307 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,946 is so obviously a joke. 308 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:43,531 - This is a Roman helmet, right? 309 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:44,991 - Even the politicians are in on it. 310 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:46,284 - Isn't it? - Yeah. 311 00:13:46,326 --> 00:13:48,286 I don't know if we're gonna be able 312 00:13:48,328 --> 00:13:50,038 to take you very seriously in this interview... 313 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,582 - No? - While wearing that. 314 00:13:52,624 --> 00:13:54,042 That's so ridiculous. 315 00:13:54,084 --> 00:13:55,794 - You don't think I should be wearing it? 316 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:56,878 - Jón Gnarr. 317 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:57,879 - Jón Gnarr. 318 00:13:57,921 --> 00:13:59,089 - Jón Gnarr. 319 00:13:59,130 --> 00:14:00,423 - The world's coolest mayor. 320 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:02,133 His campaign began as a joke. 321 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:04,386 - Some thought it was a joke, 322 00:14:04,427 --> 00:14:07,263 but at least one-third of the Reykjavík voters 323 00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:08,431 thought differently. 324 00:14:08,473 --> 00:14:09,974 [triumphant chords] 325 00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:13,311 - Jón Gnarr is a cab driver turned playwright 326 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,772 turned comedian, who, in 2009, 327 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:18,692 successfully ran for mayor of Reykjavík. 328 00:14:18,733 --> 00:14:20,026 Among his platforms 329 00:14:20,068 --> 00:14:22,028 was his refusal to form a coalition government 330 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:24,864 with anyone who hadn't seen HBO's "The Wire." 331 00:14:24,906 --> 00:14:27,158 - Inspired by a philosophy of nonsense, 332 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,537 Gnarr promised to get them a polar bear for the city's zoo. 333 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:35,709 - I actually think we need more humor in all aspects of life. 334 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:38,503 [triumphant music] 335 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,755 [laughing] 336 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:43,341 - Here we go. Allow me. 337 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,469 So, who better to don my Viking regalia alongside... 338 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:49,139 - You prefer a shorter axe? 339 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:51,182 - Oh, an axe, please. - Oh, yep. 340 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,934 - While exploring 1,100 years 341 00:14:52,976 --> 00:14:56,604 of ridiculously graphic Icelandic bloodshed? 342 00:14:56,646 --> 00:14:59,858 [dramatic music] 343 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:03,945 * * 344 00:15:03,987 --> 00:15:05,363 - Wow. 345 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:08,533 - Yeah, so this is all pretty amazing. 346 00:15:09,492 --> 00:15:12,954 - The Saga Museum is a lot like It's a Small World. 347 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:16,207 But instead of animatronic children singing in harmony... 348 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,251 [quirky music] 349 00:15:18,293 --> 00:15:19,836 It's a bunch of murderous Vikings 350 00:15:19,878 --> 00:15:22,255 hacking off each other's limbs. 351 00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:24,507 Oh, here's another guy chopping another guy. 352 00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:26,426 I'm going to just stay here. 353 00:15:26,468 --> 00:15:28,595 - Oh, that's beautiful. - When some tourists come by, 354 00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:31,139 I'm gonna scare the shit out of them. 355 00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:38,229 Did the early settlers who came from Norway, I assume-- 356 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,398 - And British Isles. Why did they come here? 357 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,984 - Yeah. Why? - Nobody knows. 358 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:46,446 - There is no word for "history" in Icelandic. 359 00:15:46,488 --> 00:15:50,408 Instead, they have sagas, which just means stories. 360 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,993 So the history of Iceland 361 00:15:52,035 --> 00:15:55,705 is just a hodgepodge of mythologies, tall tales, 362 00:15:55,747 --> 00:15:58,166 and some actual history thrown in. 363 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,710 Aaaah! 364 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,214 - What is she doing with her boob? 365 00:16:04,255 --> 00:16:06,466 - I'm not sure. - "Finding herself cornered, 366 00:16:06,508 --> 00:16:08,510 "she took up his sword, opened her tunic, 367 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:10,512 and placed the blade against her naked breasts." 368 00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:11,638 - Yes. 369 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,431 - "The strange but bold gesture"-- 370 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,975 it is strange and bold. - Strange, but bold. 371 00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:17,602 - "Put the natives to flight." 372 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:19,270 They were like, "No, don't cut off your boob! 373 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:20,271 Aah!" - Don't-don't do it! 374 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:21,648 Don't do it. - Wow. 375 00:16:23,358 --> 00:16:25,652 What does this saga-ness reveal 376 00:16:25,694 --> 00:16:29,155 about the modern Icelandic character? 377 00:16:29,197 --> 00:16:32,450 - It's everything that is Icelandic. 378 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,120 To be able to survive here and live here 379 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:37,455 and find happiness here, 380 00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:40,792 you have to be quite creative and inventive. 381 00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:42,127 - Hmm. - Yeah. 382 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:43,586 Come up with stories, 383 00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:46,339 something to entertain yourself and others. 384 00:16:47,590 --> 00:16:50,051 One thing you have to realize about Iceland-- 385 00:16:50,093 --> 00:16:52,804 it is kind of like a cult. 386 00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:57,642 Facts have never been that popular here, but fiction... 387 00:16:57,684 --> 00:17:02,313 So we come up with alternative realities. 388 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,399 Otherwise, you lose your mind. 389 00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:07,485 - I don't know if I've mentioned this, 390 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:10,238 but it's really hard to live here. 391 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,867 In the 1400s, Iceland was twice hit by the plague, 392 00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:17,954 each time killing half of the country's entire population. 393 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:19,914 In 1783, the volcano Laki 394 00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:21,833 erupted for eight straight months, 395 00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:24,210 destroying most of the country's crops 396 00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:27,380 and killing nearly a quarter of the people here. 397 00:17:27,422 --> 00:17:29,424 For centuries, this constant turmoil 398 00:17:29,466 --> 00:17:30,925 meant that reinvention 399 00:17:30,967 --> 00:17:33,511 was the only means of survival in Iceland. 400 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,221 Farmers had to learn how to fish. 401 00:17:35,263 --> 00:17:37,140 Fishermen had to learn how to farm. 402 00:17:37,182 --> 00:17:39,059 And this legacy continues today, 403 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,102 in a slightly different form. 404 00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:43,855 Well, this is fascinating, because you are kind of 405 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:45,231 the poster child for that adaptiveness. 406 00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:46,483 - Yes. 407 00:17:46,524 --> 00:17:48,485 - You started as a stand-up comic, 408 00:17:48,526 --> 00:17:50,653 and then kind of almost as a joke 409 00:17:50,695 --> 00:17:52,864 ran for mayor of Reykjavík. - Yeah. 410 00:17:52,906 --> 00:17:57,285 - And served four years as mayor of this world capital. 411 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:58,828 Now, were you playing a character 412 00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:00,121 when you were running for mayor, 413 00:18:00,163 --> 00:18:01,581 or were you really yourself? 414 00:18:01,623 --> 00:18:02,916 - In the beginning, I was playing a character. 415 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:04,417 - A fictional version of yourself. 416 00:18:04,459 --> 00:18:06,544 A saga version of yourself. - Exactly. 417 00:18:06,586 --> 00:18:09,172 - But it seems like a lot of Icelanders 418 00:18:09,214 --> 00:18:13,426 have kind of multiple reinventions of themselves 419 00:18:13,468 --> 00:18:15,595 and multiple realities. - Yeah. 420 00:18:15,637 --> 00:18:17,347 - Someone can be a stockbroker 421 00:18:17,389 --> 00:18:19,224 and also be in a heavy metal band. 422 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,726 - Yeah, and publish poetry. - Mm. 423 00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:24,187 Because in America, you're really... 424 00:18:24,229 --> 00:18:26,564 culturally, people want you to be on one track. 425 00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,233 They kinda wanna know what you are. 426 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:29,442 Oh, you're an insurance salesman. 427 00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:30,819 - Yes. Exactly. - You're a schoolteacher. 428 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,697 And people... it's pretty rare for people 429 00:18:33,738 --> 00:18:35,990 to break out of that kind of track 430 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,743 they get kind of set into. 431 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,079 - To be able to survive here... - Mm. 432 00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:43,498 - You have to be adaptive 433 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:46,793 because the country is quite unforgiving. 434 00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:49,587 I have sometimes compared to being raised 435 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:52,340 by an alcoholic mother. 436 00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:54,926 It's like, she's beautiful, you know? 437 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:58,263 But you never know... [laughter] 438 00:18:58,304 --> 00:18:59,889 what's gonna happen. - Yeah. 439 00:18:59,931 --> 00:19:01,516 * * 440 00:19:01,558 --> 00:19:05,812 - Once upon a time in Iceland, reinvention was a necessity. 441 00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:08,481 Today, though, it's evolved into trying your hand 442 00:19:08,523 --> 00:19:10,066 at whatever the hell you feel like 443 00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:12,652 because no one is judging you for it. 444 00:19:12,694 --> 00:19:14,863 Failure doesn't carry a stigma in Iceland 445 00:19:14,904 --> 00:19:17,949 because failure has always been a fact of life here. 446 00:19:17,991 --> 00:19:20,452 - This guy was a Catholic. - Oh. 447 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:24,122 It makes me realize I'd be nowhere 448 00:19:24,164 --> 00:19:25,915 if not for my own failures. 449 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:28,877 Crap plays an important role in my line of work. 450 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:30,462 It's fertilizer. 451 00:19:30,503 --> 00:19:32,088 It allows the good stuff to grow. 452 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:34,341 And failing is the only way to know for sure 453 00:19:34,382 --> 00:19:37,969 if you'd be happiest as an actor, as a cab driver... 454 00:19:38,011 --> 00:19:40,096 I think it's time for your beheading. 455 00:19:40,138 --> 00:19:41,514 Please. 456 00:19:41,556 --> 00:19:43,725 Or as the mayor of a European capital. 457 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:46,603 I'm gonna cut off my breast! 458 00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:49,147 - Oh, no! Don't do that. - Aha! 459 00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:51,358 Run away! [laughing] 460 00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:03,578 [birds twittering] 461 00:20:03,620 --> 00:20:07,707 [engine humming] 462 00:20:07,749 --> 00:20:12,253 [upbeat music] 463 00:20:12,295 --> 00:20:14,089 * * 464 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:17,717 - This is Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarovík. 465 00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:19,803 She lives and works in Reykjavík, 466 00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:21,513 but for several months each year, 467 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,140 she heads a couple of hours east to Eystra-Geldingarholt, 468 00:20:24,182 --> 00:20:26,476 where she and the rest of her family run a farm. 469 00:20:28,186 --> 00:20:30,438 At this point, I've heard a lot about the resilience 470 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,940 of the Icelandic people. 471 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:33,900 But today, I'm going to witness firsthand 472 00:20:33,942 --> 00:20:37,028 just what it takes to survive here, 473 00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:40,532 and it's going to be... adorable. 474 00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:43,034 [sheep bleating] 475 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,370 Hello. 476 00:20:45,412 --> 00:20:46,955 - Hi, hi. - Am I in the right place? 477 00:20:46,996 --> 00:20:49,290 - Yes. - Oh, this is amazing. 478 00:20:49,332 --> 00:20:50,625 - Welcome. 479 00:20:50,667 --> 00:20:51,960 This is Maria, my partner. 480 00:20:52,002 --> 00:20:53,420 - Hi. "Mari-ah." 481 00:20:53,461 --> 00:20:54,421 - Maria, yeah. 482 00:20:54,462 --> 00:20:55,630 - Okay, wonderful. 483 00:20:55,672 --> 00:20:58,216 I understand that there are lambs. 484 00:20:58,258 --> 00:21:00,510 - There are lambs. - Many, many lambs. 485 00:21:00,552 --> 00:21:03,263 - Yeah. - [giggling] 486 00:21:04,556 --> 00:21:06,307 - So you know, May is lambing season. 487 00:21:06,349 --> 00:21:07,809 - Okay. 488 00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:09,144 - So the past few weeks have been very busy. 489 00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:10,854 - Oh, wow. - We don't sleep much, 490 00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:13,148 and we're here all day, every day. 491 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:14,566 - Well, I'm here to help, so put me to work, 492 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:15,650 whatever you need. - I will. 493 00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:17,485 Are you ready? - I'm ready. 494 00:21:17,527 --> 00:21:20,196 Bring on the lambs. [exhales] 495 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:21,489 "Silence of the Lambs." 496 00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:23,033 Wait, that's a terrible reference. 497 00:21:23,074 --> 00:21:24,659 [laughter] [lamb bleating] 498 00:21:24,701 --> 00:21:26,202 - Oh, look at lambykins. 499 00:21:26,244 --> 00:21:29,456 Hi, sweetie. 500 00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:30,999 [bleating] 501 00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:32,208 Hi, guys. 502 00:21:32,250 --> 00:21:33,960 What's up? 503 00:21:34,711 --> 00:21:36,087 High five. 504 00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,673 High five. 505 00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:42,052 Nothing? Leave me hangin'? 506 00:21:42,093 --> 00:21:43,428 What an asshole. 507 00:21:43,470 --> 00:21:44,679 [bleating] 508 00:21:44,721 --> 00:21:46,639 - Let me show you my favorite lamb. 509 00:21:46,681 --> 00:21:47,766 She is... 510 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:49,517 - Oh, hi. - Kind of cute. 511 00:21:49,559 --> 00:21:50,685 - Oh, she's adorable. 512 00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:52,979 Hi, sweetie. Hi. 513 00:21:53,021 --> 00:21:54,481 - You can name her, if you want. 514 00:21:54,522 --> 00:21:56,483 - It's like a kitty cat. - Yeah. 515 00:21:56,524 --> 00:21:58,526 - I can name her? - Yeah. 516 00:21:58,568 --> 00:22:00,195 - I'm going to name her... 517 00:22:00,236 --> 00:22:01,321 Bjork. 518 00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:03,740 - Bjork? - Yeah. 519 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,994 I think I can just end my journey now. 520 00:22:08,036 --> 00:22:10,413 Happiness is naming 300 baby sheep 521 00:22:10,455 --> 00:22:12,415 after Icelandic pop stars. 522 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:13,708 Is he going to bite my face? 523 00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:16,753 - Let's see. - N--hey! 524 00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:18,797 But then I realized why lambing season 525 00:22:18,838 --> 00:22:21,049 is an around-the-clock, totally exhausting, 526 00:22:21,091 --> 00:22:23,468 all hands on deck family affair. 527 00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:27,514 I wish the cameras could pick up how bad this smells. 528 00:22:27,555 --> 00:22:29,307 - [laughing] - Smells like shit. 529 00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:31,810 - Does your family do all of this work? 530 00:22:31,851 --> 00:22:33,353 - My uncles run the farm. 531 00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:36,439 I always make sure that I have lambing season off 532 00:22:36,481 --> 00:22:39,109 because I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. 533 00:22:43,363 --> 00:22:45,031 - See you later, guys. 534 00:22:45,073 --> 00:22:46,825 [bleating] 535 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:52,872 So this farm, how long has it been in your family? 536 00:22:52,914 --> 00:22:55,750 - I think I'm the seventh generation. 537 00:22:55,792 --> 00:22:59,087 - And Icelanders have been raising sheep for... 538 00:22:59,129 --> 00:23:00,922 - Since we got here. - Yeah. 539 00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:02,924 - The sheep has literally kept us alive 540 00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:04,509 through the centuries. 541 00:23:04,551 --> 00:23:07,929 Through the cold winters, they provided both meat and wool. 542 00:23:07,971 --> 00:23:10,098 - That's what strikes me as an American, 543 00:23:10,140 --> 00:23:12,934 coming over here, where, yes, we have 544 00:23:12,976 --> 00:23:15,186 traditions that go back, you know, 545 00:23:15,228 --> 00:23:17,272 150 years or something like that. 546 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:22,944 But I'm not connected, either to my land or my property 547 00:23:22,986 --> 00:23:25,739 or to my traditions in the same way. 548 00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:30,785 - Well, I feel, firstly, just lucky that somehow my branch 549 00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:32,954 of the family ended up here. 550 00:23:32,996 --> 00:23:34,831 - It's amazing coming here because I just 551 00:23:34,873 --> 00:23:37,125 grew up in Reykjavík, and it's so amazing 552 00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:38,960 to get to know this life. - Right. 553 00:23:39,002 --> 00:23:42,297 - I feel it's a privilege to have grown up here. 554 00:23:42,339 --> 00:23:43,882 That's something that I would love my children 555 00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:45,842 to experience, and that is one of the reasons 556 00:23:45,884 --> 00:23:49,304 that I would never consider, you know, 557 00:23:49,346 --> 00:23:51,931 not having a life here as well. - Yeah. 558 00:23:51,973 --> 00:23:55,185 [light music] 559 00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:57,437 * * 560 00:23:57,479 --> 00:24:00,315 Theories abound as to why cold climates 561 00:24:00,357 --> 00:24:02,442 produce happier people than warm ones. 562 00:24:02,484 --> 00:24:04,569 My favorite might well be called 563 00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:07,030 the "get along or die" theory. 564 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:11,159 In warm places, it says, your next meal simply 565 00:24:11,201 --> 00:24:13,036 falls from a coconut tree. 566 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:16,164 In colder places, people must band together 567 00:24:16,206 --> 00:24:17,832 to ensure a good harvest, 568 00:24:17,874 --> 00:24:21,044 or else everyone dies... together. 569 00:24:24,214 --> 00:24:26,174 - This is a cup of tea for you. 570 00:24:26,216 --> 00:24:27,842 - Oh, thank you. 571 00:24:27,884 --> 00:24:32,305 - For Pálína, her mother Siggy and her father Axel, a pastor, 572 00:24:32,347 --> 00:24:35,475 this interdependence doesn't just explain their survival 573 00:24:35,517 --> 00:24:36,768 on this frozen tundra. 574 00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:39,020 It may also explain their happiness. 575 00:24:39,062 --> 00:24:41,523 What a beautiful Icelandic kitchen. 576 00:24:41,564 --> 00:24:44,442 I understand this farm has been in your family 577 00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:49,656 for six or seven generations, back to the mid-1800s. 578 00:24:49,698 --> 00:24:51,950 What was life like? 579 00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:55,161 - Well, I think it didn't change for centuries. 580 00:24:55,203 --> 00:24:57,956 I think the most changed were in my parents' 581 00:24:57,997 --> 00:24:59,791 and grandparents' life. 582 00:25:01,459 --> 00:25:02,752 - Mm-hmm. 583 00:25:04,045 --> 00:25:08,633 - To survive here, you had to be able to tolerate 584 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:10,343 the day-to-day life. 585 00:25:10,385 --> 00:25:13,388 - And you have to stock up with food in the autumn, 586 00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:16,057 and that food needs to last the whole winter. 587 00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:17,142 And the winter is long. 588 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:19,394 - So we still do that in a way. 589 00:25:19,436 --> 00:25:21,646 You know, for the slaughter season, we take meat home, 590 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,773 and we fill our freezers 591 00:25:23,815 --> 00:25:26,359 enough that it will last us for a year. 592 00:25:26,401 --> 00:25:28,945 - So this is all nice. 593 00:25:28,987 --> 00:25:31,448 Oh, it's so idyllic. Everyone's so happy. 594 00:25:31,489 --> 00:25:35,076 We're hard-working and we're resilient. 595 00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:38,705 Where are the struggles? Where are the difficulties? 596 00:25:38,747 --> 00:25:42,167 - I think it's very difficult to be a human being. 597 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:45,170 That's key number one. - Amen, brother. 598 00:25:45,211 --> 00:25:48,256 - It doesn't really matter where on Earth you live. 599 00:25:48,298 --> 00:25:53,762 There is no formula to be happy or successful in life. 600 00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:57,015 And if you are lucky, lucky enough 601 00:25:57,057 --> 00:26:01,019 to have people around you to help you, 602 00:26:01,061 --> 00:26:02,604 that's the key thing. 603 00:26:02,645 --> 00:26:04,814 - Yeah. 604 00:26:08,276 --> 00:26:10,779 The faces on this farm have changed through the years, 605 00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:12,864 but one constant remains-- 606 00:26:12,906 --> 00:26:15,116 family. 607 00:26:15,158 --> 00:26:18,495 So this game is called kubbar. 608 00:26:18,536 --> 00:26:24,209 We humans need one another to survive, so we cooperate. 609 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:27,003 Oh, come on. I was robbed. 610 00:26:27,045 --> 00:26:28,588 At some point, though, the needing fades, 611 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:31,466 and all that remains is cooperation. 612 00:26:31,508 --> 00:26:33,802 We help each other because we can, 613 00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:37,931 not because we're counting on some future payback. 614 00:26:37,972 --> 00:26:39,557 There's a word for this. 615 00:26:39,599 --> 00:26:40,975 - Oh! - Oh! 616 00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:43,144 Love. 617 00:26:44,187 --> 00:26:48,066 I come from a pretty unhappy family, 618 00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:52,821 and a very particular kind of unhappiness. 619 00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:57,033 And to witness the warmth and love 620 00:26:57,075 --> 00:26:59,703 of that family, the acceptance, 621 00:26:59,744 --> 00:27:01,162 it was really touching. 622 00:27:01,204 --> 00:27:03,748 It was incredibly moving to me. 623 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:06,376 Here they come! Amazing. 624 00:27:06,418 --> 00:27:07,502 Yes! 625 00:27:07,544 --> 00:27:09,337 Come on! 626 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:12,507 I'm in awe of Pálína and her family. 627 00:27:12,549 --> 00:27:14,467 I didn't grow up with any of this. 628 00:27:14,509 --> 00:27:16,761 My birth mother left when I was two. 629 00:27:16,803 --> 00:27:18,513 My dad and step-mom divorced 630 00:27:18,555 --> 00:27:20,807 the instant I went away to college. 631 00:27:20,849 --> 00:27:23,601 So when I see what Pálína and her family 632 00:27:23,643 --> 00:27:26,187 built for themselves, I'm both envious 633 00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:28,815 and so grateful for the experience. 634 00:27:28,857 --> 00:27:29,774 Who wants a-- 635 00:27:29,816 --> 00:27:30,984 [sheep bleating] 636 00:27:31,026 --> 00:27:33,028 Oh, sorry. I got milk in your eye. 637 00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:35,363 Hi. Everyone gets a milk. 638 00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:38,992 You get a milk, and you get a milk, and you get a milk. 639 00:27:39,034 --> 00:27:40,368 And you get a milk. 640 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:42,120 Why are you nursing from my elbow? 641 00:27:42,162 --> 00:27:44,414 [animals bleating] 642 00:27:54,382 --> 00:27:56,343 - I'm beginning to understand this place. 643 00:27:56,384 --> 00:27:59,637 [mellow rock music] 644 00:27:59,679 --> 00:28:01,931 Folks here support each other. 645 00:28:01,973 --> 00:28:04,893 They're unusually comfortable getting naked with friends 646 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:07,062 in a cauldron of magma. 647 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:10,315 But what would it be like if I actually lived here? 648 00:28:10,357 --> 00:28:15,653 * * 649 00:28:15,695 --> 00:28:18,907 I need the perspective of someone who, like me, 650 00:28:18,948 --> 00:28:20,450 started off as an outsider. 651 00:28:20,492 --> 00:28:23,119 - You're going to the left here. 652 00:28:23,161 --> 00:28:25,038 Yeah, it's kind of a little street 653 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,124 because we're almost there. 654 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:29,959 Into this parking lot. 655 00:28:30,001 --> 00:28:34,464 - I'm trusting the navigation skills of Jewells Chambers, 656 00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:36,633 a Brooklyn native who moved here six years ago 657 00:28:36,675 --> 00:28:39,427 after marrying an Icelandic psychologist. 658 00:28:41,513 --> 00:28:44,641 That's a big move from dating and loving 659 00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:47,602 this Icelandic therapist, and, like, I'm going to 660 00:28:47,644 --> 00:28:50,355 move to Reykjavík. - Yeah. 661 00:28:50,397 --> 00:28:51,731 I've been very fortunate, and I've loved it. 662 00:28:51,773 --> 00:28:53,400 And I've had such a great time, like, 663 00:28:53,441 --> 00:28:56,820 getting some insight about Icelandic families 664 00:28:56,861 --> 00:28:58,279 and all these things. 665 00:28:58,321 --> 00:28:59,531 - I am so thrilled to be talking to you. 666 00:28:59,572 --> 00:29:01,449 You're like the Icelandic expert. 667 00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:03,618 - I wouldn't say that, but I definitely feel like 668 00:29:03,660 --> 00:29:06,579 I have a unique perspective. 669 00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:10,333 - Jewells shares her insights on her social media channels-- 670 00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:12,002 All Things Iceland. 671 00:29:12,043 --> 00:29:14,004 - Here are five habits of Icelanders 672 00:29:14,045 --> 00:29:15,630 visitors might find strange. 673 00:29:17,132 --> 00:29:20,301 - Today we're puttering around Reykjavík on a... 674 00:29:20,343 --> 00:29:22,971 - Ísbíltúr. - Ísbíltúr. 675 00:29:23,013 --> 00:29:24,014 - Yeah. 676 00:29:24,055 --> 00:29:27,017 - Or ice cream road trip. 677 00:29:27,058 --> 00:29:29,728 The description is epic, the company is great, 678 00:29:29,769 --> 00:29:31,479 and Jewells is convincing me 679 00:29:31,521 --> 00:29:33,982 that, despite my early resistance to the idea, 680 00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:37,193 everything will work itself out. 681 00:29:37,235 --> 00:29:40,822 So you've been here almost six years. 682 00:29:40,864 --> 00:29:45,785 How do you feel that this place has affected you? 683 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:49,748 - I definitely find myself being a lot more flexible. 684 00:29:49,789 --> 00:29:53,877 So Icelanders have this saying called [Icelandic expression]. 685 00:29:53,918 --> 00:29:56,004 And when I first heard it, I was kind of annoyed. 686 00:29:56,046 --> 00:29:57,630 I'm not going to lie. 687 00:29:57,672 --> 00:29:59,382 So it basically means that everything will work out. 688 00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:02,886 And I used to think or feel that this meant 689 00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:04,971 that you didn't put in any effort. 690 00:30:05,013 --> 00:30:06,348 You're gonna turn right here. - Okay. 691 00:30:06,389 --> 00:30:09,142 - But over time, I started to understand 692 00:30:09,184 --> 00:30:11,853 that you are doing all the things that you can do, 693 00:30:11,895 --> 00:30:13,897 but you have to let go of control. 694 00:30:13,938 --> 00:30:16,066 - Right. - And it will just work out. 695 00:30:16,107 --> 00:30:17,734 It just comes into place. - It's kind of like 696 00:30:17,776 --> 00:30:20,195 the Serenity Prayer in action. - Yeah. 697 00:30:20,236 --> 00:30:22,906 - What is in your control, and what is out of your control. 698 00:30:22,947 --> 00:30:23,990 - Exactly. 699 00:30:24,032 --> 00:30:25,742 You know, I was coming from a place 700 00:30:25,784 --> 00:30:27,660 where I was just always like, we have to do this. 701 00:30:27,702 --> 00:30:30,205 It has to be like this. You know, it was so rigid. 702 00:30:30,246 --> 00:30:32,415 And I find myself having loosened up 703 00:30:32,457 --> 00:30:35,335 and being more in tune with 704 00:30:35,377 --> 00:30:37,671 it's okay if it doesn't work out 705 00:30:37,712 --> 00:30:41,508 the way that I want to, but it still worked out fine. 706 00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:43,802 And I feel like that, for me, opened up 707 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:48,056 this creativity that I was a little bit holding back on. 708 00:30:48,098 --> 00:30:50,141 And that's actually how my podcast came about. 709 00:30:50,183 --> 00:30:54,646 Hi, everyone. Welcome to All Things Iceland. 710 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:57,107 I still get to keep where I come from, 711 00:30:57,148 --> 00:30:59,067 and how it helped to shape me. - Yeah. 712 00:30:59,109 --> 00:31:01,903 - But then I also get to absorb different things. 713 00:31:01,945 --> 00:31:03,947 And you know, as I learn, I teach. 714 00:31:03,988 --> 00:31:06,741 - Where am I going here? - You're going to the right. 715 00:31:06,783 --> 00:31:08,034 - Okay. 716 00:31:10,370 --> 00:31:12,622 - All right. 717 00:31:15,166 --> 00:31:16,876 Come on, come on, come on. 718 00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:20,338 * Da da da da * 719 00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:26,011 - At last, the ice cream in the ice cream road trip. 720 00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,429 - Hello. - How are you? 721 00:31:27,470 --> 00:31:28,888 - I'm good. How are you? 722 00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:31,433 - What's the most Icelandic flavor you got? 723 00:31:31,474 --> 00:31:33,476 - It would probably be the licorice. 724 00:31:33,518 --> 00:31:35,770 - You don't have, like, raw seal meat 725 00:31:35,812 --> 00:31:38,148 or whale blubber ice cream? - [laughing] 726 00:31:38,189 --> 00:31:40,025 - I hate to be the one to break it to them, 727 00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:44,487 butísbíltúr is basically just driving to get dessert. 728 00:31:44,529 --> 00:31:47,240 Oh, my God. It's the size of a human head. 729 00:31:47,282 --> 00:31:50,452 But Icelanders take their ice cream very seriously, 730 00:31:50,493 --> 00:31:53,371 so they gave it a legendary name. 731 00:31:53,413 --> 00:31:55,874 Oh, and more sauce on top? 732 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:58,376 Cheers. 733 00:31:58,418 --> 00:31:59,627 - Skál! - Skál!? 734 00:31:59,669 --> 00:32:02,922 - Mm-hmm. - Fantastic. 735 00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:05,508 - So I'd love to hear what you think of 736 00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:07,635 your Lakkris Lakkris. - All right, here we go. 737 00:32:07,677 --> 00:32:10,013 This is licorice ice cream with licorice nibs, 738 00:32:10,055 --> 00:32:13,516 licorice powder, and licorice sauce. 739 00:32:16,728 --> 00:32:17,687 Wow. 740 00:32:19,814 --> 00:32:20,940 Wow. 741 00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:21,983 - Amazing, huh? 742 00:32:22,025 --> 00:32:23,276 - That's incredible. 743 00:32:23,318 --> 00:32:25,362 So are you a long hauler? 744 00:32:25,403 --> 00:32:27,405 You gonna stay in Iceland? 745 00:32:27,447 --> 00:32:29,324 - Yeah. I get this question often 746 00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:31,659 because people are like, why do you call yourself an expat? 747 00:32:31,701 --> 00:32:33,828 Are you staying there? And I'm like, you're right. 748 00:32:33,870 --> 00:32:35,705 I have to change from expat to immigrant 749 00:32:35,747 --> 00:32:37,707 because I do plan on staying here forever. 750 00:32:37,749 --> 00:32:39,626 I don't see a reason to ever move back. 751 00:32:39,668 --> 00:32:41,336 - You don't want to go back to the United States? 752 00:32:41,378 --> 00:32:43,046 - Not permanently. 753 00:32:43,088 --> 00:32:44,506 I love living in Iceland. 754 00:32:44,547 --> 00:32:45,965 And that freedom that I was telling you about, 755 00:32:46,007 --> 00:32:48,009 in terms of being able to express myself 756 00:32:48,051 --> 00:32:49,594 and feeling safe. 757 00:32:49,636 --> 00:32:52,889 Being a woman, I feel very safe in Iceland. 758 00:32:52,931 --> 00:32:54,808 And being a Black woman, I feel very safe. 759 00:32:54,849 --> 00:32:57,769 Now granted, I'm not saying people don't have experiences 760 00:32:57,811 --> 00:33:00,689 of being discriminated against or racism. 761 00:33:00,730 --> 00:33:02,399 I know of people, personally, 762 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,983 who people have said things to them. 763 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:06,778 But I have never heard it directly, and, you know, 764 00:33:06,820 --> 00:33:08,697 knock on wood, I hope that never happens. 765 00:33:08,738 --> 00:33:10,198 - So that must be such a relief. 766 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,325 - It is. It is. When I first got here, 767 00:33:12,367 --> 00:33:14,577 of course, I knew that I looked different than everybody, 768 00:33:14,619 --> 00:33:16,246 or the majority of people. 769 00:33:16,287 --> 00:33:18,915 And I definitely had people staring at me pretty long, 770 00:33:18,957 --> 00:33:20,792 especially in, like, the suburbs, 771 00:33:20,834 --> 00:33:23,420 where they normally don't see people who look like me. 772 00:33:23,461 --> 00:33:24,963 But I felt very welcomed. 773 00:33:25,005 --> 00:33:27,757 Like my Icelandic family, meeting my husband's family 774 00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:29,300 has been so welcoming to me. 775 00:33:29,342 --> 00:33:32,595 And I love that, and I feel like part of the family. 776 00:33:32,637 --> 00:33:34,681 I think for me, it's just been very freeing 777 00:33:34,723 --> 00:33:37,267 to not walk around feeling like I'm this Black chick. 778 00:33:37,308 --> 00:33:39,894 I'm just--I'm just Jewells from New York City, 779 00:33:39,936 --> 00:33:43,148 who gets to enjoy Iceland and talk about it. 780 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,817 - Jewell's experience is, of course, her own. 781 00:33:45,859 --> 00:33:48,278 Iceland is not without its social issues. 782 00:33:48,319 --> 00:33:50,113 But in a country so close knit 783 00:33:50,155 --> 00:33:52,657 that nearly everyone is related to one another, 784 00:33:52,699 --> 00:33:55,118 her acceptance here is inspiring. 785 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,953 You're making a mess. 786 00:33:56,995 --> 00:33:58,955 - [laughs] 787 00:33:58,997 --> 00:34:00,457 - It's tempting to pick up your life 788 00:34:00,498 --> 00:34:02,000 and move somewhere else. 789 00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:04,627 I won't be hitting the reset button anytime soon, 790 00:34:04,669 --> 00:34:06,921 but it's a nice thought. 791 00:34:06,963 --> 00:34:08,965 For Jewells, happiness in Iceland 792 00:34:09,007 --> 00:34:10,800 is as simple as finding a place 793 00:34:10,842 --> 00:34:12,385 where she can be herself. 794 00:34:12,427 --> 00:34:13,762 - Blue Lagoon. - Blue Lagoon. 795 00:34:13,803 --> 00:34:16,306 - Fun time. - Always. 796 00:34:16,348 --> 00:34:20,226 - I can't imagine anything more powerful than that. 797 00:34:28,526 --> 00:34:30,653 - I can certainly see how Jewells found 798 00:34:30,695 --> 00:34:33,365 her artistic spark in Iceland. 799 00:34:33,406 --> 00:34:36,409 This is an exceptionally creative place. 800 00:34:36,451 --> 00:34:38,286 They even hold the per capita record 801 00:34:38,328 --> 00:34:41,873 for inventing per capita statistics about themselves. 802 00:34:41,915 --> 00:34:45,919 - Iceland has the most everything per capita. 803 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:47,712 Nobel Prize winners. 804 00:34:49,422 --> 00:34:50,924 - Neither of these is true. 805 00:34:50,965 --> 00:34:52,717 - Pretty sure it's billionaires. 806 00:34:52,759 --> 00:34:54,886 - Also not true. 807 00:34:54,928 --> 00:34:57,639 - Beer drinking per capita. 808 00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:02,435 - Beer drinking per capita. 809 00:35:02,477 --> 00:35:04,312 - [laughing] 810 00:35:04,354 --> 00:35:07,982 - Not true, but also not so far off. 811 00:35:08,024 --> 00:35:10,652 - Writers. There are a lot of writers. 812 00:35:10,694 --> 00:35:12,570 - Okay, that one is true. 813 00:35:12,612 --> 00:35:15,240 There are more artists and writers per capita 814 00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:18,159 in Iceland than any other country on Earth. 815 00:35:18,201 --> 00:35:22,706 One in ten Icelanders will publish a book. 816 00:35:22,747 --> 00:35:24,833 Another fun Icelandic statistic-- 817 00:35:24,874 --> 00:35:27,043 surveys have consistently found 818 00:35:27,085 --> 00:35:30,714 that more than half of Icelanders believe in elves. 819 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,675 - Well, you can't really see them, 820 00:35:33,717 --> 00:35:36,136 but I do believe it's because some kind of source there, 821 00:35:36,177 --> 00:35:39,014 some kind of element of, like, a type of magic, 822 00:35:39,055 --> 00:35:40,432 kind of. 823 00:35:40,473 --> 00:35:43,143 - My grandfather, he was actually saved by an elf. 824 00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:45,770 - I don't know where all the foreigners get the idea 825 00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:48,314 that we all believe in elves. We don't. 826 00:35:49,607 --> 00:35:51,276 - Yeah, I have no idea 827 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:53,153 where we would have gotten that from. 828 00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:54,738 - And he was playing by the ravine. 829 00:35:54,779 --> 00:35:56,322 He almost falls into the ravine, 830 00:35:56,364 --> 00:35:58,283 but he feels like as if he's been grabbed 831 00:35:58,324 --> 00:35:59,993 and sort of pulled away. 832 00:36:00,035 --> 00:36:01,453 - It's something out there. 833 00:36:01,494 --> 00:36:02,912 We don't know what it is. It could be elves. 834 00:36:02,954 --> 00:36:04,330 It could be ghosts. 835 00:36:04,372 --> 00:36:06,750 It could be nothing, so it's difficult to say. 836 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:10,086 - Clearly, this is a place with unlimited imagination. 837 00:36:10,128 --> 00:36:12,714 But the mind-blowing thing is Iceland, 838 00:36:12,756 --> 00:36:15,884 thanks to centuries of only focusing on survival, 839 00:36:15,925 --> 00:36:19,012 is inventing much of its culture now. 840 00:36:20,388 --> 00:36:23,141 And that's where the young folks come in. 841 00:36:28,563 --> 00:36:32,192 [mellow music] 842 00:36:32,233 --> 00:36:39,199 * * 843 00:36:42,410 --> 00:36:45,163 Five years ago, Fonn and her cousins, Eir and Asa, 844 00:36:45,205 --> 00:36:48,041 formed the gothic rock trio Ateria, 845 00:36:48,083 --> 00:36:51,252 combining their training in classical music 846 00:36:51,294 --> 00:36:53,421 with lyrics about everyone's favorite source 847 00:36:53,463 --> 00:36:57,759 of omega-3 fatty acids-- cod liver oil. 848 00:36:58,677 --> 00:37:01,096 But the youth of Reykjavík are the first to admit 849 00:37:01,137 --> 00:37:05,725 that Iceland, for all its creativity and whimsy, 850 00:37:05,767 --> 00:37:07,686 is not without its struggles. 851 00:37:07,727 --> 00:37:11,064 [tuning instruments] 852 00:37:16,986 --> 00:37:18,405 What does the name mean? 853 00:37:18,446 --> 00:37:21,116 - Our grandparents, they have, like, 854 00:37:21,157 --> 00:37:26,204 an eider duck nesting that take care of every summer. 855 00:37:26,246 --> 00:37:31,084 They watch it so that the fox doesn't get into the nest. 856 00:37:31,126 --> 00:37:33,378 - Wow. - Yeah. And so the Latin name 857 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:36,840 of the eider duck is Somateria mollissima. 858 00:37:36,881 --> 00:37:39,134 And so we took Ateria from that. 859 00:37:39,175 --> 00:37:41,803 - Boy, you Icelanders have the weirdest hobbies. 860 00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:44,097 Like, our family hobby is protecting 861 00:37:44,139 --> 00:37:45,640 the nest of the eider duck. 862 00:37:45,682 --> 00:37:47,767 [laughter] 863 00:37:48,768 --> 00:37:54,024 - What's life like as a disaffected punk rock youth 864 00:37:54,065 --> 00:37:56,234 in suburban Reykjavík? 865 00:37:58,778 --> 00:38:03,825 - I mean, I guess we have other stuff to worry about. 866 00:38:03,867 --> 00:38:08,413 Like we take the most antidepressants 867 00:38:08,455 --> 00:38:10,707 per capita in the world. 868 00:38:10,749 --> 00:38:12,667 - You heard that correctly. 869 00:38:12,709 --> 00:38:15,503 Iceland, one of the reportedly happiest places on Earth, 870 00:38:15,545 --> 00:38:19,424 takes more antidepressants than any country in the world, 871 00:38:19,466 --> 00:38:22,218 and it's really not even close. 872 00:38:22,260 --> 00:38:24,596 - There are a lot of people who have seasonal depression. 873 00:38:24,637 --> 00:38:25,972 - Okay. 874 00:38:26,014 --> 00:38:28,183 - Because of the darkness, yeah, in winter. 875 00:38:28,224 --> 00:38:30,518 - Do you have friends that have struggled with depression, 876 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,020 anxiety, suicidal? 877 00:38:32,062 --> 00:38:33,646 - I have struggled with depression and anxiety. 878 00:38:33,688 --> 00:38:36,149 - Yeah. Me, too. [laughs] 879 00:38:36,191 --> 00:38:38,109 - There's a lot of culture in Iceland 880 00:38:38,151 --> 00:38:39,652 that you always have to be doing something, 881 00:38:39,694 --> 00:38:41,738 and everything you do, it has to have a purpose. 882 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:43,114 - Right. 883 00:38:43,156 --> 00:38:46,117 - And so if you're depressed, you're just lazy. 884 00:38:46,159 --> 00:38:48,328 - Mmm. - And you're just-- 885 00:38:48,370 --> 00:38:51,623 - So there's a cultural stigma against depression. 886 00:38:51,664 --> 00:38:53,083 You should be out there 887 00:38:53,124 --> 00:38:56,127 safeguarding this eider duck's nest this winter 888 00:38:56,169 --> 00:38:57,921 instead of sitting around 889 00:38:57,962 --> 00:38:59,673 feeling sorry for yourself or something. 890 00:38:59,714 --> 00:39:02,217 - And like, I think that talking about how you feel 891 00:39:02,258 --> 00:39:04,386 is a pretty recent thing here. - Yeah. 892 00:39:04,427 --> 00:39:07,180 - We're big fans of suppressing our emotions, 893 00:39:07,222 --> 00:39:09,557 big fans of ignoring trauma. 894 00:39:09,599 --> 00:39:12,602 And the conversation, it has started. 895 00:39:12,644 --> 00:39:14,354 It is starting. 896 00:39:14,396 --> 00:39:17,023 - Yeah, but I think we have a long way to go. 897 00:39:17,065 --> 00:39:19,192 - We definitely do. - Yeah. 898 00:39:19,234 --> 00:39:22,362 - We all need a means of coping. 899 00:39:22,404 --> 00:39:24,698 Fortunately, the band members of Ateria 900 00:39:24,739 --> 00:39:27,951 found a unique form of artistic expression. 901 00:39:27,992 --> 00:39:31,371 Perhaps my favorite Ateria song 902 00:39:31,413 --> 00:39:35,583 is one that you guys wrote about cod liver oil... 903 00:39:35,625 --> 00:39:37,877 [laughter] 904 00:39:37,919 --> 00:39:40,046 The national beverage of Iceland, 905 00:39:40,088 --> 00:39:42,257 which, when I was googling its effects, 906 00:39:42,298 --> 00:39:44,926 it actually said it had mental health benefits 907 00:39:44,968 --> 00:39:46,970 and reduces anxiety and depression. 908 00:39:47,012 --> 00:39:48,596 Cod liver oil. - Yeah. 909 00:39:48,638 --> 00:39:50,557 You take one spoon of it each morning, 910 00:39:50,598 --> 00:39:53,101 and then you follow it up with something else 911 00:39:53,143 --> 00:39:54,561 because it's disgusting. 912 00:39:54,602 --> 00:39:56,980 - What song is that, the cod liver oil song? 913 00:39:57,022 --> 00:39:59,399 - [speaking Icelandic] 914 00:39:59,441 --> 00:40:02,235 - Of course. Of course that's it. 915 00:40:02,277 --> 00:40:07,282 [gothic rock playing] 916 00:40:07,323 --> 00:40:08,950 As someone who has dealt with his share of depression 917 00:40:08,992 --> 00:40:12,245 beginning in my teens and rearing its ugly head 918 00:40:12,287 --> 00:40:14,622 time and time again in the years to come, 919 00:40:14,664 --> 00:40:18,043 I understand how difficult it can be to talk about. 920 00:40:18,084 --> 00:40:19,586 * * 921 00:40:19,627 --> 00:40:23,256 - [singing in Icelandic] 922 00:40:41,649 --> 00:40:43,318 - It's a sobering reminder that even 923 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,612 in the supposedly happiest of happy places, 924 00:40:45,653 --> 00:40:49,157 life is never just a montage of stunning landscapes 925 00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:51,159 and cuddly sheep. 926 00:40:51,201 --> 00:40:53,078 It's hard, no matter where you live. 927 00:41:05,548 --> 00:41:08,968 [classical melody] 928 00:41:09,010 --> 00:41:13,556 * * 929 00:41:13,598 --> 00:41:15,433 [end chords] 930 00:41:15,475 --> 00:41:16,559 - Mm-- 931 00:41:16,601 --> 00:41:18,228 [laughter] 932 00:41:18,269 --> 00:41:20,355 Almost. I couldn't quite finish it. 933 00:41:20,397 --> 00:41:23,358 Amazing, you guys. That was incredible. 934 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,651 Oh, wow. 935 00:41:24,693 --> 00:41:26,069 Okay. 936 00:41:26,111 --> 00:41:27,487 So livery. 937 00:41:27,529 --> 00:41:30,532 I'm sorry, did I get oil on your hands there? 938 00:41:30,573 --> 00:41:32,075 Here, let me. 939 00:41:32,117 --> 00:41:35,203 [laughter] 940 00:41:35,245 --> 00:41:38,665 Chatting with Ateria humanizes this place, 941 00:41:38,707 --> 00:41:40,875 and suddenly this whole quest for happiness 942 00:41:40,917 --> 00:41:43,503 doesn't feel like such a lonely endeavor. 943 00:41:43,545 --> 00:41:45,338 Whoo! 944 00:41:45,380 --> 00:41:51,136 Yes! I will accept your request to join the band. 945 00:41:54,681 --> 00:41:57,767 [peaceful music] 946 00:41:57,809 --> 00:42:04,691 * * 947 00:42:07,527 --> 00:42:12,198 - This is Margarét Liefsdóttir and Tinna Thorlacius. 948 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,243 These are the faces of my torturers. 949 00:42:15,285 --> 00:42:17,996 [upbeat music] 950 00:42:18,038 --> 00:42:20,915 * * 951 00:42:20,957 --> 00:42:23,877 [singing in Spanish] 952 00:42:23,918 --> 00:42:25,670 * * 953 00:42:25,712 --> 00:42:28,548 - You see, three times per week, these lifelong pals 954 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:31,134 join with 70 of their closest friends 955 00:42:31,176 --> 00:42:34,220 to go for a swim in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic. 956 00:42:34,262 --> 00:42:35,889 * * 957 00:42:35,930 --> 00:42:39,684 They claim it's a physical healer and a mental cleanser. 958 00:42:39,726 --> 00:42:41,519 * * 959 00:42:41,561 --> 00:42:44,814 - They call their squad of ocean swimmers... 960 00:42:44,856 --> 00:42:48,151 which translates to "Happier You." 961 00:42:48,193 --> 00:42:51,237 [music continues] 962 00:42:51,279 --> 00:42:55,658 * * 963 00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:57,827 [birds chirping] 964 00:42:59,245 --> 00:43:01,414 And what could possibly be happier 965 00:43:01,456 --> 00:43:03,249 than waking up at the crack of dawn, 966 00:43:03,291 --> 00:43:04,542 dipping into these 967 00:43:04,584 --> 00:43:06,670 40-something-degree Arctic waters 968 00:43:06,711 --> 00:43:08,963 with a group of insane Icelandic women, 969 00:43:09,005 --> 00:43:12,550 followed by a near total freeze of my Netherlands? 970 00:43:12,592 --> 00:43:15,762 [bluesy guitar music] 971 00:43:15,804 --> 00:43:22,727 * * 972 00:43:26,606 --> 00:43:29,025 - [speaking Icelandic] 973 00:43:29,067 --> 00:43:30,026 - Hello! 974 00:43:30,068 --> 00:43:31,236 - Whoo! 975 00:43:31,277 --> 00:43:33,697 Hi! - All right, let's do this! 976 00:43:33,738 --> 00:43:35,323 - Whoo-hoo! - Good to see you. 977 00:43:35,365 --> 00:43:37,534 All right! - Ohh... 978 00:43:37,575 --> 00:43:39,869 Oh ha ha... - How you feeling? 979 00:43:39,911 --> 00:43:41,579 - [whimpering] 980 00:43:41,621 --> 00:43:44,499 Uh, I don't want to be this cold. 981 00:43:44,541 --> 00:43:46,751 I want to drink hot chocolate, 982 00:43:46,793 --> 00:43:49,129 and, um... - I feel you, yeah. 983 00:43:49,170 --> 00:43:50,672 - I-I'm scared. - Okay. 984 00:43:50,714 --> 00:43:52,340 - Okay. Okay. - It's okay. 985 00:43:52,382 --> 00:43:57,721 - Your only goal now is to go in this ocean and surrender. 986 00:43:57,762 --> 00:44:00,515 But if you tell your body, "I'm okay..." 987 00:44:00,557 --> 00:44:03,977 because you--with your nervous system and your hat, 988 00:44:04,019 --> 00:44:06,312 you control everything what your body wants to do. 989 00:44:06,354 --> 00:44:08,398 - [laughs] okay. My nervous system and my hat. 990 00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,026 - Mm-hmm. - Okay, good. I love it. 991 00:44:11,067 --> 00:44:14,029 - So now we're going to just concentrate on 992 00:44:14,070 --> 00:44:16,322 emptying our minds, and be... 993 00:44:16,364 --> 00:44:18,783 - That's easy for me. - Present. 994 00:44:19,534 --> 00:44:21,244 And what we're going to do is just we're 995 00:44:21,286 --> 00:44:23,496 going to close our eyes now, and we're going to breathe in 996 00:44:23,538 --> 00:44:25,790 through the nose. [inhales] 997 00:44:25,832 --> 00:44:28,501 Hold the breath a little bit, and then release. 998 00:44:28,543 --> 00:44:31,755 [exhales] - [exhales] 999 00:44:31,796 --> 00:44:35,300 - And we're going to do our normal warming up. 1000 00:44:35,342 --> 00:44:37,260 Tell the body and the nervous system 1001 00:44:37,302 --> 00:44:39,554 that we are going to do something very challenging. 1002 00:44:39,596 --> 00:44:41,097 So we breathe in the nose. [inhales] 1003 00:44:41,139 --> 00:44:43,641 [rapid inhales, exhales] 1004 00:44:43,683 --> 00:44:45,393 Okay. And we start. 1005 00:44:45,435 --> 00:44:49,898 [inhaling and exhaling] 1006 00:44:49,939 --> 00:44:51,483 Way up here. 1007 00:44:51,524 --> 00:44:55,111 We breathe in and we stretch out, look up in the sky, 1008 00:44:55,153 --> 00:44:56,196 and then--whoo! - Whoo! 1009 00:44:56,237 --> 00:44:57,197 - Whoo! - Whoo! 1010 00:44:57,238 --> 00:44:58,281 - Woo! - [laughs] 1011 00:44:58,323 --> 00:44:59,657 [inhaling and exhaling] 1012 00:44:59,699 --> 00:45:01,826 - Whoo! - Whoo! 1013 00:45:01,868 --> 00:45:02,994 And one more! 1014 00:45:03,036 --> 00:45:04,120 [inhaling and exhaling] 1015 00:45:04,162 --> 00:45:05,288 - Whoo! - Whoo! 1016 00:45:05,330 --> 00:45:07,165 - Yes! Let's do it! 1017 00:45:07,207 --> 00:45:08,958 - Yeah! - Let's go for it! 1018 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,210 - All right! 1019 00:45:10,251 --> 00:45:12,295 Here we go, ladies! 1020 00:45:12,337 --> 00:45:14,047 I'll see you back at the cars. 1021 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:17,133 [laughter] 1022 00:45:17,175 --> 00:45:18,468 - It's at this precise moment 1023 00:45:18,510 --> 00:45:21,137 that a harsh reality finally sets in. 1024 00:45:21,179 --> 00:45:26,101 For all of my wisecracking, I'm actually a little scared. 1025 00:45:26,142 --> 00:45:27,519 - You can feel the breeze, 1026 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,479 but it's cozy and a little bit warm. 1027 00:45:29,521 --> 00:45:31,606 - It's cozy. Okay. - Yes. 1028 00:45:31,648 --> 00:45:34,025 - The nice warm breeze from the Arctic Circle, 1029 00:45:34,067 --> 00:45:38,321 just a few dozen miles north of here. 1030 00:45:38,363 --> 00:45:42,701 This is probably going to suck. 1031 00:45:42,742 --> 00:45:45,203 I'm a total wimp around this stuff, 1032 00:45:45,245 --> 00:45:47,163 and I wanted to ask you-- 1033 00:45:47,205 --> 00:45:51,042 why? 1034 00:45:52,335 --> 00:45:53,962 Why do this? 1035 00:45:54,004 --> 00:45:55,296 - Because you can. 1036 00:45:55,338 --> 00:45:56,756 - Okay. 1037 00:45:56,798 --> 00:45:58,341 Weirdo. - [laughs] 1038 00:45:58,383 --> 00:45:59,592 - It's a good question. 1039 00:45:59,634 --> 00:46:01,386 It's actually a great question. 1040 00:46:01,428 --> 00:46:02,846 - Why do you do this? 1041 00:46:02,887 --> 00:46:05,015 - A friend of mine got me to try it once. 1042 00:46:05,056 --> 00:46:08,727 And I came out-- I don't drink alcohol, 1043 00:46:08,768 --> 00:46:13,231 but I came out so high on life that I did-- 1044 00:46:13,273 --> 00:46:16,359 I-I was amazed. - Yeah. 1045 00:46:16,401 --> 00:46:19,154 - I think for me, at least, I think it's about stepping 1046 00:46:19,195 --> 00:46:20,697 out of my comfort zone. 1047 00:46:20,739 --> 00:46:23,700 And when we go in the sea, then it is difficult, 1048 00:46:23,742 --> 00:46:25,160 and it's always a challenge. 1049 00:46:25,201 --> 00:46:26,536 Even though Margarét and I are very used to 1050 00:46:26,578 --> 00:46:27,704 go in the sea now, 1051 00:46:27,746 --> 00:46:29,372 and we go three times a week, 1052 00:46:29,414 --> 00:46:31,541 it's always a bit of a challenge. 1053 00:46:31,583 --> 00:46:34,044 But then you think, I am doing this. 1054 00:46:34,085 --> 00:46:38,381 I am going to do it, and, um, there's nothing changing that. 1055 00:46:38,423 --> 00:46:40,675 I'm here, I'm doing it. 1056 00:46:40,717 --> 00:46:42,344 Then you can transfer that 1057 00:46:42,385 --> 00:46:43,928 onto so many other things in life 1058 00:46:43,970 --> 00:46:45,555 that are difficult or challenging. 1059 00:46:45,597 --> 00:46:47,724 [suspenseful music] 1060 00:46:47,766 --> 00:46:49,392 - Everyone's ready? 1061 00:46:49,434 --> 00:46:53,897 [all singing in Icelandic] 1062 00:46:53,938 --> 00:47:00,862 * * 1063 00:47:06,159 --> 00:47:08,536 [singing continues] 1064 00:47:08,578 --> 00:47:13,083 [moody music] 1065 00:47:13,124 --> 00:47:17,087 - The main task is to surrender to the cold. 1066 00:47:17,128 --> 00:47:20,423 - And now we're going to calm the system again. 1067 00:47:20,465 --> 00:47:22,133 Breathe in on three. 1068 00:47:22,175 --> 00:47:23,510 Out on six, and we go in. 1069 00:47:23,551 --> 00:47:24,969 - Ooh. 1070 00:47:25,011 --> 00:47:27,055 - [exhales] 1071 00:47:27,097 --> 00:47:30,183 - Ah. - And we're breathing. 1072 00:47:30,225 --> 00:47:34,104 - And the second was to say to your body, 1073 00:47:34,145 --> 00:47:36,606 "I'm okay." 1074 00:47:36,648 --> 00:47:39,275 - I know for me, I have-- 1075 00:47:39,317 --> 00:47:43,196 literally have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. 1076 00:47:43,238 --> 00:47:46,074 Like, I am a highly anxious person. 1077 00:47:46,116 --> 00:47:49,744 And there's work that I do on a daily basis 1078 00:47:49,786 --> 00:47:53,665 that helps bring me kind of to-- 1079 00:47:53,707 --> 00:47:55,709 vaguely within normal. 1080 00:47:55,750 --> 00:47:59,504 So it was--for me, I had a lot of resistance of like, 1081 00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:01,297 oh, I can't believe I have to do this. 1082 00:48:01,339 --> 00:48:04,134 It's early in the morning. It's cold outside. 1083 00:48:04,175 --> 00:48:07,971 But I found it so, uh, uplifting. 1084 00:48:08,013 --> 00:48:09,806 * * 1085 00:48:09,848 --> 00:48:11,933 - So guess how long you've been in the water. 1086 00:48:11,975 --> 00:48:14,060 - How long have I been in the water? 1087 00:48:14,102 --> 00:48:14,978 - Guess. 3:40. 1088 00:48:15,020 --> 00:48:16,938 - 3:40? That's crazy! 1089 00:48:16,980 --> 00:48:19,315 [laughter] Oh! Oh! Oh! 1090 00:48:19,357 --> 00:48:20,775 Oh! [women cheering] 1091 00:48:20,817 --> 00:48:23,028 Aah! I love it, I love it! 1092 00:48:23,069 --> 00:48:28,575 I feel invigorated in a really new and positive way. 1093 00:48:28,616 --> 00:48:31,411 And honestly, it didn't feel that cold. 1094 00:48:31,453 --> 00:48:35,498 - All this ocean dipping is also about just letting go. 1095 00:48:35,540 --> 00:48:37,584 And it's funny, because in Iceland, 1096 00:48:37,625 --> 00:48:41,755 it gets dark in the winter, and often we have bad weather. 1097 00:48:41,796 --> 00:48:43,423 And you can complain about the weather 1098 00:48:43,465 --> 00:48:44,924 all the time if you want. 1099 00:48:44,966 --> 00:48:47,302 But when you do ocean dipping the whole year, 1100 00:48:47,344 --> 00:48:49,888 you don't even notice that it gets dark. 1101 00:48:49,929 --> 00:48:52,349 You don't even notice that the weather is bad. 1102 00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:54,184 It just does not matter. 1103 00:48:55,310 --> 00:48:56,895 - Let's go again! 1104 00:48:56,936 --> 00:48:59,022 Are you two happier 1105 00:48:59,064 --> 00:49:01,358 than when you started this 15 years ago? 1106 00:49:01,399 --> 00:49:02,400 - 100%. 1107 00:49:02,442 --> 00:49:03,860 - Definitely, yeah. 1108 00:49:03,902 --> 00:49:05,320 - I just--I could not imagine life without 1109 00:49:05,362 --> 00:49:06,863 going in the sea every week. 1110 00:49:06,905 --> 00:49:09,407 - And not just happier, because it's, like, a word. 1111 00:49:09,449 --> 00:49:10,700 And then you says-- 1112 00:49:10,742 --> 00:49:12,369 then you think, what does it mean? 1113 00:49:12,410 --> 00:49:14,788 It means that you are healthy. 1114 00:49:14,829 --> 00:49:17,874 It means that you can cut through difficulties. 1115 00:49:17,916 --> 00:49:23,046 It means that you are able to enjoy life 1116 00:49:23,088 --> 00:49:27,801 just the way you are, and nothing else matters. 1117 00:49:27,842 --> 00:49:32,430 - Aah! - Aah! 1118 00:49:32,472 --> 00:49:35,558 [cheering] 1119 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,645 [upbeat music] 1120 00:49:38,687 --> 00:49:45,819 * * 1121 00:49:51,783 --> 00:49:53,368 [cheering] 1122 00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:54,369 - Woo! 1123 00:49:54,411 --> 00:49:55,745 - Whoo! 1124 00:49:55,787 --> 00:49:57,706 [cheering] 1125 00:49:57,747 --> 00:49:59,666 * * 1126 00:50:02,794 --> 00:50:04,379 - Hey, Bliss Heads. 1127 00:50:04,421 --> 00:50:07,382 It's me, Rainn, sitting in my hotel room in Reykjavík. 1128 00:50:07,424 --> 00:50:10,093 Um, what an incredible day. 1129 00:50:10,135 --> 00:50:12,762 I had a lot of anxiety going up to, like, 1130 00:50:12,804 --> 00:50:14,889 you're gonna be jumping into 1131 00:50:14,931 --> 00:50:17,976 an ice-cold North Atlantic Ocean. 1132 00:50:18,018 --> 00:50:21,938 I mean, I knew it was going to suck. 1133 00:50:21,980 --> 00:50:24,232 I didn't know that it was gonna be 1134 00:50:24,274 --> 00:50:26,568 a really transformative morning. 1135 00:50:26,609 --> 00:50:27,986 It was beautiful. 1136 00:50:28,028 --> 00:50:31,281 And it's a lot more than just cold swimming. 1137 00:50:31,322 --> 00:50:36,453 It's about overcoming obstacles, 1138 00:50:36,494 --> 00:50:41,583 and healing, and celebration. 1139 00:50:41,624 --> 00:50:44,627 [light music] 1140 00:50:44,669 --> 00:50:49,382 * * 1141 00:50:49,424 --> 00:50:51,134 When I first arrived in Iceland, 1142 00:50:51,176 --> 00:50:53,887 I was skeptical that a place as remote as this 1143 00:50:53,928 --> 00:50:55,847 could legitimately be such a happy one. 1144 00:50:55,889 --> 00:50:58,975 Signa, any thoughts on happiness? 1145 00:50:59,017 --> 00:51:01,394 Happiness is subjective, of course. 1146 00:51:01,436 --> 00:51:02,687 You're making a mess here. 1147 00:51:02,729 --> 00:51:04,647 - [laughs] 1148 00:51:04,689 --> 00:51:06,983 - But in the same way you a good meal when you taste it-- 1149 00:51:07,025 --> 00:51:08,526 - Whoo! - Yay! 1150 00:51:08,568 --> 00:51:11,613 - You know a happy place when you visit it. 1151 00:51:11,654 --> 00:51:13,198 Oh, look at that. 1152 00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:15,825 Look at that. That's ridiculous. 1153 00:51:15,867 --> 00:51:17,160 Look at that. 1154 00:51:17,202 --> 00:51:18,620 For my final day in Iceland, 1155 00:51:18,661 --> 00:51:20,455 Darri has been gracious enough to invite me 1156 00:51:20,497 --> 00:51:22,374 and my motley crew of ice swimmers 1157 00:51:22,415 --> 00:51:24,501 and former mayors, sheepherders, 1158 00:51:24,542 --> 00:51:27,962 and indie rockers to one last feast. 1159 00:51:28,004 --> 00:51:29,339 - Did you meet old Lamb Boy as well? 1160 00:51:29,381 --> 00:51:30,715 - I met Lamb Boy, yep. 1161 00:51:30,757 --> 00:51:32,884 Mm-hmm. 1162 00:51:32,926 --> 00:51:34,636 If I've learned anything from my time here, 1163 00:51:34,678 --> 00:51:37,639 it's that happiness, at least some small fraction of it... 1164 00:51:37,681 --> 00:51:39,349 Oppa! 1165 00:51:39,391 --> 00:51:40,433 Skál! 1166 00:51:40,475 --> 00:51:41,685 Is a matter of choice. 1167 00:51:41,726 --> 00:51:43,812 [glass tinkling] 1168 00:51:43,853 --> 00:51:45,480 - Hey-hey! 1169 00:51:45,522 --> 00:51:47,232 Hey, guys. 1170 00:51:47,273 --> 00:51:50,402 Thank you so much for coming and being here with us. 1171 00:51:50,443 --> 00:51:51,736 Cheers. And Rainn-- 1172 00:51:51,778 --> 00:51:52,946 I think Rainn's gonna say a few words. 1173 00:51:52,987 --> 00:51:53,988 Oh. [laughs] 1174 00:51:54,030 --> 00:51:56,574 [laughter] Cheers. 1175 00:51:56,616 --> 00:51:58,201 - "Skál,"I believe you say. 1176 00:51:58,243 --> 00:51:59,869 Skál. 1177 00:51:59,911 --> 00:52:01,746 Uh, I just want to thank all of you. 1178 00:52:01,788 --> 00:52:04,124 Darri and Lovisa, thank you for having us 1179 00:52:04,165 --> 00:52:05,542 in your beautiful home. 1180 00:52:05,583 --> 00:52:09,254 And, you know, it's been an incredible adventure 1181 00:52:09,295 --> 00:52:12,507 in Iceland, and I've learned so much, you know, 1182 00:52:12,549 --> 00:52:15,260 about what we're searching for. 1183 00:52:15,301 --> 00:52:18,638 We're searching for something larger than ourselves. 1184 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:22,100 And in the spirit of the great quest 1185 00:52:22,142 --> 00:52:27,897 for ice cream, the ísbíltúrof Iceland, 1186 00:52:27,939 --> 00:52:29,858 it's not about the destination. 1187 00:52:29,899 --> 00:52:31,651 It's about the journey along the way. 1188 00:52:31,693 --> 00:52:34,738 So once more, Skál! 1189 00:52:34,779 --> 00:52:36,072 - Skál. - Skál. 1190 00:52:36,114 --> 00:52:38,575 - Ladies and gentlemen, Bjork. 1191 00:52:38,616 --> 00:52:40,994 [laughter] 1192 00:52:41,036 --> 00:52:42,954 - The lamb or the musician? 1193 00:52:42,996 --> 00:52:44,706 - The lamb that's in your sandwich. 1194 00:52:44,748 --> 00:52:45,957 Yes. 1195 00:52:45,999 --> 00:52:49,336 [guitar music] 1196 00:52:49,377 --> 00:52:51,880 * * 1197 00:52:51,921 --> 00:52:57,260 - [singing in Icelandic] 1198 00:52:57,302 --> 00:52:59,387 - So this guy kept approaching our director, 1199 00:52:59,429 --> 00:53:01,681 offering to play a song at the party, 1200 00:53:01,723 --> 00:53:04,184 and eventually, she gave in. 1201 00:53:04,225 --> 00:53:07,103 * * 1202 00:53:07,145 --> 00:53:08,897 - As it turns out, his name is Hreimur, 1203 00:53:08,938 --> 00:53:12,734 and he is an extremely popular singer-songwriter in Iceland. 1204 00:53:12,776 --> 00:53:15,904 And literally every person there knew this song. 1205 00:53:15,945 --> 00:53:19,491 - [continues singing] 1206 00:53:19,532 --> 00:53:20,533 - As I said... 1207 00:53:20,575 --> 00:53:21,701 - Come on! 1208 00:53:21,743 --> 00:53:23,995 - There are no strangers in Iceland. 1209 00:53:24,037 --> 00:53:26,289 [all singing] 1210 00:53:26,331 --> 00:53:29,959 * * 1211 00:53:42,389 --> 00:53:44,641 Nietzsche tells us that the measure of a society 1212 00:53:44,683 --> 00:53:47,060 is how well it transforms pain and suffering 1213 00:53:47,102 --> 00:53:49,229 into something worthwhile. 1214 00:53:49,270 --> 00:53:51,773 Not how a society avoids pain and suffering, 1215 00:53:51,815 --> 00:53:55,527 but how it transforms it into something useful. 1216 00:53:55,568 --> 00:53:56,736 Happy, even. 1217 00:53:56,778 --> 00:53:59,239 * * 1218 00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,200 Faced with a brutal climate and utter isolation, 1219 00:54:02,242 --> 00:54:04,661 Icelanders could easily have chosen despair. 1220 00:54:04,703 --> 00:54:06,788 * * 1221 00:54:06,830 --> 00:54:11,001 But instead, these hardy descendants of Vikings 1222 00:54:11,042 --> 00:54:14,004 peered into the unyielding darkness of the midnight sky 1223 00:54:14,045 --> 00:54:16,923 and chose a different option: 1224 00:54:16,965 --> 00:54:19,592 happiness. 1225 00:54:19,634 --> 00:54:22,345 It is, I think, the wiser option. 1226 00:54:22,387 --> 00:54:25,682 Besides, what else is there to do in the dark? 1227 00:54:25,724 --> 00:54:27,058 - Yeah! 1228 00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:30,103 [all cheering] 1229 00:54:34,941 --> 00:54:36,860 - [whistles] - Whoo! 1230 00:54:36,901 --> 00:54:39,738 [applause] 1231 00:54:40,780 --> 00:54:43,825 - Now that I've seen one of the world's happiest places... 1232 00:54:43,867 --> 00:54:47,120 Merci! - Bye. 1233 00:54:47,162 --> 00:54:52,250 - I wonder, what does it mean to live in an unhappy place? 1234 00:54:54,085 --> 00:54:56,421 But where should I go? 1235 00:54:59,382 --> 00:55:01,176 [sighs] 1236 00:55:01,217 --> 00:55:02,886 [mid-tempo music] 1237 00:55:02,927 --> 00:55:05,221 The lowest-ranked countries on the Happiness Report 1238 00:55:05,263 --> 00:55:06,514 say more about the nature of war 1239 00:55:06,556 --> 00:55:09,100 than about the nature of happiness. 1240 00:55:09,142 --> 00:55:11,770 Their misery is easily diagnosed. 1241 00:55:11,811 --> 00:55:15,648 No. I need a place with a particular variety of gloom 1242 00:55:15,690 --> 00:55:20,195 which, much like my own, is harder to define. 1243 00:55:20,236 --> 00:55:22,238 [knocking on door] Uh, hello? 85685

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