The Last Abandoned Turf House In Iceland - Everything Left Inside
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STORY
In the heart of Iceland's rugged landscapes, we embark on a captivating expedition to uncover a hidden gem - one of the last remaining Icelandic turf houses. Nestled amidst the serene backdrop of nature's majesty, this ancient dwelling stands as a testament to the resilience and ingenuity of Icelandic culture.
The Icelandic turf house, a time-honored architectural marvel, boasts a history spanning over a thousand years. Its construction, utilizing a blend of turf, stone, and wood, has captivated generations with its ability to withstand the harsh Icelandic climate.
Once ubiquitous across the Icelandic landscape, these unique dwellings are now gradually fading into obscurity, due to a recent government ban on their construction. However, in this remote corner of the country, we have stumbled upon a remarkable survivor - the Peterson family's turf house.
For centuries, the Petersons nurtured this home, their lives interwoven with the very fabric of its existence. As the years passed, the family's younger members sought opportunities beyond their remote dwelling, leaving Jakob, the last of his lineage, as the sole custodian of this precious heritage.
A devoted teacher, Jakob tirelessly traversed the vast distances between his remote abode and the bustling capital, where he imparted his knowledge to generations of students. Sadly, Jakob's passing in 1986 left the turf house bereft of its vibrant spirit, transforming it into a silent sentinel of the past.
Today, we venture into the confines of this time capsule, inviting you to step alongside us as we delve into the rich tapestry of Icelandic life. Through the whispers of the wind rustling through the turf walls, we'll uncover the stories etched within its very foundations.
Join us on this extraordinary journey as we unravel the secrets of Iceland's last turf house, a poignant reminder of a vanishing era and a testament to the enduring spirit of a remarkable culture.
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It's so sad that the government would ban such an efficient way of building! What an amazing find! It would be awesome if it was restored and turned into a museum to preserve the history of that land...
I agree, and we the people of the world should not allow them to take our identity our cultures to create their creepy tyrannical one world government
Wondering why there no longer allowed.
Because it can’t be seen on the internet of things system.
@@lareeseblaque8303 because it was built without government intervention.
It’s a beautiful building. I would live in it in a heartbeat!
What a beautiful, cozy building! It’s a shame it’s not being used for what it was built for. I’m sure there’s a family there that would love to have a home like this.
Horrible how the Gov has stopped these from being built. Thank you both for showing us this beautiful home.
Once a home always a home, even after so much time abandoned it still feels cozy
Why would the “government” ban turf houses. What an awful overreach. The home is lovely. Thank you for documenting this for us. ❤
Pests, mold & disease concerns; fire safety. But most of this is nonsense. There are no more serious issues with turf houses than with regular stick-built homes, as long as people keep them clean, safe & maintained.
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True. I think it's government over reach because THEY WANT THESE DAMN 15 MIN CITIES which will never work permanently people want freedom.
Thanks for clarifying, makes good sense this comment. Seems so brilliant how they built them for living in those conditions. @@monkeybusiness1999
My guess is they are cheap to build as it uses local materials which means no Gov money in imports taxes and tariffs.
Ruling elite parasites need to make their wealth.
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True.
This turf house needs a good cleaning, and windows repaired. It should be put into historical preservation status.
No
Agreed
Agreed
Absolutely!
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Why not.
Thank you! As an American, I lived in Iceland in my early 20s and found it fitted well with my New England sensibility. The wind & occasional snow blew in my open window on some days, allowing the wild ponies to put their heads in and converse with me. After a year, I flew to London to visit friends for a week. Considering myself a city guy, I was shocked to find myself yearning for the Icelandic winds & Big Sky. I still do!!
lucky you!!
Our hosts were so respectful of the house and its contents. A beautiful sentiment
Im amaze, this kind of a humble tiny house, instead, a palace, mansion, even castle, this, humble house, i feel"peace of mind"😊
Грусть и тоску наводят на меня заброшенные дома...Здесь прошла чья-то жизнь, рождались дети, умирали старики, были ли они счастливы? В России очень много подобных домов....
They are dead and probably have been for a long time...
Loved this video. So interesting to see how people lived there and what appears to be a simple life. This should definitely be refurbished and be historically preserved. Great find guys!!
I agree it does
They said a couple of these are museums already.
This could be sold as dark skies for the astronomers.
WOw, talk about living off grid! I love this house. I would LOVE to live there. Gorgeous piece of land and incredible views. Thanks for the tour!
I grew up with other children that lived without electricity in Kentucky USA. Staying all night with them was rough! We had to walk five miles into the woods through streams and by abandoned houses. Walking out to catch the bus through the snow in the dark was even tougher. Sometimes we got to take the horse and sled if their grandpa did not need the horse to plow with. They would leave the horse with a neighbor in their barn until they got back off the bus.
Jacob was an original native of Iceland and a member of my mother’s family. My mother was very proud of her Icelandic heritage! It’s a shame his home has gone to such disarray and it should be considered a historical monument to honor him and the efficient way of construction.
Wow very exciting.👍
You guys touch the hearts of millions across the world with your videos!!!! Your narration(s) of the places and people(s), you make alive again!!!
Love seeing a turf roof homed. My mother grew up in one built for her parents when they married in 1908. House is still standing.
Oh cool
What a cozy quiet life they must have had, away from the rest of the world and all the turmoil. I'm sure it involved a lot of work, but I think it would be worth it to be able to have a peaceful existence. ❤
The daughter would be 50 now and possibly she does a little caretaking here.
The Gin bottle contains old cooking grease for pouring on the fry pan so the potatoes don't stick.
My elders did this as well.
It was also saved for Soap.
Im guessing that she enjoys listening to albums by Bjork 😊
When growing up, my daddy had to sometimes travel 4 hours each day for work (2 & 2)
Not fun as a young boy but life was like this and petrol wasn't very overpriced.
Wow. What a find, bros. You are truly professional in your ability to find places such as this. BRAVO, Lesley and Danny.
Lesley and Danny, Finally we get to see this wonderful little house that Danny teased us with seemingly so long ago... Absolutely amazing that people lived in a home with only natural running water and no electricity in 1986! Great job 🎉 to the two of you on this epic find!! Thank you for sharing and showing us around ❤❤ Eric W.
There were plenty of homes in West Virginia with no electricity nor running water in the 70s.
In 1988 my friends parents had no electricity and just a well for water. They were interestingly ODD but very humble people.
I believe being so isolated they had to have a close relationship with the sea for fish , seaweeds,salt and they had to have many types of animals. Goats for milk and sheep for meat and fuel ,birds for eggs. Keeping warm and dry,the house in order and tending to the needs of the animals surely was a full time job along with a full time job to create revenue for purchasing items that were imported. Despite the isolation I doubt they had anytime to be lonely and little time to socialize except for church, holidays and helping a few neighbors when needed. It would be a lovey place to spend a week in the summer season but that would be it for me. I LOVED this video!
I commend you on the respect you always show to structures that are gems from times gone by.
What an enjoyable look into a family's life in their last home! Thank you for being so careful and respectful with all the old objects! I love these Icelandic turf houses and dont understand why people in Iceland don't have a choice anymore to live in one of these... They seem so ecological! And I expect that the upstairs living area was their winter bedroom too, because the heat from the kitchen stove would really heat up this upper floor in the winter! And in the summer, when they needed a cooler atmosphere, they would sleep in the downstairs bedrooms. Also, if this was a farm, they might at times have had workers sleeping in the house too.
I really hope that this house, too, will become a museum! It wouldn't need very much done to it and has all those original furnishings and objects in it too! Indeed, what a magnificent find!
Should be saved as a national museum. Beautiful home, beautiful life.
I absolutely loved this exploration! Such history. I hope this lil house stays intact for many years to come!
Yes I do too.
What a wonderful little place. I imagine what it was like to spend the night in Hus out there in the middle of nowhere. Thank you guys for another amazing adventure, I can't wait till the next one.
Due to its remoteness it would be a beautiful place to raise sheep and fish the bay. And as usual, the government over reach stopped an efficient way of building a home for the cost of having to purchase modern materials. Which would probably be harder to heat than a sod house. Im surprised that nobody has found that hide away and used it for a nice weekend getaway.
В таком месте человек может жить очень счастливо. Сама природа дает спокойствие и умиротворение. Вот только где дровишки брать?
That what I was looking for. No woods, but maybe they had to haul it in . I don't know. Good question ......
What an amazing house, and it looks as if it would be cozy. Can just imagine sheep sheltering around it. Thank you for taking us there Bros.
This is way more interesting than some major tourist sight. When My husband and I were in Iceland, a few years ago, we visited several isolated old churches. Thanks, from the ozarks in Missouri USA, for a wonderful history lesson.
In Alaska some families have a wooden lodge in the woods and only the families can live in it, they can't sell it to anyone else
like russian datchas i suppose, i think its a great tradition
What a unique opportunity. Thank you for taking us there. Really interesting insights into a past way of life.❤
I love the respect everyone has had with the home that everything is just as he left it. If it were here in the States it would have been vandalized and a few squatters would be living in in it. What a lovely find. great job guys!
Amazing, my mother had that same Picasso print in her house for years. She loved it. Wild seeing that in such a remote place.
Just Loved this video to think how people lived over there and people nowadays complain about what we have I'm going to watch it again, Thanks Lessie and Danny ❤️
Imagine the scenes they would wake up to. Amazing skies to watch rather than a screen most of us have our eyes on. The sounds too-so rugged but nature galore.💫💫🌟🌟
Yes it's just beautiful over there
Hi Lesley and Danny, this house is amazing, without the bros of Decay and ES Forgotten, I don't think many people give Iceland a second thought. The turf house can really stand the test of time. This house has been abandoned a lot longer than some we have seen and it's in better condition. I don't understand why the government would band them. Thank you so much for showing us this one. Love from N.Y.
You are so incredibly respectful and delighted by everything. I aspire to find so much joy in every single thing. Great work!
This was awesome. Amazing explore these guys do. Done with perfection. So happy to watch and see a place like this in Iceland.
I would love to see this house new or refurbished. Stunning. Can you imagine life there? Stunning. Thanks for the tour🥰
Hey guys what a heart breaking story 💔.
This building stood for so long yet historical it should be restored ❤
Thanks for sharing 👍 greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤🙋
Wow ,what a find and what a place loved it , thanks so much🇮🇪🇮🇪
I’ve never seen such amazing structure only in story books 📚 wow …and am from the Caribbean .would’ve loved to see more.thank you for this blessing.👍
Galtara is a genus of tiger moths.
Thankyou both for such an interesting episode,safe travels and Cheers!🦋
Beautiful place. It’s really peaceful out there all by itself. Very interesting exploration.
A cute little house to stay in while on a trip in Iceland, I think ! Incredible to imagine someone would live there and still the locals got used to it! There are so many beautiful memories that show Jacob treasured all the family or career events along the time despite the harsh life conditions!
Thank you,guys,for this nice episode!
Beautiful nature. Amazing place. Very beautifully presented. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
beautiful place in iceland and also that turf house sadly no one lives there now thanks for sharing ur great videos bros of decay watching from the PHILIPPINES
I really love this video. The history is fascinating, so glad you were able to document this house. Such a beautiful, and simple way of life. Thank you for the tour.
Какое чудесное место😍Люблю смотреть ваши видео. Спасибо, ребята!❤
➡️ In the first bedroom there's a commode under the small table btwn the beds. The big pot isn't for casseroles. It's to temporarily contain the contents of the commode.
What a beautiful home and the scenery breath taking to wake up to everyday .....
What a amazing home .It brought tears in my eys coz all those lovely people who built it r no more n the sadest part is that no one from there family or next generation stay here..Lots of regards from India😅😅😅
I literally loved this explore more than any other house you've done. So much history and lessons in construction of such a wonderful home. Thank you so much for this. I learned so much! Stay safe.
Ótimo vídeo, gerações que lutavam para sua sobrevivência. Lugar lindo! Saudações do 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I hope they do some research on the students and the school he taught to find more about Jacob and his family. That would be really interesting...
It would be really great. So nostalgic
Loved this find- what a beautiful treasure !!!!!!
I love all your shows. This one seemed extra special to me.
The house,barns, and beautiful scenery.
The way you have so much respect and caring is heart feeling.
Thank you for all your great work.
This was a wonderful little place and reminds me of a house I lived in a long time ago except it wasn't a turf house. Growing up I had to use one of those tubs or wash basins that you saw in the attic. The bottom of those tubs are hard on your bottom!
I remember having to take a bath in one of those wash tubs at my grandparents house because it took a little while to get a water line out to their community so they had to get water from a cistern . It was a good way of life. We were kids and it was fun.
Absolutely fascinating,i really like these types of homes.Thank you ,👍❤️🇺🇸
Which this place could be saved .Lots of history .Hi from 🇨🇦
I will be happy to live in this cute house with those beautiful views away from the maddening world , hope they preserve this piece of treasure
i could live one week , beautiful place ,gracias tusen tak tak thanks for sharing this video
Thank you so much for showing so much awe and honor and respect for these people with difficult lives. Well done!
Beautiful film,love this cosy little house,.Thankyou for showing us around.🌹🦋🥰🌺🐝🍁x
Amazing place.
Felicidades por tan hermoso video, indudablemente es una maravillosa casita, gracias por transportarnos a ése lindo lugar. Saludos desde México. Bendiciones 🙏
Love this explore, humble turf house and wonderful things still intact, amazing
Thank you Lesley and Danny what a great video . Such an insight. Your commentary and research is fantastic . I so enjoyed it 😊
And i wasn't even aware of those kind of houses built in Iceland so I learned something today what an extra special place in this world 🌎 it is nice to see Danny once in awhile to
You always point something out that I couldn't quite understand or understand what I was seeing im so excited that you are in Iceland god bless another beautiful video
Such an adorable home. I was thrilled to get a peek inside, thanks to your perseverance and dedication to finding abandoned houses. Yah! 🎉
Hola vivo en ciudad Juárez México, y me gusta ver mucho tus vídeos xq me imagino como sería la vida de las personas que habitaban ese lugar y también cuentas un poco de la historia del lugar y eso lo hace más interesante.
So very beautiful ❤ Thank you for the peek into their world!
I used to have that red and yellow toy plane ! It's from the old Matchbox "SKYBUSTERS" series, specifically a Piper Comanchee.
It's beautiful looking
What a beautiful little home!! Thank you for sharing
Very interesting and beautiful!
Hello Leslie and Danny 😊
I hope such houses will be preserved as a treasure
Wonderful so nostalgic ❤ United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Absolutely love it!
Thank you.
Such a beautiful humble home....a true time capsule. Love the cars as I'm a toy model car collector. Thanks for sharing much love from California
A fascinating piece of man and nature saga.
I think this is my fav so far. So simple and the views are amazing.
Very glad the staircase held!
God bless the Bros of Decay 🙏🏽✝️
Such a beautiful quiet place. A dream house indeed
Little house on the prairie,, this feels like home ,, beautiful surroundings,,
Sad that this had to be abandoned 😭😢
I think, this precious house should be restored, it is a great piece of history ❤.
So moving. God bless the Peterson family.
電気はないけど水道もあるしトイレは水洗ですね。この一軒のために下水が通ってたんですね
Hi y'all. Its so sad and beautiful at the same time. ❤ If I remember correctly, they were popular here in the states during the 1970's
Ein wundervoller Beitrag aus dem so schönen Island! Man bekommt direkt Lust diesen Ort zu besichtigen. Wie mögen die Leute dort gelebt haben, so einsam, so einfach, ohne Strom und die damit verbundenen Annehmlichkeiten! Waren Sie dort glücklich! Der Huntergrund würde mich da sehr interessieren! Auch eine Kindheit in den 50/60 ziger Jahren an diesem Platz! Wie kommt bloß das deutsche Polizeiauto dort hin! Gab es Enkel die Herrn Petterson später besuchten! Vielen Dank für die gelungene Dokumentation!!!❤❤
Such a cozy home with a breathtaking view 🖤
Hi Lesley and Danny. Thank you for an epic tour of this little Icelandic house. So so interesting to see how they lived. That was a rough life.
Stay safe can’t wait for more Sending love from California 💜🤟🏻🎄🇺🇸
Big Banks did this place a year ago, nice to see nothing has changed. He is about 6' 7" so had a few more problems with the tiny doorways and low ceilings. I'm sure the spirit of the former owner wouldn't mind too much if you used some of the 'knitting supplies' to sew the backside of your strides up, didn't you notice a draught?! 🤣 Great job guys 😘
His channel is where I saw it too. And yes he is very tall also. But I don't remember him showing as much. I need to go back and rewatch.
I know I see this place before on a another video😊
Hola from Spain. Only just found you, and loving your video's. Such a pretty house, and love how you respect everything you touch. This little place definitely needs preserving, so much history. X
How charming. I like this better than the enormous castles you find. Thanks guys!
They aren't banned. A few local towns, years ago, banned them but there's no overall ban and they're still getting built but in very small numbers.
Thanks for this info into Icelandic history. Y'all stay safe. Love from Texas
Bros of decay, thank you for all different places you show me like the last Abandoned Turf house in Iceland everything Left inside
What a beautiful place. I'm sure that this house was cozy and warm. Thanks for sharing this adventure. Stay safe 👌 👍 🙏 ❤❤