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* Years ago the festival had more ties with puffins when they were served in the tents. This is very hard to do today because of prices and changing democratic

* Years ago the festival had more ties with puffins when they were served in the tents. This is very hard to do today because of prices and changing democratic as the older people are more into eating puffin. But I recommend it if you can get your hands on it, it is very good. * I agree its not like Burning Man but totally has its own atmosphere which is unique to it. There is a lot of drinking as many teenagers go there for an escape to drink and have fun. And as in any big festival there is a mixed bag of apples who come there to ruin it for everyone. This is not something that is unique to this festival in my experience. * I wouldn't call it a shithole by any means. It's like any other fishing village in Iceland in a beautiful unique surrounding. I don't know why you are getting up in arms how this is represented. But this is a festival that has diffidently evolved through the years with the huge increase in people attending it is hard to keep that local friendly atmosphere when almost 6% of the country is there. Puffins have been something that people from Vestmanneyjar eat and of course that is something that characterizes the place and is brought up when tourists visit. It's like saying Oktoberfest is bullshit because now they tourists who visit.

valdiorn 11y ago
>I don't know why you are getting up in arms how this is represented Because for decades it has, for some obscure reason, been romanticized and presented as "good", while reality is more blunt. A large part of the partygoers are underage or young people while there is extremely excessive drinking, it's notorious for being violent, and riddled with sexual assaults. I don't know if you're an Icelander or not, but looking at Thjodhatid from the inside, and looking at its history for the last 100 years or however long its been going, it may look a lot different.

valdiorn 11y ago

>I don't know why you are getting up in arms how this is represented Because for decades it has, for some obscure reason, been romanticized and presented as "good", while reality is more blunt. A large part of the partygoers are underage or young people while there is extremely excessive drinking, it's notorious for being violent, and riddled with sexual assaults. I don't know if you're an Icelander or not, but looking at Thjodhatid from the inside, and looking at its history for the last 100 years or however long its been going, it may look a lot different.