On the contrary Icelanders are very friendly and will talk to you in Icelandic if you ask. People mostly switch because their English is excellent and they want

On the contrary Icelanders are very friendly and will talk to you in Icelandic if you ask. People mostly switch because their English is excellent and they want to be accommodating. They’re also not being deliberately aloof from tourists there’s just waaaay more jobs than there are native Icelanders to fill them, particularly in construction and seasonal work like tourism.