#gjaldskylda
HAH, remember the video I made about the Icelandic word Gjaldskylda. Well it just got picked as the "Icelandic word of the Year" due to all of the drama surrounding it in 2025

(ps. it wasn't because of my video, I just highlighted the silly situation)
January 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Gjaldskylda er orð ársins 2025 að mati notenda RÚV. Græna gímaldið hlaut örlítið færri atkvæði. Gjaldskylda var áberandi á árinu, ekki bara vegna ferðamannastaða þar sem gjaldskylda var tekin upp eða á bílastæðum, til dæmis við Háskóla Íslands.
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Ever been to Gjaldskylda? 🇮🇸
August 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Looks like countless tourists traveling Iceland location tagged their Photos according to a sign they found, "Gjaldskylda".

Problem: it's no location, it means "you have to pay for your parking".

🤣🤣

[Info by Ragnhildur Jóhanns]
August 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
er að fara að Gjaldskylda falls um helgina. Já bara aðeins þú veist, kíkja útúr bænum
August 16, 2023 at 7:44 PM
Lol! Gjaldskylda means you have to pay for parking but these poor tourists think it’s the name of the mountain/foss/geyser.
Er á Instagram að gera athugasemdir:
„Wow, the famous Gjaldskylda, so jelous!! It is our countries pride ✨🇦🇽"
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A Streetcar named Desire. A Farþegamiðstöð named Gjaldskylda.
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Já það er einhver kona sem á líkbíl😂 sem er eiginlega aldrei notaður. Hún á heima á Ásvallagötu en eftir að það var tekin upp gjaldskylda þar færði hún hann í eitt af örfáum stæðum fyrir framan Björnsbakarí á Hringbraut. Unhinged.
February 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Eriddiggi Gjaldskylda?!
September 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Gjaldskylda Falls
August 16, 2023 at 7:09 PM
„Gjaldskylda“: Warum Touristen in Island von einem Ort posten, den es gar nicht gibt https://lvz.de
„Gjaldskylda“: Warum Touristen in Island von einem Ort posten, den es gar nicht gibt
„Gjaldskylda“ ist bei Instagram ein beliebter Hashtag und angeblicher Ort in Island. Doch beim Betrachten der Bilder fällt auf: Der Ort könnte überall auf der Insel sein. Ein Influencer klärt auf.
www.lvz.de
August 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Iceland in a nutshell
#Gjaldskylda
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
And now AI and Google will forever show those spots as “Gjaldskylda, Iceland” no matter how hard Icelandic people, gov and/or truth seekers try and correct. Which is both hilarious, pathetic and (by implication) terrifying.
August 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
gjaldskylda with some jam on the side
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This hole is deep. And muddy, apparently.
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Er á Instagram að gera athugasemdir:
„Wow, the famous Gjaldskylda, so jelous!! It is our countries pride ✨🇦🇽"
August 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ahaha: énorme !

Pour info, le premier gjaldskylda s'appelle Kirkjufell et (C'est la montagne) et Kirkjufellfoss (la chute d'eau) et et le deuxième gjaldskylda s'appelle Namafjall.
Sérieusement, je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment ils peuvent se méprendre.
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#gjaldskylda in France, Quiberon
August 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Assuming all, or most, Icelanders have a reasonable enough grasp on English. Maybe it'd be easier to not include the icelandic "Payment Required" just to avoid further confusion.

Alternative is to name all of these places Gjaldskylda as a nation-wide prank.
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Þarna er hún þá komin. Farþegamiðstöðin Gjaldskylda 🫶
January 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Af hverju finnst fólki ókeypis bílastæði svona sjálfsögð? Þú borgar bara brúsann með óbeinni hætti. Íbúðir með bílastæðum eru dýrari, tala nú ekki um ef það er bílakjallari. Gjaldskylda þýðir líka betri nýting á bílastæðum (líkbíllinn á Hringbraut gott dæmi). Svona er þetta í miðborgum um heim allan
February 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
But Gjaldskylda, Iceland, also reads a bit painful to me because we charge so much at so many places in Iceland. The waterfall Gjaldskylda is a sign that we have gone too far in the commercialisation of landscape.
August 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM