Here are nine surprising products I saw on shelves there.
The two soda fountains in Costco's food court featured an orange-flavored Icelandic soda called Egils Appelsin in addition to Pepsi, 7-Up, and water.
A soda fountain at Costco in Iceland featuring an orange-flavored Icelandic soda called Egils Appelsin.
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Produced by Iceland's Skallagrímsson Brewery since 1955, Egils Appelsin is often served at festive occasions and holidays like Christmas. It's a beverage unique to Iceland, one that I've never seen at my Costco stores on the East Coast of the US.
Birthday cakes featured "Happy birthday" written in icing in the local language: "Til hamingju með ðaginn" in Icelandic.
A Costco birthday cake in Iceland.
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The cake cost 2,499 ISK, or about $18.70.
While Costco's house-brand Kirkland hot dogs are sold at stores all over the world, the store I visited also had the Icelandic Vínarpylsur brand.
A kilogram-sized tub, or about a quart, of skyr cost 559 ISK, or about $4.18.
I'd never seen these Vikingr dried fish fillets, called hardfiskur, at Costcos in the US, but they've been a staple of the Icelandic diet for centuries.
Dried fish fillets at Costco in Iceland.
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The dried and flattened fish fillets are usually made with cod, haddock, or wolffish, according to Atlas Obscura.
I also found blocks of Smjör, an Icelandic brand of butter.
Smjör butter at Costco in Iceland.
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A 500-gram block of butter, or about 2.2 cups, cost 699 ISK, or about $5.23.
I went looking for where to buy Smjör in the US when I got back from my trip because I loved it so much. It's sold at some Whole Foods locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, according to Smjör's official website.
I was surprised to find numerous British products, like Marmite, at the Icelandic Costco.
Marmite at Costco in Iceland.
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Iceland is only a quick three-hour flight from London, so it made sense to find British foods in the aisles.
A tub of Marmite cost 597 ISK, or about $4.47.
The bakery sold Victoria sandwiches, which are also available at Costco locations in the UK.
Victoria sandwiches at Costco in Iceland.
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A package of six sandwiches, made with fresh cream and strawberry jam between two sponge cakes, cost 1,199 ISK, or about $8.97.
This bag of cane icing sugar still bore Queen Elizabeth's stamp of approval known as a Royal Warrant.
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