I'm an American who shopped at Hagkaup, the 'Walmart of Iceland.' Here are 5 surprising things I've never seen in US stores.

Inside a Hagkaup store in Iceland.Talia Lakitz/Insider ; Talia Lakritz/Insider

• I visited Hagkaup, an Icelandic grocery chain and retailer known as the "Walmart of Iceland."
• I was surprised to see a box of free fruit for children, which I've never seen in US grocery stores.

Hagkaup (pronounced HOW-kup), an Icelandic retailer with a wide-ranging selection of food, housewares, clothes, cosmetics, crafts, toys, and other items, is often compared to Walmart because it has a little bit of everything at low prices.

On a recent trip to Iceland, I visited Hagkaup for the first time. While there were similarities with Walmart and other stores I've shopped at in the US, it also had features I've never seen in an American store before.

Here are five things that surprised me about Hagkaup as an American shopper.