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Iceland

Best time to travel

May to August

Capital

Reykjavik

Currency

Icelandic Krona (IKK)

Language

Icelandic

Iceland

in a nutshell

Iceland is the biggest volcanic island on earth. Icelanders are superstitious people, trolls, elfs and dwarfs play a huge role in their hundreds of years old fairytales and songs. They are also among the happiest people in the world. Most Icelanders are protestant-evangalic (so called Icelandic state church), that’s around 60%.

You don’t need any special vaccionations to travel to Sweden. A vaccination against hepatitis B and meningococcal meningitis may be sensible for longer stays if applicable.

Iceland is not part of the EU, but inside the Schengen-zone, so most Europeans don’t need visa and can travel freely in the Schengen-zone. Non-EU-citizens of many countries as the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand don’t need a visa if their stay is shorter than 90 days. Other citizens have to apply for a visa at their embassy or consulate before their departure.

Iceland is probably the safest country on our beautiful earth. Enjoy your holidays!

Iceland is a very expensive country for travelling. It’s the most expensive country we’ve been to. Iceland is on rank 5 (!) of the most expensive countries in the whole world the second most expensive country in Europe. Example: prices in general are over 20% higher than in the US.

Iceland's

highlights