Iceland travel guide
Before you go to Iceland
- Currency
- ISK kr
- Emergency number
- 112 / 112
- Plug type
- C, F
- Tap water
- safe
- Tipping
- not_expected
- Bargaining
- Not expected
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express
- ATM fees
- Usually none from Icelandic bank ATMs; your home bank may charge a foreign-withdrawal fee
Cities in Iceland
- Reykjavík Iceland's capital and largest city, home to about two-thirds of the national population. A compact, colourful harbour city known for…
- Keflavík The town beside Keflavík International Airport on the Reykjanes peninsula — most visitors' first and last stop in Iceland. Gateway to the…
- Vík í Mýrdal Iceland's southernmost village, ringed by black-sand beaches, the Reynisdrangar sea stacks and Reynisfjara. A key South Coast stop between…
- Akureyri The "Capital of the North", Iceland's second-largest urban area at the head of Eyjafjörður fjord. Base for whale watching, the Diamond…
- Höfn A fishing town in southeast Iceland famed for langoustine ("humar") and as the gateway to Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier, and the…
- Selfoss The largest town in South Iceland, on the Ölfusá river — the main service hub and gateway to the Golden Circle (Þingvellir, Geysir,…
- Húsavík A picturesque fishing town on Skjálfandi bay in north Iceland, widely regarded as the whale-watching capital of Europe, with the wooden…