Iceland - Islanti

Iceland is located In Europe.

Regions

Cities

• Akureyri
• Egilsstaðir
• Hafnarfjörður - the third largest city
• Höfn
• Meatballs
• Ísafjörður
• Kópavogur - second largest city
• Reykjavik - The northernmost capital of the world
• Selfoss
• Siglufjördhur
• Stykkishólmur

Other items

• Þingvellir National Park, UNSECO target
• Vatnajökull National Park
• Snæfellsjökull National Park

Understand

The Icelandic language is the closest to ancient Norwegian in modern language. The language has remained almost unchanged since the 12th century. There are many grammatical similarities with Germany. Icelandic has several letters that only appear in that language and pronunciation is not always easy to understand. There are also no noticeable similarities with Swedish or the current Norwegian languages.

Come

As Iceland is an island, you can only get there by ship and plane.

By plane

Icelandair [1] fly directly from Helsinki to Keflavik Airport, Reykjavik on the outskirts. Iceland Express [2] fly seasonally e.g. From Copenhagen, From Stockholm and From Gothenburg Ceflavikin.

By boat

From Denmark is a ship connection To Seydisfjördur (On the east coast of Iceland) Faroe Islands through [3].

Move

In Iceland, roads are mainly close to the coast. Renting a car in Iceland is recommended, although the prices are not very cheap. Many of the biggest attractions can be reached by bus from Reykjavik, but with your own car you are not tied to schedules and you can stop a little while looking at the wondrous handsome scenery of Iceland in your wonders. The airport has offices in all major rental companies.

Talk

There is talk in Iceland Iceland, which belongs to the Germanic language. Iceland is thus related to English, German, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. However, Icelandic is very different from other Germanic languages. Most Icelanders speak English and Danish. Norwegian and Swedish are also understood. Icelanders will appreciate a foreigner if this speaks even a little Icelandic. Knowledge of Icelandic basic phrases helps a lot anyway.

Buy

The currency of Iceland is the krona. 1 euro = 160 crowns, 1 crown = 100 Auria.

Price level

The price level in Iceland is extremely high due to e.g. that almost everything has to be imported from elsewhere.

Eat

Juo

In Iceland, tap water is clean. The bacterial population is no different from the Finnish one.

Alcohol

In Iceland, it sells alcoholic beverages Vínbúðin, which corresponds to Alko Finland. Alcohol is not sold in grocery stores at all. In Iceland, the age limit for buying alcohol is 20 years. Alcohol is expensive: in Vínbúð, for example, the cheapest beer costs SEK 400-500, but in a restaurant it is up to twice as expensive.

Sleep

Study

Work

Stay safe

Iceland is one of the safest countries in the world. Common sense goes well.

General emergency number: 112

Stay healthy

Respect

• While many foreigners may consider Icelanders as cold people, they are friendly and happy to help. Iceland is one of the most liberal countries in the world and they are proud of it.
• Icelanders like to talk about the weather.
• Tips are not usually given in restaurants. Iceland's horses and nature should be respected.
• There are no actual surnames in Iceland, but the latter is a matronymic or patronymic (e.g. Þor Björgólfsson, Vigdis Finnbogadóttir). That is why it is appropriate and advisable in Iceland to address people by first name, even in formal situations.

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