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2004: A word of warning - Money Iceland is a gorgeous country (ok, the weather is debatable). The downside, however, are the costs of a holiday there. For a four week holiday for two people (including car hire (the smallest available), staying in sleeping bag accomodation, usually self catering, only two tours (wale watching and boat trip on Jokulsarlon), no rock bottom holiday but no luxury either) expect to pay around 4500 - 5000 € (excluding flights). The worst of all: prices for alcohol. So bring as much with you as you can carry (or are allowed to carry). A 1l bottle of rum form the duty free shop could be a very suitable additive to the odd cup of hot tea (remember the weather)! 2010: Update While the economic crises surely has hit Iceland hard, it has had a very positive effect on the exchange rate of the Krónur (at least from the tourist point of view). Iceland is still not a cheapy, but prices tend to be on a "normal" European level now and are not as astronomic as they used to be. There are excemptions, however. Prices for alcohol, beef and the Blue Lagoon are still quite stiff. The latter doesn't even quote the entry in Krónur anymore. They seem to have adopted the Euro. 2021: Update Prices go up and down and so do volcanic eruptions. Iceland is still a wonderful country – and still not a cheapy. In summer it has become somewhat overcrowded with tourists though.

Guides (Books and Online): My experience with the Lonely Planet Guide Books series was generally good. In recent years, however, they seem to get thiner and to contain less practical information - which isn't surprising since one can find every supermarket etc. on the internt. The choice of the guidebook of course largely depends on what kind of information you are looking for. If you are on a prebooked itinerary and are solely looking for in depth cultural and historical information the LP guides are not likely to be of much help for you. Wikitravel, Lonely Planet Travel Guides

Getting there and around: Airlines, Buses, Ferries, Timetables ... Coaches: Reykjavik Excursions (Bus Travel around Iceland), Strætó (Local Transport in Reykjavik), FlyBus (Airport Transfer) Ferries: Herj lfur (Vestmannaeyjar/Heimaey), Smyril Line (Denmark-Faroe-Iceland) Airlines & Airports: Icelandair, Keflavik International Airport Car Hire: Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Budget, Atak, Hass , Randburg Travel Agents and Tour Operators: Nordic Adventure Travel, Nordic Visitor Iceland, West Tours, Iceland Travel

Places to Stay: There are no "independent" hostels like in many other countries. However, plenty of the private guesthouses ("Gistiheimelid") also offer sleeping bag accomodation (make sure you take one with you) at simliar rates as the Hostelling International hostels. They can be excellent value not only if the HI hostels are full or too far away. Icelandic Hostels (including the Guesthouses) are clean and very friendly ... and usually have a pretty poorly equipped kitchen. See also the Tourist Board web sites. Hostelling International Iceland, Accomodation in Iceland, hey Iceland

Tourist Boards, Cities & Towns, Regions, Historic Sights, Conservation & Nature: Tourist Boards: Visit Iceland Visit Reykjavik, Visit Reykjanes, Visit South Iceland, Visit Austurland, West Iceland, Visit Westfjords, Visit North Iceland Cities & Towns, Regions: Reykjavik, Strætó (Busses Reykjavik), The Map of Reykjavik, Sey isfj r ur, Visit Vatnaj kill Commercial ... but full of information: Guide to Iceland Geoparks: Katla, Reykjanes

Weather: Always on the agenda when you're travelling! The ultimate source for up to the minute information about the weather are of course the web cams (see the Web Cam section further down). Icelandic Met Office, WetterOnline

Web Cams & Photographs: See where you could be now instead of sitting at home, or (even worse) at work. Mila - Live from Iceland, WorldLIVE, Google Maps

Volcanic Activities: Recent Earthquakes, Aviation colour code map, Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes, Vulkane.net, Iceland Geology, Nordic Volcanological Center Geldingadalir 2021: Hiking and Parking, safetravel.is, Volcano Weather Time laps of the first days, Augnakonfekt i Natthaga (RUV) Eyjafjallaj kull 2010: All about the eruption on Wikipedia, How to pronounce Eyjafjallajokull, ISLAND 24.3.2010-30.3.2010, Original Eruption Crater (Video)

The Rest of The Stuff: All the links that didn't fit in the other sections. Traffic info, Icelandic Roads and Coastal Administration, Safetravel, Discover Iceland, Arctic Coastway, Maps of Iceland, National Land Survey of Iceland, Directorate of Customs, Iceland.org, Statistics Iceland, 3D Map Iceland North Sailing, Gentle Giants, Blue Lagoon, Jokulsarlon Media: IcelandReview, RUV, mbl.is What's On: What's on, Reykjavik Arts Festival

Collections of Iceland links and internet portals: Iceland on the Web, Iceland Naturally, Island Ringstra e, Wanderungen über das Hochland Islands, auf-den-Berg - Wandern Island

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