{"id":1302340,"date":"2026-09-26T18:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302340"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:42","slug":"iceland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Iceland country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Iceland","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Volcanoes, glaciers and waterfalls within a day of the airport, and the highest prices in Europe. Worth it, with planning \u2014 and considerably cheaper if you cook and camp.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302342","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Plan a route | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac40 | Dorm bed, from\r\n1,332km | The Ring Road\r\n30+ | Active volcanic systems\r\n4h | Daylight in December","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Small country, long drives","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Iceland is the size of Ireland with the population of Cardiff, and almost all of it is empty. Reykjav\u00edk holds two thirds of the country, and everything people come for is outside it: waterfalls, glaciers, black beaches, hot springs and lava fields, spread around a single ring road.\r\n\r\nThat road is the trip. The Ring Road is 1,332km and takes seven to ten days at a reasonable pace, and it is the difference between seeing Iceland and seeing the Golden Circle car parks. If you only have a long weekend, base yourself in Reykjav\u00edk and do the south coast.\r\n\r\nThe country is genuinely expensive \u2014 the most expensive in this guide \u2014 but the costs are controllable. Self-catering, camping in summer, and free natural hot springs instead of the Blue Lagoon cut the daily figure roughly in half.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Icelandic. English is spoken by essentially everyone\r\nCurrency | Icelandic kr\u00f3na (ISK)\r\nEmergency | 112, and the 112 app for hiking\r\nTap water | Among the best in the world. Never buy bottled\r\nTipping | Not expected at all\r\nCards | Accepted everywhere including remote petrol pumps. Cash is barely used\r\nHow long to stay | Four days for the south, 7\u201310 for the Ring Road\r\nBest months | June to August for access, February or March for northern lights","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"This is a road-trip country rather than a city one. 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The variations are about how far you drive and when you go.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Adventure | green | backpack | Glaciers, volcanoes and hikes with nobody else on them. | Glacier walk with a guide; Hike Landmannalaugar; Ice cave in winter | Skaftafell; Landmannalaugar; \u00de\u00f3rsm\u00f6rk | V\u00edk; H\u00f6fn; Reykjav\u00edk | adventure\nRoad trip | blue | bus | The Ring Road, which is the trip most people should take. | Drive the south coast slowly; Sleep in a campervan; Stop at every unnamed waterfall | The Ring Road; Sn\u00e6fellsnes; The Westfjords | Reykjav\u00edk; Akureyri | road-trip\nCulture | purple | culture | Sagas, turf houses and a music scene far bigger than the population. | Harpa concert hall; The National Museum; A pool, which is the real social institution | Reykjav\u00edk old harbour; Sk\u00f3gar museum; \u00deingvellir | Reykjav\u00edk; Akureyri | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Possible, with discipline. | Camp in summer; Cook everything; Free hot springs instead of the Blue Lagoon | Reykjav\u00edk; Selfoss; V\u00edk | Reykjav\u00edk; Selfoss | budget-travel\nBeach | teal | sunglasses | Black sand rather than swimming, and hot springs instead. | Reynisfjara black beach, from a distance; Diamond Beach; Soak in a natural pool | Reynisfjara; Diamond Beach; Seljavallalaug | V\u00edk; H\u00f6fn | beach\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Reykjav\u00edk only, and it starts very late. | The r\u00fantur bar crawl on a Friday; Live music at Kex; A hot dog at 4am | Laugavegur; Reykjav\u00edk old harbour | Reykjav\u00edk | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Iceland","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The Golden Circle \u2014 \u00deingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss \u2014 is the standard day from Reykjav\u00edk and it is good, if busy. The south coast is better: Seljalandsfoss and Sk\u00f3gafoss, the black beach at Reynisfjara, and the glacier lagoon at J\u00f6kuls\u00e1rl\u00f3n with icebergs washing up on Diamond Beach opposite.\r\n\r\nSwimming pools are the cultural institution people miss. Every town has a geothermal pool with hot tubs, they cost a few euros, and they are where Icelanders actually socialise \u2014 far better value than the Blue Lagoon, which is a spa with a \u20ac60 to \u20ac100 entry fee.\r\n\r\nIn winter, northern lights are the draw and are never guaranteed. In summer, the midnight sun means you can hike at eleven at night, and the interior highland roads open from late June.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Local pools | A few euros, in every town, and the real Iceland\r\nBlue Lagoon | \u20ac60\u2013100 and must be booked. Sky Lagoon and Secret Lagoon are alternatives\r\nNorthern lights | September to March, clear nights only, never guaranteed\r\nF-roads | Highland routes open late June to September. 4x4 legally required","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Iceland","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Iceland","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Eating out is the fastest way to empty a budget here. A main course in a Reykjav\u00edk restaurant is \u20ac28 to \u20ac40, and a beer is \u20ac9 to \u20ac12. This is not a tourist mark-up; it is what things cost.\r\n\r\nThe answer is B\u00f3nus, the budget supermarket with the pink pig logo. Cooking in hostel kitchens is standard practice, and buying food in Reykjav\u00edk before driving out is much cheaper than the roadside stops.\r\n\r\nTwo things are worth paying for: the hot dog stand in Reykjav\u00edk, which is a national institution at about \u20ac4, and lobster soup on the south coast. Icelandic lamb and skyr are excellent and cheap in supermarkets.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"B\u00f3nus | The budget supermarket. Stock up in Reykjav\u00edk before driving\r\nRestaurant mains | \u20ac28\u201340. Not a mistake\r\nHot dog | About \u20ac4, and genuinely a national institution\r\nTap water | Excellent. Buying bottled water here is absurd","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Iceland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Iceland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Reykjav\u00edk's nightlife is concentrated on Laugavegur and it starts extraordinarily late \u2014 people pre-drink at home until one because of alcohol prices, and bars fill after that. The r\u00fantur, the traditional Friday bar crawl, runs until five.\r\n\r\nAlcohol is state-controlled and expensive: a beer is \u20ac9 to \u20ac12 in a bar. Buy from V\u00ednb\u00fa\u00f0in, the state off-licence, which has limited opening hours and is closed on Sundays \u2014 a fact worth knowing on a Saturday afternoon.\r\n\r\nOutside Reykjav\u00edk there is essentially no nightlife, which is fine, because you will be driving at dawn.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Timing | Bars fill after 01:00 and run to 04:00 or 05:00 at weekends\r\nBeer | \u20ac9\u201312 in a bar. Pre-drinking is standard practice\r\nV\u00ednb\u00fa\u00f0in | The state off-licence. Limited hours, closed Sundays\r\nHappy hour | Widely used, and there are apps that track it","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Iceland","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Iceland","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"You need a vehicle. Public transport between towns is minimal and does not serve the sights, so it is a hire car, a campervan or organised day tours.\r\n\r\nCampervans are the popular answer because they cover the bed and the transport together, and in summer that saves a great deal. Note that campervans, cars and caravans may only stay overnight at campsites \u2014 the rules tightened after years of abuse \u2014 and tent camping outside them is heavily restricted, so use campsites, which are \u20ac12 to \u20ac18 a person.\r\n\r\nTwo practical warnings. Gravel and F-roads require the right vehicle and the right insurance, and standard hire agreements exclude damage from them. Weather closes roads at short notice: road.is and vedur.is are the official sources, and they are checked daily by everyone driving here.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Hire car | Essential. Check gravel and sand insurance before signing\r\nCampervan | Covers bed and transport. Campsites \u20ac12\u201318 per person\r\nWild camping | Campervans and cars only at campsites. Tents heavily restricted\r\nroad.is | Check road closures and weather daily. Not optional in winter","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Iceland","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Iceland costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Iceland is the most expensive country in this guide and there is no way around that. Dorms start around \u20ac40, a restaurant main is \u20ac28 to \u20ac40, a beer is \u20ac9 to \u20ac12, and a week's car hire in summer runs \u20ac400 to \u20ac700 before fuel.\r\n\r\nWhat you can control is large. Cooking from B\u00f3nus, camping rather than sleeping indoors, using free hot springs and municipal pools instead of the Blue Lagoon, and travelling in May or September rather than July all pull the daily figure down substantially \u2014 from something like \u20ac150 a day to around \u20ac80.\r\n\r\nFuel is the sleeper cost on a Ring Road trip. Budget \u20ac150 to \u20ac250 for a lap depending on the vehicle.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac40, more in Reykjav\u00edk in summer\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac80\u2013100 self-catering, \u20ac150+ eating out\r\nCar hire | \u20ac400\u2013700 a week in summer, plus \u20ac150\u2013250 fuel for the Ring Road\r\nFree | Pools, waterfalls, beaches, hikes and the water in the tap","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Iceland","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Iceland","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Iceland has almost no crime and consistently ranks as the safest country in the world. Everything that goes wrong here is weather or terrain.\r\n\r\nReynisfjara's black beach kills people. Sneaker waves arrive without warning, drag people in, and the water is four degrees. Stay far back from the waterline, and take the warning signs literally.\r\n\r\nVolcanic activity is a third: eruptions on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindav\u00edk have repeatedly closed roads and the Blue Lagoon since 2023, so check safetravel.is before heading that way.\r\n\r\nDriving is the other one. Winds can rip car doors off their hinges, single-lane bridges appear without warning, and sheep stand in the road. Check road.is and vedur.is every morning, and when a road is closed, it is closed \u2014 people have died driving around barriers.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112, and download the 112 Iceland app before hiking\r\nReynisfjara | Sneaker waves kill. Stay well back from the water\r\nWind | Can tear car doors off. Hold them when opening\r\nRoad closures | Check road.is daily. Never drive around a closure barrier","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Iceland is in the Schengen area but not the EU. EU and EEA citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone, counted with all the other member states.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been postponed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nTravel insurance matters more here than in most places. Search and rescue is run by volunteers and is not billed, but vehicle recovery, weather cancellations and gravel damage are all real costs, and many policies exclude F-road driving entirely.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen | 90 days in any 180 across the whole zone\r\nNot in the EU | Schengen yes, EU no. Customs allowances differ\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nInsurance | Check it covers gravel damage and highland driving","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Summer gives you daylight and open roads; winter gives you northern lights and ice caves. The shoulder months are cheaper and give you a bit of both.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Reykjav\u00edk, which are milder than the latitude suggests thanks to the Gulf Stream. Daylight is the bigger variable: 21 hours in June, four in December.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 2 | 3 | Four hours of light, northern lights, ice caves\r\nFebruary | 3 | 3 | Best balance of lights and lengthening days\r\nMarch | 4 | 3 | Lights still likely, roads improving\r\nApril | 6 | 2 | Shoulder. Cheaper, and the snow retreating\r\nMay | 10 | 3 | Excellent value. Long days, most roads open\r\nJune | 13 | 5 | Midnight sun, highlands opening, peak prices begin\r\nJuly | 14 | 5 | Peak. Everything open, everything booked\r\nAugust | 14 | 5 | Still peak, and the lights return late in the month\r\nSeptember | 11 | 3 | Superb. Autumn colour, lights, prices dropping\r\nOctober | 7 | 2 | Quiet and cheap. Highland roads close\r\nNovember | 4 | 2 | Dark and cold, and the lights season proper\r\nDecember | 3 | 3 | Four hours of daylight. Christmas in Reykjav\u00edk is lovely","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person. Car hire and fuel are on top and are the largest cost of a Ring Road trip.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Shoestring assumes camping and cooking from B\u00f3nus, with transport covering a shared campervan. Free sights \u2014 waterfalls, beaches, hikes and local pools \u2014 mean the doing column can genuinely be near zero.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 18 | 18 | 25 | 0\r\nMiddle of the road | 40 | 35 | 35 | 15\r\nComfortable | 70 | 65 | 45 | 40","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"A small country with a surprisingly full calendar, most of it in Reykjav\u00edk.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"iceland","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Iceland","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/iceland\/","hw_hub_country_events":"\u00deorrabl\u00f3t | January and February | Nationwide | Midwinter feasts of fermented shark and cured meats. Tradition rather than cuisine. |  | \nWinter Lights Festival | February | Reykjav\u00edk | Light installations and free museum nights in the darkest month. |  | \nCulture Night | August | Reykjav\u00edk | Menningarn\u00f3tt: a day and night of free concerts, open houses and fireworks across the city. |  | \nNational Day | 17 June | Nationwide | Independence celebrations, parades and street parties. |  | \nVerslunarmannahelgi | Early August | Westman Islands | The August bank holiday weekend, and the biggest party of the Icelandic year. |  | \nIceland Airwaves | November | Reykjav\u00edk | The music festival that put Icelandic bands on the map, in bars across the city. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Iceland","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Reykjav\u00edk has most of them; along the Ring Road, book well ahead in summer.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Iceland","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/iceland\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"98","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Iceland travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Iceland? | Four days covers Reykjav\u00edk, the Golden Circle and the south coast. Seven to ten days does the full Ring Road at a pace that lets you stop, which is the trip worth taking.\r\nWhy is Iceland so expensive? | Almost everything is imported, alcohol is heavily taxed and labour costs are high. Dorms from \u20ac40, restaurant mains \u20ac28 to \u20ac40, beer \u20ac9 to \u20ac12. Cooking from B\u00f3nus and camping roughly halves a daily budget.\r\nDo I need a car in Iceland? | Yes, unless you are staying in Reykjav\u00edk and taking day tours. Public transport does not serve the sights. A campervan covers your bed and transport together and is the cheapest way to do the Ring Road.\r\nWhen can I see the northern lights? | September to March, on clear dark nights, and never guaranteed. February and March give the best balance of dark skies and manageable road conditions. Anyone promising you will see them is selling something.\r\nIs the Blue Lagoon worth it? | It is a well-run spa with a \u20ac60 to \u20ac100 entry fee that must be booked. Every town has a geothermal pool with hot tubs for a few euros, which is where Icelanders go, and there are free natural springs if you research them.\r\nIs it safe to drive in Iceland? | Yes with respect for the weather. Check road.is and vedur.is every morning, hold car doors against the wind, and never drive past a road closure. Gravel and F-roads need the right vehicle and insurance that covers them.\r\nCan I camp anywhere in Iceland? | No. Campervans, cars and caravans may only stay overnight at campsites, and tent camping outside them is heavily restricted, after years of problems. Campsites cost \u20ac12 to \u20ac18 per person and are well spread around the Ring Road.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Iceland \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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