Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Iceland
- +354
What every visitor should know about Iceland:
- Money
- The currency is the Icelandic króna (ISK). 100 ISK is worth about US$0.83, or €0.58.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Reykjavik
- Tap water
- Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.
Iceland facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 306,694
- Language
- Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken
- Ethnicity
- Homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%
Economy
- GDP
- US$42,600 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Very high