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Iceland
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Practical Info
Iceland
Required Clothing
Lightweights in warmer months, with extra woollens for walking and the
cooler evenings. Medium- to heavyweights are advised in winter.
Waterproofing is recommended throughout the year. Umbrellas are not
recommended because rain is very often accompanied by wind.
Electricity
Social Conventions
Phrases
Beer = Bjr
Closed = Lokad
Danger = Htta
Eight = tta
Eighty = ttatu
Entrance = Inngangur
Exit = tgangur
Fifty = Fimmtu
Five = Fimm
Forty = Fjrtu
Four = Fjrir
Friday = Fstudagur
Goodbye = Bless
Hello = Hall
Hotel = Htel
Menu = Matsedill
Monday = Mnudagur
My name is = g heiti
Nine = Nu
Ninety = Ntu
No = Nei
One = Einn
Open = Opid
Restaurant = Veitingastadur
Saturday = Laugardagur
Seven = Sj
Seventy = Sjtu
Six = Sex
Sixty = Sextu
Sunday = Sunnudagur
Ten = Tu
Thirty = Thrjtu
Three = Thrr
Thursday = Fimmtudagur
Today = dag
Toilets = Salerni
Tomorrow = morgun
Tuesday = Thridjudagur
Twenty = Tuttugu
Two = Tveir
Wednesday = Midvikudagur
Where is ? = Hvar er ?
Wine = Vn
Yes = J
Language
The official language is Icelandic; English and Danish are widely spoken.
Shopping Eating
Opening Hours Regional Specialities
Mon-Fri 0900-1800; Sat from 1000-1500. Most Skyr (a smooth and creamy kind of
shops close on Sundays, and many shops also yoghurt).
close on Saturdays during the summer (Jun-Aug). Hangikjot (smoked lamb).
Some supermarkets are open seven days a week Harfiskur (dried fish).
until 2300. A delicacy not for the squeamish is hkarl
(putrefied shark), usually washed down with
a shot of Brennivin.
Credit Cards Pylsur (hot dog) is every Icelanders'
favourite fast food.
American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and
Visa are widely accepted.
Tipping
Travellers Cheques Service charges are included in most bills
and extra tips are not expected.
Accepted, although mainly in key urban areas. To
avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers
are advised to take traveller's cheques in US Drinking Age
Dollars.
20.
Exchange Rates
Food Drink
AUD 1 = ISK 107.76
Icelandic water is safe to drink and there is
EUR 1 = ISK 161.32
no need to buy bottled water. There are no
GBP 1 = ISK 191.83 specific food or drink risks in the country.
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