Iceland

Capital City: Reykjavik

People: homogeneous mixture of descendants of Norse and Celts 94%, population of foreign origin 6%

Religion: Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4%

Language: Icelandic, English, Nordic languages, German widely spoken

Currency: Icelandic Krona

Electrical Voltage: 220 volts

How to get there:
By plane: Iceland is easily reached via air and the international airport is Keflavík, in the southwest of the country about 40 km from Reykjavík.
The airport itself is quite barren; if you have a lengthy layover you should make sure to bring books or other entertainment.

Weather: Despite its name, Iceland is very mild for a country at that latitude owing to the warming effect of the Atlantic Gulf Stream. The weather is often compared with that of New England (though cooler in the winter). However the rapidly changing weather has given rise to the local saying: 'If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes'! It's the kind of place where it's not unusual to get rained on and sunburnt at the same time - some Icelandic people also believe that if the winter is hard and long then the summer will be good and warm.

Travel Documentation and Custom Duty: Nationals of the following countries do not require visas to travel to Iceland as visitors, although they do require passports that are valid for three months beyond their intended stay: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (applicable for those holding HKSAR passports), Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (applicable for those holding MSAR passports), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain (incl. Bermuda, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands, St. Helena, Falkland Islands and Gibraltar), United States of America, Uruguay, Vatican and Venezuela.

Getting Around: Airplane, Car, Bus, Bicycle

Tourism Website: http://www.icetourist.is/
   http://www.goiceland.org/news.php

Medical Facilities:

Banks:

Emergency Numbers: Reykjavík police, for information only, Tel.:+354-569-9020.
Emergency phone number in Iceland is 112. (24 hours).