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Iceland is pretty damn expensive, probably one of the most expensive nature destination you can find, together with Norway (although Switzerland probably still
by mijamo 7y ago
Iceland is pretty damn expensive, probably one of the most expensive nature destination you can find, together with Norway (although Switzerland probably still wins the prize).
- knd775 7y agoI went there in the winter (when things are generally a bit cheaper) a couple of years ago and it wasn't too bad. Food, however, was incredibly expensive everywhere. No where else have I spent nearly $20 USD for a meal at a fast food restaurant.
- onion2k 7y agoIf you'd eaten the local cuisine it would have been cheaper. Importing goods to an island is expensive.
- ajmurmann 7y agoEven a bowl of Icelandic lamb soup can go up to $20 now. Wasn't like this a few years ago though.
- xeromal 7y agoYeah, I had a cup of lamb soup for $17 2 years ago. It was no where special. I was so surprised.
- cdelsolar 7y agoyeah, I've seen a lot of people saying food in Iceland is super expensive, but when I was there it was about as expensive as any American city. I think many tourists must still be going to like Subway. I was going to the local restaurants and even found an amazing noodle soup place for under $10 equivalent.
- knd775 7y agoI went to a number of local places and they were all about the same as this. I even went to a fish and chips place in Reykjavik expecting it to be cheaper since they certainly don't need to import fish, but it wasn't. Another tiny family-owned restaurant in Vik was the same as well. I honestly couldn't find cheaper food. I do understand the difficulty in importing food to an isolated island with only 100k people. I'm just not sure that fully accounts for the increasingly high food prices across the board.
- devonkim 7y agoEvery other person I know that goes to Iceland subsists off of hot dogs. For dining out at restaurants in Reykjavik, the cost has been comparable to tipping well at middle to mid-upper US metro establishments that aren’t chain restaurants ($20-$25 / entree as of 2014 when I went).
- ajmurmann 7y agoFood there has gotten really expensive the last few years. Getting there can be really cheap though. I've now spent two Thanksgivings there where we paid less than $1k/person for flights from US west coast and a very good hotel for 3 nights.