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I would love to visit Iceland this late Spring, it would be my second visit after my first one in 2008. I am wondering if anyone knows what the covid-related r

I would love to visit Iceland this late Spring, it would be my second visit after my first one in 2008. I am wondering if anyone knows what the covid-related restrictions are. I would go there primarily to hike, and secondarily to try to meet interesting startups.

kd5bjo 6y ago
https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/visiting-iceland https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/visiting-iceland
- StavrosK 6y ago
  So 12 days of quarantine? Sounds expensive.
  - meheleventyone 6y ago
    It’s only 5-6 days of quarantine as the first test is taken when you arrive.
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      Oh, that's better... Still probably prohibitive for a lot of people, I wonder if you can skip that if you're vaccinated (or perhaps will be able to by September).
      - meheleventyone 6y ago
        Yes in May they are looking to open up more to people outside of Schengen with vaccination certificates. My parents are British, vaccinated and looking forward to coming over to visit as we've not seen them since Christmas.
        StavrosK 6y ago
        That'd be fantastic, I've been itching to go back to Iceland for years now! Assuming I manage to get vaccinated, that is...
  - PedroCandeias 6y ago
    No, just 5. You get the results a few hours after each test. I flew in on a Sunday, went into quarantine, got my landing test results same day, did my second test Friday morning (took 2min to enter, get tested and come back out) and got my negative results via app at lunch time, at which point I was done with quarantine.
    - StavrosK 6y ago
      That's pretty good, but if you can only afford a week (which is already more than the vast majority of people in my country can afford), it makes it a non-starter... Doesn't help that Iceland is expensive, I guess...
      - darkwater 6y ago
        Don't want to sound harsh but, given how isolated Iceland is, anything less than a week is like... wasting money anyway? Obviouvsly if it's a business trip you might go and stay one or two days, but for anything involving leisure, I don't know, adding extra 5 days quarantine is not that a big deal (if you can afford going to Iceland anyway).
        StavrosK 6y ago
        If you go for a week, basically doubling the costs of the trip for a quarantine is anything but a big deal, I'd think. I'm not sure how you figure that paying double for a trip so you can quarantine isn't a big deal...
        darkwater 6y ago
        IDK, it's just that I usually like to go "deep" when traveling an one week for place like Iceland seems too few days.
        Moru 6y ago
        Some countries you get a lot more paid vacation. We have 25 days per year for example.
BrentOzar 6y ago
I'm in Iceland for 6 months on their new teleworker visa. It took a couple of months to get, but it's pretty straightforward: https://ozar.me/2021/01/whew-we-got-iceland-teleworker-visas/ https://ozar.me/2021/01/whew-we-got-iceland-teleworker-visas...

kd5bjo 6y ago

https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/visiting-iceland https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/visiting-iceland

StavrosK 6y ago
So 12 days of quarantine? Sounds expensive.
- meheleventyone 6y ago
  It’s only 5-6 days of quarantine as the first test is taken when you arrive.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    Oh, that's better... Still probably prohibitive for a lot of people, I wonder if you can skip that if you're vaccinated (or perhaps will be able to by September).
    - meheleventyone 6y ago
      Yes in May they are looking to open up more to people outside of Schengen with vaccination certificates. My parents are British, vaccinated and looking forward to coming over to visit as we've not seen them since Christmas.
      - StavrosK 6y ago
        That'd be fantastic, I've been itching to go back to Iceland for years now! Assuming I manage to get vaccinated, that is...
- PedroCandeias 6y ago
  No, just 5. You get the results a few hours after each test. I flew in on a Sunday, went into quarantine, got my landing test results same day, did my second test Friday morning (took 2min to enter, get tested and come back out) and got my negative results via app at lunch time, at which point I was done with quarantine.
  - StavrosK 6y ago
    That's pretty good, but if you can only afford a week (which is already more than the vast majority of people in my country can afford), it makes it a non-starter... Doesn't help that Iceland is expensive, I guess...
    - darkwater 6y ago
      Don't want to sound harsh but, given how isolated Iceland is, anything less than a week is like... wasting money anyway? Obviouvsly if it's a business trip you might go and stay one or two days, but for anything involving leisure, I don't know, adding extra 5 days quarantine is not that a big deal (if you can afford going to Iceland anyway).
      - StavrosK 6y ago
        If you go for a week, basically doubling the costs of the trip for a quarantine is anything but a big deal, I'd think. I'm not sure how you figure that paying double for a trip so you can quarantine isn't a big deal...
        darkwater 6y ago
        IDK, it's just that I usually like to go "deep" when traveling an one week for place like Iceland seems too few days.
        Moru 6y ago
        Some countries you get a lot more paid vacation. We have 25 days per year for example.

BrentOzar 6y ago

I'm in Iceland for 6 months on their new teleworker visa. It took a couple of months to get, but it's pretty straightforward: https://ozar.me/2021/01/whew-we-got-iceland-teleworker-visas/ https://ozar.me/2021/01/whew-we-got-iceland-teleworker-visas...