Reykjavik Travel Info

How to get to Iceland?

It comes as a surprise to many people that Iceland is only a 3-4 hour flight away from Europe, and only 5-6 hours away from the east coast of The United States.

Flights
Icelandair connects Iceland with both continents on a daily basis. The airline offers flights from London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Helsinki, New York, Boston, Orlando, Toronto and Halifax – to name a few.

Iceland Express offers flights from various European destinations such as London, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm and Basel. Iceland Express also recently started flying from New York to Iceland in 2010. 

SAS offers flights to Iceland from Oslo, Norway. Every week SAS schedules 6 flights to and from Iceland.

Travel by boat
There is also the option of sailing to Iceland with Smyril Line. Their ferry travels from the Nordic countries to the east part of Iceland, for the majority of the year. If you choose to go by the ferry, you will arrive in Seydisfjordur, a small fishing village on the east coast.
From that point there are two ways to get to Reykjavik, via domestic flight or car/bus. Flights are available from Air Iceland. The flight takes about 1 hour, but driving to Reykjavik can take up to 12 hours.

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