I know from when i looked in to going what ever it was ALL alcoholic drinks were very expensive, thats why alot of the local drink at home and go our later on, (from what i read )

Brennivin, a brew made from potatoes, is a local drink.

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Tap water is safe to drink in Iceland and is some of the cleanest water in the world. Coffee is easy to find and is comparable to what is found throughout Europe. Juices are generally imported and made from concentrate.

Alcoholic drinks are very expensive compared to the UK and USA - as an example, half litre of Viking beer in a bar will cost approximately ISK 600. Liquor can be purchased at licensed bars, restaurants, or VinBud [14], the state monopoly. The local Icelandic drinks such as Brennivín ("Black death") contain a fairly high alcohol content, so pace yourself while at the bars.

The local beer brands are:

* Egils [15]: Lite, Gull, Pilsner, Premium, El Grillo
* Vífillfell [16]: Thule, Gull, Lite, Víking
* Bruggsmiðjan [17]: Kaldi

Visitors arriving by air should note that there is a duty free store for arriving passengers where they can buy cheap alcohol (at least cheap compared to Iceland). To find the duty free store just follow the Icelanders. No Icelander in their right mind will pass the duty free store upon arrival! Be sure to not exceed the allowance which is 1L strong alcohol and 1L light wine (less than 22%) or 1L strong and 6L of beer. The strong alcohol can be exchanged for either 1L light wine or 6L beer.

Good Info, Cheers!.....Must remember to pick up some booze in Dutyfree then....maybe I can use it as payent for a quick drive on the glacier!  '57 FL2 GS
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loads of info on wikitravel

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Brennvin is a general term to all spirits.
If you ask for one they will ask you what one want

ps - I recommend you ask for a Blue Lagoon  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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mburton2 wrote:

Good Info, Cheers!.....Must remember to pick up some booze in Dutyfree then....maybe I can use it as payent for a quick drive on the glacier!

yes buy beer when u lend in iceland Dutyfree its best

one beer plise = einn bjór takk its not mane how drink brennivin if u goona try blend it with coke thats best.

Tap water is safe to drink u can drink mane litres its ok

just remeber to look to the wether cast byfore u gonna drive somvere wether can chense here in few min dont forgath

this is the most lookit plase in iceland

blue lagoon is neer keflavik
Gullfoss in the eyst land in the same plase at geisir
Geisir in the eyst land 3-4 hours drive from reykjavik
þingvellir is neer Reykjavik
Jökulsárlón fantastic plase
Mývatn
then u can just drive somvere its so mane great plases here now in the winter can roads chense in few sec from wet in slipere or snow and somtime have wind so if u gonna go out from reykjavik look at the wether cast on the net

Vegagerðin.is there u can sy from live cam shot on the road and the wether and roads

and if gonna lost or stuck somvere call 112

yes one more have gsm or mobilfone alwheas with u 24 hours

Good of you to give him a list of the musts to see and do , but I doubt if mburton2 gets out of the hotel bar - sitting by the window to see the Northern Lights and sipping his Gin and Blue Lagoons  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Good of you to give him a list of the musts to see and do , but I doubt if mburton2 gets out of the hotel bar - sitting by the window to see the Northern Lights and sipping his Gin and Blue Lagoons

mebe him go out him can rent Land Rover 110 on 38 to 44" tires

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<Hic> (Sorry, started on the Gin early )a trip to the Blue Lagoon is allready booked, as is a trip to þingvellir....

I have my Mobile: My Garmin sat-tracking mountain-biking computor (For plotting any "trips" I do), and my GPS receiver (for geo-tagging photo's on from my nokia phone), oh, and a proper 8mp Digi cam with 10x optical zoom, and 3x4Meg SD cards, so I'm ready to take lots of pics! '57 FL2 GS
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- have a good one - I am sure you will  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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<Hic> (Sorry, started on the Gin early )a trip to the Blue Lagoon is allready booked, as is a trip to þingvellir....

I have my Mobile: My Garmin sat-tracking mountain-biking computor (For plotting any "trips" I do), and my GPS receiver (for geo-tagging photo's on from my nokia phone), oh, and a proper 8mp Digi cam with 10x optical zoom, and 3x4Meg SD cards, so I'm ready to take lots of pics!

Are there any/many free WiFi spots in Reykjavik? need to make sure I can keep in contact with the freel2 website! '57 FL2 GS
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mburton2 wrote:

Are there any/many free WiFi spots in Reykjavik? need to make sure I can keep in contact with the freel2 website!

are you going to search for the hidden people (gnomes)?  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I will not be taking a computor, just my Nokia N95 8g, but roaming data costs too much money. the phone has built in WiFi, so I use that... '57 FL2 GS
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npinks wrote:

are you going to search for the hidden people (gnomes)?

Nick - Gnomes come from Yorkshire not Iceland  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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