A far-away island of volcanoes, incredible landscapes, and not a lot of ice for being named after it – Iceland awaits you in this guide!

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Subdivisions

Iceland is divided into eight regions, containing 69 municipalities in all:

• Höfuðborgarsvæðið

  Capital Region

• Suðurnes

  Southern Peninsula

• Vesturland

  Western Region

• Vestfirðir

  Westfjords

• Norðurland Vestra

  Northwestern Region

• Norðurland Eystra

  Northeastern Region

• Austurland

  Easatern Region

• Suðurland

  Southern Region

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License Plates

Icelandic license plates are white with blue text, and have the Icelandic flag and country code IS on the left side of the plate: ISAB 1234.

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Phone Codes

Phone codes are very loosely followed in Iceland, although numbers can be ported to any location in the country and so are not definitive:

4. 1. N/A

   2. Suðurnes

   3. Vesturland

   4. N/A

   5. Vestfirðir,

      Norðurland Vestra

   6. Norðurland Eystra

   7. Austurland

   8. Suðurland

5. Höfuðborgarsvæðið

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Roads, Markings, and Signage

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Highways & Road Numbering Schemes

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Architecture

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Language

The Icelandic language is the official language of Iceland, and is most closely related to Faroese. Its relative isolation means it is very distinctive, especially from mainland European languages; the written form of Icelandic is similar only to Faroese, with which it shares one of two unique letters.

Script

The Icelandic alphabet contains two letters that no longer exist in the English alphabet: thorn (Þþ) and edh/eth (Ðð). Thorn is unique to Icelandic, while edh/eth is shared with Faroese.

Aa Áá Bb Dd Ðð Ee Éé Ff Gg Hh Ii
Íí Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Óó Pp Rr Ss
Tt Uu Úú Vv Xx Yy Ýý Þþ Ææ Öö

Sample

Hver maður er borinn frjáls og jafn öðrum að virðingu og réttindum. Menn eru gæddir vitsmunum og samvisku, og ber þeim að breyta bróðurlega hverjum við annan.

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