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Iceland Iceland is a great place to travel, but seems to get missed a lot!
Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Iceland

I visit Shetland once or twice a year and was stunned to learn that Smyril had stopped the run. ( Smyril/ politics/ whatever).I did the run to the Faroes once and planned to do it again until I got wind of the news, and probably Iceland too. Has anyone got any info on, at the very least, cabin share, to reduce the costs at least a TINY bit, from Scrabster? What does the Icelandic government have to say about this as it surely must have some impact on the tourist economy? Gill
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check out the prices!

just found this after some tips from a friend!
www.seaview.co.uk/ferries/smyril_line/booking.html
was quoted £252 on a couchette! or £316 in shared accomadation.
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What would a shipping container cost to get to Iceland and then back again after say 2 or 3 weeks?

Seems that with 10-12 bikes this could be a reasonable option. I've no experience with mass bike shipping but it seems that there is a limited window to visit Iceland and there is probably sufficient demand.

Been contemplating Iceland for some time now but the logistics seem to put me off.

Any ideas?

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I was talking to a bloke online the other night who says he has done iceland. he told me its cheaper to fly you & your bike from rotterdam than get the ferry.
ive not looked into this, but he seemed sure of it so it could be worth investigating.
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