🇮🇸 Iceland or 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Which one, honestly
Iceland leads on getting around. Vietnam leads on value for money, food and the sea.
A normal day costs about $190 in Iceland and $70 in Vietnam.
Side by side
- 🇮🇸 Iceland🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Jun, Jul, Aug, SepBest monthsMar, Apr, Oct, Nov
- $190A normal day$70
- 3h 20m to ReykjavikNonstop from London12h to Hanoi
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- GoodCities and cultureVery good
- GoodFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- Not the drawValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- A hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interiorGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is long
- Nothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to JuneWhen to avoidThe north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoons
Pick by what you want
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
🇻🇳 Choose Vietnam if
you want the best street food in Asia on the smallest budget, and you do not mind a long thin country that takes time to cross.
Full Iceland guide →Full Vietnam guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.