🇻🇳 Vietnam or 🇮🇸 Iceland
Which one, honestly
Vietnam leads on value for money, food and the sea. Iceland leads on getting around.
A normal day costs about $70 in Vietnam and $190 in Iceland.
Side by side
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam🇮🇸 Iceland
- Mar, Apr, Oct, NovBest monthsJun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- $70A normal day$190
- 12h to HanoiNonstop from London3h 20m to Reykjavik
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- Very goodCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyNot the draw
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights and sleeper trains, because the country is longGetting aroundA hire car on the ring road, and a four wheel drive for the interior
- The north in January, cold and grey, and the centre during the autumn typhoonsWhen to avoidNothing seasonally, but the highland roads are shut from roughly October to June
Pick by what you want
🇻🇳 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.
🇮🇸 Choose Iceland if
you want landscape above everything else, and you have accepted in advance that it costs more than anywhere else here.
Full Vietnam guide →Full Iceland 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.