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Driving in Iceland

The licence plates you will see on the road in Iceland, how to read them, and what a car from abroad needs.

ICELAND5090

Speed limits

Default limits for cars, unless signs say otherwise, as on the signs at border crossings.

In towns
50 km/h
Outside towns
90 km/h

Before you drive

Vignette and tolls
There is no vignette, and roads are free apart from the Vaðlaheiðargöng tunnel on Route 1 east of Akureyri. It has no booths: register and pay on its website, or after 24 hours the toll is invoiced through the plate with a 1,490 ISK collection fee. The Hvalfjörður tunnel has been free since 2018.

Rules and prices change. Check the official site before you travel.

IS

Country code

Cars registered here show the country code IS. Abroad, the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic asks for it at the rear of the car: on a white oval sticker, or as part of the plate. A car from abroad shows its own country code at the rear in the same way.

Reading the plates

Plates carry no regional code, so the letters and numbers do not tell where a car is from.

Plates you will see

  • ABC 12

    Standard · Since 2007

Older plates still on the road

  • AB 123

    Standard · 1989–2007

Plate formats and history of Iceland

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