Vik eSIM
In Vik you connect to Siminn or Vodafone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 81 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Siminn and Vodafone
- Typical speed in Iceland
- 81 Mbps typical, 22 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Vik
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.39 | $27.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.16 | $57.89 |
How Iceland compares across Europe
- Regional typical speed
- 71 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Siminn, Vodafone
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Latvia, 82 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Spain, 79 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Reykjavik, Akureyri, Vik
Landing at Keflavik International Airport, the nearest international airport (KEF)
- Airport
- KEF / BIKF
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalSelect the network 'KEF - FreeWiFi'. The airport says no password, login or registration is needed, so there is no SMS code to receive.
- SIM on arrival
- SIM counters or vending in the terminalThe airport's own arrivals guide points to a vending machine in the arrivals hall selling Icelandic SIM options.
Worth knowing about Vik
- Vik has no airport and no railway. It is Iceland's southernmost village, sitting on Route 1, the ring road, about 180 km southeast of Reykjavik, so every arrival is by road.
- The village proper had 318 residents, yet it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around, which makes it the service stop between Skogar and Myrdalssandur.
- Vik is the wettest coastal town in Iceland, with about 2,250 mm of rain a year, roughly three times what Reykjavik gets, and it is also the country's warmest place by annual mean at 5.3 C.
- The Katla volcano lies directly under the Myrdalsjokull glacier above the village and has not erupted since 1918.
- Reynisfjara, the black basalt sand beach with the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore, is at Vik.