Iceland has opened the doors to U.S. visitors, provided they can prove either that they’ve been fully vaccinated or that they’ve previously had Covid-19.
The country has been off-limits to U.S. visitors for more than a year, despite two earlier moves toward opening, one of which got as far as selling plane tickets before it was called off. Previously it was open only to residents of fellow EU/EEA countries, and then only with negative tests and a quarantine.
The new rules, with Americans included, waive the quarantine and similar for visitors with official proofs of vaccination or, if they have had and recovered from Covid-19, positive (not negative) PCR tests more than 14 days old.
It may take a while for Americans to get there in any numbers, though: currently there are only two flights a week between the U.S. and Iceland, connecting Boston with Keflavik. That’s likely to change soon as Icelandair ramps up to meet demand and other airlines consider joining in again.
