Is Reykjavík Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel experience

Spent 10 days in a camper van, touring through the Ring Road as a solo female traveller in September 2023. The entire country felt safe everywhere. Reykjavik was very nice, people were helpful and friendly.

Group travel experience

I went to iceland some time ago and the views took my breath away and made me cry 😂 i fully recommend visiting this country if you feel you need to get in touch with nature more or feel cozy like in a cafe that we went in the middle of the city! We felt very safe like nowhere else, we recommend the food museum too!

Solo travel experience

I've been to Reykjavik repeatedly over the years and it is one of the cities where I have felt the safest, even walking around alone in the middle of the night (in winter) without a problem. It's not the most happening of places (unless there's a music festival, and there are many and often), but it's a good home base in Iceland if you want to explore the southern part of the island. It has, however, become much more expensive than it used to be, so it will set you back a bit.

Solo travel experience

i was alone, i stayed for three days and it’s one of the safest countries in the world i felt very safe. highly recommend going there. i went to see the northern lights but i couldn’t see them i recommend checking the dates of the northern lights before going there. i went to a golden circle tour and it was beautiful too.

Solo travel experience

I found Reykjavik to be a very friendly and safe place. I spent my first night in an Airbnb room in a stranger's house (which I had never done before) and I was pleased with the accommodation. I was lucky and managed to see a bit of the northern lights that night. I spent the rest of my trip in a national park. The rented car was very cheap at the time, and the road that circles the whole country was well maintained and well marked.

Solo travel experience

To do: - Hallgrímskirkja - Sun Voyager - Rainbow Street - Street Art - Hofdi House Safety: I felt very safe. Recommendations: Reykjavik is a charming city with fantastic tours to breathtaking landscapes.

Solo travel experience

Things to do: - Hallgrímskirkja Church - Rainbow Road - Austurvöllur Square - The Unknown Bureaucrat Memorial - Icelandic Phallological Museum - Harpa Concert Hall - Sun Voyager Sculpture - Hofdi House Safety: It's safe. I walk alone in Reykjavik at night and no one bothers me. Recommendations: Reykjavik is a small, easy to explore, and safe city. If you stay in the city center, you can easily walk around it at night.

Solo travel experience

To do: - Hallgrímskirkja Church - Harpa - Sun Voyager - The Icelandic Phallological Museum - Perlan - National Museum of Iceland - Reykjavik Art Museum - Laugavegur - The Settlement Exhibition Safety: Reykjavik is safe and most people are friendly. Recommendations: Reykjavik is nice for a day or two, but the best parts of Iceland are outside the city.

Its safe if you use just common sense and watch your drinks :) We have to be on guard more the last couple of years because we have some more of creepy men at bar mostly foreign man who dont respect woman but only that they spike your drinks

Very safe and nice. No darkness in summertime, 24/7 hours brightness. You can walk around without worries. Keep an eye on your drink in the evening parties in downtown, there has been put drugs in. Very helpful people.

Solo travel experience

Reykjavik is tiny, you can walk the entire "city" in one morning. I found a few very good restaurants there, and the food was delicious, but expensive.

Solo travel experience

I went alone and could allow myself to travel independently. I spent all days sightseeing the Golden Circle. I could book the Secret Lagoon (two hours entry, more rural stay and significantly smaller, but unique) to the south towards Vik and the black sand beach. An extraordinary walk/route along the coast is the way to the Grota lighthouse - a total of about 12 km, which was really worth it. It was so peculiar, identical and beautiful.