1. Get ready to face the weather here. We have love/hate relationship with it here
2. Get ready high prices for general goods.. or just everything
3. Get ready for high renting prices
4. Get ready for icelandic employers not respecting you degree
But if you are good in english that puts you in a good spot getting a job and fitting into the community since 99% of icelanders are good in english.
It is a paradise if you like swimming pools. You can choose different pool every day, depends where from the wind is blowing…
Powodzonka życzę!
I wish you the best of luck.
Good luck! Wish you all the best. Sometimes I wish I could move there
Good luck and welcome!
Welcome! Hope you like it
Good for you! The world is full of people who are unhappy with their situation (for what ever reason) but don’t take the step to change. It takes guts to start a new life in a new country and I admire you for taking that step.
I sincerely hope you will be happy here and that you find your better life.
You seem optimistic and willing to improve/change, that alone gets you a long way in life. Welcome to Iceland buddy.
Good luck mate!
Good luck! I’ve been to Wroclaw and I absolutely loved the city! I recommend joining a choir to learn the language faster. Best of wishes.
Welcome, we can always use good people.
Good luck! Hope everything works out.
Good luck! Hope you have a wonderful life in Iceland!
What are you qualified to do? Education and work experiance ?
Best of luck!
Vertu velkominn 🙂
Good luck to you and welcome to Iceland! Hope everything goes well for you.
I’d like to welcome you here to Iceland.
I know it’s stereotypical, but many foreigners who come to Iceland have found jobs in the fishing industry. In my area we’re talking about Arnarlax, as well as Arctic fish who currently are looking for more employees, and luckily, housing in the Westfjords is way WAAAY more affordable than in Reykjavík.
I point out primarily Arnarlax and Arctic fish because as opposed to Oddi, the longer-running company in the area, as with Arnarlax or Arctic Fish, you should expect to get paid between 300-450k isk a month (after taxes), as opposed to Oddi who really like paying as much of their staff literally minimum wage (approx. 250-300k isk after taxes), while (when I worked there) demanding you to both start at between 6:30 and 7am, and threatening to fire you for not wanting to work their overtime.
Additionally, from what I hear, in terms of Arnarlax at least, you work 12 hours a day, I forgot if it’s for 7 or 14 day stints, then you get the next 7 or 14 days off.
The pros are you get to make a decent bit more than minimum wage AND you get to rest for upwards of half the month to spend time doing whatever you like to.
I guess the biggest “con” is that you then have half a month to sit at home and do nothing if you don’t have any hobbies.
Getting a second job is out of the question unless it’s a similarly high paying job as Arnarlax because getting a second job here in Iceland is pretty heavily taxed, as you only get to have your “tax card” with one employer at any given time, so the job where you won’t have your tax card, gets taxed in full.
In terms of real-estate, according to [Dixon.is](https://Dixon.is), a website run by a local real-estate agent, houses/apartments in my area can be had for as little as 15.000.000. Similar properties in Reykjavík go for a minimum of 40.000.000, and that’s assuming you’re lucky enough to spot one at that price.
Iceland is about 10% Polish born now and it’s definitely been for the better – for the economy, diversity, culture and just about everything.
Of all the countries in the world I’m glad the Polish have decided to come here. You guys are awesome.
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1. Get ready to face the weather here. We have love/hate relationship with it here
2. Get ready high prices for general goods.. or just everything
3. Get ready for high renting prices
4. Get ready for icelandic employers not respecting you degree
But if you are good in english that puts you in a good spot getting a job and fitting into the community since 99% of icelanders are good in english.
It is a paradise if you like swimming pools. You can choose different pool every day, depends where from the wind is blowing…
Powodzonka życzę!
I wish you the best of luck.
Good luck! Wish you all the best. Sometimes I wish I could move there
Good luck and welcome!
Welcome! Hope you like it
Good for you! The world is full of people who are unhappy with their situation (for what ever reason) but don’t take the step to change. It takes guts to start a new life in a new country and I admire you for taking that step.
I sincerely hope you will be happy here and that you find your better life.
You seem optimistic and willing to improve/change, that alone gets you a long way in life. Welcome to Iceland buddy.
Good luck mate!
Good luck! I’ve been to Wroclaw and I absolutely loved the city! I recommend joining a choir to learn the language faster. Best of wishes.
Welcome, we can always use good people.
Good luck! Hope everything works out.
Good luck! Hope you have a wonderful life in Iceland!
What are you qualified to do? Education and work experiance ?
Best of luck!
Vertu velkominn 🙂
Good luck to you and welcome to Iceland! Hope everything goes well for you.
I’d like to welcome you here to Iceland.
I know it’s stereotypical, but many foreigners who come to Iceland have found jobs in the fishing industry. In my area we’re talking about Arnarlax, as well as Arctic fish who currently are looking for more employees, and luckily, housing in the Westfjords is way WAAAY more affordable than in Reykjavík.
I point out primarily Arnarlax and Arctic fish because as opposed to Oddi, the longer-running company in the area, as with Arnarlax or Arctic Fish, you should expect to get paid between 300-450k isk a month (after taxes), as opposed to Oddi who really like paying as much of their staff literally minimum wage (approx. 250-300k isk after taxes), while (when I worked there) demanding you to both start at between 6:30 and 7am, and threatening to fire you for not wanting to work their overtime.
Additionally, from what I hear, in terms of Arnarlax at least, you work 12 hours a day, I forgot if it’s for 7 or 14 day stints, then you get the next 7 or 14 days off.
The pros are you get to make a decent bit more than minimum wage AND you get to rest for upwards of half the month to spend time doing whatever you like to.
I guess the biggest “con” is that you then have half a month to sit at home and do nothing if you don’t have any hobbies.
Getting a second job is out of the question unless it’s a similarly high paying job as Arnarlax because getting a second job here in Iceland is pretty heavily taxed, as you only get to have your “tax card” with one employer at any given time, so the job where you won’t have your tax card, gets taxed in full.
In terms of real-estate, according to [Dixon.is](https://Dixon.is), a website run by a local real-estate agent, houses/apartments in my area can be had for as little as 15.000.000. Similar properties in Reykjavík go for a minimum of 40.000.000, and that’s assuming you’re lucky enough to spot one at that price.
On top of that, a real-estate development company [recently submitted a permission request to build an apartment building in Patreksfjörður with approx 15-20 apartments](http://www.bb.is/2022/03/vesturbyggd-sott-um-samthykki-fyrir-15-20-ibudum/).
Welcome and all the best!
Iceland is about 10% Polish born now and it’s definitely been for the better – for the economy, diversity, culture and just about everything.
Of all the countries in the world I’m glad the Polish have decided to come here. You guys are awesome.