KulturSchock Island is the informative companion to better understand Iceland and its inhabitants. It explains the cultural peculiarities, the thought processes, and behaviors of the people, thus providing orientation in the unfamiliar travel routine. Cultural stumbling blocks are entertainingly and easily cleared away, while providing solid background knowledge on history, society, religion, and traditions. Additionally, there are behavior tips from A to Z with many suggestions for appropriate conduct, references to complementary and entertaining multimedia sources, as well as literature recommendations for further exploration. Isolated in Northern Europe lies Iceland, whose inhabitants lived relatively undisturbed from the rest of Europe for many centuries. However, the financial crisis of 2008 and the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 brought the island of fire and ice into the spotlight for us as well.