Route Map and Fun Facts

"You're going where? On a bike?"

Vacation Facts

• 37 days in Iceland
• 1745 kilometers (1084 miles) cycled
• 900 million birds seen
• 1 bird attack
• 3 dips in thermal pools
• 2 trips on a bus
• 6 major waterfalls photographed
• 3 hours spent in near darkness (watching Batman)
• 0 flat tires!!!
• 4 days cycling in some rain
• 37 nights sleeping in our tent
• Countless nights we wished others were sleeping too
• 0 days without wind
• 100% of cyclists we met talked about the wind
• 95% of the cyclists we met were from Germany

Country Facts

• Iceland is home to about 315,000 people
• Reykjavík, the capital, is home to about 118,000 people
• The next largest town (Kópavogur) is home to about 30,000 people
• The country is a little smaller than Kentucky
• Iceland has the largest glacier (Vatnajökull) and most powerful waterfall (Dettifoss) in Europe
• Iceland gained its independence from Denmark in 1944
• Icelanders were the first Europeans to set foot in North America
• 99% of Iceland's energy is produced from geothermal and hydroelectric plants
• The wind in Iceland is not to be underestimated