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
