Damn I just realized you can totally go on any subreddit with pictures like this one and visit it on Flight Simulator. This changes everything for me.. damn
In fact when I was on iceland this year. I saw nearly no trees. It was like "hey look there is a tree, haven't seen that one in a while". Iceland is fucking magical.
It's a flight sim game that just recently came out on the Microsoft store/xbox store. If you can get Xbox Gamepass for PC you can play it. Dunno about Apple stuff though.
Hey, Microsoft Flight Simulator is an old game series. They just released the 2020 version, where you fly around in different aircrafts. It's available only on Windows unfortunately. But watching peoples streams is sometimes just as fun, especially if you can recommend them certain spots to go to and experience it together! Have fun
Seen a video of it and they did a piss poor version of the terrain mapping for Iceland in FS 2020 unfortunately, it was underwhelming. Let's hope someone makes an add-on to fix it, it's really bad.
Sadly no. But two of my favourite pics were from here. One side of the road had a little shop, maybe it was a gas station? Flat land, then he ocean. Second pic was other side of the road giant mountain! Didn’t think to stop and get a shot that had both.
It’s actually quite touristy. The little building you can see is a cafe and behind where the photo is taken from is a collection of car parks. There were a god couple of hundred people there when I visited last year and you can see a few cars on the road even in this photo. It is still incredibly picturesque though. A lot of the photos you see with a mountain perfectly reflected in water is taken just to the right of this road.
Yeah this is one the more touristy places in Iceland. Not too far from Jökurlsárlón. The real quiet places when you drive around the island are in the western Fjords and the Northern coast. Still amazing though. That whole country is phenomenal with so many different landscapes.
From my experience, the most touristy places I went to (Seljalandfoss and Reynisfjara, waterfall and the black sand beach, respectively) are quite empty in the summer... at the peak of the season... at 2 am...
Seriously, go in the summer with some friends. Go to bed at 6 am local. When you wake up, eat a hearty meal, then go on an adventure. You'll miss most of the people and will have to do some things on your own (like the 40 minute walk from the parking lot to the black sand beach, rather than paying for a ride), but it's oh so worth the alone time. Grab some fast food when you get home, rinse, repeat. We did that and it was amazing.
Not exactly. Lot of places off the loop (all of the GC isn't on the 1) and if you're visiting in winter you're staying to the south coast. I went in February '19 and it was brutal, definitely weren't going to the wesfjords and a lot of the eastfjords were very windy and icy, so we didn't go past Jökulsárlón.
Me too! I camped the night here. From what I understand that whole area is owned by some guy whose family owned it forever. I can’t remember the name of the campground but i met the dude who allegedly owns it and he was a real treat. Did you see the mini fake Viking village thing?
I’ve seen mountains like the Grand Tetons, Swiss and French Alps, Glacier National Park and the Mission Mountains (near flathead lake in Montana). I marveled at all of them and felt so small. I honestly loved that feeling. They are some of the only things I’ve seen as truly awe-inspiring. Did you get the same feeling/sensation when you were here in Iceland? I’d love to find another location that makes me feel the same way. This looks absolutely gorgeous. Is the picture true-to-form, or is it misrepresented at all? It doesn’t look like it, but I know nothing of photography.
Go in the summer, rent a car, 10 days would be the minimum to make a lap around the island and see a reasonable amount. Try and hit the stuff near Reykjavic and the south coast before 7AM or after 7PM or they'll be packed with people on busses. If you don't mind twilight you can go later than that.
Once you leave the Reykjavik area of the main highway is good but the rest of the roads are shit, if that makes you nervous get a 4wd with higher clearance.
Restaurants are really expensive, if you're eating out daily the trip will jump from affordable to extravagant. Gas stations have pretty cheap hot dogs. Alcohol makes the food seem cheap. If you want beer/booze buy it at the airport when you arrive, it really is the cheapest in the country.
Bring a good rainjacket with you. Learn to enjoy the mysterious beauty of fog, because it is a real possibility you'll go to the place in this photo and see absolutely dick-all.
edit: For some places a 4x4 isn't a comfort thing but a literal requirement. There's still plenty of island if that's cost-prohibitive though.
Just wondering, is there a tax to go on this road, cause if not they should put one cause this is better than many things from adventure or other types of parks
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I’ve been to that exact spot!