Iceland's Ring Road

5–15 Sep 2025 · Iceland

11 days6 stops1 country560 km

Ten days, one rented Duster, Route 1 counterclockwise. The weather changed every twenty minutes.

Day 1 5 Sep
1

Reykjavík 🇮🇸

Iceland · 1 night

Hallgrímskirkja, a hot dog, jet lag.
Day 2 6 Sep
2

Þingvellir 🇮🇸

Bláskógabyggð, Iceland

Where two tectonic plates are pulling apart. You can see the crack.
Day 3 7 Sep
3

Vík 🇮🇸

Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland · 1 night

Black sand, a church on the hill, puffins gone for the season.
Day 5 9 Sep
4

Jökulsárlón 🇮🇸

Hornafjörður, Iceland

Icebergs off the glacier drifting out to sea, seals riding them.
Day 8 12 Sep
5

Mývatn 🇮🇸

Skútustaðahreppur, Iceland · 1 night

Craters, lava fields, and the nature baths under the aurora.
Day 9 13 Sep
6

Akureyri 🇮🇸

Iceland · 1 night

The red traffic lights are heart-shaped. Iceland is adorable sometimes.

5 Sep

Hallgrímskirkja 🇮🇸Reykjavík, Iceland
Up the tower on day one. Colorful roofs all the way to the sea.
5 Sep

Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur 🇮🇸Reykjavík, Iceland
The famous hot dog stand. Eina með öllu — one with everything.
6 Sep

Strokkur 🇮🇸Haukadalur, Iceland
Erupts every few minutes. Filmed it six times: each video is four seconds of waiting and one of screaming.
6 Sep

Gullfoss 🇮🇸Bláskógabyggð, Iceland
Double waterfall, rainbow included, soaked by the spray.
7 Sep

Seljalandsfoss 🇮🇸Rangárþing eystra, Iceland
You can walk behind it. You will get wet. Rain pants.
8 Sep

Reynisfjara 🇮🇸Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland
Basalt columns, black sand, and a ranger yelling at people who turned their backs on the waves. Sneaker waves are real.
9 Sep

Jökulsárlón 🇮🇸Hornafjörður, Iceland
5am. Icebergs, one curious seal, three other cars. Worth the alarm.
12 Sep

Mývatn Nature Baths 🇮🇸Skútustaðahreppur, Iceland
Northern lights from the hot water. I screamed a little. Everyone did.
23 Sep

Jökulsárlón at five in the morning1 min read
Why I set an alarm for 4:30 on vacation, and why you should too.

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