Community experiment reveals benefit of bicycles

Gísli Marteinn Baldursson, the Reykjavik city council member and chief advocate of bicycling in Reykjavik, did an interesting experiment on his street Melhagi in Reykjavik recently. He got 70 people to park their 60 cars on the street and stand in a group in front of the cars. This experiment really shows how much space the private car actually needs. He then symbolically brought a municipal bus, making the point that all 70 people would fit into the bus, and finally - there is a picture of all 70 people and their bicycles. See Reykjavik Bicycles video:

Safe biking in Iceland

Iceland is perfect for cycling in all kinds of terrain and weather conditions. Although Reykjavik Bike Tours do not as of yet offer long-distance tours, we do appreciate the greatness of such travel. One day, we hope, there will be a safe bicycle path around Iceland. But in the meantime safetravel.is is a website that gives you advice on how to survive on Iceland's roads.