Tour de Ormurinn Bicycle Race East Iceland

Tour de Ormurinn is a new bicycle race in the East of Iceland. It will be held 12 August 2012 for the first time. There are a couple of routes but the main one surrounds the Lake Logurinn. Those interested should have a look at the Facebook website for the event - Tour de Ormurinn.

Eine geführte Fahrradtour durch die Stadt bietet eine willkommende Abwechslung zu Shopping und Musemsbesuch. Hier bekommt man mehr zu sehen als man zu Fuß je sehen würde. Und die Erläuterungen unserer Reiseleiterin auf Englisch und Deutsch bereichern den gemütlich-sportlichen Ausflug mit viel Wissenswertem.

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Tom Cruise, Russel Crowe and Ben Stiller in Iceland

Reykjavik or Tinseltown? Amazing number of big screen stars have decended on Reykjavik. Tom Cruise spent a couple of weeks filming his new flick - Oblivion. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were seen walking about in Reykjavik shortly before they announced their break-up.

Ben Stiller checked out the nightlife in Reykjavik last week-end. He's in Iceland filming The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He was in Seydisfjordur where he kindly agreed to be in a photograph with the staff of the local supermarket.

Russell Crowe is presently in Reykjavik and went for a 20 km bicycle ride this morning. He's here to film Noah's Ark. The source of this information is mbl.is, that quotes Crowe's twitter. Crowe is in Iceland with Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson and Jennifer Connely, according to webmedia dv.is. Read Russell Crowe's twitter.

Darren Aronofsky directs the film. See one of Aronofsky's pictures from the set on Twitter. Protect the ancient moss.

Bicycle Touring in Iceland - Crazy Guy on a Bike

Ian Mitchell (Crazy Guy on a Bike) is escaping the British cloud and rain this summer in Iceland. It so happens that Iceland has seen less rain than usual. Some places have seen less rain than in about 160 years. Stykkishólmur for example.

The trip is supposed to last 1-2 weeks starting July 10, 2012.

You can read about Ian's trip on a bicycle on his website.

See:  Heading to the North of Iceland.

Rent A Bike in Reykjavik

Need to rent a bike in Reykjavik?

Reykjavik Bike Tours has a wide range of bicycles that suit everyone's pocket and need. Reykjavik city bikes, Iceland touring bikes and racing bikes for rent.

You can contact Ursula and Stefan, see their website here.

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Bicycle Touring around Iceland

Austin and Stephanie Lehn from Canada are currently biking around Iceland on bicycles from Reykjavik Bike Tours and Bicycle Rentals in Iceland. They chose the sturdy Trek 4300 mountain bike for the Iceland journey as they were planning to cycle on the tarmac around Iceland as well as some gravel roads in Iceland. You can read about their bicycle journey on their blog website - Bicycle Touring in Iceland.

Their blog is called "whereisstheice."

Austin and Stephanie started in Reykjavik 3 July 2012. They then bicycled north and west around the Snaefellsnes Peninsula (Snæfellsnes), and had a close look at the Snaefellsjokull glacier. Then on Arnarstapi, then to Grundarfjordur, Stykkisholmur, Bildudalur and Dynjandi waterfall in the Western fjords in Iceland.