The Golden Circle across the rift valley. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Chronicler118 km · about 91 min · 15 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Reykjavík, Capital Region
The Reykjavík Botanic Garden
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Reykjavík, Capital Region
The Founding of Reykjavík
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Kópavogsbær, Capital Region
The Rise of Kópavogur
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Ölfus, Southern Region
The Laki Volcanic Eruption
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Ölfus, Southern Region
Geothermal Innovation in Hveragerði
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Hveragerðisbær, Southern Region
The Volcano of Hrómundartindur
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Ölfus, Southern Region
The 2008 South Iceland Doublet
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Ölfus, Southern Region
Building Selfoss Around the Bridge
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Relics of Saint Thorlak
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Scholarly Legacy of Skálholt
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Sólheimar Ecovillage Experiment
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Selfoss, Southern Region
Icelandic Folklore of the South
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Power of Hengill
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Turbulent History of Geysir
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Selfoss, Southern Region
The Rise of Icelandic Greenhouse Farming
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.