ON NOTHER PLANET

A remote island settled by Vikings and covered in volcanoes, Iceland could indeed be the true king of gravel destinations. Just make sure you’re well prepared

JAMES SPENDER

There is an Iceland in Iceland. In fact, there are three of the frozen food supermarkets here. But that stands to change. From 2014 to 2018, Iceland the country and Iceland Foods Ltd were locked in a dispute over the trademark of their shared name. European courts have since ruled in favour of the country, with minister for foreign affairs Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson wryly noting that ‘it defies common sense that a foreign company can stake a claim to the name of a sovereign nation’. Especially when the supermarket was established in 1970, while the country has been an independent nation since 1918. The Icelandic Sagas, a kind of 10th century Beowulfcum-Holy Bible collection of semi-mythical histories, tell of a Norseman named Naddoður reaching Iceland in 850 after being blown…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2019

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