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  • Drive-Through Towns: A Day In The Kópacabana

    Drive-Through Towns: A Day In The Kópacabana

    I’m not going to lie—when I suggested to my editor that we should write a travel article about Kópavogur, I was joking. Kópavogur, for non-Icelanders, is a suburb of Reykavík—technically a separate municipality—best known for Smáralind, the largest mall in Iceland. While…

  • Take A Moment: There’s More To Borgarnes Than Bónus And N1

    Take A Moment: There’s More To Borgarnes Than Bónus And N1

    Borganes is perhaps best known as the last‐chance gas and Bónus stop before the long drive onward to the remote Westfjords or the north of Iceland. Passing through, this diminutive town appears to have been dramatically sliced off just past the local…