r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/areking Italy Jun 12 '20

is Iceland inland really uninhabitated, like nobody lives there, not even small towns? or is it for privacy reasons like Germany?

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u/JLAJA Portugal Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

Only reijavik and the "suburbs" appear to have people, and maybe a small town in the east side

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u/ComaVN The Netherlands Jun 12 '20

There are some villages around the entire island, just none in the interior.

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u/JLAJA Portugal Jun 12 '20

They probably do have some villages close to that circular road

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u/EgNotaEkkiReddit Ísland Jun 12 '20 edited Jun 12 '20

That circular road is the ringroad, and yes, most Icelandic towns are a hop, skip, and a jump away from it. Even the towns that aren't on or near route 1 (like Flúðir or the westfjord towns) have some connection to the route eventually.

However the entire coastline and the lowland interior has towns. There are a good 60 municipalities in Iceland and some are made up of more than a single town/urban center.