{"id":267,"date":"2008-08-29T18:49:43","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T23:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2022-02-22T07:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T12:32:53","slug":"icelandic-road-sign-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/icelandic-road-sign-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Icelandic Road Sign Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Iceland is a country of barely 300,000 people with two-thirds of them living in the greater Reykjav\u00edk area. That makes for wide open spaces interspersed with small, scattered settlements across the remainder of this island nation. It also results in some of the most amazingly detailed road signs imaginable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Icelandic<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took this photograph on a trip to Iceland<\/a> several years ago. Then I found another great example on Wikipedia’s Road Signs in Iceland<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rectangular shape with white border and text on a blue background indicates that it’s an informational sign. Signs of this nature are common at turnoffs from Route 1, the Ring Road that circles the island and connects its most important towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notice how much it conveys. It shows an entire road network emanating from this spot, complete with curves, turns, auxiliary roads and towns further down the road. The sign identifies each homestead, hamlet, and church by word or symbol. There’s even a red “you are here” indicator (map<\/a>) that provides the proper orientation and direction. A motorist facing this sign can rely on it to travel safely to the doorway of whomever they might want to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to get to the church at St\u00f3ri-N\u00fapur, no problem, just bear to the left at the Y intersection, turn left on 328, then left again at the first driveway. Want to visit your buddy at Hamarshei\u00f0i? Third exit on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A road sign of this nature would only be feasible within a small, stable, affluent population. That’s pretty much Iceland in a nutshell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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