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Chilly weather, warm welcome!

It's official! Iceland has benn voted #1 friendliest country in the world. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) you can now be sure of the warmest of welcomes when visiting our little glacier covered island here in chilly north Atlantic Ocean. So before booking your vacation check out the list so that you can be ensured a good vacation... or come to Iceland for the summer and enjoy our midnight sun, explore the nature, relax in our hot springs, and be greeted by friendly faces wherever you go. We'll be more than happy to have you over :)

Route 1 offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris compared with all Icelandic car rental companies.

Local Newspaper Fréttablaðið executed a price comparison on week rental of small cars in Iceland and Denmark.  Route 1 Car Rental offer lowest price on Toyota Yaris compared to all major Icelandic car rental companies.

The winning picture from our photo contest

Helga Hjaltadóttir had the winning picture in our Route 1 Volcano photo contest, a really magnificent black and white picture showing the road heading to the black plume above the volcano. We congratulate her!

We created this video with pictures from the contest - what you can expect to experience on Route 1 in Iceland :)