Look it is a cute idea. Someone found a bit of a rift near Reykjavik and plonked a bridge over it to make the point that Iceland is split by the mid Atlantic ridge. Enjoy it for what it is .. a bit of fun. You could have done this anywhere between here and Thingvellir as the entire zone is the rift. If we are being precise the rift is constantly expanding at around 2.5cm rate of spread per year. It was in the Snaefellsnes peninsular around 6-7 million years ago and today there are two zones, one here in Reykjanes and another that is further east that runs beneath Eyjaffallajokull and Katla and both zones join somewhere in the north of Vatnajokull. So on this basis Reykjavik is definitely on the western or North American plate and Vik is definitely on the eastern Eurasian plate and this area is actually on a micro plate caught between the two fracture zones in a sort of micro continent (actually a teeny little sliver between America and Eurasia). Enough of the Geology already. The bridge is a bit of fun. Take a few photos and use it as an instagram moment. That’s what it is intended for. Have fun but it’s not that special.

Love visiting here as Iceland is between two tectonic plates of EuroAsia and North America. The plates are getting wider apart from each other making the Atlantic Ocean larger. Great walk learning about this. You walk the bridge from the EuroAsia side to the North American.

It’s cheesy & doesn’t show off the continental rift off as well as Thingvellir does. That said, I beat what Phil Collins did at Live Aid all those years ago because I played both sides of the Atlantic in one minute so easily beat his one day effort. I probably sang better than him too to be fair even though I’m tone deaf.

Went on a crazy windy, rainy day and had the place to ourselves! Explored around the area, neat hiking spot. The parking is easy to access, no fee to visit. Wish the weather had been nicer, we could have spent more time here!