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- The drive from the northeast part of Austurland, East Iceland, Vopnafjörður, to the southeast part, Djúpivogur, is only around 250 km.
- Icelanders are almost 330.000 people, but only 3,2% of the entire Icelandic nation live in East Iceland
- East Iceland is known for its calm weather
- Reindeers only live in East Iceland
- The mountain pass to Mjóifjörður is closed due to snow in winter and the villagers need to ride a boat once a week for grocery shopping in Neskaupstaður
- Álfaborg in Bakkagerði is known as the home of the Icelandic elf queen
- Some scenes in The Secret life of Walter Mitty were shot in Seyðisfjörður
- The wyrm in Lagarfljót is a harmless creature older than the Loch Ness Monster
- Fáskrúðsfjörður is the french town of Iceland
- It seems that it doesn‘t matter where in the east you are, there is always a swimming pool around the corner