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Á Sprengisandi Ríðum ríðum Icelandic folk song
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#folksongs, #Iceland, #Ásprengisandi • Sprengisandur is a highland gravel road in Iceland that runs through the Sprengisandur region between Hofsjökull and Vatnajökull glaciers. With a length of 200 km, it is the longest of the Icelandic highland roads. • With the most desolate terrain found in Iceland, Sprengisandur is a bleak high-altitude desert. • In the old days, when people were more superstitious than they are now, and believed in ghosts, giants, elves and robbers, the few who dared to use this route rode as fast as possible and sometimes drained their horses. • Although during Viking times there was a kind of corridor between the northeastern settlements of Iceland and the summer parliament at Þingvellir, crossing the Sprengisandur was always a difficult journey, the desert in the spring was flooded with melting snow and ice, but in summer it was too dry to provide grazing for horses. Indeed, most travelers preferred the much longer coastal roads.
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