There are places to stop along the road to look at the fields and forests down below and far in the distance.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Theses might include the use of barbed wire and barriers to stop cars at some distance from checkpoints and the soldiers manning them.

BBC: Checkpoints: Source of tension

According to Oli Bjorn Hauksson, CEO of Keflavik, the country's only international airport, Iceland's geographic location makes it the perfect pit stop for long-distance flights.

CNN: Iceland bouncing back on tourism boom

World Horse Welfare undertakes regular field investigations as part of its campaign to stop these long-distance journeys, and for years we have documented the appalling suffering of these horses.

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