Overland · logbook 2020–2026

Driven far, written down.

Five trips in my own truck, from the Alps to Iceland — recorded by track and camera. The sum below is computed, not typed in.

37,100
kilometres, roughly: 183
days on the road: 135
stops: 15
countries

Computed from the trip data — five trips, 2020 to 2026; where no track ran, reconstructed from photo locations.

The logbook

Every route driven, in a single projection — so they sit at true scale to one another. Iceland pulls away to the north-west, the Balkans are a small loop down in the south, and you can see at a glance what “a long way” really means.

The Alps 20204,778 km8 stopsJuly 2020

Iceland 202216,726 km92 stopsMay–August 2022

Lofoten 20257,100 km18 stopsAugust 2025

The Balkans 20263,348 km7 stopsMay 2026

The Baltics 20265,122 km10 stopsAugust 2026

Highlighted: The Alps 2020Highlighted: Iceland 2022Highlighted: Lofoten 2025Highlighted: The Balkans 2026Highlighted: The Baltics 2026

One shared Mercator projection; the scale bar is true at 55.8° N — further north, routes look longer on the map than they are. Dashed: sections over water.

All trips in the register

Panorama of the Landmannalaugar rhyolite mountains — Landmannalaugar · Iceland

Cover story · Iceland 2022

Three months on the island.

99 days, 16,726 kilometres, 92 stops — and rain at 58 of them. Iceland is not the trip where everything comes together. It is the one where you learn to work with whatever the day gives you.

To the trip

16,726 km92 stopsMay–August 2022

99 days · 169 km a day
rain at 58 of 90 stops
6 to 21 °C, 13 on average
14.4 to 24 h of daylight
longest stay Hverfjall, 13 days

The other trips

Karl — the vehicle · three trips · some 15,600 km