Minecraft · 1:1 scale · 103,000 km²

All of Iceland, block by block.

Rebuilt from elevation models and satellite imagery. Every waterfall falls where it really falls, every geyser bubbles where it really bubbles.

Explore the places Walk around yourself
Gullfoss in the Minecraft world, seen from the viewing platform
Gullfoss from the viewing platform · rendered from the actual server world

Not a made-up world. The real country, metre by metre.

One block is one metre. Heights come from satellite measurements accurate to two metres, ground colours from summer Sentinel-2 imagery, and roads, rivers and buildings from OpenStreetMap.

Eighteen special areas get extra detail. Between them lies the rest of Iceland, so you can walk, ride or fly from one waterfall to the next.

Scale
1:1
Area
103,000km²
Detail areas
18
Teleport points
60
Buildings
138,000
Highest peak
2,110m

01 · Places

Places you have to see

Every place has a teleport point with a view. Type the command in the game and you're there.

    02 · Map

    From the Westfjords to Vatnajökull

    The whole country exists in the world. The dots are the featured places; in between lies the rest of Iceland.

    Satellite map of Iceland with the featured places
    Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2019–2026).

    03 · How it works

    From satellite to block

    1. 01

      Height

      ArcticDEM measures the land to within two metres. Trees and buildings are filtered out, leaving the real ground surface. Sea level sits at a fixed height, and Iceland's highest peak still just fits.

    2. 02

      Colour

      The satellite colour of every spot is matched against the colours of Minecraft blocks. Moss becomes moss, black sand becomes black sand, and the orange ground of Hverir becomes terracotta. Clouds are averaged out over several summers.

    3. 03

      Water

      Rivers only flow downhill. Where OpenStreetMap knows a waterfall, the drop becomes one vertical step, with a white fall and a plunge pool below. The sea follows the real coastline.

    4. 04

      Life

      Strokkur erupts every few minutes, fumaroles hiss, mud bubbles, surf breaks on the beach and mist hangs at every big waterfall. Icebergs float where the satellite saw them.

    04 · Play

    Walk around yourself?

    The server is in testing and not public yet. This is what it will look like:

    1. Minecraft Java 26.2 with the RealWorld profile.
    2. Distant Horizons (recommended) to see for kilometres: mountains and glaciers on the horizon.
    3. Connect, type /rw places and pick where you want to go.

    In-game commands

    /rw places
    all teleport points per area
    /rw tp skogafoss
    go straight to a place
    /rw where
    your real coordinates and altitude
    /rw goto 64.33 -20.12
    go to any coordinate in Iceland
    /rw erupt strokkur
    make Strokkur erupt right now
    /speed fly 5
    fly faster (0–10)