Hafnarfjörður truly is a magical place in Iceland. The psychic Erla Stefansdottir is considered to be the official elven expert of Iceland, and she has declared Hafnarfjörður to be the elf capital of Iceland. The Hidden Worlds Map was created by her and indicates all the supernatural sites in town. There are even several guided tours which follow the map around the city and add fun stories of elven interaction in Icelandic folklore. The city is also in a very geologically active region which creates stunning landscapes. Several lava-formed mountains are easy to climb by most visitors and provide lovely views in addition to stories to take back home about trekking along real lava. These mounts include Helgafell and Asfjall.
The climb up Hamarinn provides cliffs which overlook the city and even has its own view-disc to really admire the landscape. To continue your lava adventure be sure to visit Chapel in the Lava where there are the remains of a lava rock built ancient chapel in the Kapelluhraun lava field. |
