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Helgafell - Small mountain and a church - Snaefellsnes Iceland
Region:
Snaefellsnes
GPS:
N65°02.504 W22°43.978
About: (Description)
Helgafell, (73 m) this small mountain, though not high, is conspicuous in the plain. It was sacred to people of the Saga age, and they hoped to die on it. The story goes that if you start from the grave of Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir and climb to the Tótt (remains of a chapel) without speaking a single word or looking back on the way, you can have three wishes.
However, the wishes must be pure -hearted, told to no one, and made while facing east by the chapel ruins. At the southern foot of Helgafell are a farm of the same name, famous in the Sagas, and a church (former parsonage). The farm was in its time the residence of Snorri goði and later of Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir of Laxdæla saga. Her grave can be seen there. From 1184 until the Reformation there was a wealthy monastery nearby. Books and manuscripts from there were burned after the reformation.
How to get there:
Road no. 58 is begins in Stykkishólmur. Few km from Stykkishólmur by road no. 58 there is a small road to Helgafell. There is a sign by the road.
source
Iceland Road Atlas
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Distances:
58
Stykkishólmur
6
54
Borgarnes
93
574
Ólafsvík
60
1
Reykjavík
167
What's in the area:
Stykkishólmur
Town
Stykkishólmur
Swimming Pool
Norwegian House
A Folk museum – art exhibitions
Library of Water
Water Museum
Bjarnarhöfn
The farm of the settler Björn austræni