Iceland Elves: Fact or Fiction?
Elves in Iceland ... do they actually exist? If you live in Iceland, chances are that you have a certain reverence for elves, fairies, trolls and hidden folk. While not everyone in Iceland believes in elves, a majority of residents believe in the possibility that they could exist.
To investigate Iceland's connection with elves and hidden folk, I head to Reykjavik's Elf School, which offers half-day courses on elf folklore and the supernatural. Classes are offered weekly and by appointment for approximately $50 per adult and $25 for children 10 and under.
Magnus Skarphedinsson, the Elf School's headmaster, has spoken with more than 1,200 witnesses and believes, without a shadow of a doubt, that elves exist. Witnesses from Iceland and other countries around the world have told Skarphedinsson about their personal encounters with fairies, hidden folk, trolls, elves or other beings. Skarphedinsson has collected their stories and bound them into a workbook, which accounts for a large part of the Elf School's curriculum.
Those interested in connecting the Elf School's stories with places in and around Reykjavik can arrange a tour with the headmaster. He will take students to elf landmarks and homes while teaching about their significance in Icelandic culture.
About a 15-minute drive from Reykjavik, in Hafnarfjörður, is the Elf Garden. This popular elf attraction is helmed by Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir, a seer and artist who has a special relationship with the Elf Garden's residents since she was a child.
Jónsdóttir says she speaks to the local elf population mostly through telepathy and meditation. She describes what her supernatural pals look like, what they wear, how their homes are decorated and how they pass the time while serving Elf Tea (an herbal blend of loose-leaf tea) to guests.
Visitors can also book a walking tour of the Elf Garden in order to see the homes of several different elf species. As for going inside of their homes, humans must leave the physical body behind and allow the mind and spirit to do the traveling, according to Jónsdóttir.
So what do you believe? Do elves in Iceland exist? Share your opinion in the comments below or via social media with the hashtag #JJiceland.
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15 Crazy Festivals Around the World You Must Visit
In case you love to travel and explore new things and destinations you might think you know it all but there’s always more. Thousands of curious people have made festival tourism their new way of traveling, and there’s a good reason: you can find yourself a once-in-a-lifetime experience which is a must for your bucket list.
The body-piercing festival in Malaysia and Singapore is supposed to show the devotion of religious people and cleanse them of all their sins.
During El Colacho in Spain the devils start jumping over one-year-old babies displayed on mattresses.
Every July, you can take part in all kinds of entertainments on the coast of the Yellow Sea, which is rich in mineralized mud.
For one hour every year, Bunol’s streets are covered in juicy red slush and exalted people fighting with tomatoes.
On Nyepi Day, the Day of Silence, all the residents of Bali (including tourists) are obliged to follow several very strict rules: no fire, no travel, no activity, no entertainment.
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Thaipusam, the Hindu Piercing Festival 0:39
El Colacho: Baby Jumping Festival, Spain 1:09
Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea 2:03
Monkey Buffet Festival, Thailand 2:33
La Tomatina, Spain 3:11
Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Festival, Japan 3:44
Hair Freezing Day, Canada 4:19
Night of the Radishes, Mexico 5:03
Day of Silence, Bali 5:33
The Bog Snorkeling Championship, UK 6:17
Pikachu Festival, Japan 6:53
Snowman Burning Day, USA 7:19
Battle of the Oranges, Italy 7:44
The Viking Festival, Iceland 8:21
Burning Man, USA 9:02
SUMMARY
-Hindus pierce their entire bodies and hitch sharp hooks to their backs. They can walk with weights called “kavadis” attached to their bodies for 10 hours.
-El Colacho - the Baby Jumping Festival - gathers lots of people at a kind of baptizing event.
-Mud games, mud baths and massages, and even a mud obstacle marathon along with music and dancing competitions – these activities draw people from around the world to Boryeong, South Korea.
-Over 4,000 kg of various Thai dishes are served near the Khmer Temple just for monkeys during the Monkey Buffet Festival, Thailand.
-Every year, the small town of Bunol, Spain, hosts the “World’s Biggest Food Fight” - La Tomatina.
-The Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Festival is a male-only, practically naked event that gathers participants in a temple to catch 2 “shingi” - lucky sticks.
-Every February, you can go hot and cold in the Takhini Hot Pools in Canada and even raise money at the same time. Once you’re in the hot springs at −20°F outside, you dip your hair into the water, take it out, and wait to take the best photo.
-On December 23, the Mexican city of Oaxaca creates the most unusual Christmas atmosphere with the help of the least expected vegetable - the radish.
-Unlike most countries where this holiday comes with parties and crowded celebrations, Balinese people take the opportunity to welcome the beginning of the year in peace and calm.
-Every August, the locals and some reckless visitors of Llanwrtyd Wells voluntarily dive into the bog to compete for the title of Champion.
-Every year, over 1,000 performers in Pikachu costumes take over the streets of Yokohama, Japan.
-The citizens of this cold area - Lake Superior, USA - warm up by burning a snowman figure on March 20 to mark the return of the long-awaited spring.
-3 days before Fat Tuesday, the town of Ivrea is turned into a battlefield for 9 squads fighting for the sake of justice and fight with oranges.
-Every year, Hafnarfjörður, a small town in Iceland, becomes the venue for a huge historical reenactment: The Annual Viking Festival.
-The Burning Man is a gathering of people who forget about their ordinary way of life and create a new, developed society based on the principles of gifting, self-expression, civic responsibility, and respect.
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Discovering Iceland's elves and trolls
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SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/PHOTOS COURTESY Magnus Skarph��insson
South western Iceland - October 8, 2008
1. Wide shot of extinct volcanoes
Geysir - October 8, 2008
2. Wide shot of geyser
Reykjavik, October 11, 2008
3. Pan across street
4. Close up of elf model statue
5. Various shots of tourists buying elves souvenirs
6. Pan across motorway to rock
7. Various shots of elves expert observing rock
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Magn�s Skarph��insson, historian and expert on elves:
In 1971 these stones were in the middle of the place where the highways are. The state road company wanted to smash them because they wanted to build the highway. Then everything started to go wrong here. The workers were sick; the machines overheated and then broke down. So in the end the director of the company got a psychic man to talk to the elves and the hidden people in the stones.
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9. Two photos of boy in the countryside with what's claimed are elves caught on camera
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Reykjavik, October 11, 2008
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Magn�s Skarph��insson, historian and expert on elves:
Well, according to my files there are at least thirteen different types of elves. They are from five centimetres up to a metre. There are about three species of hidden people which are totally human sized people. And then we have gnomes, dwarves, fairies with wings and trolls and lots of other invisible beings that do exist here.
Hafnarfjordur, October 11, 2008
11. Pan across street
12. Mid shot of house
13. Wide shot of park
14. Set up shot of Jon Gudmundsson, carpenter
15. SOUNDBITE: (Icelandic) Jon Gudmundsson, carpenter:
I'm not so sure about the elves. For me is just a fairy tale. I used to believe in them when I was a kid. I though I saw them back then. We always used to say 'I saw an elf'. But I think is just about being a kid.
16. Various shots of children searching for elves
17. SOUNDBITE: (Icelandic) Ieta Svensdottir, VOXPOP:
I have once seen an elf walking home from school. It was little, cute and with colourful clothes. He was with other elves. They seemed happy and didn't talk to each other. They were just walking and jumping.
18. Wide shot of museum
19. Set up shot of Hanna Birna Kristj�nsd�ttir, mayor of Reykjavik
20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hanna Birna Kristj�nsd�ttir, Mayor of Reykjavik
The elves are just something that we are brought up with. It's a part of our mindset. It's not about whether we believe they exist or not. Is just a huge part of our history, something that we grow up with. I don't know how they would feel today. I think that they would try to protect us. They are so a part of our environment whether they exist or not.
Stokkseyri, October 5, 2008
21. Various shots of village
22. Exterior of Elves Museum
23. Various shots of tourists walking through elves caves
24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rebecca Harrison, elf impersonator:
I believe in spirits and trolls. I think that they are out there. Coming here strengthened my opinion that yes there are spirits, trolls, ghosts because too many people have seen them here. You feel it. It's very real. There are nights at the museum that you feel that spirits or somebody else is here. It's very strong here.
25. Various shots of tourists buying souvenirs
26. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Andres San Roman, tourist, VOXPOP:
People here believe in elves and goblins. Lots of them have seen trolls and other beings in this country. I don't particularly believe in it but if they do then there must be something about it.
27. Various shots of troll wooden statue
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Elves and trolls hold a special place in the hearts of the people of Iceland.
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Tales of elves were first mentioned in Iceland's medieval literature.
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- Kvernafoss waterfall
- Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon
- Londrangar sea cliffs
- Hverarond geothermal area
- Skogafoss waterfall
- Icelandic horses
- Kirkjufellsfoss waterfall
- Volcano craters at Myvatn
- Old church at Reynisfjara
- Reynisfjara black sand beach
- Hellnar sea arches
- Strokkur geysir
- Dettifoss waterfall
- Bruarfoss waterfall
- Godafoss waterfall
- Gufufoss waterfall
- Reynisfjara sea rocks
- Dyrholaey sea arch
- Haifoss waterfall
- Reynisfjara sea cliffs
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The Hafnarfjörður Museum
The Hafnarfjörður Museum is a museum of cultural artefacts and photographs of Hafnarfjörður town. Its objective to collect, document, preserve, protect and study objects and artefacts of the region´s cultural history and present them to the public. The cultural area represented in Hafnarfjordur Museum is the town of Hafnarfjordur and the surrounding region.
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There are usually three exhibitions running concurrently at Pakkhúsið, a permanent exhibition on the history of Hafnarfjörður, an exhibition of toys, and a short-term exhibition on a chosen theme.
The exhibition Thus it was . . . tells the history of Hafnarfjörður and the surrounding region from the settlement to this day, with the aid of historical texts, photographs, illustrations, films, and numerous artefacts that give life to the history. In this exhibition you can learn
about the German and English periods in the town's history, and the history of its trade, fishing industry, sports and film theatres, the British occupation during WWII, and much more. On the top floor of Pakkhúsið you will find the museum's toy exhibition. This exhibition, designed by the award winning museum and exhibition designers Janvs Ltd., is specifically directed at children. A large collection of toys is preserved at Hafnarfjörður Museum, and a part thereof is on display at the toy exhibition. The objects are rotated regularly, so there is always something new to see at the toy exhibition. In the Pakkhús entrance hall, travelling exhibitions or exhibitions centred on particular themes are put on each spring, and these last through the summer. They are meant to cast a light on specific periods or events in the history of the town of Hafnarfjörður. and its vicinity,but can also be travelling exhibitions from abroad.
Sivertsen´s House
Sivertsen´s house is the oldest house in Hafnarfjörður, built in 1803-1805 by Bjarni Sivertsen. He was a entrepreneur in Hafnarfjörður between 1794 and 1830, a merchant who owned a fishing buisness and shipyard in town. Bjarni was one of the Icelanders after the Danish trade monopoly ended, and has been given the title „The father of Hafnarfjörður. The house has been restored to its orginal state and shows how an upper-class family in Hafnarfjörður lived at the beginning of the 19th century, while light is shed on the interesting story of Bjarni Sívertsen and his family.
Beggubúð
Beggubúð (Begga´s shop) is the location of the Museum of Commerce, part of Hafnarfjördur Museum. The building was construcked in 1906 on the town´s main shopping street. It was lifted and moved to the museum´s site in 2008 were it was restored and used to house an exhibition.
The Bungalow
The Bungalow was built in 1918. It was the residence of Harry and Douglas Bookless, Scottish brothers who ran an extensive fisheries operation based in Hafnarfjordur in the first half of the 20th century. The highly influential brothers were the largest emplyers in the town for many years. Their company, Bookless Bros, was eventually taken over by another British company, Hellyer Bros Ltd from Hull. The new owners continued to operate a flourishing business for some time. The building was reopened after refurbishment in 2008. It now houses an exhibition describing the period of foreign fisheries operations in Hafnarfjördur during the first half of the 20th century. The Bookless brothers drawing room has also been restored.
Sigga´s House
The seaman Erlendur Marteinsson built Sigga´s house in 1902. His daughter Sigridur (Sigga) Erlendsdóttir, was 10 years old when she moved omto the house and lived there until the year 1978, when she moved to Sólvangur, a local old age home. Her house has been preserved as an example of the home of a labourer and a seaman in Hafnarfjörður at the beginning of the 20th century. There you can experience and get to know how common people of the town lived at that time.
The Good Templars Hall
When the Good Templars Hall was built in 1886 it was considered to be a very large building -- it could acommodate 300 people when the population of Hafnardfjördur was only just over 400. It was the first public hall in the town, and for a very long time it was the venue for meetings and entertainments held by many other associations. The first meeting of the hafnarfjödur Town Council was held there. The hall now houses an exhibition depicting the development of sports and community in Hafnarfjördur.
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Iceland gripped by case of missing woman
Iceland has been gripped by the disappearance of a young woman — an extremely rare occurrence in a country with a population of just 320,000.
Three members of a Greenlandic fishing trawler crew have been arrested in connection with Birna Brjansdottir’s disappearance, Iceland Monitor reported.
Members of the public joined the Icelandic police in a huge search after Brjansdottir went missing on Jan. 14.
The young woman was last seen by witnesses at 4 a.m. at a bar in Reykjavik. CCTV cameras filmed her last known movements as she walked away from the downtown area at 5:25 a.m. Nearby, a red Kia car was also spotted by security cameras at the same time.
Brjansdottir’s cell phone was manually switched off about 30 minutes later, near Hafnarfjordur Harbor, some 10 kilometers south of the spot where she was last seen.
Considering the distance traveled in such a short period of time, police believe the missing woman was driven in a vehicle.
Soon after Brjansdottir’s phone was turned off, the red Kia was seen on CCTV at Hafnarfjordur Harbor. Police traced the car as a rental vehicle, which was hired by crew members of a trawler from Greenland docked at the harbor.
Brjansdottir’s Dr Marten’s boots were later found near the harbor.
After the trawler departed, the Danish coast guard intercepted the boat and turned it back to Iceland. Icelandic police then flew over by helicopter to inspect the vessel.
Two members of the trawler crew were arrested aboard the ship. A third crew member was later arrested and all three were being questioned by police.
Police do not believe Brjansdottir boarded the ship.
Divers searched the harbor for clues but there has still been no sign of Brjansdottir.
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One morning in Reykjavík (Neighborhood of Hallgrim Church)
Day 1 of 32
This is my first stop in Reykjavik after taking a taxi from BSI Terminal (about 1900 ISK).
My previous video shows that I took the 'Flybus' to 'BSI Terminal' .... highly recommend to book it online since it's a 40 mins time on Shuttle for the distance between 'Reykjavik Airport' and 'BSI Terminal' (5500 ISK). It will be too expensive for taking a taxi and too far for walking.
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