Hike on mount Hafnarfjall in west Iceland – it´s a mountain and a movie star. This amazing picture is by KJ Photography.
I watch it every day out of my window in Borgarnes when I drive past it on my way to the capital Reykjavík.
I also climb it on a sunny day in the summer and admire the endless view from the top. Many people climb all seven peaks. The highest one is 844 m but the mountain has several hiking trails.
I take a short walk up to it´s hills when I need to clear my head and get some fresh air. My mountain is always there, beautiful and respectable. It has stood here for a several thousand years, and is a part of an extinguished central volcano which is about four million years old. It is mostly made of basalt.
It sure has seen a couple of things! It´s newest role was to take part in the movie The secret life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller. So now my mountain is a movie star like many other beautiful mountains in Iceland. It´s endless diversity and beauty raises the good in people. I´m like a proud mother or a big sister. This is my mountain, it´s on my doorstep. Welcome to Hafnarfjall.
