Tag: Hallormsstadur

Smartguide for iPhone & Android

SmartGuide in iPhoneGuided tours around lake Lagarfljot are now available for iPhone & Android smartphones. Local guides tell stories from the past and of course the tale of Lagarfljotsormur is one of the main stories. The smartguide is available both in Icelandic and English and the small Fljotsdalur valley circle is free for download. And you even don’t have to be on the spot using the GPS directed programs. You can just as well download it to your phone or pad and travel around the lake, looking at pictures and listening to stories, sitting comfortably in your sofa at home.

Link to the company Locatify.

The eye-witness visited by TV-star Villi naglbítur

Hjörtur og Villi naglbítur
Hjörtur Kjerúlf og Villi naglbítur

Villi naglbítur is an Icelandic TV & Rockstar doing a travel program for Siminn. He goes to remarkable places all around Iceland. Of course he had to visit Hjörtur Kjerúlf at Hrafnkelsstadir, the farmer who filmed the mysterious monster swimming in the river beneath his home in February. Here you can see clips from Villi’s visit to Hrafnkelsstadir.

The Lagarfljot’s worm festival

The inhabitants of the region of lake Lagarfljot have an annual festival in late August named after the monster. Ormsteiti it is called, a full week of exhibitions, concerts, celebrations and gatherings with a little bit of carnival style here in the far north. And the lake monster of course is in the spotlight the whole week, appearing or not appearing. Check ormsteiti.is for more information.

Visit the area of the lake monster

East Iceland welcomes you with your interest in the lake monster. And there is so much more to see here than the Lagarfljot wyrm. The region is rich of folktales and sightings of elves, trolls and more monsters then the one in Lagarfljot lake. And don’t forget our ghosts who can really spook you in some of the old houses where accommodation is offered. Learn more about the hospitality of East Iceland at http://www.east.is

The lake monster of Lagarfljot appears once again!

Few days ago Hjortur Kjerulf, a farmer in Fljotsdalur valley East Iceland, recorded a remarkable video of some large creature swimming upstream in the river Jökulsa in Fljotsdal. That river is one of the main rivers that runs into the great lake Lagarfljot which is just 2 km away from the farmers home. Lake Lagarfljot is famous for begin very deep and for its monsterous wyrm that has appeared there ever since 1345.  The video clip has now spread around the world with the question, is this the famous lake monster Lagarfljotsormur, or its baby. You can view this clip on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OmyyHyya64 and judge for yourself.