Winter Drive Around in the Beautiful Icelandic Lava Town Hafnarfjörður

Hafnarfjörður is Iceland's third largest town, with a population of over 29.800 where daily life and culture thrives in the middle of an old lava field. The town retains its small-town air, its rural aura and its heart - which is not surprising given that the it prides itself on the largest unbroken neighborhood of corrugated iron-clad timber houses in Iceland.

Enjoy this winter drive after first snowfall in 2019 where i take you trough the diverse building history, starting in the town center from where we move into the oldest part and from there into more recent neighborhoods, and end by the docks.

For me personally it's always a pleasure to visit Hafnarfjörður. Even the town is a part of the capital area, it has it's own soul and people from there distinct them from rest of the capital area and want to be able to seek all service locally. It's something that the people from the other towns that create the capital area usually do since it's hard to see whan you are in Reykjavik or the surrounding towns of Garðabær, Kópavogur, Seltjarnarnes and of course Hafnarfjörður with it's own soul.

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With Greetings from Iceland
Gylfi

[stevedaniel]

Hello Gylfi, Thank you for the winter tour of Hafnarfjörður. I lived there as a child and have been waiting for your full video about the wonderful town of Hafnarfjörður in your series about the districts of Reykjavik. I lived there from 1963 to 1967 in the house called Storaberg. We were able to visit the house in 2005 and it was still the same. Much has changed in Hafnarfjörður, but that neighborhood of the five original houses is still the same, now with houses and apartments all around. In this video you went up on the hill across the valley from our house and that hill was our berry patch when I was a kid. There were only the five original homes on the east side of the highway in 1967. Love your videos about Iceland.

[tinycooking]

The peaceful country.. Beautiful towns.. I ❤enjoyed.. Thanks.. Am from India

[nanichuu]

I was looking for a video like this of Iceland like driving around neighborhood etc.. THANK YOU! ❣️ so beautiful

[janicefield]

I got an Icelandic movie DVD in the mail today from Hafnarfjörður. I was trying to imagine what that town would look like. Then I found this tour and feel like I have been there. Such a great way to visit Iceland! 🙏😃

[anunusualironiccircumstanc]

I’ve never been to Iceland, are most things there modern? These houses and buildings look very modern. Beautiful country.

[bobbyist]

This is soooo beautiful really is no haze in air and its such clear air there, only thing missing is where are all the police, .ambulance, fire funny dont see any of it, there must be less crime in iceland i wonder about this.

[caracortage]

What's "beautiful" about it? Is ugly not totally obvious?