Alexander Prolygin's photos

Hofskirkja church is a beautiful turf church in the Öræfi region in South-East Iceland. There are only 6 turf churches remaining in Iceland and Hofskirkja is the last of the old churches to be built in this beautiful traditional turf style. Its walls are made of rock and the roof is made of stone slabs, covered with turf. There has been a church at Hof in Öræfi for 700 years and the first written records of a church being on this site are from a cartulary (an old medieval document) from 1343. The core of the current church was built in 1883-1885.

These columns are some of the tallest in the world: up to twenty metres each.

This waterfall is about 30 meters high and forms an apron in a cliff. This is the lower stage of the Hengifoss and Litlanesfoss waterfall system. The Top of Hengifoss is visible at the Top Left of Picture

This is the lower stage of the Hengifoss and Litlanesfoss waterfall system The waterfall is about 30 meters high and forms an apron in a cliff.

The waterfall is about 128 meters high

Berufjörður on the background

There is a Memorial in Honour of Hjálmar Guðmundsson from Berufirði, which took the initiative to build the road via Öxi. The Memorial is a shield with inscription, attached to a stone. The stone is positioned not far from Folaldafoss (which means Foal Waterfall).

The sculptures were made by local famous artist Sigurður Guðmundsson from Chinese granit in 2009. They are representing 34 eggs of the birds that are nesting in Iceland

The sculptures were made by local famous artist Sigurður Guðmundsson from Chinese granit in 2009. They are representing 34 eggs of the birds that are nesting in Iceland