Hollywood Comes to Iceland

First off a big thank you to everyone for all the encouraging comments on yesterdays post! The sense of community and support is what I love so much about blogging, you all are the best and I am ready to tackle my job search head on after all your positive words!

Now on to todays post where I am joining forces with Ben Stiller, aka Walter Mitty, to show you some beautiful places to visit in Iceland.

Iceland has been playing a supporting role in Hollywood for years, most of the time being used as a magical land or dubbed as other places. A few on the list that have been filmed in Iceland are Oblivion, Prometheus, Stardust, and the popular television series Game of Thrones. This year though the new Ben Stiller movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has made it no secret (pun intended) about its filming here in Iceland. I finally had the chance to see Iceland on the big screen and the scenery was nothing but impressive!

In the movie Walter Mitty travels to several places such as Greenland, Iceland, Afghanistan and the Himalayas. Spoiler alert, all of these scenes were actually filmed in Iceland! Good luck not falling in love with Iceland after seeing this movie! Here are of the locations shown in the movie because I know you will want to add them to your travel list as soon as you finish the movie.

Stykkishólmur

In the film this small Icelandic fishing town in the east of Iceland plays the role of Nuuk, Greenland. Another fun Icelandic fact, the actor who plays the role of the drunk pilot Walter Mitty meets is actually a famous Icelandic actor, Ólafur Darri, Iceland is all over this movie!

Seyðísfjörður

Some of the most beautiful scenery in the movie I think is when Walter Mitty is skate boarding down a windy road in the Iceland countryside which was filmed near Seyðísfjörður.In the movie you see Walter heading down into the valley shown below. Just look at all those vibrant colors, so beautiful it almost makes me want to try my hand at skateboarding down into the valley.

Grundarfjörður

Providing the setting for when Walter Mitty is riding on his bicycle is the beautiful area of Grundarfjörður located in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, which is in the west of Iceland. With views like this I wouldn’t mind bicycling around either!

Kálfafellsdalur

In this picture Walter Mitty is climbing up what is said in the film to be the Himalayas. This scene was actually filmed in, you guessed it, Iceland.

If you do make it over to Iceland I definitely recommend making a visit to at least some of these places, you won’t be disappointed.

So what are you waiting for?? Get over to Iceland and have your own Walter Mitty life changing experience!

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