
The Peculiar Rock, Steðji-Staupasteinn, in Hvalfjörður in Southwest Iceland
In the beautiful Hvalfjörður fjord in SW-Iceland, you will find a very peculiar, almost 3 meters high rock called Steðji. This rock is in the shape of a goblet, and the hermit living in it is the Protector of the Hvalfjarðargöng tunnel. Other names for Steðji are Staupasteinn, Prestur, and Karlinn í Skeiðhóli - the Old man in Skeiðhóll hill. Top photo: greeting the man in Staupasteinn Staupasteinn and the parking space - the road is closed further on, so you have to turn around. Before the Hvalfjarðargöng tunnel opened in 1998, the road via Hvalfjörður was part of the Ring Road, and
















