There’s a beautiful archipelago off of the southern coast
of Iceland called the Vestmannaeyjar. Vestmannaeyjar includes a
cluster of beautiful islands located near the southern tip of Iceland. Amongst
these chunks of land sits one incredibly beautiful island known as Elidaey. If
you travel to this tiny little island you will find one single house
siting alone on a grassy pasture.
The island was inhabited roughly three hundred years ago by
five families that subsisted by fishing, hunting puffins, and raising cattle.
By the 1930s, however, the last permanent inhabitants had left. Although
they did not live in the house that currently sits on the island, instead they
resided in huts. Some speculated that the island had been donated to
famous Icelandic singer Bjork (which it wasn’t), while others thought it was
home to an eccentric billionaire (which it wasn’t). The real story is
that, the house serves as a retreat for a local hunting association. In
simplicity, the members come to the cabin for shelter and a sauna
when they are not out hunting for puffins.
The lodge was built in 1953 by the Ellidaey Hunting
Association and called ‘the hunting lodge.’ The building does not have
electricity or indoor plumbing, and sorry, no Internet either! Despite most
modern amenities being completely vacant, the island retreat does
have a sauna. The water used for the sauna, cooking and drinking comes
from a rainwater collection system that is located at the lodge. Interestingly,
there is a fence built around the outside of the cabin, which makes it all the
more mysterious to those that pass by.
Picture Source: Collected from Internet
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