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Field guide · For Film and television location travelers

Iceland Film Locations

Six real places connected to Game of Thrones, Prometheus, Bond, Lost in Space, and Fire Saga.

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This route links six Icelandic places connected to film and television. It starts at Seljalandsfoss on the south coast, follows the Ring Road east and north, and finishes at Kirkjufell on Snæfellsnes. The productions include Lost in Space, Prometheus, two James Bond films, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, and Game of Thrones.

Recognition from the screen is only one layer of each stop. These are active waterfalls, glacial water, geothermal caves, coastal towns, and steep mountains with real hazards. Follow the access and safety notes for the place in front of you rather than treating it like a controlled set.

The stops · 6

Region chapter 1 of 3

South Iceland

  1. Start hereNature · South Iceland

    Seljalandsfoss

    Lost in Space waterfall

    • 45 min

    Seljalandsfoss belongs on this route because season two of Lost in Space filmed at the waterfall. Its unusual path runs behind a 60-metre drop from former sea cliffs. The path is wet, slippery, and often icy, so expect heavy spray and stay on the established route.

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  2. Seljalandsfoss → Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon & Diamond Beach·driving·255.1 km·3 hr 46 min
    Nature · South Iceland

    Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon & Diamond Beach

    Jökulsárlón og Demantsströndin

    Two Bond films on ice

    • 1 hr 30 min

    Jökulsárlón's ice-filled scenery appears in two James Bond films: A View to a Kill and Die Another Day. The lagoon formed as Breiðamerkurjökull retreated and is Iceland's deepest lake, while ice from the lagoon reaches the black sand of Diamond Beach across the road. Keep away from deep cold water, unstable ice, surf, and traffic between the two sides.

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Region chapter 2 of 3

North Iceland

Useful base: Mývatn

  1. Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon & Diamond Beach → Dettifoss·driving·416 km·6 hr 5 min
    Nature · North Iceland

    Dettifoss

    Prometheus at Dettifoss

    • 1 hr
    • High danger

    Dettifoss reached a wider audience after appearing in the 2012 film Prometheus. The waterfall drops into Jökulsárgljúfur, a canyon shaped by catastrophic glacial floods, with Selfoss just upstream on the same river. The approach is short, but spray makes the rocks slippery and the cliff edges are unfenced, so view it from a safe distance.

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  2. Dettifoss → Grjótagjá·driving·67.9 km·1 hr 2 min
    Geological · North Iceland

    Grjótagjá

    Game of Thrones cave

    • 45 min
    • High danger

    Grjótagjá is a small lava cave near Mývatn that later served as a Game of Thrones filming location. It was once a local bathing place, but water temperatures rose above 50 degrees Celsius after the 1975-1984 Krafla eruptions and normal bathing ended. Treat it as a brief viewing stop: access is rough and narrow, the rock is slippery, and the geothermal pool is not for bathing.

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  3. Grjótagjá → Húsavík·driving·62.7 km·1 hr 6 min
    Historical · North Iceland

    Húsavík

    Fire Saga's Húsavík

    • 4 hrs

    Húsavík gained another kind of screen recognition through the 2020 Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Beyond that production, it is a fishing town on Skjálfandi bay, known for whale watching and the Húsavík Whale Museum. The place record also connects the town to Garðar Svavarsson's winter stay around 870, as described in the Book of Settlements.

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Region chapter 3 of 3

Snæfellsnes Peninsula

Useful base: Grundarfjörður

  1. Húsavík → Kirkjufell & Kirkjufellsfoss·driving·450.4 km·6 hr 55 min
    Nature · Snæfellsnes Peninsula

    Kirkjufell & Kirkjufellsfoss

    Kirkjufell og Kirkjufellsfoss

    The mountain beyond the Wall

    • 45 min

    Kirkjufell gained worldwide recognition as the arrowhead mountain beyond the Wall in seasons 6 and 7 of Game of Thrones. The 463-metre peak is a nunatak built from alternating lava and sandstone layers capped with tuff, and Kirkjufellsfoss provides the familiar foreground from the marked viewpoint. Use that viewpoint rather than climbing the mountain, which is steep and especially dangerous in winter.

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