Hvolsvollur

Hvolsvöllur lies in the lowlands of southern Iceland, in the country associated with Njáls saga. The saga's farms and feuds belong to a landscape of rivers, pastures and volcanic mountains east of Reykjavík. Among its best-known episodes is the burning of Njáll and his household at Bergþórshvoll, followed by attempts to settle the feud at the Alþing. The story, written in medieval Iceland, preserves a vivid literary vision of the region's early settlers and their disputes.