Hvalsneskirkja

This church was beautiful. My friend and I wanted to see one of the famous black churches, but the most photographed one was farther north than we were willing to travel especially with the weather we ended up having for most of our trip. I came across this black church and we just had to visit it after our trip to the Blue Lagoon. Highly recommend stopping by!

So cool! Would recommend it at sunrise

Beautiful Black stone church with colored bell tower - definately worth a stop if you are in the area

Fabulous place was like being on the surface of the moon.
Like an ancient energy we were running up and down.

Beautiful church sitting right against the ocean! great stop after just landing or right before heading home as the airport is right around the corner!

Small humble black church, beautiful, built from carved basaltic stones in 1887. Can't get into the church, but the scenery around itself is already worth the 2 minutes detour from Road 45. Only small part of gravel road, very little tourists. You can almost have the whole place to yourself

Very nice place. You can take few minutes walk to 5he ocean.

Beautiful dark colored church located close to the coast. There is also a quite sizable graveyard here that is worth a walk around if you have the time.

The colorful details are really nice, it's a nice place

Absolutely unreal!
The most underrated church in Iceland

Very nice black church. Stopped here for a bit and took some photos. Would recommend stopping at the lighthouse in the area as well during sunset.

Nice place to visit

Nice little stone church along the coast in Reykjanes Peninsula.

Instead of heading straight to Reykjavik when we landed in Iceland, we went the opposite direction, hoping to find adventure. We stumbled across this beautiful little church, completely by accident and immediately fell in love! The setting is quiet and isolated, truly worth a visit.

Beautiful

Very characteristic, beautiful, Icelandic style church with cementary. This one is right on the ocean, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, only few minute from KEF airport so it's perfect place to visit before flight.

This church has a remarkable story. Actually, it is from before the current one was built. The most significant Icelandic hymn poet and priest Hallgrímur Pétursson served here for seven years (1644-1651). This was his first appointment as priest.
Read the story of Hallgrímur and his wife Guðríður Símonardóttir. That is amazing stuff. Whilst at Hvalsnes, they had a daughter, Steinunn, who died very young. The very handy Hallgrímur made a gravestone for their daughter in his great bereavement. The stone was lost for quite some time but then it was found again as a slab in the pathway to the church. It is now placed besides the altar in the church.

Beautiful church in a picturesque location

Very quiet area and isolated place. Feel peaceful.

Amazing landscape