Seminar to quit smoking in remote Iceland
Hornbjargsviti lighthouse is located in Látravík, Hornstrandir. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Jón Páll Ásgeirsson.
Hornbjargsviti is one of the most remote places you can find in Iceland, located in the Hornstrandir, north part of the West Fjord. And evidently the place to go to quit smoking.
Singer and life coach Valgeir Skagfjörð offers tours to this remote place for people who want to quit smoking. “The point of this is to get the smoker out of his environment and out of his comfort zone to tackle this without any distractions. Then there will be time for hikes, we can meditate, talk and get to know one another.”
It doesn’t hurt that there isn’t much there except the lighthouse and the stunning nature, the area was deserted in the 1950’s. Attendants won’t be able to pop out to a shop and buy cigarettes, as the nearest shop is more than an hour boat ride away.
The tour is four day long which Skagfjörð is very happy about, it will be easier to spread the information over the days rather than sharing it in only four hours, as he does on seminars in settled parts of Iceland.
