weather it’s possible to view the capital, Mt. Esja, Snæfellsjökul glacier and beyond. Landmarks and place names are marked on the viewing diagram. There is an information sign with the history of the church at the cemetery at Lágafell. Álafosskvos - Stekkjarflöt The sculpture “Hús skáldsins - hús tímans” by Magnús Tómasson stands at Stekkjarflöt at Álafosskvos. It is based on the town’s symbol and has references to the works of Halldór Laxness, Iceland’s Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1955. A large-scale wool industry built up around Álafoss waterfalls on the Varmá river between 1919 and 1955, and workers lived in the neighbourhood. Today, the old factory buildings have a new role: artists have turned them into workshops and galleries. The Álafoss factory outlet has objects from the old factories as well as photographs from that time, showing a fragment of the history of wool production in Mosfellsbær. Halldór Laxness Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness lived in the Mosfellsdalur valley. The farm on which he was raised now is the site of the historic Mosfellskirkja church. On the valley’s south side is a cluster of greenhouses. Laxness built a house for himself and his family at Köldukvísl, and named it Gljúfrasteinn. That house has now been turned into a museum. In his later years, the author wrote the book Í túninu heima (Home in the Hayfield), in which he described his childhood experiences at his home in the Mosfellsdalur valley. Egill Skallagrímsson's resting place Egill Skallagrímsson, the Viking poet and warrior, is supposedly buried near the town along with his silver treasure. Local artists Mosfellsbær is home to Sigur Rós's music studio Sundlaugin, which before their arrival was an abandoned building including a swimming pool (sundlaugin means "the swimming pool"). The acoustics created by the building having a swimming pool center bottom was one of the reasons that they decided on investing in the property for future use. Sundlaugin has been used for recording and mastering by a number of Icelandic musicians and others, including Amiina (which often tours with Sigur Rós) and Jimmy Lavelle from The Album Leaf. Mosfellsbær filmmaker Vilius Petrikas was nominated in the 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Cinematography in the TV show Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin. In 2010 he won the fourth place spot in the YOBI Film contest from YOBI.tv's second season. Ólafur Arnalds, neo-classical, indie, experimental, electronica multi-instrumentalist and producer,