Where is the loneliest house in the world?
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Elliðaey is a small volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. There stands the unpretentious structure known as the loneliest house in the world, built in 1953.
Do you know where the loneliest house in the world is? No, it's not in Bulgaria, although some deserted villages here might rightly claim the title. In the section "Where are we" Milen Atanasov shows a truly cold, damp, and very isolated place. A place surrounded by frothing waves and battered by untamed winds. It is on its high rocky shore where the loneliest house in the world clings. Just to show that the sun casts light even far to the north. And that this light can provide clean and warm comfort.
Elliðaey is a small volcanic island off the southern coast of Iceland. The waves and currents of the Atlantic Ocean near the rocky cliffs turn access for marine vessels to the shore into a true challenge. However, the island is not entirely uninhabited. There stands the unpretentious structure known as the loneliest house in the world. It was built in 1953 to provide shelter for people who hunted, raised livestock, and gathered food for the winter. Today it remains almost alone in the ocean. But recently it has found a new ally - the sun.
For decades, the electricity here depended on generators, gasoline, and gas canisters. Every delivery of fuel was a true expedition. The fuel had to be transported by boat and pulled up the steep cliffs. Sometimes literally – with a winch from the sea to the land.
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