Over The Years,

there seems to have been a common thread, 

running through films and television series, a zombie apocalypse, so where better than Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse to wait it out? it is perched on top of a tall slither of rock, six miles off the coast of Iceland, Þrídrangaviti, which translates as “three rocks”, was built in 1939, soon before the start of World War 2, nowadays, the lighthouse is accessible by helicopter and even features a small helipad to make landing there easier, but back in 1938, when work on it began, helicopters hadn’t yet been invented. Brave workers had to to scale the 120-foot-high rock to reach the pinnacle, where they laid the foundation of the lighthouse by hand, while ensuring that the strong winds and rain didn’t send them plunging into the freezing North Atlantic Ocean, the photograph is a screen grab from the video below,

 “The first thing we had to to was create a road up to the cliff,” project director Árni G. Þórarinsson said in an old newspaper article. “We got together of experienced mountaineers, all from the Westman Islands. Then we brought drills, hammers, chains and clamps to secure the chains. Once they got near the top there was no way to get any grip on the rock so one of them got down on his knees, the second stood on his back, and then the third climbed on top of the other two and was able to reach the nib of the cliff above. I cannot even tell you how I was feeling whilst witnessing this incredibly dangerous procedure.” Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse sits on the highest of the three rocks, called Háidrangur, or High Rock in English, the Þrídrangaviti has even got its own Facebook fan page, followed by over 4,000 people, and if you do decide to wait out the zombie apocalypse on the rock, remember to take a tin opener!