Helheim

Helheim is the realm of the dead: a cold, dark place, and probably underground, much like a real grave. Some accounts suggest that Helheim is positioned at the bottom of the cosmos, maybe beneath the roots of the World Tree, while others describe it as part of Niflheim, the primordial realm of fog and ice. The term ‘Niflhel’ is even used in a number of old poems, so perhaps Niflheim and Helheim were conceived by some people to be the exact same place.
The goddess Hel, daughter of Loki, resided in Helheim along with the spirits of the dead. She lived in a vast, damp hall called Éljúðnir, along with several servants and slaves. One of these slaves was Ganglati, a name which translates as ‘lazy-walker,’ who seems to have been associated with slowness and indolence.
While Helheim does not sound like a particularly appealing place to live, it was never meant to be a place of torment and suffering. In many ways, life in Helheim was no different to life in Midgard, and the dead spent their time eating, drinking, fighting and sleeping, just like they did when they were still alive.