Veigastaðir
Veigastaðir is a hamlet in Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Northeast and has about 72 residents. Veigastaðir is situated nearby to the suburb Innbærinn, as well as near Suðurbrekkan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Akureyri Airport and Akureyrarkirkja.
Akureyri Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: TommyBee, Public domain.
Akureyri Airport is an international airport in Akureyri, Iceland, 3 kilometres south of the town centre. Icelandair and Norlandair link the airport with several domestic locations and limited service to Greenland. Akureyri Airport is situated 3 km southwest of Veigastaðir.
Akureyrarkirkja
Church
Photo: Jon Gretarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akureyrarkirkja or The Church of Akureyri is a prominent Lutheran church at Akureyri in northern Iceland. Located in the centre of the city, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson and completed in 1940.
Akureyri Botanical Garden
Garden
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The Akureyri Botanical Garden is a unique and significant botanical garden located in the southern part of Akureyri, a city in Northern Iceland. Situated on the west side of the inland end of the fjord Eyjafjörður, at an elevation of about 45 metres, the garden is one of the northernmost botanical gardens in the world, just 85 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle. Akureyri Botanical Garden is situated 2½ km west of Veigastaðir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akureyri and Svalbarðseyri.
Akureyri
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Akureyri, with a population of around 19,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest region, and the unofficial capital of North Iceland.
Svalbarðseyri
Village
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Svalbarðseyri is a small village in the Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur municipality, northern Iceland, which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants. It is located on the east coast of Eyjafjörður fjord. Svalbarðseyri is situated 7 km north of Veigastaðir.
Veigastaðir
- Type: Hamlet with 72 residents
- Also known as: “Veigastadir”
- Category: locality
- Location: Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.68129° or 65° 40′ 53″ northLongitude
-18.04007° or 18° 2′ 24″ westPopulation
72Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)Open location code
9CQ3MXJ5+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13233244518OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2625399
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