Pollurinn
Pollurinn is a harbor in Northeast, Iceland. Pollurinn is situated nearby to the hamlet Veigastaðir, as well as near the locality Svalbardseyri.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Akureyrarkirkja and Akureyri Botanical Garden.
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 Art Museum
Art gallery
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
The Akureyri Art Museum was founded in 1993. The museum is located in the center of Akureyri, the second-largest city in Iceland. Originally home to a dairy, the building which houses the gallery is noted as a good example of the Bauhaus school of architecture.
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 Pollurinn.
Pollurinn
- Type: Harbor
- Category: transportation
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.68047° or 65° 40′ 50″ northLongitude
-18.06476° or 18° 3′ 53″ westOpen location code
9CQ3MWJP+53GeoNames ID
2627739
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