Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital of and largest city in and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.
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  • Type: City with 140,000 residents
  • Description: capital and largest city in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Reykjavik”, “Reykjavikurborg”, and “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Postal codes: 101, 103-105, 107-113, 116, 150, and 155
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Places of Interest

Highlights include The Icelandic Phallological Museum and Reykjavík Airport.

Museum
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, located in Reykjavík, Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. It holds over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammals.

Aerodrome
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is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of . The airport is located about two kilometres from the city centre.

Library
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn is the national library of which also functions as the university library of the University of Iceland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the .

Reykjavík

Latitude
64.146° or 64° 8′ 46″ north
Longitude
-21.9422° or 21° 56′ 32″ west
Population
140,000
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
IATA airport code
REK
United Nations Location Code
IS REY
Open location code
99PW43W5+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2107832620
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3413829
Wiki­data ID
Q1764
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Reykjavík” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Reykjavik”
  • Albanian: “Rejkjavik”
  • Albanian: “Rejkjaviku”
  • Albanian: “Reykjavik”
  • Albanian: “Reykjavík”
  • Amharic: “ሬይኪያቪክ”
  • Arabic: “ريجيافيك”
  • Arabic: “ريكيافيك”
  • Aragonese: “Reykjavik”
  • Aragonese: “Reykjavík”
  • Armenian: “Ռեյկյավիկ”
  • Armenian: “Ռեյկյավիկյուրբորգ”
  • Asturian: “Reikiavik”
  • Asturian: “Réikiavik”
  • Asturian: “Réiquiavic”
  • Avaric: “Рейкявик”
  • Aymara: “Reykjavik”
  • Azerbaijani: “Reykyavik”
  • Balinese: “Reykjavik”
  • Bashkir: “Рейкьявик”
  • Basque: “Reykjavik”
  • Bavarian: “Reykjavík”
  • Belarusian: “Рейк’явікурбарг”
  • Belarusian: “Рэйк’явік”
  • Belarusian: “Рэйкявік”
  • Bengali: “রেইকিয়াভিক”
  • Bengali: “রেইজাভিক”
  • Betawi: “Rékiawik”
  • Bosnian: “Rejkjavik”
  • Bosnian: “Reykjavik”
  • Bosnian: “Reykjavík”
  • Breton: “Reykjavík”
  • Bulgarian: “Рейкявик”
  • Catalan: “Reykjavik”
  • Catalan: “Reykjavík”
  • Catalan: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Cebuano: “Reykjavík (ulohang dakbayan sa Islandya)”
  • Cebuano: “Reykjavík”
  • Cebuano: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Central Bikol: “Reykjavík”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕێکیاڤیک”
  • Chavacano: “Reykjavik”
  • Chechen: “Рейкьявик”
  • Chinese: “Reykjavík”
  • Chinese: “雷克亞維克”
  • Chinese: “雷克雅未克”
  • Chinese: “雷克雅維克”
  • Church Slavic: “Рєикꙗвикъ”
  • Chuvash: “Рейкьявик”
  • Cornish: “Reykjavík”
  • Corsican: “Reykjavík”
  • Croatian: “Reykjavik”
  • Czech: “Reykjavik”
  • Czech: “Reykjavík”
  • Danish: “Reykjavik”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Reykjavík”
  • Dutch: “Reykjavik”
  • Dutch: “Reykjavík”
  • Dutch: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Eastern Mari: “Рейкьявик”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريكيافيك”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريكياڤيك”
  • Erzya: “Рейкьявик ош”
  • Esperanto: “Rejkjaviko”
  • Estonian: “Reykjavik”
  • Estonian: “Reykjavík”
  • Ewe: “Reykjavik”
  • Ewe: “Reykjavík”
  • Extremaduran: “Reikiavik”
  • Faroese: “Reykjavik”
  • Faroese: “Reykjavík”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Reykjavik”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Reykjavík”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavik”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavík”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • French: “Reykjavik”
  • French: “Reykjavík”
  • French: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Galician: “Reiquiavik”
  • Galician: “Reykjavik”
  • Georgian: “რეიკიავიკი”
  • Georgian: “ქართული”
  • German: “Reykjavik”
  • German: “Reykjavík”
  • German: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Greek: “Ρέικιαβικ”
  • Greek: “Ρευκιαβικ”
  • Guarani: “Reikiavik”
  • Gujarati: “રિકિયવિક”
  • Haitian: “Rèkyavik”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Reykjavík”
  • Hausa: “Reykjavik”
  • Hawaiian: “Reykjavik”
  • Hawaiian: “Reykjavík”
  • Hebrew: “רייקיאוויק”
  • Hindi: “रेक्जाविक”
  • Hindi: “रेक्याविक”
  • Hungarian: “Reykjavik”
  • Hungarian: “Reykjavík”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjavik”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjavík”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjavíkur”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Ido: “Reykjavik”
  • Ido: “Reykjavík”
  • Iloko: “Reykjavik”
  • Iloko: “Reykjavík”
  • Inari Sami: “Reykjavík”
  • Indonesian: “Reikyavik”
  • Indonesian: “Rekyavik”
  • Indonesian: “Reykjavik”
  • Indonesian: “Reykjavík”
  • Indonesian: “Reykyavik”
  • Interlingua: “Reykjavik”
  • Interlingua: “Reykjavík”
  • Interlingue: “Reykjavik”
  • Interlingue: “Reykjavík”
  • Irish: “Réicivíc”
  • Italian: “Reykjavik”
  • Italian: “Reykjavík”
  • Japanese: “キョゥサルシスラ”
  • Japanese: “レイキャヴィーク”
  • Japanese: “レイキャヴィク”
  • Japanese: “レイキャビーク”
  • Japanese: “レイキャビク”
  • Japanese: “煙たなびく湾”
  • Javanese: “Reykjavik”
  • Javanese: “Reykjavík”
  • Kabiyè: “Reyikzaavikii”
  • Kabyle: “Reykyabik”
  • Kabyle: “Reykyavik”
  • Kalaallisut: “Reykjavík”
  • Kannada: “ರೇಕೆವಿಕ್”
  • Kashubian: “Reykjavik”
  • Kashubian: “Reykjavík”
  • Kazakh: “Рейкиявик”
  • Kazakh: “Рейкьявик қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Рейкьявик”
  • Kazakh: “Түтінді мүйіс”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Reykjavík”
  • Kirghiz: “Рейкьявик”
  • Komi: “Рейкьявик”
  • Korean: “레이캬비크”
  • Kotava: “Reykjavík”
  • Kurdish: “Reykjavik”
  • Kurdish: “Reykjavîk”
  • Ladino: “Reikiavik”
  • Lao: “ເຣກຈາວີກ”
  • Latin: “Reiciavicia”
  • Latin: “Reykiavica”
  • Latvian: “Reikjavika”
  • Latvian: “Reikjavīka”
  • Ligurian: “Reykjavik”
  • Ligurian: “Reykjavík”
  • Limburgan: “Reykjavík”
  • Lingala: “Reykjavik”
  • Lingala: “Reykjavík”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Reykjavik”
  • Lithuanian: “Reikjavikas”
  • Livvi: “Reikjavik”
  • Lombard: “Reykjavik”
  • Low German: “Reykjavik”
  • Low German: “Reykjavík”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Reykjavik”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Reykjavík”
  • Luxembourgish: “Reykjavik”
  • Luxembourgish: “Reykjavík”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Reikiavic”
  • Macedonian: “Рејкјавик”
  • Malagasy: “Reykjavik”
  • Malagasy: “Reykjavík”
  • Malay: “Reykjavik”
  • Malay: “Reykjavík”
  • Malayalam: “റെയിക്യാവിക്”
  • Malayalam: “റെയ്ക്യവിക്”
  • Maltese: “Rejkjavik”
  • Maltese: “Reykjavik”
  • Manx: “Reykjavik”
  • Manx: “Reykjavík”
  • Maori: “Reikahiki”
  • Maori: “Reykjavik”
  • Marathi: “रेक्याविक”
  • Mazanderani: “ریکیاویک”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Reykjavík”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Reykjavik”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Reykjavík”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Minangkabau: “Reykjavík”
  • Mingrelian: “რეიკიავიკი”
  • Moksha: “Рэйкьявик”
  • Mongolian: “Рейкьявик”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “رايكياڤيك”
  • Nauru: “Reykjavik”
  • Nauru: “Reykjavík”
  • Navajo: “Siil Nástłʼah”
  • Northern Frisian: “Reykjavik”
  • Northern Luri: “ریکاویک”
  • Northern Sami: “Reykjavik”
  • Northern Sami: “Reykjavík”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjavik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjavík”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Reykjavik”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Reykjavík”
  • Norwegian: “Reykjavik”
  • Norwegian: “Reykjavík”
  • Novial: “Reykjavik”
  • Novial: “Reykjavík”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Reykjavik”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Reykjavík”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rēcwīc”
  • Oriya: “ରେକ୍ଜାଭିକ”
  • Ossetian: “Рейкьявик”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੇਕਿਆਵਿਕ”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੇਕੀਆਵਿਕ”
  • Papiamento: “Reykjavík”
  • Persian: “ریکیاویک”
  • Piemontese: “Reykjavik”
  • Piemontese: “Reykjavík”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Reykjavik”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Reykjavík”
  • Polish: “Rejkiawik”
  • Polish: “Reykjavik”
  • Polish: “Reykjavík”
  • Portuguese: “Reiquejavique”
  • Portuguese: “Reiquiavique”
  • Portuguese: “Reykjavik”
  • Portuguese: “Reykjavík”
  • Portuguese: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Pushto: “ریکیاویک”
  • Quechua: “Reykjavik”
  • Quechua: “Reykjavík”
  • Romanian: “Reykjavik”
  • Romanian: “Reykjavík”
  • Russian: “Reykjavik”
  • Russian: “Рейкьявик”
  • Russian: “Рейкьявикюрборг”
  • Rusyn: “Рейкьявик”
  • Rusyn: “Рейкьявік”
  • Sakizaya: “Liykeyawiyke”
  • Samogitian: “Rėikjavėks”
  • Sango: “Reykjavik”
  • Sardinian: “Reykjavik”
  • Sardinian: “Reykjavík”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Reykjavik”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Reykjavík”
  • Scots: “Reykjavik”
  • Scots: “Reykjavík”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Reykjavík”
  • Serbian: “Reykjavíkurborg”
  • Serbian: “Рејкјавик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rejkjavik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reykjavik”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reykjavík”
  • Shona: “Reykjavik”
  • Shona: “Reykjavík”
  • Sicilian: “Reykjavík”
  • Silesian: “Reykjavík”
  • Sindhi: “ريڪجاويڪ”
  • Sinhala: “රේකවික්”
  • Slovak: “Reykjavik”
  • Slovak: “Reykjavík”
  • Slovenian: “Reykjavik”
  • Slovenian: “Reykjavík”
  • Southern Sotho: “Reykjavik”
  • Southern Sotho: “Reykjavík”
  • Spanish: “Reikiavik (Islandia)”
  • Spanish: “Reikiavik”
  • Swahili: “Reykjavik”
  • Swahili: “Reykjavík”
  • Swedish: “Reykjavík (huvudstaden i Island)”
  • Swedish: “Reykjavik”
  • Swedish: “Reykjavík”
  • Swedish: “Reykjaviks stad”
  • Swiss German: “Reykjavik”
  • Swiss German: “Reykjavík”
  • Tagalog: “Reikiavik”
  • Tagalog: “Reykjavik”
  • Tajik: “Рейкявик”
  • Talysh: “Rejkjavik”
  • Talysh: “Reykyavik”
  • Tamil: “ரெய்க்கிஜாவிகே”
  • Tamil: “ரெய்க்யவிக்”
  • Tamil: “ரேக்யாவிக்”
  • Tatar: “Рейкьявик”
  • Telugu: “రేకవిక్”
  • Tetum: “Reikiavike”
  • Thai: “เรคยาวิก”
  • Tibetan: “རེཀ་ཇ་བིཀ།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Reykjavik”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Reykjavík”
  • Turkish: “Reykjavik”
  • Turkish: “Reykjavík”
  • Turkmen: “Reýkýawik”
  • Twi: “Reykjavik”
  • Twi: “Reykjavík”
  • Udmurt: “Рейкьявик”
  • Uighur: “رېيكياۋىك”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейк’явік”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейк’я́вік”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Reykjavik”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Reykjavík”
  • Urdu: “ریکیاوک”
  • Uzbek: “Reykyavik”
  • Venetian: “Reykjavik”
  • Veps: “Reikjavik”
  • Vietnamese: “Rây-ki-a-vích”
  • Vietnamese: “Rê-ki-a-vích”
  • Vietnamese: “Reykjavik”
  • Vietnamese: “Reykjavík”
  • Vlaams: “Reykjavik”
  • Vlax Romani: “Reykjavík”
  • Volapük: “Reykjavik”
  • Volapük: “Reykjavík”
  • Võro: “Reykjavik”
  • Võro: “Reykjavík”
  • Walloon: “Rékiavik”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Reykjavik”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Reykjavík”
  • Welsh: “Reykjavik”
  • Welsh: “Reykjavík”
  • Western Armenian: “Ռեյքիավիք”
  • Western Frisian: “Reykjavik”
  • Western Frisian: “Reykjavík”
  • Western Panjabi: “ریکجاوک”
  • Western Panjabi: “ریکیاوک”
  • Wolof: “Reykjawik”
  • Wu Chinese: “雷克雅未克”
  • Yakut: “Рейкьявик”
  • Yiddish: “רעקיאוויק”
  • Yoruba: “Reykjavik”
  • Yoruba: “Reykjavík”
  • Yue Chinese: “雷克雅未克”
  • Zeeuws: “Reykjavik”
  • Zeeuws: “Reykjavík”
  • Zulu: “i-Reykjavík”
  • “ma tomo Lekawi”
  • “Reikiavik”
  • “Rėikjavėks”
  • “Reykjavík”

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