Njardvik

Njarðvík is a town in in southwestern , on the peninsula of . As of 2025, its population was 10,000.
Wikipedia
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: town in South Constituency, Iceland
  • Also known as: “Njarðvík”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Viking World Museum and Church of St. John Paul II.

Museum
Photo: GTheory, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viking World is a museum in Njarðvík, , . The museum opened on 8 May 2009, followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day, 17 June.

Church
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
St. John Paul II Church, a church in , , . The congregation is under Diocese of Reykjavík and was dedicated to the memory of Pope John Paul II, who was declared a saint in 2014 by Pope Francis.

Museum
The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll is located at the Hljómahöll concert and conference hall in . It was formally opened on April 5, 2014.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjanesbaer and Ásbrú.

Town
Photo: Helgi Halldórsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Reykjanesbær is a municipality on the in , though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years.

Suburb
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is a part of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik now supervised by the Icelandic defense authorities. After U.S. forces abandoned the base in 2006, a part of the base not needed for current military defense needs, was re-invented as a community of entrepreneurs, students and business.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a town in that is home to the country's international airport. The population was approximately 16,000 in 2018, before further municipality mergers.

Njardvik

Latitude
63.97331° or 63° 58′ 24″ north
Longitude
-22.54269° or 22° 32′ 34″ west
Population
5,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS NJA
Open location code
99MVXFF4+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2426033226
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3414222
Wiki­data ID
Q3342356
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Njardvik” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Njarðvík”
  • Basque: “Njarðvík”
  • Belarusian: “Н’ярдвік”
  • Belarusian: “Ньярдвік”
  • Catalan: “Njarðvík”
  • Cebuano: “Njarðvík”
  • Chinese: “尼亚兹维克”
  • Czech: “Njarðvík”
  • Danish: “Njardhvik”
  • Danish: “Njardhvík”
  • Danish: “Njardvik”
  • Danish: “Njarðvík”
  • Dutch: “Njardhvik”
  • Dutch: “Njardhvík”
  • Dutch: “Njardvik”
  • Dutch: “Njarðvík”
  • French: “Njardvik”
  • French: “Njarðvík”
  • German: “Njarðvík”
  • Icelandic: “Innri Njarðvík”
  • Icelandic: “Njarðvík”
  • Icelandic: “Njarðvíkur”
  • Icelandic: “Njarðvíkurbær”
  • Icelandic: “Njarðvíkurhreppur”
  • Icelandic: “Njarðvíkurkaupstaður”
  • Japanese: “ニャルズヴィーク”
  • Korean: “니아르드비크”
  • Lithuanian: “Njardvikas”
  • Macedonian: “Њардвик”
  • Moksha: “Ньярдвик”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Njarðvík”
  • Polish: “Njardvik”
  • Polish: “Njarðvík”
  • Portuguese: “Njarðvík”
  • Russian: “Ньярдвик”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Njarðvík”
  • Spanish: “Njardvik”
  • Spanish: “Njardvík”
  • Spanish: “Njarðvik”
  • Spanish: “Njarðvík”
  • Swedish: “Njarðvík”
  • Turkish: “Njarðvík”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньярдвік”
  • Ukrainian: “Нярдвік”
  • Welsh: “Njardvík”
  • Welsh: “Njarðvík”

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