Seltjarnarnes

Seltjarnarnes is a town and municipality in the of . The municipality is located on a peninsula, bordered only by to the east.
  • Type: Town with 4,590 residents
  • Description: municipality in Capital Region, Iceland
  • Postal code: 170

Places of Interest

Highlights include KR-völlur and Christ the King Cathedral.

Stadium
Meistaravellir or is a football in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and has been the home stadium of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur since 1984.

Church
Landakotskirkja, officially named Basilika Krists konungs and often referred to as Kristskirkja, is a Catholic basilica in the western part of the capital of and is the cathedral of the Diocese of Reykjavík.

Museum
The Reykjavik Maritime Museum, formerly Víkin Maritime Museum, is a maritime museum located by the old harbour in the capital of Iceland, and run by Reykjavik City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjavík and Kópavogur.

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.

is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 8 km southeast of Seltjarnarnes.

Seltjarnarnes

Latitude
64.15266° or 64° 9′ 10″ north
Longitude
-21.98796° or 21° 59′ 17″ west
Population
4,590
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
99PW5236+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2171340653
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3414979
Wiki­data ID
Q214057
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Seltjarnarnes” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Armenian: Սելթյարնարնես
  • Asturian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Basque: Seltjarnarnes
  • Belarusian: Селцьярнарнес
  • Belarusian: Сэльт’ярнарнэс
  • Catalan: Seltjarnarnes
  • Cebuano: Seltjarnarnes
  • Chinese: Seltjarnarneskaupstaður
  • Chinese: 塞尔蒂亚纳内斯
  • Czech: Seltjarnarnes
  • Danish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Dutch: Seltjarnarnes
  • Dutch: Seltjarnarnesbær
  • Esperanto: Seltjarnarnes
  • Estonian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Finnish: Seltjarnarnes
  • French: Seltjarnarnes
  • Georgian: სელტიარნარნესი
  • German: Seltjarnarnes
  • German: Seltjarnarnesbaer
  • German: Seltjarnarnesbær
  • Hebrew: סלטיירנרנס
  • Hungarian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Icelandic: Seltjarnarnes
  • Icelandic: Seltjarnarnesbær
  • Icelandic: Seltjarnarnesi
  • Icelandic: Seltjarnarneskaupstaður
  • Ido: Seltjarnarnes
  • Indonesian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Irish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Italian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Japanese: セルチャルトナルネース
  • Korean: 셀티아르드나르네스
  • Korean: 셀티아르드나르드네스
  • Latin: Seltjarnarnes
  • Lithuanian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Lithuanian: Seltjarnarnesas
  • Macedonian: Селтјарнарнес
  • Malay: Seltjarnarnes
  • Min Nan Chinese: Seltjarnarneskaupstaður
  • Northern Sami: Seltjarnarnes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Seltjarnarnes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Seltjarnarnes
  • Norwegian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Persian: سلتیارنارنس
  • Polish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Portuguese: Seltjarnarnes
  • Romanian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Russian: Селтьярнарнес
  • Russian: Сельтьяднарнес
  • Samogitian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Samogitian: Seltjarnarnesos
  • Scots: Seltjarnarnes
  • Serbo-Croatian: Seltjarnarnes
  • Spanish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Swedish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Swedish: Seltjarnarneskaupstaður
  • Swedish: Seltjarnes
  • Turkish: Seltjarnarnes
  • Ukrainian: Селтьярнанес
  • Ukrainian: Селтьярнарнес
  • Ukrainian: Сельтьярнес
  • Volapük: Seltjarnarnes
  • Welsh: Seltjarnarnes
  • Welsh: Seltjarnarnesbaer
  • Seltjarnarnesos

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