Alftanes
Álftanes is the name of a town and a collection of small peninsulas in Iceland. It means swan peninsula. The best known of these peninsulas extrudes from the eastern part of Reykjanes with the town of the same name in the Capital Region of Iceland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,690 residents
- Description: town, former municipality on the same-named low-lying peninsula in Greater Reykjavík Area, Iceland
- Also known as: “Álftanes”
- Postal code: 225
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bessastaðakirkja and Bessastaðir.
Bessastaðir
Residential area
Photo: Bair175, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bessastaðir is the official residence of the president of Iceland. It is situated in Álftanes, about 15 kilometres from the capital city, Reykjavík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hafnarfjörður and Garðabaer.
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður is a town in Southwest Iceland with a population of 30,000. The town was built atop lava fields that erupted 12,000 years ago. Hafnarfjörður was first settled in the late 14th century, a long history as a town by Icelandic standards, although today it is considered a suburb of Reykjavík.
Garðabaer
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. Garðabaer is situated 5 km east of Alftanes.
Kaplakriki
Locality
Photo: SergejPassau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaplakriki is a multi-purpose stadium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. Kaplakriki is situated 5 km southeast of Alftanes.
Alftanes
- Categories: city, former municipality of Iceland, and locality
- Location: Garðabær, Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.1056° or 64° 6′ 20″ northLongitude
-22.02019° or 22° 1′ 13″ westPopulation
2,690Open location code
99PV4X4H+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2918048188OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Alftanes” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Aulftanesas”
- Arabic: “ألفتينس”
- Asturian: “Álftanes”
- Basque: “Álftanes”
- Belarusian: “Альфтанес”
- Belarusian: “Альфтанэс”
- Catalan: “Álftanes”
- Chinese: “奧爾塔內斯”
- Czech: “Álftanes”
- Danish: “Álftanes”
- Dutch: “Alftanes”
- Dutch: “Álftanes”
- Esperanto: “Álftanes”
- Finnish: “Álftanes”
- French: “Álftanes”
- French: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
- German: “Álftanes”
- Hebrew: “אאולפטאנס”
- Icelandic: “Álftanes”
- Icelandic: “Álftanesi”
- Icelandic: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
- Indonesian: “Álftanes”
- Italian: “Álftanes”
- Japanese: “アゥルタネース”
- Korean: “아울프타네스”
- Latin: “Álftanes”
- Lithuanian: “Aulftanesas”
- Luxembourgish: “Álftanes”
- Macedonian: “Аулфтанес”
- Malay: “Álftanes”
- Moksha: “Аультанэс”
- Northern Sami: “Álftanes”
- Northern Sami: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Álftanes”
- Norwegian: “Álftanes”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Álftanes”
- Persian: “آلفتانس”
- Polish: “Álftanes”
- Portuguese: “Álftanes”
- Russian: “Аульфтанес”
- Scots: “Alftanes”
- Scots: “Álftanes”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Álftanes”
- Slovenian: “Álftanes”
- Spanish: “Alftanes”
- Spanish: “Álftanes”
- Swedish: “Álftanes”
- Turkish: “Álftanes”
- Ukrainian: “Альфтанес”
- Ukrainian: “Аультанес”
- Uzbek: “Álftanes”
- Welsh: “Álftanes”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bessastaðavöllur and Álftaneslaug.
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