Bessastaðir
Bessastaðir is the official residence of the president of Iceland. It is situated in Álftanes, about 15 kilometres from the capital city, Reykjavík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bair175, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bessastaðakirkja and Reykjavík Airport.
Reykjavík Airport
Aerodrome
Reykjavík Airport is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. The airport is located about two kilometres from the city centre. Reykjavík Airport is situated 3½ km northeast of Bessastaðir.
Garðakirkja
Church
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garðakirkja is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Bessastaðir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garðabaer and Kópavogur.
Garðabaer
Town
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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. Garðabaer is situated 4 km southeast of Bessastaðir.
Kópavogur
Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
Kópavogur is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region.
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 4½ km southeast of Bessastaðir.
Bessastaðir
- Type: Residential area
- Description: official residence of the president of Iceland
- Category: building
- Location: Garðabær, Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.10604° or 64° 6′ 22″ northLongitude
-21.99504° or 21° 59′ 42″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
99PW4243+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 31820823OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Welsh—“Bessastaðir” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “冰島總統府”
- Chinese: “贝萨斯塔济”
- Czech: “Bessastaðir”
- Danish: “Bessastaðir”
- Dutch: “Bessastadir”
- Dutch: “Bessastaðir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيسستاير”
- Estonian: “Bessastaðir”
- Finnish: “Bessastaðir”
- French: “Bessastaðir”
- German: “Bessastaðir”
- Hebrew: “פֶּסָאסְטָאדִ‘יר”
- Icelandic: “Bessastaðir”
- Italian: “Bessastaðir”
- Japanese: “ベッサスタージル”
- Latin: “Bessastadae”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bessastaðir”
- Norwegian: “Bessastaðir”
- Polish: “Bessastaðir”
- Portuguese: “Bessastaðir”
- Russian: “Бессастадир”
- Swedish: “Bessastaðir”
- Ukrainian: “Бессастадір”
- Welsh: “Bessastadir”
- Welsh: “Bessastaðir”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bessastaðir”. Photo: Bair175, CC BY-SA 4.0.