Grafarvogur

Grafarvogur is among the largest residential districts of , . It is a relatively new neighbourhood and is located on the eastern-most side of Reykjavík. Major construction began in the late 1980s and continued well into the 1990s.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Arbaer Outdoor Museum and Fjölnisvöllur.

Museum
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Árbæjarsafn is the historical of the city of as well as an open-air museum and a regional museum. Its purpose is to give the public an insight into the living conditions, work and recreational activities of the people of Reykjavík in earlier times.

Pitch
is a football stadium in . It is located in Grafarvogur, , and seats 700 individuals in one stand, but can hold about 500 standing spectators additionally. It is the home stadium for Icelandic football team Fjölnir.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Mosfellsbaer.

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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
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Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west , 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, . The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations. is situated 7 km northeast of Grafarvogur.

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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.

Grafarvogur

Latitude
64.13093° or 64° 7′ 51″ north
Longitude
-21.8049° or 21° 48′ 18″ west
Population
18,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
99PW45JW+92
Geo­Names ID
3425290
Wiki­data ID
Q3481200
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Grafarvogur” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Графарвогур”
  • Cebuano: “Grafarvogur”
  • Estonian: “Grafarvogur”
  • French: “Grafarvogur”
  • German: “Grafarvogur”
  • Icelandic: “Grafarvogur”
  • Russian: “Граварвогюр”
  • Spanish: “Grafarvogur”
  • Swedish: “Grafarvogur”
  • Ukrainian: “Граварвогур”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґраварвоґур”
  • Ukrainian: “Граварвогюр”
  • Urdu: “گرافارو ووگر”

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