Hallgrim’s Church
Hallgrímskirkja is a Protestant Lutheran parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and second tallest building in the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church in Reykjavík, Iceland
- Also known as: “Hallgrimskirkja” and “Hallgrímskirkja”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Einar Jónsson Museum and The Icelandic Phallological Museum.
Einar Jónsson Museum
Museum
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Einar Jónsson Museum is situated 100 metres west of Hallgrim’s Church.
The Icelandic Phallological Museum
Museum
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The Icelandic Phallological Museum, located in Reykjavík, Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. It holds over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammals. The Icelandic Phallological Museum is situated 1 km northwest of Hallgrim’s Church.
Leifur Ericson
Work of art
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Leifr Eiricsson, sometimes called the Leif Eiricsson Memorial, is statue of Norse explorer Leif Erikson created by American artist Alexander Stirling Calder.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kópavogur and Garðabaer.
Kópavogur
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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.
Garðabaer
Town
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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. Garðabaer is situated 6 km south of Hallgrim’s Church.
Kaplakriki
Locality
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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 7 km south of Hallgrim’s Church.
Hallgrim’s Church
- Category: religion
- Location: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Southwest Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Hallgrim’s Church” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հալթգրիմսկիրկյա”
- Basque: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Basque: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Belarusian: “Гальгрымскірк’я”
- Belarusian: “Хальгрымскірк’я”
- Bulgarian: “Халгримскиркя”
- Catalan: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Chinese: “哈德格里米尔教堂”
- Chinese: “哈德格里米爾教堂”
- Chinese: “哈爾格林姆教堂”
- Croatian: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Czech: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Danish: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Danish: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Dutch: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Dutch: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Dutch: “Hallsgrimkirkja”
- Dutch: “Hallsgrímkirkja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه هالجريمسكيركجا”
- Esperanto: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Esperanto: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Estonian: “Hallgrímuri kirik”
- Faroese: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Faroese: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Finnish: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Finnish: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- French: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- French: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Georgian: “ჰათლგრიმსკირკია”
- Georgian: “ჰალგრიმსკირკია”
- German: “Hallgrimskirche”
- German: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- German: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית האלגרים”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית הדלגרים”
- Hungarian: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Icelandic: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Indonesian: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Italian: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Japanese: “ハットルグリムスキルキャ”
- Japanese: “ハットルグリムス教会”
- Korean: “할그림스키르캬”
- Lithuanian: “Halgrimuro bažnyčia”
- Macedonian: “Црква Халгримскиркја”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hallgrímskirken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Norwegian: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Ossetian: “Хатльгримскиркья”
- Persian: “هاتکریمسکیرکا”
- Persian: “هاتلکریمسکیرکیا”
- Polish: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Polish: “kościół Hallgrímura”
- Polish: “Kościół Hallgrímura”
- Portuguese: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Russian: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Russian: “Хадльгримскиркья”
- Slovak: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Spanish: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Spanish: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Swedish: “Hallgrimskirkja”
- Swedish: “Hallgrímskirkja”
- Swedish: “Hallgrimskyrkan”
- Thai: “ฮอลล์กริมสคิร์คยา”
- Thai: “ฮัลล์กรีมสคิร์คยา”
- Ukrainian: “Гатльґрімскірк’я”
- Welsh: “Hallgrímskirkja”
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