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National and University Library of Iceland

Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn is the national library of which also functions as the university library of the University of Iceland.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: National library of Iceland
  • Also known as: “Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn”, “Landsbókasafn Íslands — Háskólabókasafn”, “National and University Library”, “NULI”, “THjodarbokhladan”, and “UIY”
  • Address: Birkimelur 3, Reykjavík, 107
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Icelandic Phallological Museum and Christ the King Cathedral.

Museum
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, located in , Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. It holds over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammals. is situated 1 km northeast of National and University Library of Iceland.

Church
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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. is situated 530 metres north of National and University Library of Iceland.

Government building
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Alþingishúsið is a classical 19th-century structure which stands by in central , . It houses Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament. is situated 670 metres northeast of National and University Library of Iceland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Garðabaer.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
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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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 6 km south of National and University Library of Iceland.

Locality
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is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. is situated 8 km south of National and University Library of Iceland.

National and University Library of Iceland

Latitude
64.14284° or 64° 8′ 34″ north
Longitude
-21.95075° or 21° 57′ 3″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Inception
1983
Open location code
99PW42VX+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28616443
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6935431
Wiki­data ID
Q627423
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“National and University Library of Iceland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الجامعية والوطنية في أيسلندا”
  • Armenian: “NULI”
  • Armenian: “UIY”
  • Armenian: “Իսլանդիայի ազգային և համալսարանական գրադարան”
  • Belarusian: “NULI”
  • Belarusian: “UIY”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Ісландыі”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная бібліятэка Ісьляндыі”
  • Bosnian: “Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Islanda”
  • Bosnian: “NULI”
  • Bosnian: “UIY”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional i Universitària d’Islàndia”
  • Catalan: “NULI”
  • Catalan: “UIY”
  • Chinese: “Landsbókasafn Íslands — Háskólabókasafn”
  • Chinese: “冰島國家與大學圖書館”
  • Czech: “Národní a univerzitní knihovna Islandu”
  • Czech: “NULI”
  • Czech: “UIY”
  • Danish: “Islands nationalbibliotek”
  • Danish: “NULI”
  • Danish: “UIY”
  • Dutch: “Landsbokasafn islands Haskolabokasafn”
  • Dutch: “Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia kaj Universitata Biblioteko de Islando”
  • Esperanto: “NULI”
  • Esperanto: “UYI”
  • Finnish: “Islannin kansallis- ja yliopistokirjasto”
  • Finnish: “Islannin kansalliskirjasto”
  • Finnish: “Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire d’Islande”
  • French: “NULI”
  • French: “UIY”
  • German: “Isländische National- und Universitätsbibliothek”
  • German: “National- und Universitätsbibliothek Islands”
  • Greek: “NULI”
  • Greek: “UIY”
  • Greek: “Εθνική και Πανεπιστημιακή Βιβλιοθήκη της Ισλανδίας”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית והאוניברסיטאית של איסלנד”
  • Hungarian: “Izland Nemzeti és Egyetemi Könyvtára”
  • Hungarian: “Izlandi Nemzeti és Egyetemi Könyvtár”
  • Hungarian: “Izlandi Nemzeti Könyvtár – Egyetemi Könyvtár”
  • Icelandic: “Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn”
  • Icelandic: “Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn”
  • Icelandic: “Landsbókasafn Íslands-Háskólabókasafn”
  • Icelandic: “Þjóðarbókhlaðan”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria d’Islanda”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria dell’Islanda”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria di Islanda”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria islandese”
  • Japanese: “アイスランド国立・大学図書館”
  • Japanese: “アイスランド国立図書館”
  • Macedonian: “NULI”
  • Macedonian: “UIY”
  • Macedonian: “Национална и универзитетска библиотека на Исланд”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islands nasjonal- og universitetsbibliotek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islands nasjonalbibliotek”
  • Norwegian: “Islands nasjonal- og universitetsbibliotek”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی دانشگاهی ایسلند”
  • Polish: “Islandzka Biblioteka Narodowa i Uniwersytecka”
  • Polish: “NULI”
  • Polish: “UIY”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional e Universitária da Islândia”
  • Portuguese: “NULI”
  • Portuguese: “UIY”
  • Russian: “NULI”
  • Russian: “UIY”
  • Russian: “Национальная и университетская библиотека Исландии”
  • Serbian: “National and University Library of Iceland”
  • Serbian: “NULI”
  • Serbian: “UIY”
  • Serbian: “Национална и универзитетска библиотека Исланда”
  • Slovenian: “islandska nacionalna in univerzitetna knjižnica”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalna in univerzitetna knjižnica Islandije”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca nacional y universitaria de Islandia”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional y Universitaria de Islandia”
  • Spanish: “NULI”
  • Spanish: “UIY”
  • Swedish: “Haskolabokasafn”
  • Swedish: “Háskólabókasafn”
  • Swedish: “Islands lands- och universitetsbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Islands landsbibliotek – Universitetsbiblioteket”
  • Swedish: “Islands landsbibliotek–Universitetsbiblioteket”
  • Swedish: “Islands landsbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Islands national- och universitetsbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Islands nationalbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Islands statsbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Islands universitetsbibliotek”
  • Swedish: “Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn”
  • Swedish: “Landsbókasafn Íslands–Háskólabókasafn”
  • Swedish: “Landsbokasafn Islands”
  • Swedish: “Landsbókasafn Íslands”
  • Ukrainian: “NULI”
  • Ukrainian: “UIY”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна й університетська бібліотека Ісландії”
  • “NULI”
  • “UIY”

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