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Reykjanesbær

Reykjanesbaer

Reykjanesbær is a municipality on the in , though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of and which have grown together over the years.
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  • Type: Town with 22,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in Southern Iceland
  • Also known as: “Reykjanesbær” and “Reykjanesbar”
  • Postal codes: 230, 232, and 235

Places of Interest

Highlights include Icelandic Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Viking World Museum.

Museum
The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll is located at the Hljómahöll concert and conference hall in Reykjanesbær. It was formally opened on April 5, 2014.

Museum
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Viking World is a museum in , Reykjanesbær, . The museum opened on 8 May 2009, followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day, 17 June.

Church
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St. John Paul II Church, a Catholic church in , , . The congregation is under Diocese of Reykjavík and was dedicated to the memory of Pope John Paul II, who was declared a saint in 2014 by Pope Francis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Njardvik and Ásbrú.

Town
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Njarðvík is a town in southwestern , on the peninsula of . As of 2009, its population was 4,400.

Suburb
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is a part of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik not supervised by the Icelandic defence authorities. After U.S. forces evacuated in 2006, a part of the base not needed for current military defence needs, was re-invented as a community of entrepreneurs, students and business.

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is a town in that is home to the country's international airport. The population was approximately 16,000 in 2018, before further municipality mergers.

Reykjanesbaer

Latitude
63.98327° or 63° 58′ 60″ north
Longitude
-22.55615° or 22° 33′ 22″ west
Population
22,500
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
99MVXCMV+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 129958272
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8644037
Wiki­data ID
Q652130
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Reykjanesbaer” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Arabic: “رايكيانسبير”
  • Aragonese: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Asturian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Basque: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Belarusian: “Рэйк’янесбайр”
  • Belarusian: “Рэйк’янэсбайр”
  • Bengali: “রেইকানেসপায়ের”
  • Bengali: “রেইকিয়ানেসপায়ের”
  • Catalan: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Chinese: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Chinese: “雷恰內斯拜爾”
  • Chinese: “雷恰内斯拜尔”
  • Czech: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Danish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Dutch: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • Dutch: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Esperanto: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Estonian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Finnish: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • Finnish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • French: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • French: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Georgian: “რეიკიანესბერი”
  • German: “Njardvik”
  • German: “Njarðvík”
  • German: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • German: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Hungarian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjanesbæ”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjanesbæjar”
  • Icelandic: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Ido: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Indonesian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Irish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Italian: “Njardvik”
  • Italian: “Njarðvík”
  • Italian: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • Italian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Japanese: “レイキャネースバイル”
  • Japanese: “レイキャネスパイーア”
  • Kalaallisut: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Korean: “레이캬네스바이르”
  • Lithuanian: “Reijkjanerbergas”
  • Macedonian: “Рејкјанеспајр”
  • Malay: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Manx: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Moksha: “Рэйкьянэсбайр”
  • Northern Sami: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Norwegian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Persian: “ریکانیانسبور”
  • Polish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Portuguese: “Reiquianesbaer”
  • Portuguese: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Romanian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Russian: “Рейкьянесбайр”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Sicilian: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Reykjanesbær”
  • Spanish: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • Spanish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Swahili: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Swedish: “Reykjanesbaer”
  • Swedish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Swedish: “Reykjanesbär”
  • Turkish: “Reykjanesbær”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейк’янесбаїр”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейк’янесбайр”
  • Welsh: “Reykjanesbær”

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