SW Iceland
Capital Region
Reykjavík

Harpa

Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in , Iceland. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass façade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: concert hall and conference center in Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Address: Austurbakki 2, Reykjavík, 101
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Icelandic Phallological Museum and National Theater.

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 260 metres southwest of Harpa.

Theater building
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The National Theatre of Iceland in , is the national theatre of Iceland. The theater, designed by Guðjón Samúelsson, was formally opened on 20 April 1950. Since 2020, the artistic director of The National Theatre is Magnús Geir Þórðarsson. is situated 360 metres south of Harpa.

Museum
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is the largest visual art institution in . It occupies three locations in ; Hafnarhús by the old harbour, Kjarvalsstaðir by and Ásmundarsafn in Laugardalur. is situated 400 metres west of Harpa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Garðabaer.

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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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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 7 km south of Harpa.

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 Harpa.

Harpa

Latitude
64.1504° or 64° 9′ 1″ north
Longitude
-21.93286° or 21° 55′ 58″ west
Height
43 metres (141 feet)
Open location code
99PW5328+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108335182
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11747884
Wiki­data ID
Q1783706
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Harpa” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Harpa”
  • Basque: “Harpa (Reykjavik)”
  • Basque: “Harpa”
  • Catalan: “Harpa”
  • Chinese: “哈帕音乐厅”
  • Chinese: “哈帕音樂廳”
  • Danish: “Harpa”
  • Dutch: “Harpa (Reykjavik)”
  • Dutch: “Harpa”
  • Esperanto: “Harpa”
  • Finnish: “Harpa”
  • Finnish: “Islannin musiikkitalo”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavikin musiikkitalo”
  • Finnish: “Reykjavíkin musiikkitalo”
  • French: “Harpa”
  • German: “Konzerthaus Harpa”
  • German: “Konzerthaus Reykjavik”
  • Icelandic: “Harpa”
  • Icelandic: “Harpan”
  • Icelandic: “Tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhús í Reykjavík”
  • Icelandic: “Tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhúsið í Reykjavík”
  • Italian: “Harpa”
  • Japanese: “ハルパ・レイキャヴィク・コンサートホール&会議センター”
  • Kazakh: “Харпа”
  • Korean: “하르파”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Harpa (konserthus)”
  • Norwegian: “Harpa”
  • Polish: “Harpa”
  • Russian: “Харпа”
  • Slovenian: “Harpa”
  • Slovenian: “koncertna hiša Reykjavik”
  • Spanish: “Harpa Reikiavik”
  • Spanish: “Harpa”
  • Swedish: “Harpa (konserthus)”
  • Swedish: “Harpa”

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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 “Harpa”. Photo: Richard Eriksson, CC BY 2.0.