University Centre of the Westfjords

University Centre of the Westfjords is an university in Ísafjarðarbær, Westfjords which is located on Suðurgata. University Centre of the Westfjords is situated nearby to Heritage Museum Westfjords, as well as near the tourism office Tourist Information Centre.

Type: University
Also known as: “Háskólasetur Vestfjarða”
Address: Suðurgata 12, Ísafjörður, 400

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ísafjörður Airport and Torfnesvöllur.

Ísafjörður Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Sturlast, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ísafjörður Airport is an airport serving Ísafjörður, a town in the Westfjords region in northwestern Iceland.

Torfnesvöllur

Pitch

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Torfnesvöllur, known as Kerecisvöllurinn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Ísafjörður, Iceland and the home of Vestri and Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður. It broke ground in 1963 and was opened on 18 July 1964. Torfnesvöllur is situated 620 metres northwest of University Centre of the Westfjords.

Ísafjarðarkirkja

Church

Photo: Banja-Frans Mulder, CC BY 3.0.

Ísafjarðarkirkja is a church, which is situated 730 metres north of University Centre of the Westfjords.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ísafjörður and Hnífsdalur.

Ísafjörður

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Ísafjörður is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or eyri, in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord Ísafjarðardjúp.

Hnífsdalur

Village

Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hnífsdalur is a small village in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, located between Bolungarvík and Ísafjörður. The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". Hnífsdalur is situated 4½ km north of University Centre of the Westfjords.