Mosfellsbaer
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations.Photo: OddurBen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 13,400 residents
- Description: municipality of Iceland
- Also known as: “Mosfellsbær”
- Postal codes: 270, 271, and 276
Places of Interest
Highlights include Álafoss and Lágafellskirkja.
Álafoss
Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Álafoss is a waterfall on the river Varmá in Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
Sundlaugin
Recording studio
Sundlaugin is a recording studio located near Álafoss in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland known for being the recording and rehearsal location of post-rock band Sigur Rós.
Mosfellsbaer
- Categories: city, municipality of Iceland, and locality
- Location: Mosfellsbaer, Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.16749° or 64° 10′ 3″ northLongitude
-21.69713° or 21° 41′ 50″ westPopulation
13,400Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)United Nations Location Code
IS MOSOpen location code
99PW5883+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2171340649OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Mosfellsbaer” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Arabic: “موسفلسبير”
- Aragonese: “Mosfellsbær”
- Asturian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Basque: “Mosfellsbær”
- Belarusian: “Мосфэльсбайр”
- Bulgarian: “Мосфедълсбайр”
- Catalan: “Mosfellsbær”
- Cebuano: “Mosfellsbaer (lalawigan sa Islandya)”
- Cebuano: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Chinese: “Mosfellsbær”
- Chinese: “莫斯费德斯拜尔”
- Czech: “Mosfellsbær”
- Danish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Dutch: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Dutch: “Mosfellsbær”
- Estonian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Finnish: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Finnish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Finnish: “Mosfellsbar”
- Finnish: “Mosfellsbär”
- French: “Mosfellsbaer”
- French: “Mosfellsbær”
- Georgian: “მოსფელსბაირი”
- German: “Mosfellsbaer”
- German: “Mosfellsbær”
- German: “Mosfellsbär”
- Greek: “Μόσφελσμπερ”
- Hebrew: “מוספלסבאיר”
- Hebrew: “מוספלסבייר”
- Hungarian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Icelandic: “Mosfellsbæ”
- Icelandic: “Mosfellsbæjar”
- Icelandic: “Mosfellsbær”
- Icelandic: “Mosfellshreppur”
- Icelandic: “Mosfellssveit”
- Ido: “Mosfellsbær”
- Indonesian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Irish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Italian: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Italian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Japanese: “モスフェットルスバイル”
- Japanese: “モスフェルスバイル”
- Korean: “모스펠스바이르”
- Latin: “Mosfellsbær”
- Lithuanian: “Mosfelsbairas”
- Luxembourgish: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Luxembourgish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Macedonian: “Мосфедлсбајр”
- Macedonian: “Мосфедлспајр”
- Macedonian: “Мосфетлспајр”
- Malay: “Mosfellsbær”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Mosfellsbær”
- Mingrelian: “მოსფედლსბაირი”
- Moksha: “Мосфэльсбайр”
- Northern Sami: “Mosfellsbær”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosfellsbær”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosfellsbær”
- Norwegian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Persian: “موسفلسبر”
- Polish: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Polish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Portuguese: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Portuguese: “Mosfellsbær”
- Romanian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Russian: “Мосфедльсбайр”
- Russian: “Мосфедльсбэр”
- Russian: “Мосфельсбайр”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mosfellsbær”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Sicilian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Slovak: “Mosfellsbær”
- Slovenian: “Mosfellsbær”
- Spanish: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Spanish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Swedish: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Swedish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Swedish: “Mosfellsbär”
- Swedish: “Mosfellssveit”
- Swedish: “Mossfellsbær”
- Turkish: “Mosfellsbær”
- Ukrainian: “Мосфелльсбайр”
- Ukrainian: “Мосфельсбаїр”
- Welsh: “Mosfellsbaer”
- Welsh: “Mosfellsbær”
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