Viðeyjarkirkja

Viðeyjarkirkja is a church in . Viðeyjarkirkja is situated nearby to the building , as well as near the memorial .
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church building in Iceland
  • Address: Reykjavík
  • Roof shape: half-hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Viðeyjarstofa and Imagine Peace Tower.

Building
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.
is a building.

Memorial
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
The is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near , . Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages. is situated 290 metres west of Viðeyjarkirkja.

Museum
Photo: Laurentgauthier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Höfði is a house in , , built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. is situated 3 km southwest of Viðeyjarkirkja.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjavík and Kópavogur.

Photo: Napoleon tnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and largest city in and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.

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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Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west , 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, . 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. is situated 8 km east of Viðeyjarkirkja.

Viðeyjarkirkja

Latitude
64.16295° or 64° 9′ 47″ north
Longitude
-21.85339° or 21° 51′ 12″ west
Inception
1774
Open location code
99PW547W+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 235953819
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­half-hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q10952302
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In Other Languages

From Icelandic to Norwegian Bokmål—“Viðeyjarkirkja” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Viðeyjarkirkja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Viðeyjarkirkja”
  • Norwegian: “Viðeyjarkirkja”

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