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Akureyrarkirkja

Akureyrarkirkja or The Church of Akureyri is a prominent Lutheran church at in northern . Located in the centre of the city, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson and completed in 1940.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Akureyri, Iceland
  • Address: Eyrarlandsvegur, Akureyri, 600

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Akureyri Art Museum and Church of St. Peter.

Art gallery
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
The was founded in 1993. The museum is located in the center of , the second-largest city in Iceland. Originally home to a dairy, the building which houses the gallery is noted as a good example of the Bauhaus school of architecture.

Church
Photo: TommyBee, Public domain.
St. Peter's Church is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is located in Eyrarlandsvegi 26, in the town of , Norduland Eystra in , and named after Saint Peter. is situated 270 metres south of Akureyrarkirkja.

Garden
Photo: RenJJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a unique and significant botanical garden located in the southern part of , a city in Northern . Situated on the west side of the inland end of the fjord , at an elevation of about 45 metres, the garden is one of the northernmost botanical gardens in the world, just 85 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle. is situated 550 metres south of Akureyrarkirkja.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Svalbarðseyri.

Village
Photo: Navaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small in the municipality, northern , which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants. It is located on the east coast of fjord. is situated 7 km north of Akureyrarkirkja.

Akureyrarkirkja

Latitude
65.67984° or 65° 40′ 47″ north
Longitude
-18.09097° or 18° 5′ 28″ west
Inception
1939
Open location code
9CQ3MWH5+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 423894179
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q2301279
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Akureyrarkirkja” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Царква Акурэйры”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Акюрэйры”
  • Dutch: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه اكوريرى”
  • French: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Icelandic: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Italian: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Korean: “아퀴레이라르키르캬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Norwegian: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Polish: “Akureyrarkirkja”
  • Russian: “Церковь Акюрейри”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Akureyri”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Akureyri”
  • Swedish: “Akureyrarkirkja”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Norden - Norræna upplýsingaskrifstofan and Akureyri Tourist Information Centre.

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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 “Akureyrarkirkja”. Photo: Jon Gretarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.