Amtbókasafnið
Amtbókasafnið is a library in Akureyri, Northeast which is located on Brekkugata. Amtbókasafnið is situated nearby to the movie theater Borgarbíó, as well as near the museum David’s House.- Type: Library
- Address: Brekkugata 17, Akureyri, 600
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Akureyrarkirkja and Akureyri Art Museum.
Akureyrarkirkja
Church
Photo: Jon Gretarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akureyrarkirkja or The Church of Akureyri is a prominent Lutheran church at Akureyri in northern Iceland. Located in the centre of the city, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson and completed in 1940. Akureyrarkirkja is situated 450 metres southeast of Amtbókasafnið.
Akureyri Art Museum
Art gallery
Photo: JasonParis, CC BY 2.0.
The Akureyri Art Museum was founded in 1993. The museum is located in the center of Akureyri, 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. Akureyri Art Museum is situated 380 metres south of Amtbókasafnið.
Akureyri Botanical Garden
Garden
Photo: RenJJ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Akureyri Botanical Garden is a unique and significant botanical garden located in the southern part of Akureyri, a city in Northern Iceland. Situated on the west side of the inland end of the fjord Eyjafjörður, 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. Akureyri Botanical Garden is situated 1 km south of Amtbókasafnið.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Svalbarðseyri.
Svalbarðseyri
Village
Photo: Navaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svalbarðseyri is a small village in the Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur municipality, northern Iceland, which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants. It is located on the east coast of Eyjafjörður fjord. Svalbarðseyri is situated 7 km north of Amtbókasafnið.
Amtbókasafnið
- Categories: building, public building, and education
- Location: Akureyri, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.68358° or 65° 41′ 1″ northLongitude
-18.09491° or 18° 5′ 42″ westInception
1968Open location code
9CQ3MWM4+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 423916958OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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