Into the Arctic
Into the Arctic is a museum in Northeast, Iceland which is located on Strandgata. Into the Arctic is situated nearby to the tourism office Icemart Souvenirs, as well as near the government office Verðlagsstofa skiptaverðs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Norðurslóð”
- Address: Strandgata 53, 600
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 1 km southwest of Into the Arctic.
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 1 km southwest of Into the Arctic.
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 1¼ km southwest of Into the Arctic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akureyri and Svalbarðseyri.
Akureyri
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akureyri, with a population of around 19,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest region, and the unofficial capital of North Iceland.
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 Into the Arctic.
Into the Arctic
- Categories: building, tourism, industrial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.68573° or 65° 41′ 9″ northLongitude
-18.0796° or 18° 4′ 47″ westOperator
Aðalsteinn BergdalOpen location code
9CQ3MWPC+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 424792510OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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