Glerárkirkja
Glerárkirkja is a church in Akureyri, Iceland. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland. In 1969 a building committee was formed to find a place for a new church for the neighborhood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: Church in Akureyri, Iceland
- Also known as: “Glerarkirkja”
- Address: Bugðusíða 3, Akureyri, 603
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Akureyri Botanical Garden and Akureyrarkirkja.
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 2½ km southeast of Glerárkirkja.
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 2½ km southeast of Glerárkirkja.
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 2½ km southeast of Glerárkirkja.
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 6 km north of Glerárkirkja.
Glerárkirkja
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Akureyri, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.69259° or 65° 41′ 33″ northLongitude
-18.1332° or 18° 7′ 60″ westOpen location code
9CQ3MVV8+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 425752511OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q3480206
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Glerárkirkja” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Глерауркірк’я”
- Icelandic: “Glerárkirkja”
- Russian: “Глерауркиркья”
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