Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri

Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri is a church in Akureyri, Northeast. Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri is situated near the stadium Boginn, as well as near the swimming pool Glerárlaug.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Akureyrarkirkja and 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 1½ km southeast of Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri.

Glerárkirkja

Church

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. Glerárkirkja is situated 1 km west of Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri.

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 1½ km southeast of Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri.

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 Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri.

Hvítasunnukirkjan Akureyri

Type: Church
Denomination: Pentecostal
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Akureyri, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

65.69078° or 65° 41′ 27″ north

Longitude

-18.10937° or 18° 6′ 34″ west

Established

1992

Open location code

9CQ3MVRR+87

OpenStreetMap ID

way 431541726

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=pentecostal

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Boginn and Glerárlaug.

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Places to explore: Leikskóli Hvítasunnukirkjunnar and Hlíðarból.

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