Reykjavik

Reykjavik (Icelandic: Reykjavík) is the capital of Iceland. It is the westernmost capital of Europe, and with a location just south of the Arctic Circle, it is also the world's northernmost capital.



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[verbergen]  *1 Geography  ==Geography[ Edit] == The municipality is located in Southwest Iceland in Reykjavik- Reykjavíkurborg to the Kollafjörður Bay fjord, an offshoot of the great FaxafloiBay. In the fjord are six small islands: Þerney, Engey, sometimes anglicised as Videy, Akurey, Lundey, named after the Puffin, and Grotta. The peninsula is Geldinganes with a very narrow headland on the Mainland. The city itself is mainly on the Seltjarnarnes peninsula . The suburbs are mainly to the South and East of there.
 * 2 History
 * 3 Population
 * 3.1 Economy
 * 3.2 Governance
 * 3.3 29 May 2010 City Council election results
 * 4 Klimatografie
 * 5 Transport
 * 6 points of interest
 * 7 Statues
 * 8 famous people
 * Born 8.1
 * 8.2 D.
 * 9 town twinning

Reykjavik is spread over a large area. High rise occurs, but low-rise and wide ranging residential areas dominate and there are places, which are still vacant and suitable for recreational purposes. The largest river that runs through the city is the Elliðaár, in which many salmon, but that onbevaarbaar is for boats. Reykjavik is located south of the mountain Esja, which the city protects against the cold wind from the North.

' Large-Reykjavik ' consists of Reykjavik itself with the 6 suburbs Mosfellsbær, Seltjarnarnes, Kópavogur, Garðabær, Bessastaðahreppur, or Sveitafélagið, Hafnarfjörðurand Álftanes. Reykjavík itself existed per 16 June 2003 from ten districts: Vesturbær, Laugardalur, Hliðar, Laugardalur, Grafavogur, Úlfarsfell, Árbær, Miðborg Breiðholt, and Kjalanes, each with its own District Council.

As elsewhere in Iceland there are places in Reykjavik where it is warm in the ground by geothermal activity, such as in the shopping street Laugavegur, away from the hot springs. This is by heating of the road in the middle of the winter snow-and ice-free. Areas and suburbs of ReykjavíkPerlan Reykjavik as seen from in the background left the Háteigskirkja and legal Sjómannaskólinn==History[ Edit] == Ingólfur Arnarson was the first settler who established themselves permanently in Iceland. When he approached the southern coast of Iceland, he threw to pagan at the time, two Holy use valid, to the Norse god Thor, sacred Þor, wooden beams, the Öndvegissúlur, overboard and swore that he would build his farm where they would land flush. They found a few years later his slaves back to the South-East coast of Faxaflói Bay. He settled there about 877. He called the place Reykjavík, non-Bay, because he saw steam rising out of the hot springs in the area. Reykur að reykja means smoke, smoking and vík is small Bay or inlet. The farm of Íngólfur was probably about on the spot between the present City Hall and the old port. Now a pit to the Aðalstræti is that is thought to be at that place are water Ingólfur pulled out. A statue of him can be seen at Pisa.

In 2001, when working in Reykjavík an old Longhouse from 871 found. The House has got its own museum, the Reykjavík 871 ± 2.

The colonization of Iceland is described in the old Icelandic Landnámabók, landnáma. The founding of the first settlement (Íslendingabók), is also mentioned in the book of the Icelanders. Furthermore, Reykjavik in the medieval Icelandic literature actually not mentioned, except here and there as agricultural land or as Habitat, for example in Chapter 10 in the Holmsveria saga or the saga of Hord. Be in the Þjóðmenningarhúsið original Icelandic manuscripts, such as the Flateyjarbók, the Edda, and the sagas(Íslendingabók) preserved. Landnámabók is also kept here.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reykjavik initially existed as a village from a handful of farms, but around the middle of the 19th century this small community began to expand around the wolververij and-weaving and rope factory of sheriff Skúli Magnússon. A statue of him now stands on the corner of Aðalstræti and Kirkjustræti. When Reykjavík in 1786 got city rights, there were about 170 inhabitants. Hereinafter referred to as the town grew slowly but surely and within a few decades the Government moved seats and the education authorities there, or were there, such as Alþing, the Parliament of þingvellir, the Supreme Court, the Bishop's seat, the Latin school and the theological school. In 1844 became the only printing press in the country moved from the sometimes anglicised as Videy Island to Reykjavik. The University of Iceland was founded in 1911 in Reykjavik.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reykjavik has a modern, 20th-century Church, the Hallgrimskirkja, which protrudes above the city. This church belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the National Church of Iceland or people's Church, to which 93% of the population belongs. This church building is to Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-1675) called hymnenschrijver, the largest of the country, whose work still often performed. Guðjón Samúelsson, the architect of the Church, inspired by the great basalt parties which in Iceland can be found.The building has 49 years. In 1986 the Church was ready. The large Bell in the Tower carries the Atensis me fecit Eysbouts text and is cast by the Royal eijsbouts Bell Foundry in Asten.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 1968 is the seat of the Diocese of ReykjavikReykjavik, an immediate Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, to which 3% of the population belongs. From 1996 to 2007 was this under the direction of the Limburg Bishop Joannes Gijsen. Guðjón Samúelsson, the Cathedral also designed "by the, was built in the 1920s as a replacement for a church building built in 1897 and includes a statue dating from the 14th century and wood carvings of the Icelandic artist Ríkharður Jónsson. Also of this tower is the great Bell cast by eijsbouts in Asten.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1986 took place in Reykjavik the discussions between president Ronald Reagan of the United States and his colleague Mikhail Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union.Although there was no agreement or Treaty was closed, these discussions stood for the end of the cold war. ==Population<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1900 there were more than 6,300 inhabitants. The growth of the city has for the most part taken place in the 20th century, particularly since the Second World War. On 1 december 2005 in Reykjavik itself 114.800 inhabitants on an area of 275 km2. In ' 183.845 ' lived Large-Reykjavik when on 994 km². That were so 38.8% respectively 62.7% of the total population of Iceland (293.291). In January 2006, the population of Iceland passed the limit of 300,000. ===Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The inhabitants are primarily active in the fisheries and factory industry, in addition to the usual trade and service that capital cities's own. There is a large variety of light industry. Reykjavik is the National Center for trade and transport, government agencies, education and social and health services, and is also one of the most important fishing ports of the country. ===Board<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The City Council is the highest governing body of the city of Reykjavik. The Council consists of 15 councillors who are elected for a period of 4 years. The Mayor is elected by the City Council. ===29 May 2010 City Council election results<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Klimatografie<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reykjavik has two airports:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reykjavik has two ports:
 * Reykjavíkurflugvöllur, the Reykjavik airport, close to the Centre of Reykjavik, for flights to domestic destinations and to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
 * Keflav Keflavik, the kurflugvöllur, about 50 km southwest of Reykjavik on the Reykjanes peninsula, which is used for international flights.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Reykjavik also has two central bus stations:
 * the old Harbour near the city centre to the Sæbraut, for the fishing fleet and for cruise ships and day trip (for example, for whale watching or for viewing puffins on the islet of Lundey near shore).
 * Sundahöfn, the largest cargo transport terminal of the country.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Iceland has no rail transport and a railway station has Reykjavik so not. Of the plan by 2020 a rail connection to the airport Keflavík to open is little more learned, as a result of the credit crisis that struck Iceland in 2008 extra violently. ==Points Of Interest<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Hlemmur in the city centre, for the urban public transport provided by city buses (Strætó) with a well equipped and easy to fathom (also for tourists) network of bus lines that connect to all corners of the Hlemmur suburbs. Some car buses run on hydrogen as fuel. Besides one of the roads to the bypass, Icelandic: Þjóðvegur 1, the hydrogen tanks. Also some local bus services operates Strætó to distant places like Akranes and Selfoss, which leave from a bus station in the suburb of Mjódd.
 * Umferðarmiðstöðin to the BSÍ Vatnsmýrarvegur, not far from the airport of Reykjavik, for connections to the rest of Iceland. With the exception of the shuttle buses to Keflavík International Airport this bus services are not frequent: most drive just a few times a day. In the summer months also buses leave here for excursions. Reykjavik Excursions Kynnisferðir BSÍ controlled by the company, the largest Iceland apart from Strætó bus company. Some companies use a different starting point in the village, such as the Pisa or Harpa.
 * Þjóðminjasafnið, national folk museum with finds from the Viking age
 * Þjóðmenningarhúsið, a museum with original Icelandic manuscripts
 * The Parliament building, Alþingishúsið in Austurvöllur in Central Park
 * Árbæjarsafn, open air museum
 * Árni Magnússon Manuscript Institute, investigates and manages old Icelandic manuscripts
 * The Lutheran Cathedral from 1787 Dómkirkjan, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland at the Austurvöllur
 * Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland's highest church building, also of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church
 * Harpa, a large concert- and Congress Center
 * Höfði, the White House from 1909 where Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 was sealed the end of the cold war
 * ", The Roman Catholic Cathedral (1929)
 * Landspítalinn, a hospital in a classic building
 * Laugavegur, the main shopping street
 * Skólavörðurstigur, shopping street leading to the Hallgrímskirkja
 * Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, school building from 1846
 * Hið Íslenzka Reðasafn (Icelandic Fallologisch Museum), the only penis museum in the world
 * Perlan, a cultural center just to the southeast of the city, with imposing storage tanks for hot water
 * Ráðhus Reykjavíkur, the town hall with a relief map of Iceland
 * Reykjavík 871 ± 2, Museum about the colonization of the area around Reykjavík, the Landnámssýningin, with long home
 * Tjörnin, a beautiful pond in the Centre with many types of ducks and geese.
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 * <p lang="en" len="25" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík


 * <p lang="en" len="5" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Höfði


 * Halgrimskirka (13940299208) .jpg<p lang="en" len="37" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Skólavörðurstigur with Hallgrímskirkja

==Statues<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Famous people<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Born<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===D.<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
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 * Leifur Eiríksson, for the Hallgrímskirkja, first settler of America
 * Ingólfur Arnarson, Iceland's first settler near Pisa,
 * Jón Sigursson, Austervöller square, leader of the Icelandic independence movement
 * Skúli Magnússon, corner Aðalstræti and Kirkjustræti, the "father of Reykjavik"
 * Útlaginn, The outlaw, near the University, a copy is in Akureyri
 * Sæmundur Sigfusson, for the University, priest and scholar
 * Óþekkti embættismaðurinn, Chief Executive Officer
 * The water bearer
 * Örn Arnarson, swimmer
 * Einar Örn Benediktsson, singer and trumpet player
 * Daði Bergsson, footballer
 * Jón Þór Birgisson, singer and guitarist
 * Jón Gnarr, actor and politician
 * Arnar Grétarsson, footballer
 * Sverrir Gudnason, Swedish actor
 * Arnór Guðjohnsen, footballer
 * Eiður Guðjohnsen, footballer
 * Björk Guðmundsdóttir, singer-songwriter
 * Agnar Helgason, anthropologist
 * Arnaldur Indriðason, author of detective novels
 * Rúnar Kristinsson, footballer
 * Halldór Kiljan Laxness, author, Nobel Prize laureate
 * Áskell Másson, composer, clarinet player and percussionist
 * Victor Pálsson, footballer
 * Emilíana Torrini, singer-songwriter
 * Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, footballer
 * Gylfi Sigurðsson, footballer
 * Ari Freyr Skúlason, footballer
 * Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Miss World 2005
 * Arnar Viðarsson, footballer
 * Bjarni Viðarsson, footballer
 * Bobby Fischer, American chess champion
 * Jón Leifs, composer and conductor
 * Jón Páll Sigmarsson, weightlifter
 * Caracas, Venezuela
 * Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom
 * Copenhagen, Denmark
 * Moscow, Russia
 * Nuuk, Greenland
 * Oslo, Norway
 * Seattle, United States, since 1986
 * Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * Strumica, Macedonia
 * Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
 * Vilnius, Lithuania
 * Winnipeg, Canada, since 1971
 * Weilburg, Germany