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24.04.2020
University of Iceland The University of Iceland (Icelandic: Háskóli Íslands) is a public research university in Reykjavík, Iceland and the country's oldest and largest institution of higher education. Founded in 1911, it has...
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24.04.2020
Adalstraeti 10 Aðalstræti 10 is an Icelandic house located on Aðalstræti in Reykjavik. It was built in 1762 and is the oldest house in the centre of Reykjavik. The building was built as part of the furniture of Skuli Magnusson . Two shields in the building belong to a building...
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23.04.2020
Christ the King Cathedral (Reykjavik) Landakotskirkja (Landakot's Church), formally Basilika Krists konungs (The Basilica of Christ the King), is the cathedral of the Catholic Church in Iceland. Often referred to as Kristskirkja (Christ's Church), Landakotskirkja is in the western part...
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23.04.2020
Tales from Iceland Just one block off Laugavegur shopping street, near Hlemmur Food Hall, is Tales from Iceland, a one-hour audiovisual experience. Opened in the fall of 2017, Tales from Iceland has fourteen 4K screens, up to 100 inch large. Each screen runs one four-minute movie in a synchronised...
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23.04.2020
Icelandic Punk Museum IN NOVEMBER 2016, THIS FORMER public toilet, once known as “ground zero” to locals, was reopened in downtown Reykjavik to do what it was maybe always meant to do: tell the story of Icelandic punk. Down below Bankastræti, not far from the harbor docks,...
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22.04.2020
Skuli Magnusson Statue Skúli Magnússon (* 1711 in Keldunes near Húsavík; † 1794, often called Skúli fógeti) was the first Icelander to hold the office of Icelandic bailiff. Skúli studied at Copenhagen University from 1732 to 1734. In 1749 he became...
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22.04.2020
Jon Sigurdsson Statue The statue in the centre of Austurvöllur park is of Jón Sigurðsson, who led the campaign for Icelandic independence. Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement. Born...
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22.04.2020
Nordic House (Iceland) The Nordic House (Icelandic: Norræna húsið) in Reykjavík is a cultural institution opened in 1968 and operated by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Its goal is to foster and support cultural connections between Iceland and...
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21.04.2020
Einar Jonsson Sculpture Garden Born at Galtafell farm in southern Iceland, Einar Jónsson studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, settling in the Danish capital from 1904 following a couple of years spent mostly in Rome, with visits also to Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and...
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