"Höfuðborgarsvæðið" means metropolitan area.
It describes the capital region including Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Álftanes, Kópavogur, Seltjarnarnes, Mosfellsbær and Kjósarhreppur.
228.231 citizens (Jan. 2019) are living in the Höfuðborgarsvæðið. This is more than 60% of Iceland's population (371.580 estimated 2021).
Vesturland is located north of the metropolitain area including the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west, reaching up to the Westfjords in the north and Langjökull in the east.
Larger villages are Akranes, Borgarnes, Grundarfjörður, Stykkishólmur, Ólafsvík and Búðardalur - Total population approx. 15.700 (Jan. 2008).
You'll find further facts below the pictures.
Reykjavik - World's most northern capital city (64°08 'N) / Population 128.793 (January 2019)
Hallgrímskirkja / built 1945-1986 / Architect Guðjón Samúelsson (1887-1950) / Height 74,5 m
Hallgrímskirkja seen from Bessastaðir
Hallgrimskirkja with statue of Leifur Eiríksson
Háteigskirkja & Tækniskólinn / Protestant Church & Technical College
Dómkirkja & Alþingishúsið / Dome Church & Iceland's Parliament House
Austurvöllur
Locomitve "Minør" (Nr. 129) by the old harbour / in operation 1913-1928 / Manufacturer Arnold Jung (Germany)
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur - Iceland's world famous hotdog stand
Hæstiréttur, Þjóðleikhúsið & Þjóðminjasafn Íslands / Court, Icelandic National Theater & National Museum
Perlan - Glass dome built on six geothermal water tanks (Arch. Ingimundur Sveinsson - 1991)
The tanks are no longer used for hot water - now they contain the museum "Wonders of Iceland" with an artificial ice cave
Reykjavík's geothermal beach Nauthólsvík
Sólfar / Sun Voyager / Artist: Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931-1989)
Harpa - Tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhúsið í Reykjavík / Concert- and Congresshouse / opened in 2011
Stjórnarráðið / Prime Minister's Office with Hannes Þórður Pétursson Hafstein statue
"HUH!" - European Championship 2016 - Iceland:England - 2:1 - Arnarhóll
Fornbílaklúbbur Íslands / Iceland's Antique Car Club
Geirsgata
At "Höfði" R. Reagan and M. Gorbatschow started ending cold war at "The Reykjavik Summit" (Oct. 1986)
Fischersund
Vesturgata & Ingólfstorg
Vesturgata
Tjörnin (Reykjavik's inlandlake) with townhall to the left
Fríkirkja with angry seagull
Redshank near Bessastaðir
Oystercatcher near Bessastaðir with Hallgrímskirkja in the background
...suddenly takes of...
...and flies towards me screeching!
Bessastaðir - Residence of the icelandic president with Reykjavik in the background
Reykjavík with Mount Keilir / View from Grundarhverfi
Borgarnes at night / Population 2.012 (January 2019)
Borgarnes at the next day
Hvalfjörður
Remains of the british military base
For more information about Hvalfjörður, please visit our website "www.hvalfjordur.is"
Botnsdalur
Botnssúlur (1.095 m)
Seen from Hringvegur (Ringroad) between Borgafjörður and Hvalfjörður
Eldborg (110 m) / Snæfellsnes
Gerðuberg / Hnappadalur
Hraunlandarif with Snæfellsjökull
Búðir (built in 1848)
Snæfellsjökull (1.446 m)
View from F570
View from F570
F-Road 570
View from F570
Trod / Þorvaldarbúð
Seagulls at Hellissandur coast
Cormorants at Hellissandur coast
Ingjaldshóll / Hellissandur
Stykkishólmur harbour
Grundarfjörður / Population 866 (January 2019)
Grundarfjarðarkirkja in front of Kirkjufell
Kirkjufellsfoss with Kirkjufell (463 m)
West of Kirkjufell
View from Snæfellsnesvegur
Borgarfjarðarbraut / Road 50 near Kleppjárnsreykir
Reykholt - Snorralaug / Snorri Sturluson's hot pot (13th century)
Reykholt school with Snorralaug and Gamla Kirkja
Reykholtskirkja (consecrated 1996, Architect Garðar Halldórsson) - Gamla Kirkjan (built 1885-1887)
Hraunfossar
Barnafoss
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River Hvítá and lava field Gráhraun above Barnafoss
Kaldidalur
F550 - Road to Langjökull
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MAN KAT 8x8 at Langjökull (West side)
Hägglund BV206 at Langjökull (West side)
Langjökull - West side from Húsafell
