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Seyðisfjörður
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Seyðisfjörður () is a town in the Eastern Region of Iceland at the innermost point of the fjord of the same name. The town is located in the municipality of Múlaþing and is notable for its artistic culture and innovation, exemplified by the LungA Art Festival and LungA School, as well as a vibrant community of local artists, galleries, and cultural events. Seyðisfjörður also serves as the Icelandic port for the Norröna ferry, providing a direct connection to mainland Europe via the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
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Seyðisfjörður is a human settlement and municipality in Iceland, situated within the Múlaþing administrative region. The town has a population of 685 and covers an area of 213.8 square kilometers. It is located next to the body of water of the same name, Seyðisfjörður. The settlement operates in the UTC±00:00 time zone and uses the postal code 710.
The municipality is twinned with Vantaa and Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. Its official website is sfk.is. Elevation data varies between sources, with figures listed at 0 and 5 meters. The maximum temperature record for the location is 19.8 degrees.
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Place details
- Locality
- Seyðisfjörður
- Region
- East
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 676
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Seyðisfjörður
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- Town
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- 300px
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- Seyðisfjörður
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- 85px
- Settlement.image_map
- Seydisfjordur map.png
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- Location of the town
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- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Múlaþing
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 676
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Iceland
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Múlaþing
- Population
- 659
- Area
- 213.8
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Seyðisfjörður
- Official website
- www.sfk.is
- Image
- Seyðisfjörður Sept 2019 1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Seyðisfjörður
- twinned administrative body
- Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality
- Commons gallery
- Seyðisfjörður
- native label
- Seyðisfjörður
- postal code
- 710
- maximum temperature record
- 19.8
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
The city is mostly notable for being the place where the ferry to/from Denmark and the Faroes makes landfall and as the set of the Nordic noir series Trapped which was shot here, in Reykjavik and in Siglufjörður.
Do
Lots of hiking paths, from half an hour to several days.
Buy
24/24 ATM in the bank, about 100 m in front of the ferry terminal Post office next to the bank Supermarket
Connect
Free Wi-Fi at the information centre, right in front of the ferry terminal.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Overview
- Transport
- Port
- Roads
- Sports
- Climate
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Seyðisfjörður () is a town in the Eastern Region of Iceland at the innermost point of the fjord of the same name. The town is located in the municipality of Múlaþing and is notable for its artistic culture and innovation, exemplified by the LungA Art Festival and LungA School, as well as a vibrant community of local artists, galleries, and cultural events. Seyðisfjörður also serves as the Icelandic port for the Norröna ferry, providing a direct connection to mainland Europe via the Faroe Islands and Denmark.
A road over Fjarðarheiði mountain pass (elevation ) connects Seyðisfjörður to the rest of Iceland; to the Ring Road and Egilsstaðir. Seyðisfjörður is surrounded by mountains with the most prominent Mt. Bjólfur to the west (1085 m) and Strandartindur (1010 m) to the east. The fjord itself is accessible on each side from the town, by following the main road that leads through the town. Further out the fjord is fairly remote but rich with natural interests including puffin colonies and ruins of former activity such as nearby Vestdalseyri , from where the local church was transported.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Seyðisfjörður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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