Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur
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Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Listasafn Reykjavíkur, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Reykjavík Museum of Photography (Icelandic: Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur [ˈljouːsˌmɪntaˌsapn ˈreiːcaˌviːkʏr̥]), in Reykjavík, Iceland, preserves about five million photographs by professional and amateur photographers, from around 1870 to the present century. The collection includes studio portraits, and industrial, advertising, press, landscape and family photographs.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1981.
Wikidata Q16420866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horfur: 0.1 mi
- Miðja Reykjavikur: 0.1 mi
- Skrúfuhringur: 0.1 mi
- Horft Til Hafs: 0.1 mi
- Hafnarsaga: 0.1 mi
- Georg Schierbeck landlæknir: 0.1 mi
- Skúli Magnússon: 0.1 mi
- Jón Sigurðsson: 0.2 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 0.2 mi
- Hallgrimsharpan: 0.2 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.6 mi
- Laugarás: 2.3 mi
- Nónhæð: 3.9 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 4.3 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 4.6 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.5 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.5 mi
- Ullarfoss: 3.8 mi
- Skáfossar: 4.1 mi
- Stórifoss: 4.1 mi
- Minør: 0.1 mi
- Steinbryggjan: 0.1 mi
- Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur: 0.1 mi
- Elding’s Whale Watching Centre: 0.2 mi
- Garðahlynur: 0.2 mi
- Listasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.0 mi
- Aðalstræti 10: 0.1 mi
- Reykjavík 871±2: 0.2 mi
- Hið Íslenzka Reðasafn: 0.2 mi
- Icelandic Punk Museum: 0.2 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 1.7 mi
- Akurey: 1.7 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 2.2 mi
- Laugarás: 2.3 mi
- Grótta: 2.6 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 0.1 mi
- Kænugarður: 0.2 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Bakarabrekkan: 0.2 mi
- Landakotstún: 0.2 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.2 mi
- Hot spring: 19.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Virkið: 2.6 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 3.8 mi
- Langahlíð: 12.9 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.9 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 14.0 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 2.0 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 3.7 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 5.0 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 6.3 mi
- Mislundur: 6.5 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.4 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.5 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.2 mi
- Hverahild: 20.6 mi
- Akranesviti: 11.9 mi
- Langisandur: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 52° | 914 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hátindur | ENE 57° | 909 m | 12.1 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 44° | 851 m | 8.3 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | ENE 58° | 843 m | 10.5 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 50° | 840 m | 9.0 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 359° | 553 m | 11.7 mi |
| Melahnúkur | NNE 29° | 537 m | 10.5 mi |
| Jökulbunga | N 3° | 527 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:08 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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