Safnahúsið
Safnahúsið is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingólfur Arnarson, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 4.6 miles off.
Safnahúsið, part of the national museum of Iceland, originally built as a national Library
The story
exhibition space in Reykjavík, Iceland, housing exhibits from various national museums and other cultural institutions
Dates from 1908.
Wikidata Q3481702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ingólfur Arnarson: 0.0 mi
- Jón Sigurðsson: 0.2 mi
- Hallgrimsharpan: 0.2 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 0.3 mi
- Tryggvi Gunnarsson: 0.3 mi
- Rætur: 0.1 mi
- Kristján IX: 0.1 mi
- Hannes Hafstein: 0.1 mi
- Bríetarbrekka: 0.1 mi
- Vatnsberinn: 0.1 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.3 mi
- Laugarás: 2.0 mi
- Nónhæð: 3.6 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 4.0 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 4.3 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.2 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.2 mi
- Ullarfoss: 3.5 mi
- Skáfossar: 3.8 mi
- Stórifoss: 3.8 mi
- Rainbow street: 0.1 mi
- FlyOver Iceland: 0.1 mi
- Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur: 0.2 mi
- Steinbryggjan: 0.2 mi
- Volcano Express: 0.2 mi
- Icelandic Punk Museum: 0.1 mi
- Hið Íslenzka Reðasafn: 0.1 mi
- Listasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.3 mi
- Aðalstræti 10: 0.3 mi
- Listasafn Íslands: 0.3 mi
- Arnarhóll: 0.1 mi
- Bakarabrekkan: 0.1 mi
- Mæðragarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 0.3 mi
- Akurey: 2.0 mi
- Laugarás: 2.0 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 2.0 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 2.0 mi
- Borgir: 2.5 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.1 mi
- Hot spring: 19.1 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.1 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.1 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.2 mi
- Virkið: 2.4 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 3.8 mi
- Langahlíð: 12.7 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.9 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.9 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 2.4 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 3.4 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 4.8 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 6.0 mi
- Mislundur: 6.2 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.2 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.3 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.2 mi
- Hverahild: 20.3 mi
- Akranesviti: 12.2 mi
- Langisandur: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Safnahúsið. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 51° | 914 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hátindur | NE 56° | 909 m | 12.0 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 42° | 851 m | 8.2 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | NE 56° | 843 m | 10.3 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 48° | 840 m | 8.9 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 357° | 553 m | 11.8 mi |
| Melahnúkur | NNE 27° | 537 m | 10.5 mi |
| Jökulbunga | N 2° | 527 m | 12.5 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 | 22:07 | 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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