Garðabær

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Garðabær, Iceland


Location in Iceland
Population
 - Total (2004)

9,000
Postal codes 210–212
Municipal website

Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland. As of 2005, its population was 9,444.

The municipality is the location of a 5067 m² TV studio, where the LazyTown children series is recorded. It contains one of the most advanced HDTV facilities in Europe.

[edit] History

Originally, when Iceland was settled in the 9th century, there were two farms on the present-day area of Garðabær. Their names were Vífilsstaðir and Skúlastaðir. Vífilsstaðir was named after Vífill, a one-time slave of Ingólfur Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland.


Twenty largest Municipalities of Iceland Flag of Iceland

Reykjavík | Kópavogur | Hafnarfjörður | Akureyri | Reykjanesbær | Garðabær | Mosfellsbær | Árborg | Akranes | Seltjarnarnes | Vestmannaeyjar | Skagafjörður | Ísafjörður | Fjarðabyggð | Borgarbyggð | Húsavík | Grindavík | Hornafjörður | Fljótsdalshérað | Dalvíkurbyggð |


Coordinates: 64°05′N 21°54′W