Garðabær

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**Garðabær, Iceland**
Location in Iceland
Population - Total (2006)	9,529
Postal codes	210–212
Municipal website

Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland. As of 2006, its population was 9,529.

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.

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