Bifröst (town)

Bifröst
—  Village  —
Location of the Municipality of Borgarbyggð
Bifröst
Location of Bifröst in Iceland
Coordinates:
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Norðvesturkjördæmi
Region[2] Vesturland
County Mýrasýsla
Municipality Borgarbyggð
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Bifröst is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county.

It is located in the Northwest Political constituency and is the site of Bifröst University, a small private campus university.[3] In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things. [4]

Grábrókarhraun

Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old lava field, Grábrókarhraun, which has been overgrown with moss and heather. Just behind the university campus there is an old volcano called Grábrók and another mountain called Grábrókarfell. [5]

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