Bifröst (town)

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Bifröst
Village
Bifröst village and university, seen from the rim of the crater Stóra Grábrók. Route 1 passes to the east (left), while the lake Hreðavatn is southwest of the village.
Location of the Municipality of Borgarbyggð
Bifröst
Location of Bifröst in Iceland
Coordinates: 64°44′N 21°22′W / 64.733°N 21.367°W / 64.733; -21.367
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Norðvesturkjördæmi
Region[2] Vesturland
County Mýrasýsla
Municipality Borgarbyggð
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)
Town of Bifröst surrounded by the Grábrókarhraun lavafield.

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]

  • Heath and forest land south of Bifröst

  • Panorama of Grábrókarhraun at dawn, November 2007

  • Grábrók and Grábrókarfell

References

  1. ↑ Political division
  2. ↑ Mainly statistical division
  3. ↑ http://www.bifrost.is/english/ Bifröst University
  4. ↑ http://www.bifrost.is/islenska/haskolathorpid/thjonusta-i-thorpinu/
  5. ↑ http://www.bifrost.is/islenska/haskolathorpid/umhverfi-og-utivist/gonguleidir/

Coordinates: 64°45′44″N 21°33′17″W / 64.7623°N 21.5547°W / 64.7623; -21.5547


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