Reykjavík, Iceland

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capital city municipality

Reykjavík, Iceland is the capital and largest city of Iceland, known for its vibrant cultural scene, geothermal pools, and role as the country’s political and economic center.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Reykjavík	9
Downtown Reykjavík	1
Reykjavik	1
Reykjavík metropolitan area	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
airport	Reykjavík Airport ⓘ
averageJanuaryTemperature	around 0°C ⓘ
averageJulyTemperature	around 11°C ⓘ
becameCapitalOf	Iceland in 1918 ⓘ
becameOfficialTown	1786 ⓘ
capitalOf	Iceland ⓘ
climate	subpolar oceanic climate ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
coordinates	64.1466°N 21.9426°W ⓘ
country	Iceland ⓘ
currency	Icelandic króna ⓘ
demonym	Reykvíkingur ⓘ
firstPermanentSettler	Ingólfr Arnarson ⓘ
founded	9th century ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent	Iceland Airwaves music festival ⓘ Reykjavík Arts Festival ⓘ Reykjavík International Film Festival ⓘ
hasDistrict	Breiðholt ⓘ Reykjavík, Iceland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Downtown Reykjavík Laugardalur ⓘ surface form: Grafarvogur Laugardalur ⓘ Vesturbær ⓘ
hasGeothermalSwimmingPools	yes ⓘ
hasLandmark	Hallgrímskirkja church ⓘ Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre ⓘ Imagine Peace Tower ⓘ Perlan ⓘ Sun Voyager sculpture ⓘ Tjörnin pond ⓘ
hasPublicTransport	Strætó bus system ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Copenhagen ⓘ surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, United States Vilnius ⓘ surface form: Vilnius, Lithuania Wrocław ⓘ surface form: Wrocław, Poland
hostsInstitution	Althing ⓘ surface form: Althingi (Parliament of Iceland) Government offices of Iceland ⓘ Reykjavík University ⓘ Supreme Court of Iceland ⓘ University of Iceland ⓘ
isEconomicCenterOf	Iceland ⓘ
isMemberOf	Southwest Iceland ⓘ surface form: Capital Region of Iceland
isPoliticalCenterOf	Iceland ⓘ
knownFor	colorful houses ⓘ geothermal pools ⓘ music festivals ⓘ nightlife ⓘ proximity to nature ⓘ vibrant cultural scene ⓘ
largestCityOf	Iceland ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwest Iceland ⓘ
locatedOn	Faxaflói Bay ⓘ
mayorTitle	Mayor of Reykjavík ⓘ
nearestInternationalAirport	Keflavík International Airport ⓘ
officialLanguage	Icelandic ⓘ
population	approximately 135000 ⓘ
populationMetro	over 230000 ⓘ
settledBy	Norse settlers ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime	no ⓘ