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Olafsvellir Destination Guide

Discover Olafsvellir in Iceland

Olafsvellir in the region of South is a town located in Iceland - some 40 mi or ( 65 km ) East of Reykjavík , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Olafsvellir

Local time in Olafsvellir is now 10:25 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Reykjavik " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Sauðárkrókur, Akureyri, Villingaholt, Skálholt, and Selfoss. When in this area, you might want to check out Sauðárkrókur . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Olafsvellir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Island - Vulkane / Gletscher Exkursion

6:45 min by Peter Menzel
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PMMedia1: Mit 8 300 Quadratkilometern ist der Vatnajökull auf Island der drittgrößte Plateau-Gletscher der Erde, er wird nur vom Inlandseis Grönlands und der Antarktis übertroffen. Mit einem allradbet ..

Iceland Waterfalls trip 2009

4:41 min by stanico79
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Geyser Islanda 3 luglio 2012

0:28 min by Gianluca Scintilla OnDEMENT
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Cottage Vorsabær II in Skeiðum Iceland - Icelandic Farm Holidays

1:32 min by Countryholidays
Views: 88 Rating: 0.00

Cottage in the heart of the south with 2 bedrooms, and a spacious sleeping loft. Kitchen and living room with TV and radio, BBQ. Guests are welcome to visit the farm animals and go horse-back riding. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Sólheimar Ecovillage

Sólheimar is an eco-village in Iceland and is renowned for its ecological, artistic, and international community ethics. Its current population size is about 100 people. The village of Sólheimar locates in the south-western part of Iceland, the municipality of Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur. It is the first self-sufficient community of its kind in the world, where people with or without special needs live and work together.

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Located at 64.07 -20.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Ecovillages, Populated places established in 1930

Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur

Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur is a municipality in the south-western part of Iceland, in the region of Suðurland. It has a population of 400 inhabitants (January 2011) in an area of 900 km².

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Located at 64.07 -20.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Iceland

Brúará

The Brúará is a river of Iceland. It is fed by springs and discharges at the Rotarsandur Area and the Brúará Canyons. It shares a confluence with the Hvítá.

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Located at 64.08 -20.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Rivers of Iceland

Urriðafoss

Urriðafoss is a waterfall located in the river Þjórsá in southwest Iceland. In the early days of power companies plans were to build a power plant in Urriðafoss and make a railway to Reykjavík from the waterfall. It did not happen but now Landsvirkjun is planning to build hydropower stations on the lower part of Þjórsár river, at Urriðafoss and Núpur. The proposed Urriðafoss Power Plant is expected to have a capacity of approximately 125 MW and a power-generating capacity of 930 GWh per year.

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Located at 63.92 -20.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
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Skálholt

Skálholt is an historical site situated in the south of Iceland at the river Hvítá.

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Located at 64.12 -20.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: History of Iceland, Populated places in Iceland, Viking Age populated places, Viking exploration of North America