Garðabær

Garðabær
Garðabær
	Toun an Municipality
	; Coat o airms
	; Coat o airms
	Location o the Municipality o Garðabær
	Garðabær Location o Garðabær in Iceland
	Coordinates: 64°05.18′N 21°55.11′W / 64.08633°N 21.91850°W
Kintra	Iceland
Constituency	Suðvesturkjördæmi
Region	Höfuðborgarsvæði
Coonty	Kjósarsýsla
Municipality	Garðabær
Area
• Total	71 km2 (27 sq mi)
Population (Januar 2011)
• Tot	10,909
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Wabsteid	Offeecial wabsteid

Garðabær (sometimes written Gardabær) is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík aurie o Iceland.

As o Januar 2011, its population wis 10,909.

The municipality is the location o a 5,067 m² (54,540.73 sq ft) TV studio, whaur the LazyTown childer series wis recordit. It contains ane o the maist advancit HDTV facilities in Europe.

HistoryEedit

Garðabær is a growin toun in the Reykjavík caipital aurie. Garðabær is the saxt lairgest toun in Iceland wi a population o 10,909 (Jan 1st, 2011).

The steid o Garðabær haes been inhabitit syne Iceland wis first settled in the 9t century. Landnámabók, the Beuk o Dounset, tells aboot twa ferms in the steid o Garðabær, Vífilsstaðir an Skúlastaðir. The umwhile wis namit efter Vífill who wis a slave o Ingólfur Arnarson the first settler o Iceland. Ingólfur gave Vífill his freedom an he made his hame at Vífilsstaðir.

OwerviewEedit

Thare are mony natur reserves surroondin Garðabær an the scenery frae various steids in Garðabær is spectacular. Frae mony auries in Garðabær the impressive Snæfellsjökull (Snæfells Glacier) can be seen tae the wast, as well as Mt. Esja, an thare is a guid view ower the caipital Reykjavík an the neebour toun Kópavogur an aw. The view tae the sooth includes the muntains o the Reykjanes Peninsula.

The anerlie IKEA store in aw Iceland is in Garðabær. The toun is hame tae Marel hf. an aw, the lairgest company on NASDAQ OMX Iceland bi mercat capitalisation.^[3]