Vopnafjordur
in Vopnafjarðarhreppur of East, Iceland
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Vopnafjörður Airport (3 mi) - Bakkafjörður Airport (18 mi)
- Borgarfjörður eystri Airport (34 mi)
- Egilsstaðir Airport (35 mi)
- Thorshofn Airport (35 mi)
- Norðfjörður Airport (53 mi)
- Fáskrúðsfjörður Airport (61 mi)
- Djúpivogur Airport (78 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 65.757 and -14.828 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 65° 45' 23" and W -14° 49' 39"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krona - ISK
- Spoken languages:
- Icelandic, English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:13 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Atlantic/Reykjavik
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:09 am and 3:21 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.900 and 168.129 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Halfmoon Bay - References
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Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Iceland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Iceland. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Vopnafjordur
Vopnafjordur in Vopnafjarðarhreppur (East) with it's 543 residents is a town located in Iceland about 235 mi (or 378 km) north-east of Reykjavik, the country's capital place.
Time in Vopnafjordur is now 09:13 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Reykjavik with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Vopnafjordur. The closest airport in Iceland is Vopnafjörður Airport in a distance of 3 mi (or 4 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Egilsstadir, Akureyri, , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
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Agnar Karl
Dansiball eftir jólahlaðborð. Agnar Karl Árnason, Reynir Gunnarsson, Sigurbjörn Reynir Björgvinson og síðast en ekki síst Þorsteinn Jón Bjarkason.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Vopnafjörður
Vopnafjörður is a village and municipality in Northeast Iceland, standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjörður are fish processing, agriculture, and tourism and other services.
Hofsá
Hofsá river in Vopnafjörður fjord, Iceland, is one of Iceland's best salmon rivers. Every year a great number of foreign visitors come to fish in the river. Charles, Prince of Wales used to come to fish in Hofsá some years ago. Hofsá has salmon for 30 km up from the rivermouth, and Trout for about 6 km. The salmon fishing season in Hofsá starts early in July, and finishes in the middle of September. The best time to fish is late July and first 2–3 weeks of August.
Vopnafjörður Airport
Vopnafjörður Airport is an airport in Vopnafjörður, Iceland.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
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