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Reykjavík (help·info) (IPA: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk]) is the capital an largest city of Iceland. Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's most northern national capital. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay. With a population of 119,000, it is the heart of Iceland's economic and governmental activity.

Trivia about reykjavik

  • Located in Faxa Bay, it was made the capital of Iceland in 1918
  • Iceland's first settler, Ingolfur Arnarson, named this city "Smoky Bay" because of the hot springs there
  • This Icelandic capital is located on a bay called Faxafloi
  • In October 1986, Reagan & Gorbachev went face to face in this cold capital
  • When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital
  • Vikings founded the first permanent settlement in this national capital around 874
  • The tower of Hallgrim's church provides a sweeping view of this Icelandic capital
  • It's served by Keflavik airport
  • This capital city, the cultural center of Iceland, is the home of the country's national theatre
  • A revolving restaurant spins atop the hot water storage tanks on this northern capital's Oskjuhlid Hill
  • Iceland's first female president, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, was born in this capital city in 1930
  • The U.S. & Russia found their 1986 talks in this capital of Iceland disarming
  • One of the world's busiest geyser areas lies in a lava field near this Icelandic capital
  • The name of this capital in the North Atlantic is Old Norse for "smokey bay"
  • ...Greenland
  • This Icelandic city's marathon has had a good run; it had its 20th anniversary in 2003

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