Aerial Reykjavik+
Greater Reykavik Area
Reykjavik ( lef t ) meets Kópavogur ( r ight) the biggest neigbouring municipal i ty.
Looking down on a Kópavogur neighbourhood bui l t in the 50´s-60´s .
Kópavogur center (upper r ight) been growing fast with a big shopping mall (2001) and a 19 s torey glass tower (2008, unfinished)
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East s ide of s t reet_2007- ?
Looking towards Reykjavik. Mountain Akraf ja l l (middle top) and Esja ( r ight top) .
Kópavogur (bot tom) meets Reykjavik ( top) .
Resident ia l meets industr ia l , Reykjavík.
Looking over the ci ty. Is lands Engey ( top middle) and Viðey ( top r ight) .
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Older suburbs spreading East f rom the centre .
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Oldest suburb nearest c i ty centre .
Grafarvogur suburb. 1980-1990s.
New suburbs s t re tch towards Mosfel lsbær. A neigbouring town.
New suburb and a shopping arena (middle , lef t ) with larger shops and s tores .
Hot ground near Reykjavík.
Stretching to the East .
Mosfel lsbær, neighbour town.
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Grafarvogur suburb.
Bridge planned to create easier access to c i ty centre .
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Preparing to land on the domest ical a i rport s i tuated r ight by the ci ty centre .
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Greater Reykjavík Area_populat ion 200 000 (63% of nat ional populat ion)
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Harpa_new high tech music house r ises by the harbour.
Highrise apar tment blocks by the sea (middle lef t ) . Low r ise commercial and resident ia l (middle and r ight) .
City centre . Hal lgr ímskirkja re igns over the dense neighbourhood.
Hallgr ímskirkja 1945-1986. Archi tect Guðjón Samúelsson.
High r ise res ident ia l by the sea_glass tower business dis t r ic t (upper, middle)_Hallgr ímskirkja ( to the r ight) .
The dense centre .
The bus terminal .
Miklabraut_connect ing Reykjavík from West to the East .
Resident ia l Area by the airport .