Aerial Rvk

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Aerial Reykjavik + Greater Reykavik Area

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Aerial photos of Rvk.

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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)

West s ide of s t reet_1990

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) .

city centre

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.

Mosfel lsbær

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Suburbia

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Mosfel lsbær

Grafarvogur suburb.

Bridge planned to create easier access to c i ty centre .

GrafarvogurSundahöfn

Preparing to land on the domest ical a i rport s i tuated r ight by the ci ty centre .

Reykjavík

Kópavogur

GarðabærHafnarfjörður

Greater Reykjavík Area_populat ion 200 000 (63% of nat ional populat ion)

city centre

Business dis t r ic t

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Centre Harbour

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 .

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 .

Touching down.

Resident ia l Area by the airport .