Grímsstaðir
Coordinates: 65 ° 38 ′ 31.9 ″ N , 16 ° 7 ′ 13.1 ″ W.
Grímsstaðir (á Fjöllum) is a settlement in northern Iceland .
When the ring road was not yet paved, Grímsstaðir was the first place to be reached east of the bridge over the Jökulsá á Fjöllum . Now this road runs over 3 km away and the old road belongs to Hólsfallavegur, road 864, which connects the ring road with Norðausturvegur and runs east past Dettifoss . From here the ferry operated across the Jökulsá á Fjöllum before the bridge was completed in 1947.
A weather station has been in operation in Grímsstaðir since 1907. On January 21, 1918 , the temperature measured here and in Möðrudalur was −38 ° C, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the country.
In 2014, a Chinese investor wanted to buy large parts of Grímsstaðir in order to build a luxury hotel, but Icelandic law does not allow this. Accommodation for tourists has also been created in the settlement.
In 2016, the area was sold to British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe . The new owner does not want to use the land, but rather to keep it in its current condition.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Íslensk veðurmet ( Icelandic ) In: vedur.is . Icelandic Met Office. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ↑ Massimo Aceti: Grande gelo nel Grande Nord d'Europa: superati i 30 gradi sotto zero! ( Italian ) In: meteogiornale.it . August 12, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Dagmar Trodler: Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum is for sale. July 9, 2014, accessed July 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Teeing Off at Edge of the Arctic? A Chinese Plan Baffles Iceland ( English ) In: nytimes.com . New York Times . March 22, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ↑ Grímsstaðir á Fjöllum goes to the British . December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.