Varmahlíð (Skagafjörður)

Varmahlíð
Varmahlíð
Coordinates	65 ° 33 ′  N , 19 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 65 ° 33 ′  N , 19 ° 27 ′  W
Basic data
Country	Iceland
region	Norðurland vestra
local community	Skagafjordur
Residents	132 (January 1, 2019)

Varmahlíð [ ˈvarmal̥iˑð ] ( Eng . "Warm slope") is a small place in the Icelandic municipality Skagafjörður in the region Norðurland vestra with 132 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

geography

Varmahlíð is located in a thermal area with greenhouses. The place is at the foot of the forested hill Reykjarhóll . Víðimýri farm is located about three kilometers to the southwest . The river Víðimýrará flows through this and later flows past Varmahlíð to the west. The Húseyjarhvísl flows east of Varmahlíð, and the mightier Héraðsvötn river even further east .

History and tourism

The place, which has a tree nursery, developed into a service center of the region due to its location as a traffic junction. There is a supermarket with a post office, a fast food restaurant, a gas station, a bank, a tourist information office, a campsite, a swimming pool and a hotel in the village. The place is the seat of a horse riding tour and a rafting tour operator . The nationwide annual horse show Landsmót has already been held several times on the slope Vindheimamelar near Varmahlíð.

traffic

Varmahlíð is located on the ring road ( Hringvegur ), which leads east to Öxnadalsheiði . From Varmahlíð, road 75 leads to Glaumbær and Sauðárkrókur , the largest town in the region.

The distance to Reykjavík is 294 km and to Akureyri there are 94 km.

literature

• Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , p. 463ff.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , p. 465f.