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Gufunes () is a historical estate and park for sculptures and artwork in northeastern
Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
. Today it lies within the
Grafarvogur Grafarvogur () is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North Ameri ...
part of the city, located to the southwest and south of the
Eidsvik Cove Eidsvik may refer to: Places *Eidsvik, Vestland, a village in Kvinnherad municipality, Vestland county, Norway *Eidsvik, Møre og Romsdal Eidsvik is a village in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located betwe ...
and Geldinganes Headland. It contains some 25 sculptures by
Hallsteinn Sigurðsson Hallsteinn Sigurðsson (born 1945) is an Icelandic sculptor and visual artist. He is noted for his Nordic god sculptures, some of which are located at the Laxá Power Station in the north central part of the country and are arranged in the facili ...
amongst others. In 2016 an urba
design competition
has been organized for the future of the Gufunes industry and landscape. jvantspijker and Felixx with Orri Steinarsso
won
the competition.


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Official site
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