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Bifröst (town)

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Country
  
Iceland

Region
  
Western Region

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:06 PM

Municipality
  
Borgarbyggð

Constituency
  
Northwest Constituency

Time zone
  
GMT (UTC+0)

Population
  
251 (2014)

Bifröst (town)

Weather
  
-3°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 59% Humidity

Bifröst is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county.

It is located in the Northwest Political constituency and is the site of Bifröst University, a small private campus university. In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things.

Grábrókarhraun

Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old lava field, Grábrókarhraun, which has been overgrown with moss and heather. Just behind the university campus there is an old volcano called Grábrók and another mountain called Grábrókarfell.

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Bifröst (town) Wikipedia