Akureyri Botanical Garden

Eyrarlandsvegur, 600 Akureyri, Iceland

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Located in the northern city of Akureyri, Akureyri Botanical Garden is one of the northernmost botanical gardens in the world, only about 85 kilometers from the Arctic Circle. The garden was founded in 1910 by a group of local women, a park association, with the aim of beautifying the urban environment. The botanical garden covers an area of ​​about 3.6 hectares and is located under the shelter of the Eyjafjörður fjord, which forms a microclimate that is conducive to plant growth. The garden is home to hundreds of native Icelandic plants and thousands of exotic plants from all over the world, including species from temperate and alpine regions. These plants demonstrate the adaptability and diversity of plants in an environment on the edge of the polar regions. There are three busts in the botanical garden to commemorate people who made important contributions to the construction of the park: Icelandic botanist Jón Rögnvaldsson, Danish gardening enthusiast Margarethe Schiöth, and Matthias Jochumsson. The garden also retains Akureyri's old wooden buildings, adding to the historical charm.

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