Bifröst, Iceland

Bifröst
Village
Bifröst village and university, seen from the rim of the crater Stóra Grábrók. Route 1 passes to the east (left), while the lake Hreðavatn is southwest of the village.
Location of the Municipality of Borgarbyggð
Bifröst Location of Bifröst in Iceland
Coordinates: 64°44′N 21°22′W / 64.733°N 21.367°W / 64.733; -21.367
Country	Iceland
Constituency	Northwest Constituency
Region	Western Region
Municipality	Borgarbyggð
Population (2014)
• Total	251
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)

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.

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.

Heath and forest land south of Bifröst

Panorama of Grábrókarhraun at dawn, November 2007

Grábrók and Grábrókarfell

Coordinates: 64°45′44″N 21°33′17″W / 64.7623°N 21.5547°W / 64.7623; -21.5547