Smáralind
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| Location | Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Coordinates | 64°06′04″N 21°53′03″W / 64.10111°N 21.88417°W |
| Opening date | 10 October 2001 |
| Developer | ÍSTAK hf., |
| Architect | Building Design Partnership |
| No. of stores and services | 92 |
| Total retail floor area | 65,200 square metres (702,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Website | www |
Smáralind (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsmaːuralɪnt]) is a shopping mall located in the middle of the Capital Region, Iceland (strictly speaking in Kópavogur, not Reykjavík that's next to it). It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Iceland, with over seventy shops, restaurants and services. Designed by BDP and built by ÍSTAK hf., it was opened on 10 October 2001 at 10:10 GMT.[1] Smáralind competes with another shopping mall, Kringlan, as well as with Reykjavík's old city centre. Kringlan, Smáralind, and Downtown Reykjavík are just few kilometers apart.
Shops
The mall's anchor tenants is Hagkaup and H&M (where formerly Debenhams resided). Other major tenants are Zara and SmáraTívolí, a children's entertainment centre.[2] The mall also houses a cinema. There are a number of well-known restaurants and cafés, including Subway, Pizza Hut, Sbarro, O'Learys, and T.G.I. Friday's among others.[3]
Controversy
Immediately after opening its resemblance to a giant phallus when viewed from the air created some notoriety.[4]
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Smáralind (Kópavogur, 2001) | Structurae". Structurae. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "English". Smáralind. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "Fyrirtæki". Smáralind (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "2. Smaralind - The 10 Most Ridiculous Phallic Buildings". Complex. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
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