Kringlan
Encyclopedia
Kringlan is the largest shopping mall in Reykjavík
with over 170 shops, restaurants and services. Built in 1987, it contains everything from a library
, theatre
and cinema
to a liquor store, candy stores and a pub. It has grown over the years, and is thought by many to be the biggest threat for the Downtown Reykjavík stores. Kringlan is also competing with another shopping mall, Smáralind
in Kópavogur
for customers.
' or 'pretzel
', though the mall is neither circular nor has it anything to do with pretzels.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
with over 170 shops, restaurants and services. Built in 1987, it contains everything from a library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
to a liquor store, candy stores and a pub. It has grown over the years, and is thought by many to be the biggest threat for the Downtown Reykjavík stores. Kringlan is also competing with another shopping mall, Smáralind
Smáralind
Smáralind is located in the middle of the Greater Reykjavík Area, Iceland. It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Iceland, with over seventy shops, restaurants and services. It contains everything from a cinema and pharmacy to a Vínbúð liquor store, candy stores and restaurants. Smáralind was...
in Kópavogur
Kópavogur
Kópavogur is a city and Iceland's second largest municipality, with a population of 30,779.It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Greater Reykjavík Area. The name literally means seal pup bay...
for customers.
Name
The name is derived from the Kringla marsh or Kringlumýri. A literal translation into English could either be 'circleCircle
A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane that are a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any of the points and the centre is called the radius....
' or 'pretzel
Pretzel
A pretzel is a type of baked food made from dough in soft and hard varieties and savory or sweet flavors in a unique knot-like shape, originating in Europe...
', though the mall is neither circular nor has it anything to do with pretzels.