Editing Akureyri (section)

== Townscape ==
[[File:Akureyri.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The town centre of Akureyri]]
Sites that have been cited as areas of interest include various museums, churches, and the Botanical Gardens. Local museums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitakureyri.is/places-to-go/museums |title=Museums |publisher=Akureyri Cultural and Marketing Office |access-date=2009-06-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419194903/http://www.visitakureyri.is/places-to-go/museums/ |archive-date=2009-04-19 }}</ref> include the Minjasafnið á Akureyri (Akureyri Museum),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akmus.is/?m=page&f=viewPage&id=38|title=Akureyri Museum|publisher=Minjasafnið á Akureyri|access-date=2009-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820053526/http://www.akmus.is/?m=page&f=viewPage&id=38|archive-date=2009-08-20|url-status=live}}</ref> Listasafnið á Akureyri ([[Akureyri Art Museum]]), [[Nonnahús]] (Nonni house or Jón Sveinsson Memorial Museum, for the writer), Davíðshús (David's house or [[Davíð Stefánsson]] Memorial Museum, for the poet), Akureyri Museum of Industry, a motorcycle museum,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=309251|publisher=Iceland Review Online|title=Motorcycle Museum Built in Akureyri|access-date=2009-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217173417/http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=309251|archive-date=2012-02-17|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Flugsafn Íslands]] (Aviation Museum of Iceland).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugsafn.is/html_ens/ens_home_fsi.html |publisher=Flugsafn Íslands |title=The Icelandic Aviation Museum, Akureyri |access-date=2009-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928171507/http://www.flugsafn.is/html_ens/ens_home_fsi.html |archive-date=September 28, 2008 }}</ref> The most northerly 18 hole golf course in the world is in the town.<ref name="ITB-Akureyri"/> The Náttúrufræðistofnun Norðurlands (Nature Museum) was opened in 1957 and is in the grounds of the [[Akureyri Botanical Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lystigardur.akureyri.is|title=Hortus Bottanicus Akureyrensis: Home|publisher=Lystigarður Akureyrar|access-date=2009-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417210916/http://lystigardur.akureyri.is/|archive-date=2009-04-17|url-status=live}}</ref> The Botanical Gardens (Lystigarður Akureyrar) are located in Spítalavegur. Large churches include the [[Akureyrarkirkja]] (The church of Akureyri) and [[Glerárkirkja]] (The church of Glerá).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitakureyri.is/places-to-go/attractons/nr/10774 |title=Akureyrarkirkja |publisher=Akureyri Cultural and Marketing Office |access-date=2009-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824212746/http://www.visitakureyri.is/places-to-go/attractons/nr/10774 |archive-date=2010-08-24 }}</ref> Sundlaug Akureyrar is a swimming pool in Akureyri.

New residential and commercial growth has required an extension of electricity and water distribution, as well as new water drilling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nib.int/loans/recent_loans/akureyri_municipality |title=Iceland. Akureyri Municipality. Energy and water |publisher=Nordic Investment Bank |access-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616080501/http://www.nib.int/loans/recent_loans/akureyri_municipality |archive-date=2011-06-16 }}</ref> Much of the town is heated geothermally.<ref name=geoheat>{{cite web|url=http://geoheat.oit.edu/bulletin/bull17-4/art4.pdf|author1=Ólafur G. Flóvenz |author2=Franz Árnason |author3=Magnús Finnsson |author4=Gudni Axelsson1|title=Hitaveita (District Heating) in Akureiyi|publisher=geoheat.oit.edu|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618004708/http://geoheat.oit.edu/bulletin/bull17-4/art4.pdf|archive-date=2010-06-18|url-status=live}}</ref>