Smáralind

Smáralind (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈsmauːralɪnt]) is a shopping mall located in the Capital Region of Iceland. It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Iceland, with over ninety shops, restaurants and services. Designed by BDP and built by ÍSTAK, it was opened on 10 October 2001 at 10:10 GMT.[1] Smáralind competes with other shopping centers of the Capital Region: Kringlan mall and Reykjavík's old city centre.

Smáralind
LocationKópavogur, Iceland
Coordinates64°06′04″N 21°53′03″W
Opening date10 October 2001
DeveloperÍSTAK
ArchitectBuilding Design Partnership
No. of stores and services92
Total retail floor area65,200 square metres (702,000 sq ft)
No. of floors3
Websitewww.smaralind.is

Shops

The mall's anchor tenants are 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]

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gollark: Well, *theoretically possible* in that it's not explicitly forbidden as far as I know.
gollark: To predict rain longer than a few weeks away, that is.
gollark: Weather is a chaotic system, so you would need extremely precise data on basically everything and insane amounts of computing power and a highly accurate simulator.
gollark: I don't think it's impossible, just highly impractical.

See also

References
  1. "Smáralind (Kópavogur, 2001) | Structurae". Structurae. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  2. "English". Smáralind. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  3. "Fyrirtæki". Smáralind (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  4. "2. Smaralind - The 10 Most Ridiculous Phallic Buildings". Complex. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
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