It was the home of the Dwarves (or Dark Elves?), located in the middle level of Ygdrasil's three levels of worlds.
"Northward a hall | in Nithavellir
Of gold there rose | for Sindri's race."
(Völuspá)
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Old Norse: Niðavellir
Meaning: "The Dark Fields"
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