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Following The Weather North: Holiday Weekend In And Around Húsavík
When Verslunarmannahelgi, aka Merchant’s Weekend, aka the last public holiday before Christmas, rolled around in the beginning of August, I did what most Icelanders do that weekend: followed the weather and got the hell out of town. While the capital was drowning…
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Heidelberg Looks To Húsavík For New Processing Plant
After being shown the door by the people of Þorlákshöfn, German building materials company Heidelberg has set its sights on Húsavík as the potential future home of its new processing plant. The company introduced their proposal to the Norðurþing municipal council on…
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Húsavík Eurovision Museum To Open In August
The Eurovision Museum in Húsavík is set to open this August, according to museum founder and Húsavík native Örlygur Hnefill Örlygsson. Örlygur, founder and director of the Exploration Museum in Húsavík, came up with the idea after the Netflix movie, Eurovision Song…
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Whale Watching Has Resumed In Húsavík
Good news for whale watching fans! Whale watching tours have now resumed in Húsavík, after a dead calm due to the pandemic. The owners of whale watching companies are relieved and excited – meanwhile, the local whales have not published their statement…
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Isolated Iceland: The Splendid Solitude Of The North
Northern Iceland—where landscape, sea and sky converge just south of the Arctic Circle—is as far north as many of us will ever get to travel. I recently based myself in the northern coastal town of Húsavík for a few days, exploring the…
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Molly Sandén Performs Húsavík At Oscars Pre Show
When a song named after a little village is nominated for an Oscar, it only makes sense that the audience should be able to see the place the song is about. Last night at the Oscars, Molly Sandén blew everyone away with…
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Húsavík, My Boomtown: Eurovision Lifts The North
Húsavík is currently hibernating. Even though yesterday was the official start of the Icelandic summer and the weather is gradually improving, cold COVID winds are still keeping the commercial climate chilly in the Icelandic north. Depleted visitor numbers mean that the town’s…
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Húsavík Nominated For An Oscar
The song ‘Húsavík’ from the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is nominated for the award in the category of Best Original Song. Residents of Húsavík are excited for their little town to gain global attention again after it…
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“Husavik” Shortlisted For The Best Original Song At 93rd Oscars
“Husavik”, from the film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’, has the possibility of being nominated for the best original song at this years Oscars. The shortlists for nine categories were announced yesterday. Other categories, such as best documentary feature,…
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Húsavík Mayor Takes Salary Cut To Protect Jobs
The Norðurþing local council approved a proposal bý Húsavík mayor Kristján Þór Magnússon to lower his salary by 6% from January 1st next year, RÚV reports. The salary cut will save the municipality ISK 1.3 million. It was also agreed that salary…
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Elf Village Built Inspired By Eurovision Film
A hotel manager in Húsavík took it upon himself to recreate the elf village that appeared in the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga after having dived into fairy tales, Fréttablaðið reports. Owner of Cape Hotel Örlygur Hnefill Jónsson…
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RVK Newscast #12: A Border Bonanza With Added Earthquakes
There’s some big changes coming when it comes to COVID-19 travel restrictions – 14 new countries will be allowed to enter the country and nationals from 4 countries will be exempt from screening entirely. Plus we talk earthquakes and Húsavík, a small…
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North Iceland Townsfolk Get Ready For Will Ferrell To Take Over
Residents of Húsavík are being encouraged to prepare for and welcome the arrival of Will Ferrell, as the North Iceland town will be one of the settings for a new movie about Eurovision that Ferrell is spearheading. The film in question, called…
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Húsavík Town Guide: Its All About The Views
When I first visited Húsavík in 2016 Northern Iceland felt like the edge of the world to me. Coming from a densely populated area in Germany—the city I grew up in had twice as many inhabitants as Iceland’s entire population—I had never…
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Of Space, Whales And Antarctica: A Weekend In Húsavík
We land at the tiny Húsavík airport and step out into a brisk, frosty morning. In contrast with the short, grey autumn of Reykjavík, where the peak of Esja sits under a first icing-sugar dusting of light snow, the mountains of north…
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The Hot Sea: GeoSea Geothermal Baths Open In Húsavík
On a grassy hilltop at the edge of the small northern town of Húsavík, a brand new state-of-the-art bathing facility called the GeoSea geothermal sea baths recently opened its doors. Situated a twenty-minute walk from the town centre next to an old-school…
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Best Of North Iceland 2018: Best Tour
A five-hour drive away from the capital area, the North’s spectacular sights and vast unspoiled nature will amaze the most seasoned of travellers. Drive towards its coastline where the sun never sets and enjoy everything the North has to offer—from its many…
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New Silica Factory Opens For Business In Húsavík, North Iceland
A new silica factory called PCC BakkiSilicon just opened for business in the municipality of Húsavík, in the north of Iceland. This week, in fact, one of the furnaces will be fired up in preparation for next week, when the factory will…
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Húsavík Explorers Festival 2017: Through Fire And Ice
I’m sat in an intimate audience of approximately 20 to 30 people centred around a makeshift stage in Húsavík, listening to a softly-spoken woman calmly discuss climbing to the top of Mount Everest sans any additional oxygen. “Only 2% of people make…
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“Let’s Sell Hunting Licenses For Shooting Dirt Poor Backpacker Scum”
You could say that a conference on employment in Húsavík in north Iceland, got heated this weekend, with plenty of controversial proposals regarding foreign tourists being put forth, reports local paper Vikudagur. The conference discussed how best to make money of tourists…
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Exploring Exploration: The Explorers Festival Comes To Húsavík
“Can you imagine being up there, literally on the moon, flipping the pages of your instruction manual, and coming across this?” Dr. Huw Lewis-Jones says, with laughter in his voice and eyes. He’s pointing at a little black and white picture of…
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Welcome To Whaletown: A Day In The Northern Town Of Húsavík
After a five-hour night drive, and numerous failed attempts at napping, we arrive at our destination at last. The sun has just reached the peaks of the mountains, covering the bright blue bay in shimmering light and hitting the colourful rooftops and…
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Rewriting The History Of Húsavík
How an artist is ensuring the women of Húsavík won’t be forgotten Húsavík has made its mark on the tourist map, thanks to being the whale-watching capital of Iceland. While colourful houses and museums add to the town’s charm, Danish artist Julie…