News from the Edge of the Arctic
Local musician Rafnar Orri Gunnarsson performed his album “Voda” this past weekend at the Hof in Akureyri, and the Samkomuhúsinu in Husavik. This performance was accompanied by artwork created specifically …
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The Exploration Museum has opened its newest exhibition for the summer, titled “Fearless Females”. This brand new exhibit has been under construction for the last few weeks, and had its …
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A small fire broke out in the PCC silicon plant at Bakki, north of Húsavík, in the early morning hours during the night shift. A swift response for the municipal …
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Sam Finley has been announced as the new editor of Húsavík Observer, the online English speaking news service from Húsavík and northern Iceland. “Husavik is a small quaint little town …
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The local sports club Völsungur has received a grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture for their project to set up two beach volleyball pitches in Húsavík. The two volleyball pitches were …
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Norðurþing municipality hosts a meeting for parents and guardians of youth in the municipality to discuss drug abuse and ways of prevention. The meeting takes place in FSH tonight at 7.30 …
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Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, minister of Transportation and Local Government, Páll Jóhann Pálsson, chairman of the Telecommunications Fund of Iceland, and local representatives, today signed agreements on co-sponsorship from the Telecommunications …
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Statistics Iceland has published the annual population number updates for January 1 of 2019. According to SI, the population of the northeastern region Þingeyjarsýsla has fallen from 5320 in 2018 …
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Jökull Gunnarsson, who took over as CEO of the Bakki plant last fall, has announced that he will step down for personal reasons as CEO of PCC BakkiSilicon next month. …
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Taking place over the course of one evening in a typical English pub, Jim Cartwright’s play Two features fourteen diverse characters played by seven local actors, as various members of …
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