Kaldbaks-kot, cottage numero 15, 23 febbraio 2020. Una buona idea potrebbe essere cominciare descrivendo il panorama che si gode dalla finestra della stanzina dove passerò la notte, ma il problema è che non si vede granché. Un muro di neve alto quasi quanto il cottage lascia spazio a malapena …
Kaldbaks-kot, cottage number 15, February 23rd 2020. A good idea might be to start this page describing the view that one can enjoy from the window of the pretty little room where I will spend the night, but the problem is that there is not really much to see. …
Húsavík football team Völsungur has recived the Equal Rights Award of the Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) for working towards gender equality in the sport. The award was annonced this Saturday at the 74th national congress of KSÍ. “For years, the sports club Völsungur has worked towards the goal …
Seven companies in travel and tourism in Northeast Iceland have been selected for the innovation and development project Ratsjáin. Two of the companies are from Húsavík, the Húsavík Cape Hotel and Saltvík Horse Farm. Other companies in the project are Akureyri Whale Watching, Arctic Trip, Snow Dogs, Kaffi kú …
Burger King is rocking the Internet today with its nauseating new ad campaign, featuring a Whopper molding over the course of 34 days. The campaign may be inspired by an Icelandic man and his live stream of the last McDonalds burger sold in Iceland. In 1993, McDonalds opened its …
The Húsavík Cottages at Kaldbakur, just south of the town, have a special offer on accommodation this weekend. And the offer is quite special to say the least. Three cottages are available for a free stay, but only if the guests are willing to shovel their way to the …
Last week, Framsýn Union and the Association of Business Owners in the Northeastern Region strongly criticized municipalities in the region for supporting the merger of the Northeastern Development Agency with the Development Agency of Akureyri and the Eyjafjörður region, stating that the Northeastern Region would lose control by joining …
Ministers from the government of Iceland are visiting Húsavík this week. During the weekend, the Ministers of Finance Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Justice Áslaug Arnar Sigurbjörnsdóttir and Minister of Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson visited Húsavík. Tomorrow the Minister of Environment Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson and the Minister of Health …
The harbor in Húsavík was flooded on the high tides today, as can be seen in this still photo from a video posted to Facebook by Yann Kolbeinsson.
AKUREYRI There’s a new airline on the horizon in northern Iceland and its aim is to offer flights from three European destinations to Iceland’s second city Akureyri, in the heart of northern Iceland. The results of a feasibility study will be published next month. Tourism has been growing in …
