Aldey Traustadóttir, president of the town council, broke ground for a new nursing home in Húsavík today. Last year, a design competition was held for the design of the nursing home. Architecture firm Arkís, in collaboration with Mannvit, won the project. “The layout of the condominium units supports a …
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir emphasized the importance of integrating the fight for equality and climate change when she addressed the COP26 climate conference earlier today. She also spoke about the importance of responding to the climate habit we face, but was also hopeful, referring to the words of Andri …
“The weekend was extremely good, the best so far”, Baldvin Júlíusson at Kynnisferðir told RUV. His company took more than a thousand people on northern lights excursions this weekend. Astronomer Sævar Helgi Bragason says that due to a strong solar flare that occurred last week, the aurora activity was …
This weekend, Swedish singer Molly Sandén was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Húsavík by Hannes Heimisson, Iceland’s ambassador to Sweden. Hannes presented Sandén with the honorary title in a live broadcast on the talk show Hellenius hörna on TV4 while the Icelandic flag was flown in the …
Representatives from Trade Union Framsýn recently met with the board of Search and Rescue squad Þingey to present them with a gift of 250,000 króna for the purchase of new rescue equipment for the countryside. In this way, Framsýn wants to promote the strong work of the squad in …
Hardware store chain Húsasmiðjan has announced the closure of their stores in Húsavík and Dalvík at the end of this year. The company’s employees in the towns will be invited to work in a new superstore in Akureyri that will open in Freyjunes next year. An announcement from Húsasmiðjan …
