Eldsnemma á sólríkum morgni leggur skip að höfn á Húsavík. Þetta er ekki risaskip. Þetta skip er passlegt fyrir lítinn bæ eins og okkar. Um borð er 250 farþegar sem taka daginn snemma. Það er margt að sjá og skoða. Einhver rölta í Hvalasafnið, önnur í verslunina Ísfell. Sum …
Pólski þingmaðurinn Ryszard Świlski deilir á Facebook þremur myndum af Guðna Th. Jóhannessyni forseta Íslands þar sem hann er á ferð í lest til borgarinnar Gdańsk til fundar við Aleksandra Dulkiewicz borgarstjóra Gdańsk á miðvikudag. Eins og landsmenn vita er Guðni mjög alþýðulegur en þetta kann að koma fólki …
Over 100 teachers from schools in Húsavík and surrounding areas attended a seminar on the Cristal project in Húsavík today, organized by the Icelandic Innovation Center and the Húsavík Academic Center. The Cristal project stands for Creative Regions for Innovation, Skills, Technology, Accessibility and Learning. It represents a new …
Whale watching operator North Sailing in Húsavík is among the 15 Finalists shortlisted for the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards in 2016, as announced by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) recently. These annual awards are among the highest accolades in the industry and represent the gold standard in …
Skúlagarður Country Hotel in North Iceland will open a new guesthouse this summer. The hotel now offers 17 rooms with private bathrooms. “The new guesthouse has 30 rooms with shared facilities and will start operation in in June. Our aim is to offer budget accommodation in this area,” says …
For the past few weeks, Icelanders have been voting online for the most beautiful word of their language. The results were announced tonight. The Icelandic word for a midwife, Ljósmóðir, was voted the most beautiful. When translated to English, the word literally means “mother of light”. Other words that …
The Central Bank of Iceland introduced a new ten thousand krónur banknote today. The face of natural scientist and poet Jónas Hallgrímsson appears on the bill, as well as the Eurasian golden plover. Hallgrímsson was interested in the plover and mentioned her in some of his poems. The new …
There are no breaking news at this time on volcanic activity in Mt. Hekla, one of Iceland’s largest volcanoes. Contrary to what many Icelandic Facebook users believe, the volcano has not erupted. This morning, the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police declared an uncertainty phase, the lowest level of …
In the summer of 1967, a group of American astronauts visited Iceland to study the islands’ geology under the guidance of Icelandic and American geologists. This was the second group of astronauts to visit Iceland, the first group had been there two years earlier. One of the young men …
The readers of Listverse have chosen the Top 10 Awe Inspiring Waterfalls’ in the world. Two of them, Dettifoss and Gullfoss, are in Iceland. The two waterfalls are also listed among the World’s top 10 waterfalls on the World of Waterfalls website. Listverse puts Dettifoss at number 4 on …
