U.S. technology giant Microsoft is expected to be the customer of the proposed Eyrie DC data center at Bakki near Húsavík, according to a report by Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV this afternoon. Microsoft representatives are said to have visited Húsavík a few weeks ago. Plans to develop a data …
Daníel Chandrachur Annisius was eight months old when he arrived in Húsavík from a children’s home in Kolkata in the spring of 1990. Since childhood, he has known that his roots lie in India, but for most of his life, the only information he had about his origins consisted …
Guests of Húsavík whale watching company Gentle Giants were among those lucky people who experienced the remarkable solar eclipse over Iceland on Wednesday, August 12, when the Moon passed between the Earth and the Sun and briefly transformed daylight into an eerie twilight. Thousands of visitors travelled to Iceland …
A new international film festival dedicated to young filmmakers will make its debut in Húsavík next winter. The first Húsavík Youth Film Festival will take place on February 27–28, 2027, bringing together films and emerging filmmakers from Iceland and around the world. The festival celebrates creativity, imagination and storytelling …
The Exploration Museum has announced that the 12th Explorers Festival will take place in Húsavík from the 19th to 22nd of November 2026, bringing together explorers, scientists, filmmakers, historians and adventurers from around the world. Since its launch in 2015, the annual event has grown into an international gathering …
Although I have lived here for most of my life, I will always be an immigrant. Not because others see me that way, but because I come from a different background and was raised in a different culture. I understand Icelandic society, its way of thinking and its values, …
The first blue whale of the summer delighted passengers on a Gentle Giants tour in Skjálfandi Bay over the weekend, and was spotted again yesterday during a trip to Flatey island that a Húsavík.com reporter joined. The sight was truly majestic. It was captain Sverrir Yngvi Karlsson who first …
In many parts of Húsavík’s town centre, significant danger has developed this week due to icicles and snow overhangs, hanging above sidewalks. Húsavík.com urges property owners to address the issue and advises pedestrians to proceed with caution until it has been resolved.
The opening of the exhibition Margslunginn einfaldleiki, featuring works by painter Tryggvi Ólafsson and writer and portrait artist Thor Vilhjálmsson, was well attended at the Húsavík Museum last night. The exhibition is presented in honour of the two artists, whose long-standing friendship and creative dialogue connected visual art and …
The Húsavík Theatre Company is not one to choose the easy path. This winter they are staging one of the most famous rock musicals of all time: Rocky Horror. „From the opening scene to the final moments, what shines through is the energy and joy of performance within the …
