As of today, there are 2 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Húsavík, 30 cases in Akureyri, 1 in Siglufjörður, 1 in Dalvík and 2 at Lake Mývatn. 36 individuals are in isolation in Northeastern Iceland and 176 in quarantine.
No local case of the Covid-19 virus has been reported in Húsavík, as the number of cases nationwide reaches 737. An Australian tourist died from the virus soon after arriving at HNS Hospital in Húsavík last week, but the tourist and his wife had not been staying in Húsavík …
Robert Ormsby, a nurse from the town of Sevenoaks in Kent, proposed to his girlfriend in a branch of Iceland frozen food supermarket, after a romantic trip to the country of Iceland was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak. Ormsby popped the question in an empty aisle of the …
Húsavík Whale Watching company North Sailing has decided to cancel all their day tours until April 14, in response to the covid-19 outbreak in the world. The closure is designed to help protect both their visitors and staff, minimizing potential exposure to the virus. All customers that have already …
No case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 have been reported in Húsavík. The first case in nearby Akureyri was reported yesterday by health authorities in Iceland. The number of cases in Iceland has now risen to 182, with all but two of those cases in the capital Reykjavík and …
As Iceland experiences an unprecedented Eurovision craze, the people of Húsavík have started to wonder who will present Iceland’s vote in the contest’s final on May 16. For two weeks in October last year, the town of Húsavík was turned upside down for the filming of Will Ferrell’s upcoming …
The number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus has risen to 11 in Iceland. So far, all the cases are in the Reykjavík area. The latest two cases were confirmed by Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason today. The two individuals diagnosed today arrived from Verona in Italy last Saturday, …
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 …
