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Astronaut Kathy Sullivan has been awarded the Leif Erikson award, by the Exploration Museum in Húsavík. This is the 8th time the museum hosts the awards. In 1984 she became …
Kathy Sullivan receives Leif Erikson Award in Húsavík Read More
Rental prices in Húsavík have doubled in 10 years, according to a report from Gaumur, the sustainability project in Northeast Iceland. Rental prices have risen steadily since the beginning of …
Rental prices on the rise in Húsavík Read More
The proposal of the nominating committee for the candidate list of The Progressive Party Framsókn for the upcoming local elections on 14 May was put to the vote at a …
Hjálmar Bogi leads Progressive Party Read More
TOURISM A new airline is taking flight this summer. In what are hopefully the last weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, this would count as big news in Iceland. But what …
New Airline will Revolutionize Tourism in Northern Iceland Read More
Following the success of the Eurovision movie and the Academy Awards broadcast from Húsavík last year, the organization Film Húsavík now works to promote Húsavík and northern Iceland for future …
Film Húsavík works to bring new productions to northern Iceland Read More
The first international flight of the winter landed at Akureyri Airport today. The tours are sold by Voigt Travel in the Netherlands, but the airline Transavia handles the flight. Flights …
Voigt Travel offers 10 departures to northern Iceland this winter Read More
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 …
President of Town Council breaks ground for new Nursing Home in Húsavík Read More
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 …
Prime minister quoted author Andri Snær in her address at COP26 Read More
“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 …
Stunning Northern Lights this weekend Read More
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 …
Molly Sandén named honorary citizen of Húsavík Read More