Fire Saga Special airs on Wiwibloggs and Húsavík Observer today

Today at 5 pm Visit Húsavík, Wiwibloggs, Húsavík Observer and the Eurovision Museum team up for a FIRE SAGA SPECIAL, a jam-packed show with all the Eurovision movie goodness you can handle. We’ll meet director David Dobkin, singer Molly Sandén, Orly Orlyson and Leonardo Piccione from the Eurovision Museum. …

Filming in Húsavík, Iceland

Film Húsavík works to bring new productions to northern Iceland

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 productions. “Húsavík is the perfect location for filming commercials, music videos and feature films,” says Film Húsavík director Orly …

Molly Sandén named honorary citizen of Húsavík

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 …

Sigurður Illugason awarded Artist of the Year

Local artist, actor and musician Sigurður Helgi Illugason has been awarded the title Artist of Norðurþing Sigurður, or Siggi as he is best known, grew up in Reykjadalur valley near Húsavík until he was 16 years old. Then he moved to Akureyri to study painting and there he met …

Will Ferrell to film new Eurovision flick in Húsavík

New Netflix film about the Eurovision song contest is set to start filming in Húsavík later this month. The film stars Will Ferrell, who also co-wrote the film, Rachel McAdams, Pierce Brosnan, Dan Stevens and Demi Lovato. The film is directed by David Dobkin and written by Ferrell and …